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Rate OS Environment Comparison for SharePoint Server 2010 Beta Evaluation

Original at MSDN external link    19 hours ago

By opal SharePoint Server 2010 can be installed on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. You can find installation steps for different OSes on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869(office.14).aspx . So is there any difference between thes...

Rate Opinion: Fishbowl for Facebook Using the Windows 7 Taskbar for Extra Spice

Original at The Windows external link    Thu, Nov 19

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By Yochay Kiriaty As a WPF application, Fishbowl runs on multiple Windows versions, including Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, and it integrates with the Windows 7 Taskbar and Multitouch. One of the main ideas behind the Taskbar is to provide users with quick and easy access to their content and he...

Rate The Windows Platform, Silverlight 4, and Facebook

Original at The Windows external link    Thu, Nov 19

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By Brandon LeBlanc Today, we’re making available an application for Windows 7 called Fishbowl for Facebook. This application is a sample application created by UXLabs@Microsoft that showcases the Windows Platform (when I say Windows Platform = .NET Platform) and takes advantage of key Windows 7 feature...

Rate GeekPost Weekly Newsletter Volume 1 Issue 6Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Geekzone external link    Thu, Nov 19

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By JamesHip As a user of Windows and a former independent software vendor (ISV), I know how disconcerting it is when an application exhibits user-interface constructs different from the ones we've grown to consider modern by the newest operating system release or version of Office we're using. It'...

Rate Boot Camp Drivers Update 2.2 for Windows

Original at Apple Hot News external link    Thu, Nov 19

About Boot Camp Drivers Update 2.2 for Windows If you have an Intel-based Mac and there’s a PC application you need to use, you can run it using Boot Camp. You”ll need to provide a copy of Microsoft Windows, but Boot Camp is included in Mac OS X Leopard.

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Rate New Windows API Code Pack Version

Original at The Windows external link    Wed, Nov 18    2 related articles

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By Yochay Kiriaty But before we dive into this new version of the Windows Code Pack let’s better understand what this Windows API Code Pack is all about. The Windows API Code Pack includes a great deal of managed API for Windows (7). For example: To learn more about how to use the Windows API Code Pack check the Wi...

Rate Add Sticky Note Goodness to Your Desktop with Stickies

Original at To Geek external link    Tue, Nov 17

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By Asian Angel Are you looking for a customizable sticky notes program for your desktop that can be fixed to blend with your theme? See how Stickies makes a nice addition to any Windows system. If you have been looking for a good sticky notes program for your desktop, then Stickies is definitely a recommen...

Rate How To Get Years of Good Use Out of Your Existing Tape Backup Setup with Server 2008

Original at Redmond Channel Partner external link    Mon, Nov 16

Discover how the BackupAssist™ tape backup solution provides ongoing viability for existing tape hardware on Server 2008. This Whitepaper explains how to continue using tape for data archival backup while delivering cost-efficiency and labor savings with Windows Server 2008, Wind...

Rate Opinion: CyberNotes: Schedule and Stream Shows from Media Center

Original at CyberNet Classics external link    Sun, Nov 15

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By Ashley Microsoft Monday Your Week in Review with Sunday’s SummaryCyberNotes: Multiple Tuners in Vista Media Center (MCE)MyFive: Reasons I Love Windows Vista Media CenterCyberNotes: Skip Commercials in Windows Media CenterHow To Stream Internet Music On Your Pocket PC

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Rate Opinion: Lightning Strikes Twice, Microsoft Admits Two Mistakes in the Same Year

Original at Lockergnome Blog Network external link    Fri, Nov 13

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By the oracle Microsoft pulled the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool from the Microsoft Store on November 10 after a report by “Within Windows” blogger Rafael Rivera that he had found what looked to be open-source code in the tool. Inclusion of open-source code isn’t a no-no, but Microsoft’s decision to...

Rate GeekPost Weekly Newsletter Volume 1 Issue 5

Original at Geekzone external link    Fri, Nov 13

By JamesHip CourseTitleRTM Date5105CDeploying Windows Vista Business Desktops (3 days)8/17/20096445AImplementing and Administering Windows Small Business Server 2008 (5 days)8/21/20095115BInstalling, Configuring, and Troubleshooting Windows Vista (3 days)8/21/20095118BSuppor...

