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Service Pack 1 of Microsoft’s Productivity Hub 2010 is now available for download for those interested in support for their ongoing end user training efforts.
What the Hub represents is a SharePoint Server site collection that can be used as a learning community and which offers a wide array of customizations... |
25 November 2011
07:55 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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Microsoft is retiring support for the first upgrade to Windows Vista as well as for Office XP as of today, July 12, 2011. Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) customers need to make the jump to Vista SP2 if they plan to continue running the operating system. Vista SP1 will also keep functioning, but customers are not advised... |
12 July 2011
09:38 GMT |
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Microsoft has officially confirmed issues impacting customers running Windows 7 RTM and Windows 7 SP1, with copyright protected content failing to play on their computers.
According to the software giant, this occurs only on machines that are preconfigured with Windows 7. Media files that are either Windows Medi... |
9 June 2011
07:15 GMT |
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Microsoft is working on multiple flavors of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7, but not only for the fully-fledged client, but also for the embedded and componentized version of the platform. In this regard, in parallel with Windows 7 Service Pack 1, the Redmond company is hard at work building the first upgrade for Windo... |
17 January 2011
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With Service Pack 1 (SP1) RTM on the way to Windows 7, Microsoft is taken the necessary measures designed to ensure that the download and deployment of the upgrade will go as smooth as possible. This is why the operating system received an update set up to ensure that there are no issues in Windows 7 RTM that could ... |
25 November 2010
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Microsoft’s private Beta development milestone for the first major upgrade for Office 2010 has become somewhat of less private. The bits for Office 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta have been leaked almost immediately after the release was made available for download on Microsoft Connect. Once a select group of tester... |
19 November 2010
09:20 GMT |
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Although Microsoft doesn’t normally deliver support for pre-release software, there are exceptions to this rule, and an update designed to resolve issues related to Taskbar functionality in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Beta and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 is an illustrative example in this regard. The Redmond... |
6 September 2010
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As was the case for its predecessor, Microsoft is not making Windows 7 customers wait for the first major upgrade in order to taste the evolution of the operating system. Instead, the Redmond company is serving bits and pieces of Windows 7 Service Pack (SP1) ahead of the actual upgrade through Windows Update. This i... |
4 September 2010
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The first major upgrade for Exchange Server 2010 was released to manufacturing a week ago, and the release is accompanied by documentation detailing the evolution from Exchange Server 2007 as well as issues customers might come across and how to streamline deployment. According to Bharat Suneja, and additional member... |
3 September 2010
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Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) has hit RTM earlier this week, and Microsoft made the bits available for download, also offering a VHD image of the upgrade, making it easier for customers to test the product’s evolution.The download offered by the Redmond company is a pre-configured VHD of Exchange Se... |
27 August 2010
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New Service Pack 1 (SP1) Beta downloads are available now for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Launched in the first half of July 2010, Windows 7 SP1 Beta and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta have suffered a small refresh at the start of this week. The changes made by Microsoft in no way affect the actual Service... |
3 August 2010
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A workaround designed to bypass the activation process of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) has already been released in the wild, and is available for download from various sources of illegal content, including warez websites and torrent trackers. Dubbed the Windows 7 Loader, the activation crack is updated constantly,... |
30 July 2010
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Microsoft has already confirmed officially that the first service pack for Windows 7 will only be made available to customers worldwide in the first half of 2011. Speculation had previously indicated that Windows 7 SP1 would be finalized in the second half of 2010, but certainly by the end of this year, which obvious... |
20 July 2010
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Microsoft might appear that is moving extremely fast with the development process of the first service pack for Windows 7, but fact of the matter is that the upgrade will not be offered to the public this year. The Redmond company started sharing details about Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 e... |
13 July 2010
07:29 GMT |
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Major upgrades to Windows client and server platforms introduce extensive changes both on the surface and under-the-hood, down to the very core of the operating systems. It’s no wonder then, that the installation of new service packs can be prevented by programs designed with the specific purpose of safeguardin... |
2 July 2010
03:29 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download the first service pack for Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010. Designed to be the successor of Microsoft’s Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006, TMG 2010 was made available to customers at the end of 2009. The Redmond company released TMG 201... |
24 June 2010
07:42 GMT |
