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Windows customers will need to get ready and deploy security patches come next week, with the exception of users that have already upgraded to the latest iteration of the client. Microsoft is readying a total of six security bulletins for release on November 10, 2009, no less than four of them targeting Windows rele... |
6 November 2009
07:17 GMT |
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While Windows 7 technologies are, as a general rule, available exclusively with the latest iteration of the Windows client from Microsoft, there also are exceptions. Illustrative examples are DirectX 11, which will be backported to Windows Vista, a smaller part of the Platform Update for Windows Vista, which features... |
4 November 2009
10:57 GMT |
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Developers will agree that code is never perfect as opposed to being always perfectible. This holds true for mammoth software products like the Windows platform, but also for smaller applications designed to run on top of the OS, and even for malicious code targeting the operating system. Microsoft has warned users t... |
4 November 2009
04:21 GMT |
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Following the general availability of Windows 7, Microsoft has started backporting bits and pieces of its latest Windows client to previous releases of the operating system. At the end of the past month, the Redmond-based company released the Platform Update for Windows Vista and the Platform Update for Windows Serve... |
2 November 2009
12:45 GMT |
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Only time will tell whether Windows 7 will be capable of providing end users with more security compared with its precursor. Fact is that, out of the barrage of criticism that hit Vista almost from the get-go, complaints largely avoided the security offered by the operating system designed to succeed Windows XP. Stat... |
2 November 2009
10:58 GMT |
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Windows 7 has been receiving high praises as far as performance goes since the operating system debuted into Beta. Not even at the Beta Build 7000 level and not at Release Candidate (RC) Build 7100 was Windows 7 criticized for any sort of performance issues. On the contrary in fact, Windows 7’s new task executi... |
20 October 2009
13:02 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download a tool designed to ensure that software installed on top of various Windows operating systems gets updated correctly. The Patch Registration Cleanup Tool is a utility offered by the Redmond company free of charge with a rather self-explanatory name. Designed to clean the patc... |
13 October 2009
09:31 GMT |
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As far as the great majority of users are concerned, Windows Vista was the greatest flop in Microsoft history and few points of view dare to contradict this. Proof is the sleuth of computer enthusiasts that still cling to Windows XP as the familiar grounds where stability and functionality combine smoothly into one e... |
29 September 2009
12:31 GMT |
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The first mobile phone in the world to run under Microsoft's Windows XP operating system has been announced a while ago, and now it seems that its maker decided to unleash it into the wild. Thus, the ITG xpPhone can be spotted available for pre-order on ITG's English website, and one should agree that the h... |
18 September 2009
06:57 GMT |
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A total of five security bulletins designed to patch no less than eight vulnerabilities impacting various Windows releases was made available via Windows Update on September 8th, 2009. As it is customary, Microsoft also bundled the patches for security holes in Windows operating systems in a single package and made i... |
11 September 2009
10:58 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up to release a tool that will permit users of Windows Vista and Windows XP computers to connect to Windows 7 machines, and to take advantage of features that only the latest version of the Windows client brings to the table. Bridging Vista and XP with Windows 7 will be possible through the Remot... |
11 September 2009
09:42 GMT |
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An antitrust case against Microsoft over the discontinued availability of Windows XP was extremely short lived. At the start of June 2009, it appeared that the Redmond-based company’s decision to stop selling XP in favor of Windows Vista had come back with a boomerang effect, as the software giant found itself ... |
8 September 2009
08:23 GMT |
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Microsoft has kicked up a notch the level of control of codecs parsing, with a focus on Windows Vista and Windows XP. Essentially, the Redmond-based company has worked to enhance the Graphics Device Interface (GDI) of Windows releases, preceding Windows 7. According to Microsoft, the GDI+ update for Windows operating... |
8 September 2009
03:32 GMT |
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Microsoft’s latest iteration of the Windows client is less hungry when it comes to energy compared to its precursors. In this regard, Microsoft and Intel demonstrated at a recent event how Windows 7 bests both Windows XP and Windows Vista when it comes down to energy consumption. In addition to the obvious envi... |
2 September 2009
12:46 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to offer free copies of its Windows Vista and Windows XP operating systems for download, in a tradition that started approximately a couple of years back. Earlier this week, the Redmond company has updated the range of offerings that provide users with free copies of the two supported Windows clie... |
28 August 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Microsoft released the Windows Daylight Saving Time and Time Zone on August 28th,2009, and the refresh is currently up for grabs via Windows Update or as standalone download. If you would rather grab the update yourselves from the Microsoft Download Center then you will find the links to do so at the bottom of this a... |
