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Starting with Firefox 10, Mozilla will start delivering hotfixes for its web browser, via an add-on, in order to have fewer full updates pushed to users.
Firefox beta users are the first testers of the feature, as Mozilla pushes today an automatically downloaded test add-on. The component is visible in the Add-ons... |
21 January 2012
05:07 GMT |
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Anyone hoping that AMD would manage to make Bulldozer chips much faster on Windows 7 systems may want to give up on that lofty wish. AMD has just posted a blog announcing the availability of a scheduler update for the Windows 7 operating system. The hotfix was developed by Microsoft, based on the Windows 8 schedu... |
12 January 2012
02:35 GMT |
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Customers experiencing problems related to Windows Installer can turn to a new document published by Microsoft Support in order to get a little help.
KB 2625845 contains a list with all the hotfixes that the Redmond company made available for Windows Installer 5.0.
For those that don’t know, Windows Install... |
14 November 2011
07:44 GMT |
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Some applications can cause functionality issues in Windows 7, Microsoft revealed, with customers even experiencing crashes, and the less-than-loved Blue Screen of Death (BSOD).
In the case of crashes, users can come across the "0x0000003B" stop error, according to the software giant.
This can happen if they run ... |
8 November 2011
11:51 GMT |
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Windows 7 users have come across an issue related to DirectX and Graphics Device Interface (GDI), in which black lines are displayed in the windows of some of their applications.
Microsoft confirmed the problem, and is already providing customers with a hotfix designed to resolve this particular glitch.
The softw... |
8 November 2011
06:21 GMT |
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Microsoft confirmed customer reports of issues associated with the calibration of multiple touch screens connected to the same Windows 7 computer.
Essentially, the Redmond company is noting that some users might have problems properly leveraging Tablet PC Settings Control Panel with their secondary touch-capable mo... |
7 November 2011
12:31 GMT |
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It might be less of a good idea to repeatedly open and close a command prompt or a PowerShell console in Windows 7, than you might think, at least according to Microsoft.
The Redmond company reveals that launching and exiting either a command prompt or a PowerShell console multiple times can generate potential prob... |
7 November 2011
09:52 GMT |
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Microsoft decided to recall no less than four hotfixes that were part of the latest Cumulative Update for Excel 2007, released at the end of October 2011.
It appears that the recalled fixes were incomplete, a small detail which meant that the software giant needed to discontinue their availability.
The Redmond co... |
4 November 2011
06:22 GMT |
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Early adopters testing 64-bit versions of Windows 8 Developer Preview Build 8102 Milestone 3 (M3) can experience issues with some applications, Microsoft confirmed.
According to the software giant, problems impact only testers running x64 Windows 8, and only if they also have installed a Visual C++ 2008 redistribut... |
31 October 2011
09:54 GMT |
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Early adopters running Windows 8 Developer Preview Build 8102 Milestone 3 (M3) as a hosted OS inside a Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V virtual machine might come across some issues, Microsoft confirmed.
The problem impact not just Windows 8 client, but also Windows Server 8 Developer Preview, both of which were r... |
27 September 2011
08:21 GMT |
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NVIDIA may have released a whole new driver to mark the occasion of the launch of Battlefield 3, but Advanced Micro Devices didn't let the occasion pass by either, even if it did settle for just a hotfix, for now. The past couple of months were not lacking in rumors, reports and official announcements about Ba... |
27 September 2011
02:41 GMT |
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A hotfix available for download from Microsoft is designed to kick Internet Explorer browser definition files in the .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 and in the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 up a notch in order to make ASP.NET recognize the latest browser releases, including Internet Explorer 10. Users need to be running one of... |
6 September 2011
11:34 GMT |
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Some customers running computers leveraging the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) technology instead of BIOS might come across issues with the F11 and F12 keys when installing a 64-bit (x64) version of Windows 7 Service Pack 1. Microsoft has confirmed the problem officially, and is noting that x64 Windows Server 2... |
26 August 2011
11:26 GMT |
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A fix offered by Microsoft is designed to help customers deal with poor boot performance in specific scenarios involving Windows 7 and Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1).The Redmond company confirmed the issue and noted that impacted users have created a large number of restore points, a move which cause the slowing dow... |
22 August 2011
08:22 GMT |
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The search box in Windows 7 can return incorrect results when users search for programs and files, Microsoft revealed. The software giant explained that the issue has been reported by customers running Windows 7, as well as by those leveraging Windows Server 2008 R2. The Search programs and files box under the Wind... |
19 August 2011
11:50 GMT |
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In some scenarios users will be able to gain a boost of performance from their USB storage devices if they increase the maximum transfer size from the default, Microsoft revealed. This is why the Redmond company is now providing a hotfix designed to help customers get a bump in terms of the transfer size of their US... |
12 August 2011
13:21 GMT |
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Users of some Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) computers can experience issues related to the way in which the operating system reports the quantity of RAM installed on the machine.Microsoft has confirmed the problem, and revealed that Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 is also affected. According to the software giant, the ... |
12 August 2011
09:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has confirmed an issue impacting customers running the latest iteration of the Windows client and Server operating system, in which the platform can freeze when memory usage is high. According to the Redmond company, some customers have been complaining that their Windows 7 machine stops responding randoml... |
11 August 2011
05:15 GMT |
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Microsoft is acknowledging that customers have been reporting a range of issues related to Windows Management Intrumentation (WMI), as well as to components related to this particular service. In this regard, Microsoft Support Services has put together a knowledge base article containing a number of hotfixes that th... |
8 August 2011
07:07 GMT |
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Together with the latest Catalyst 11.7 driver suite, AMD has also released the usual hotfix which resolves some issues that usually make their appearance when older AGP-based graphics cards are used with this new driver.The problems mentioned above affect all users having AMD Radeon HD 4xxx, Radeon HD 3xxx or Radeon ... |
28 July 2011
10:58 GMT |
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Last week, Skype announced the release of a new flavor of their application for Android-based mobile phone, one that brought video calling into the mix, and the company already released a hotfix for it, aimed at resolving some issues the software came with in the first place.