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Just a week ago, Microsoft was sending out invitations to a select pool of early adopters informing them of the imminent availability of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta for testing. And, now, it appears that the Redmond company has already started serving the first Service Pack 1 bit... |
23 June 2010
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The first Beta for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is now approximately a month away from launch. Microsoft has already confirmed officially that it will offer early adopters the chance to download and test drive Windows 7 SP1 Beta and Windows Server 2008 SP1 Beta by the end of July 2010. However, the Redmond-based company ... |
22 June 2010
11:59 GMT |
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While the first service pack for Exchange Server 2010 is cooking over in Redmond, Microsoft has taken Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 out of the baking oven. SP3 is the latest upgrade to Exchange 2007, the predecessor of Exchange 2010, and is designed to bring to the table a number of enhancements, bug fixes, new... |
22 June 2010
07:05 GMT |
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When it comes down to Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, some customers will get a tad more from Microsoft than others. Just as with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be a single release, tailored only to different flavors of the opera... |
18 June 2010
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The first service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 would reach Beta stage in July 2010, Microsoft confirmed officially earlier this month. However, the Redmond company did not provide a specific availability deadline, leaving early adopters to guess as to when exactly they would be able to get their hand... |
17 June 2010
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Microsoft is getting closer to the release of the public Beta for the first upgrade to the latest iteration of its Windows client and server operating systems. The Redmond-based company did confirm the availability of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (which is the same as Windows Server 2008 SP1) next month, in July 2010. Ho... |
16 June 2010
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Earlier this week, Microsoft made available for download the first Beta Build of Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1, inviting early adopters to test-drive the release. Companies running Exchange Server 2010 RTM that decide to take SP1 out for a spin can access free resources from the Redmond giant offering guidance ... |
10 June 2010
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The first Beta of Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 is now available for download from Microsoft, as the company promised earlier this year, in April. The development milestone is a public release offered to early adopters through the Download Center, and the software giant is encouraging customers running Exchange... |
8 June 2010
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With the various leaked pre-Beta testing releases of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1), users that jumped the gun and installed the unofficial bits struggled to find changes as far as the latest iteration of the Windows client was concerned. However, they had no success in clearly identifying what... |
8 June 2010
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While hard at work on the first service pack for Windows 7 RTM, Microsoft is also downplaying the relevance of the upgrade to customers. The company has already called Windows 7 SP1 just a minor upgrade, and the labels the software giant is using to describe the service pack are in no way improving. Most recently, du... |
7 June 2010
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The first public testing milestone for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 is now available for download from Microsoft. The Redmond company did promise earlier this year that it would offer early adopters a taste of the first service pack for the latest version of Exchange Server, and the bits are currently live on ... |
7 June 2010
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In mid-March 2010, Microsoft started the discussion on the first service pack for Windows 7. While announcing that the successor of Windows Vista was poised to get nothing more than a minor upgrade with SP1, the Redmond company did indicate that new features would be introduced, but focused on Windows Server 2008 R2.... |
2 June 2010
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As Microsoft’s latest Windows client is evolving toward the first major upgrade, the last pre-release Build of the operating system will expire next week. Come June 1st, 2010, Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100 will be completely killed off. Early adopters that followed the development process of Windows Vi... |
29 May 2010
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While Microsoft continues to keep mum on the first major upgrade for Windows 7, a third-party source indicates that the company could have already decided which interim release of Service Pack 1 will be labeled as the official Beta development milestone. Microsoft did confirm that it had been hard at work building Wi... |
26 May 2010
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Microsoft continues to keep mum on the development process of Windows 7 Service Pack 1, but the silence from Redmond should not be taken for inactivity. Work on the first service pack for Windows Vista’s successor is moving along fine, at least according to third-party sources, as the software giant is keeping ... |
17 May 2010
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Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Build 6.1.7601.16537 v.153 was leaked in the wild a little over a month ago and at that time, the bits came accompanied by documentation detailing the changes associated with the first major upgrade for the operating system. I did offer an overview of the evolution represented by Windows 7&rs... |
15 May 2010
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A new pre-release Build of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 has made its way out of Redmond and into the wild, as the service pack is advancing toward the first Beta development milestone. Windows 7 SP1 Build 7601.16556 has been leaked and is now available for download through various illegal third-party sources, including B... |