28 August 2009
07:04 GMT |
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Chinese authorities cracked down on a group of four software pirates for offering a custom-built copy of Windows XP, which was downloaded in excess of 10 million times. The four people who were identified as part of the Windows XP piracy ring received jail sentences and financial penalties of more than $1.6 million. ... |
24 August 2009
10:52 GMT |
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On the heels of releasing the August 2009 security bulletins via Windows Update and as standalone downloads, Microsoft has also made available the patches targeting supported Windows releases packaged as an ISO image. Now, all administrators have the possibility to leverage automated solutions for patch deployment su... |
13 August 2009
11:58 GMT |
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Microsoft released no less than eight security bulletins for the various supported releases of Windows client and server operating systems, including for the latest service packs of Windows Vista and Windows XP. Out of the total of patch packages impacting Windows, half feature a maximum severity rating of Critical, ... |
12 August 2009
11:43 GMT |
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Microsoft's efforts to make the Windows client behave in accordance with European antitrust laws are in no way limited to Windows 7. Sure enough, Windows 7 is the only release of the operating system with E editions, designed to offer the platform stripped of Internet Explorer 8. But, at the same time, the Redmo... |
28 July 2009
11:36 GMT |
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Concomitantly with signing off its next iterations of Windows client and server platforms, Microsoft also released to manufacturing PowerShell 2.0. On July 22nd, 2009, the Redmond company announced the official RTM for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Both operating systems include the latest version of PowerShe... |
24 July 2009
07:12 GMT |
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In case you have bought a new HD video camera and are looking to use your Windows XP computer and Windows Movie Maker to put together video content, don't! It's as simple as that, if you indeed want to take advantage of all that the camera has to offer, especially the higher resolution levels.Microsoft has ... |
12 July 2009
08:21 GMT |
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Computers running Windows XP Service Pack 3 or SP2 can encounter problems when a USB card connected to the machine transmits what Microsoft referred to as large data. The Redmond-based company informed that such a scenario resulted in the computer running XP crashing.According to the software giant, the issue is asso... |
12 July 2009
08:15 GMT |
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Come July 14, Microsoft is gearing up to release six security patches for various software products, including the latest service packs available for its Windows clients. Half of the security bulletins coming next week target the Windows client and server platforms, with the rest designed to patch vulnerabilities in ... |
10 July 2009
06:29 GMT |
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A change in Windows' complex and interconnected architecture of components can easily reverberate throughout the operating system. It is the case of the Critical Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-010, a security update designed to deal with vulnerabilities in WordPad and Office Text Converters which could allow r... |
8 July 2009
09:03 GMT |
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Microsoft has confirmed that it is aware of what Christopher Budd, security response communications lead for the company, referred to as limited, active attacks that exploited a zero-day Critical vulnerability affecting Video ActiveX control. Budd pointed out that only users running Windows XP and Windows Server 2003... |
7 July 2009
08:38 GMT |
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A range of fixes from Microsoft aimed for Windows XP Service Pack 3 are illustrative of the fact that you can indeed have too much of a good thing. XP SP3 users not happy with the default volume of video transitions or video effects for Windows Movie Maker and who have added new items can find the application crashin... |
5 July 2009
07:26 GMT |
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One of the issues that plagued Windows Vista when the operating system was launched in January 2007 was the slow copying speeds delivered. Over two years later, and after SP1 resolved the initial issues, Microsoft informed users that there were additional problems impacting performance. In this regard, the Redmond co... |
5 July 2009
07:23 GMT |
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Microsoft has warned users of Windows XP Service Pack 3 of an issue that can lead to digital pictures becoming corrupted when handled with the default image viewers available as components of the operating system. According to the Redmond company the problem is limited to XP SP3. Microsoft has explained that when usi... |
5 July 2009
07:20 GMT |
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Microsoft is investigating reports that updates are silently forced into Windows operating systems. The company has indicated that it is aware of customers claiming to be affected by the issue, but has failed so far to either confirm or deny the cases reported. Users indicated that Windows XP and Windows Vista could ... |
29 June 2009
11:55 GMT |
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With the advent of Windows 7, Microsoft is making sure that it will keep Windows XP available for an additional 18 months after October 22, 2009, the official launch deadline for the operating system. Through the Windows 7 downgrade rights, customers with select licenses and SKUs of the next iteration of the Windows ... |