The app came with video calling enab... |
4 July 2011
05:00 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices may have released its newest driver quite a while ago, but it looks like circumstances forced it to go ahead and deliver a new hotfix that fixes quite a few game-related issues that may have induced headaches by means of frustration.High-end video cards of today definitely serve to make benchm... |
26 May 2011
04:04 GMT |
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As with previous versions of the AMD graphics driver, this newest package failed to address all possible hardware errors one might receive upon installation, so a hotfix was provided.Since it seems to be that time of the month, Advanced Micro Devices delivered its newest graphics driver.Known as Catalyst 11.5, the s... |
10 May 2011
10:03 GMT |
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Microsoft has released a hotfix designed to introduce three new changes in Windows Daylight Saving Time support for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1). At the same time, KB 2543367 is designed not only for Windows 7 SP1, but also for all supported versions of Windows. According to the Redmond company, customers running... |
4 May 2011
09:38 GMT |
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Adobe has released security updates for its Shockwave Player and ColdFusion products in order to address critical vulnerabilities that could be exploited to compromise computers and information.The new Shockwave Player update fixes a total of 21 security flaws, all of which could lead to arbitrary code execution."Ado... |
9 February 2011
10:55 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download a number of updates for the latest iteration of its unified communications solution released to customers under the Lync 2010 brand. The Redmond company launched the successor of Communications Server in November 2010, and started selling the new UC offerings to customers as... |
21 January 2011
07:31 GMT |
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Since AMD just yesterday released its two newest graphics cards, it was a given that it would have to update its drivers to support them, and it appears that the outfit decided to add said support by means of a hotfix.The AMD Catalyst 10.12 driver software suite was released just two to three days ago and promised a... |
16 December 2010
11:14 GMT |
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Microsoft is helping customers that upgraded from Windows Vista to Windows 7 and then came across poor performance when printing documents from the new platform. The Redmond company has acknowledged the existence of the issue, revealing that it also affects Windows Server 2008 R2, and not just Windows 7. While over... |
18 October 2010
10:33 GMT |
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Microsoft is helping Windows 7 customers deal with poor startup performance in the context in which they have at least one external SATA port that is not used. The Redmond company has confirmed an issue related to the latest iteration of the Windows client, in which customers can experience sluggish boot times on co... |
9 September 2010
12:57 GMT |
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Following last month's release of Skype for Symbian version 1.1.0, a hotfix was rolled out yesterday. The update, numbered 1.1.0.7, mainly addresses issues encountered by Sony Ericsson owners.Users who experienced no outgoing audio during incoming calls will be pleased to hear that the issue has been fixed. Also... |
7 July 2010
09:54 GMT |
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A number of end-users in possession of ATI Radeon graphics cards from the Radeon HD 5700 and HD 5800 series have been suffering from severe frustration as a consequence of exposure to such occurrences as graphics glitches, vertical line corruptions and gray screens of death. Eager to alleviate the problem as quickly ... |
6 February 2010
05:15 GMT |
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By all accounts, thanks to the boot performance of Windows 7, customers should be using the operating system in a matter of seconds since they fire up their computers. However, Microsoft itself has documented scenarios in which the startup of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is unexpectedly slow. According to the... |
26 January 2010
11:26 GMT |
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As more and more users deploy the latest iteration of the Windows client on their computers, additional issues affecting the platform come to light. After all, even with an 8 million strong Beta testing pool, Microsoft could not replicate all real life usage scenarios that would cause Windows 7 glitches. The latest i... |
23 December 2009
09:13 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC has recently delivered new improvements for some of its devices, including the Windows Mobile-based HTC Tilt2 and HTC Pure, both of which are available for purchase in the US via wireless carrier AT&T. The new enhancements come in the form of hotfixes that are aimed to resolve issues... |
22 December 2009
12:31 GMT |
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The high-end HTC HD2, one of the nicest mobile phones that reached the market during the ongoing year, is reportedly suffering from some camera-related issues. The main problem is that the pictures taken with the phone's camera show a Pink/Purple hue. It seems that there are already a series of users who experi... |
24 November 2009
05:53 GMT |
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Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has recently issued a series of hotfixes aimed at its newly launched HTC Touch Pro2 and Touch Diamond2 devices. The new software solutions are meant to address some issues the handsets had either with SMS messaging capabilities or with the security of Bluetooth connecti... |