12 May 2010
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Microsoft has released an ADO.NET Data Services Update for Service Pack 1 of .NET Framework 3.5 on top of various Windows operating systems, including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Specifically, customers have two downloads at their disposal: ADO.NET Data Services Update for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 for Windows... |
7 May 2010
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While Windows 7 Service Pack 1 will not be a major upgrade to the RTM version, the evolution of the operating system is designed to close the gap between physical and virtual desktops, as far as Microsoft is concerned. Service Pack 1, which will be delivered as a single package for both Windows 7 client and Windows S... |
4 May 2010
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Microsoft is currently cooking the first service pack to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, a release described as a minor upgrade, but an upgrade nonetheless. The first official details on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 SP1 were shared in mid-March, 2010, but it is clear that the Redmond company... |
14 April 2010
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SQL Server 2008 RTM is joining Windows Vista RTM and additional Microsoft products that are no longer supported by the company. Support for SQL Server 2008 RTM is scheduled to end today, April 13, 2010, as per the Service Pack support policy of the software giant. Customers still running the original release of SQL S... |
13 April 2010
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Service Pack 1 is a natural step in the evolution of Windows operating systems, and SP1 for Windows 7 makes no exception to this rule. Just as it was the case with the service packs for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, the first SP for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will upgrade both platforms. However, c... |
10 April 2010
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After releasing Exchange Server 2010 in November 2009, Microsoft has moved onward with the evolution of the product, building the first major upgrade. Today, April 7th, the Redmond company shared the first details related to Exchange Server 2010, which is planned for launch by the end of this year. Michael Atalla, Mi... |
7 April 2010
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An early development milestone of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 has reportedly made its way into the wild, with the first taste of the leaked Build already available. When it started offering the first details related to Windows 7 SP1 in mid-March 2010, Microsoft made it clear that the first service pack for the latest Wi... |
7 April 2010
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Although Microsoft has already started sharing the first details about Service Pack 1 for Windows 7, fact is that information on what the major update will bring to the table continues to be scarce. A third-party source claims that the Redmond company is planning performance enhancements for the first upgrade to Wind... |
31 March 2010
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When Microsoft broke the silence around the first service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the company made it clear that customers should be expecting nothing more than a minor upgrade. At the same time, details on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 continue to be kept under a tight lid in Redmond, with the soft... |
26 March 2010
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Microsoft indicates that it is highly probable that multiple versions of Service Pack 1 will be offered for Windows Embedded Standard 7. Matthew Tundo, a software development engineer on the Windows Embedded team, explains that although the several different versions of each service pack will bring to the table the s... |
23 March 2010
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The first major step in the evolution of Windows 7 is synonymous with the first service pack for the operating system. Customers should not in any way expect a release of the magnitude of Windows XP SP2, but the upgrade is cooking, although the company is not making any timeline dates public, not for Beta, RC or for ... |
19 March 2010
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Just as it was the case for the two service packs for Windows Vista, SP1 for Windows 7 will be just a minor upgrade. Just a few days short of the first five months since it launched its latest Windows client, Microsoft is finally ready to start talking Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1). According to Brandon LeBlanc, Win... |
18 March 2010
12:02 GMT |
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The vast majority of business users plan to deploy Windows 7, Dimensional Research reveals, citing the results of a survey sponsored by Dell KACE. Unlike its predecessor, Windows Vista, Windows 7 is not only a hit with home users, but also with businesses. No less than 87% out of more than 900 IT professionals indica... |
17 March 2010
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For Microsoft operating systems, Service Pack 1 is the natural evolution of the products from the RTM (release to manufacturing) milestone. Windows 7 is no exception to this rule, despite the company’s foray into standalone updates via Windows Update as an alternative to massive, cumulative service packs. And t... |
9 March 2010
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The first service pack for Windows 7 is reportedly on track to graduating to Beta stage in mid-April 2010. Microsoft, of course, has yet to make public any details on the first major upgrade for its latest Windows client, let alone disclose the timetable, or the launch deadline. However, one third-party source, which... |
5 March 2010
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Microsoft is producing a steady stream of interim Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Builds on the way to the first beta development milestone, but so far has yet to make public any official details on the first major upgrade to the latest iteration of its Windows client. Information from a third-party source reveals that, bet... |
4 March 2010
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