22 June 2009
03:21 GMT |
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Windows XP, with its latest Service Pack, SP3, will continue to be available until 2011 via Windows 7 downgrade rights, Microsoft confirmed. Just as it was the case for Windows Vista, the Redmond company will also allow Windows 7 customers to downgrade to Vista, XP, or any other Windows release. While this detail was... |
18 June 2009
10:37 GMT |
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When it launched Windows Vista at the start of 2007, Microsoft applauded the advantages related to power consumption that the operating system delivered over its precursor. The Redmond company is doing the same thing now, except that this time around it is focusing on Windows 7. The next iteration of the Windows clie... |
17 June 2009
04:46 GMT |
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Concomitantly with this month's security bulletin releases, Microsoft has also made available for download the June 2009 Security Release ISO Image. The ISO image is designed as a package containing all the patches released by Microsoft on June 9th, 2009, but only those plugging vulnerabilities in Windows client... |
12 June 2009
11:41 GMT |
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According to a recent report that surfaced on the Internet, the Redmond, Washington-based software giant Microsoft has banned netbook vendors from developing systems with hybrid storage and Windows XP OSes. Microsoft's decision directly affects one of MSI's most successful netbook products, the Wind U115, w... |
11 June 2009
10:54 GMT |
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A Chinese manufacturer came to the Computex show in Taipei on Friday with a mobile phone that it claimed to be the first handset in the world to run under Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. Basically, said device comes as a combination between a mobile phone and a pocket-sized computer and has been develop... |
5 June 2009
08:14 GMT |
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The now discontinued Windows XP is staging a comeback to haunt its maker. Microsoft managed to generate an antitrust probe against itself when it went ahead with plans to discontinue the availability of Windows XP through retail and OEM channels. The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service has announced that it has star... |
5 June 2009
06:57 GMT |
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At almost six months since it was initially introduced to the public in Beta stage, Windows 7 has gathered an audience almost half the size of all distributions of Linux available on the market, according to statistics from Net Applications. While Linux is flirting with the 1% usage share mark, Windows 7 has grown to... |
2 June 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Windows is close to being installed by default on all the netbook computers that ship with an operating system in the U.S., Microsoft revealed. The Redmond company is in fact counting on the upcoming release of the Windows client to put it at 100%. Brandon LeBlanc, Windows Communications Manager on the Windows Clien... |
2 June 2009
09:03 GMT |
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As it moved forward with the development of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft promised that the Windows Web Services application programming interface, included by default in both operating systems, would be made available to older releases of Windows client and server platforms. The Redmond company man... |
26 May 2009
10:47 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up to unveil the prices for Windows 7 SKUs (Stock Unit Strategy), with the public scheduled to get a taste in less than a month. Along with the specific RTM and General Availability deadlines, the actual prices that the Redmond company plans to charge for its next version of the Windows client ar... |
26 May 2009
02:17 GMT |
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With Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100 already out the door, and the next iteration of the Windows client heading straight for RTM, it was only bound that Microsoft would kick start the Windows operating system measuring contest. The Redmond company needs to ensure that all potential customers understand the add... |
20 May 2009
03:01 GMT |
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Following news that not all of Intel's currently shipping processors will be able to support the “XP mode” feature that will be enabled in Microsoft's next-generation Windows 7 operating system, the processor family from rival AMD has also been put under the limelight. As it turns out, the major... |
7 May 2009
03:34 GMT |
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One of the most talked-about features that will be enabled in the next iteration of Windows is the Windows 7 XP Mode, which will essentially enable PC users to run Windows XP applications on the upcoming Windows 7 operating system. However, according to recent reports on the Internet, this feature won't be avail... |
6 May 2009
10:23 GMT |
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Windows XP fails to play nice with heavy I/O operations occurring on volumes formatted with the NTFS file system, Microsoft informed. According to the Redmond company, the issue is related to the “Compress drive to save disk space” option. The software giant did not offer an explanation of the problems, b... |
27 April 2009
09:20 GMT |
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With Window 7, Microsoft provides a direct upgrade path only from Windows Vista, not allowing a similar scenario when it comes down to Windows XP. However, despite this detail, Windows XP to Windows 7 upgrades are indeed possible, but customers will have to turn to an alternative path, provided by the Microsoft Deplo... |
18 April 2009
14:31 GMT |
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