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Microsoft Appeases Windows 7 Beta Testers - Redmond Channel Partner
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Microsoft Appeases Windows 7 Beta Testers Redmond Channel Partner, CA Microsoft has consistently said that Windows 7 will support hardware if the drivers for that hardware were compatible with Windows Vista. However, at least one report, which tested a Vista upgrade to Windows 7 Beta without a clean install, ... More...
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Filling in more details on the Windows Vista, Windows 7 maps Seattle Times, United States The release candidate of Vista SP2 -- which is coming out simultaneously with SP2 for Windows Server 2008 -- has "support for new types of hardware and emerging standards," according to Microsoft's Windows Vista Team blog. Also, the company "expect ... More...
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Windows Washing: Microsoft Talks Up Tweaks Following Public Beta TechNewsWorld, CA On Thursday, the company revealed some of the changes users can expect to see in the upcoming Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) -- possibly the penultimate stage prior to the release of a final product -- in its Engineering Windows 7 blog. ... More...
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Microsoft's Massive List of Improvements to Windows 7 - PC Magazine
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Enterprise IT Planet Microsoft's Massive List of Improvements to Windows 7 PC Magazine "This is triggered by a time delay as you pause while keyboarding through running windows." The team has also combined the launch and switch function of the Windows Logo button. With Vista, you can press the Windows Logo button plus a number that ... Windows Vista, Server 2008 SP2 officially Release Candidate status ... engadget What's changing through Windows 7 beta CNET News Microsoft outlines Windows 7 RC changes ZDNet IT PRO - NetworkWorld.com all 214 news articles More...
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Video on changing the color of windows Vista
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Enjoy as you change the color of your Windows Vista box:Tags: Microsoft, Vista, WindowsShare This More...
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Screenshots for Safari on Windows Vista
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The image above shows safari tab dragging on Windows Vista. Go ahead and look at the rest of the screenshots cheeaun.Tags: Microsoft, Vista, WindowsShare This More...
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Defending against drive-by downloads - Computerworld
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Defending against drive-by downloads Computerworld, MA Sandboxie runs under Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and 32 bit versions of Vista. I hope to blog much more about Sandboxie. It's great. eWeek is not the first well meaning website to offer up malicious ads, and it won't be the last. ... More...
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Windows 7: UI Design by Committee? - Microsoft Watch
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Windows 7: UI Design by Committee? Microsoft Watch Early engineering focused on fixing the performance and compatibility problems carried over from Windows Vista. The UI, while important, is only now getting its most attention. I'm thinking that is the reason, and it's not a bad one. ... More...
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Microsoft shipping SP2 RC2 for Vista and Windows Server - IT PRO
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IT PRO Microsoft shipping SP2 RC2 for Vista and Windows Server IT PRO, UK The RC will be made available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers for early testing, before being made available for anyone else to download, according to a blog post from Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft’s windows communications manager. ... More...
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What's changing from Windows 7 Beta - CNET News
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Appscout What's changing from Windows 7 Beta CNET News, CA by Ina Fried As I noted yesterday, Microsoft isn't making huge changes to Windows 7 as a result of the beta feedback, but it is making a lot of little ones. In a posting to its "Engineering Windows 7" blog, Microsoft outlined some of the changes that ... Windows Vista, Server 2008 SP2 officially Release Candidate status ... engadget Microsoft: SP2 for Windows Server 2008, Vista hit final beta NetworkWorld.com Microsoft renews Vista anticrack campaign Computerworld Inquirer - Seattle Post Intelligencer all 199 news articles More...
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Are Windows 7 Testers Going Unheard? - Infopackets
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Are Windows 7 Testers Going Unheard? Infopackets, Canada Windows 7 beta testers are disputing whether or not Microsoft's is taking notice of their feedback. The dispute follows a blog post by Steven Sinofsky, the man in charge of engineering Windows 7. He notes that in one week in January Microsoft received ... More...
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Windows 7 Includes Three New Games - InformationWeek
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Windows 7 Includes Three New Games InformationWeek, NY All upgrades must be complete by April 2010, according to the blog. A Microsoft spokesperson declined to comment. Microsoft needs Windows 7 to be a hit. Vista, the company's current OS, has failed to catch on with mainstream computer users, ... More...
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Vista SP2 on the way - Inquirer
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Vista SP2 on the way Inquirer, UK By The Software Watchdog VOLES ARE PLEASED to announce that Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 have advanced to Release Candidate (RC) status. A blog post confirms that TechNet and MSDN subscribers have got their mitts on the ... More...
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Official: Service Pack 2 RC for Vista and Server 2008 Tech Fragments, Birmingham This week Microsoft is announcing that Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 has hit an important milestone in development: Release Candidate (RC). Starting today, the RC of SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 will be ... More...