3 August 2009
05:37 GMT |
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The world of gamers was enriched on October 22nd with the launch of FarCry 2, a new high-end game for enthusiasts. In order to enhance the performance levels of its graphics cards at playing this game, AMD rapidly released a hotfix driver, which is optimized for use with FarCry 2 with both DirectX9 and DirectX10, as ... |
30 October 2008
06:44 GMT |
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Microsoft has updated the documentation associated with the August 2008 Office 2007 cumulative update packages release. Designed to be integrated into both the core suite components of the 2007 Office System and into Office 2007 servers, the cumulative update packages are essentially bundles of both the latest hotfix... |
12 September 2008
06:01 GMT |
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 does play nice with Intel Core 2 Duo processors, with a small exception, according to Microsoft. Apparently, the Win32_Processor class of XP SP3 manages to label Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs incorrectly, this also being valid for machines running XP with Service Pack 2 installed. In this context, i... |
17 July 2008
07:10 GMT |
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Although Windows Vista SP1 was released to manufacturing just four months ago, at the start of February, becoming available for download on March 18, 2008, Microsoft is already giving a sneak peek at what the next service pack will feature. In this regard, hotfixes are always items integrated into the service packs f... |
17 June 2008
07:06 GMT |
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The following article will provide its readers with the necessary software to enhance and secure their operating system. We'll take a look at some of your choices for improving the look and feel of your operating system, but also keeping it up-to-date with the latest hotfixes released by the Redmond company.For ... |
8 June 2008
13:56 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering a way for users of Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista to enjoy a consistent boost in performance of the instant messaging client. After it was announced at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas the last year, Yahoo Messenger for Vista took approximately a whole year to com... |
28 January 2008
03:29 GMT |
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Among the performance improvements coming with the release of the first service pack for Windows Vista, Microsoft is also preparing enhancements addressing issues that are associated with the integration of its latest Windows client with multiple-GPU. The Redmond company acknowledged the fact that Vista failed to pla... |
5 December 2007
04:51 GMT |
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Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows Vista - launched for the corporate environment in November 2006 and for the end users in January 2007 - has had everything but an easy ride. One aspect that impacted customer perception on the quality of Vista does not consist in the generalized problems with the oper... |
26 July 2007
07:40 GMT |
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Believe it or not, Microsoft provides the means to break apart the Windows Aero in Windows Vista, and the entire graphical user interface of the operating system for that matter. However, there are a couple of pre-requisites for such a scenario, and they involve the preinstalled Norwegian version of Windows Vista and... |
22 May 2007
05:57 GMT |
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Despite the enhancements touted by Microsoft for Windows Vista, the operating system does come to the table with a few shortcomings. Users have found that the evolution of the Vista networking infrastructure - and, in this case, the new protocol stack introduced by the platform is an excellent example - is the source... |
18 May 2007
05:17 GMT |
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The correct sequence of events is this. In mid April 2007, Microsoft delivered a fix for Windows Update. At that time, users were experiencing issues with running Windows Update to scan for updates using Windows Installer. "When you run Microsoft Windows Update to scan for updates or to apply updates to any applicati... |
14 May 2007
07:36 GMT |
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Windows Vista users now have 18 additional fresh hotfixes ready for deployment from Microsoft. Released between April 16, and May 3, 2007 the hotfixes address a wide range of issues affecting Windows Vista. While all such issues will be addressed with the first service pack for the operating system later this year, ... |
4 May 2007
11:30 GMT |
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The Windows Vista startup option can disappear completely from Vista's System Configuration Utility. This scenario applies to both dual-boot and multi-boot configurations with Windows XP and Windows Vista installed on different partitions but on the same system. The System Configuration Utility in Windows Vista ... |
4 May 2007
04:19 GMT |
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Windows Vista is a work in progress. At least this is the message that Microsoft is sending out by continually chipping away at the operating system. The fact of the matter is that there are a plethora of issues affecting Windows Vista. The problems are by no means major but even small details drive down the Wow Micr... |
19 April 2007
06:10 GMT |
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