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Windows Vista, Server 2008 SP2 officially Release Candidate status ... engadget, CA Just last week, we heard about the Release Candidate (RC) builds of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 making the rounds, and now the official Windows blog has confirmed the updates should soon be available to TechNet and MSDN ... More...
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I have just set up a Server 2008 domain controller and am currently setting group policies for my XP clients and they are working out well. However, for the life of me I cannot get firewall settings "pushed out" to my client PCs. I could really use some help on this. I cannot deploy my anti-virus without tweaking these settings and I don't want to go seat-to-seat. I was told to see this link: Deploying Windows Firewall Settings With Group Policy After reading the linked page, I played with this stuff for the better part of the day... It has not been a good day! I started playing around with it via the link provided but soon found out that it edits an area in t…
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Will Windows 7 Be Microsoft's Redemption? - Redmondmag.com
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Stuff.tv Will Windows 7 Be Microsoft's Redemption? Redmondmag.com, CA Early versions of Windows Vista's successor could burnish the operating system's tarnished reputation in the desktop market. It has been a dark couple of years for Microsoft in the desktop operating systems business. The uncontested leader in that ... Windows 7 shipping this Fall... according to Compal, anyway engadget Microsoft tweaks Experience Index for Windows 7 ITworld.com Embedded mobile broadband set to improve with Windows 7 Broadband Genie all 38 news articles More...
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Mike Skuse's Blog - IT PRO
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Mike Skuse's Blog IT PRO, UK I am still using windows 7, admittedly not on my Laptop anymore as it died on me so I went back to just plain Vista but on my main pc at home it’s still going strong and as good as ever. I’ma bit disappointed with Google Chromes compatibility – the ... More...
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Microsoft fixes IE 8 for new Windows - VNUNet.com
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Ars Technica Microsoft fixes IE 8 for new Windows VNUNet.com, UK The company said that many of the same fixes for the Windows XP and Vista versions of the browser had been placed into last month's release candidate update. Program manager Herman Ng said in a blog posting that the update should address many of the ... Google wants to join EU case against Microsoft CNET News Microsoft Mends IE8 Bugs in Windows 7 EfluxMedia News all 380 news articles More...
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Windows 7 Beta Testers: Activate Or Be Nagged To Death - ChannelWeb
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Windows 7 Beta Testers: Activate Or Be Nagged To Death ChannelWeb, NY The Windows 7 beta activation "encouragement process" is similar to that of Windows Vista: Users have the option of not activating their systems—as long as they're ready to deal with a barrage of annoying alerts. Generally speaking, the longer Windows ... Do Windows 7 public beta testers deserve more feedback from Microsoft? The Industry Standard all 8 news articles More...
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Microsoft takes fresh look at social media strategy - PRWeek UK
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Microsoft takes fresh look at social media strategy PRWeek UK, UK 2009 Tech blog engadget slams latest version of Windows Mobile, saying: ‘Microsoft limped out a half-hearted rehash… and managed to blind most onlookers with bloated PR.’ 2008 Vista operating system faces criticism from bloggers, and is bashed in an ... More...
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Microsoft released a software update that address application compatibility issues in Windows 7. Prerequisites This update has to be applied on computers that are running Windows 7 Beta. Restart requirement You have to restart the computer after you apply this update. Update replacement information This update does not replace a previously released update. Knowledge base article Downloads: Download the Update for Windows 7 Client Beta (KB967062) 32bit Download the Update for Windows 7 Client Beta for x64-based Systems (KB967062) Download the Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itan…
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Technology Briefing - Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Technology Briefing Seattle Post Intelligencer "In the very near future, we will be making the (release candidate) broadly available for anyone to download and test," the company said on its Windows Team blog. The final version will follow during the second quarter of 2009, Microsoft said. ... More...
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Well, just in case you didn't have enough Windows 7 editions to go around, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced a fresh addition to the lineup, but this time on the server side. Speaking at the “Strategic Update” presentation for Wall Street analysts on February 24, 2009, Ballmer indicated that Microsoft was cooking the addition of Foundation Edition to the Windows 7 Server SKU lineup. In this regard, Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation Edition is the latest item to be added to the extensive list of Windows 7 editions. Source: Softpedia
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Only CNBC shocked at Apple's media rules - CNET News
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CNET News Only CNBC shocked at Apple's media rules CNET News, CA I switched to OS-X from Windows about a year and a half ago. This is after over 10 years with Windows and IT support thereof. Catalytic to my switch, were two events: (1) Microsoft released a product called, 'Vista', and (2) Apple decided to adopt a ... More...