Rate 12 Booster Apps For Windows 7

Original at gHacks technology external link    Sun, Nov 8

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By Martin Related posts Windows 7 Gmail Notifier (9)Create Custom Windows 7 Jumplists (11)WinShake Adds Aero Peek And Share To Windows Vista and XP (1)Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor (6)Windows 7 Taskbar Tweaker (2) Experienced computer users have a specific routine that they go through whenever th...

Rate Opinion: CyberNotes: How to Edit MP3 Details in Vista

Original at CyberNet Classics external link    Sat, Nov 7

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By Ashley Microsoft Monday Your Week in Review with Sunday’s SummaryGoogle Maps Gives Editing Rights to UsersWindows Vista Beta 2 Update AvailableCyberNotes: Your Week in Review with Sunday’s SummaryCyberNotes: iCal vs. Windows Calendar

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Rate Patch: 'Fix It' Released for Upgrade hangs at 62%

Original at Bink.nu external link    Tue, Nov 3

By Sumeeth Evans This Fix it Solution automates setting a system variable to ignore the IphlpsvcMigPlugin.ddd plug-in on Windows Vista which enables the update to occur successfully from Windows Vista to Windows 7. Microsoft cautions that this Fix it solution should not be used for Windows 7 upgrades th...

Rate Podcast: Aufzeichnung zum Oktober-TechTalk: Windows 7 – ein Überblick für Entwickler (Teil 1)

Original at Channel9 posts by user: The Channel 9 Team external link    Tue, Nov 3

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By Jan Schenk In dieser TechTalk-Aufzeichnung erklären Oliver Scheer und Peter Kirchner, wie etwa die neue Taskbar genutzt werden kann, indem die Preview-Ansicht gesteuert, Status-Informationen ausgegeben oder die Sprunglisten nach Ihren  Wünschen angepasst werden können. Wir zeigen neue M...

Rate Opinion: Windows 7 Guides: The Best Of

Original at Gizmodo external link    Wed, Oct 28

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By John Herrman Microsoft says that Windows 7 is the "seventh" major Windows version, which it isn't, but whatever. Adding to the mystery, the Windows 7 version number will actually be 6.1, the same as Windows Server 2008 R2. Microsoft has included the option to use BitLocker Drive Encryption without a com...

Rate Patch: DirectX 11 for Vista Released

Original at DriverHeaven.net external link    Wed, Oct 28

By MIG-31 Quote: DirectX 11 is now available for Windows Vista users through a new Platform Update for Windows Vista available automatically through the Windows Update function. Buried in the patch notes is a low-key "Updates to DirectX to support hardware acceleration for 2D, 3D, and text-base...

Rate How To: TR Dojo: Change the registration information in Windows Vista and XP

Original at Steve Gillmor's GestureLab external link    Wed, Oct 28

By Larry Dignan Bill Detwiler shows you how to change the registration information on your Windows system using a registry hack or TechRepublic's Vista and XP Registration Changer tools.

Rate Opinion: Windows 7 Gets A Lukewarm Reception Across the Pond

Original at Lockergnome Blog Network external link    Sun, Oct 25

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By the oracle My take: Windows 7 will be a success and restore some lost faith in Microsoft. I also think that Windows XP users should upgrade to something… anything. The Windows XP operating system is a decade old. If you don’t like Windows 7, by all means switch to Mac OS X or load Ubuntu Linux or something, b...

Rate How To: Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media

Original at Hard OCP external link    Fri, Oct 23

Here is your handy-dandy Windows 7 tip of the day. Those of you that use this method, let us know in the comments section how this worked out for you. First of all, the double install trick from Windows Vista actually still works in Windows 7. But there's a better way. Here's how to clean install Wi...

Rate How To: Article :: Windows 7 Backup and Restore, Part 2

Original at informIT external link    Thu, Oct 22

Mark Soper shows how to restore files to a Windows 7 system, how to restore a system image to an empty hard disk, and how to use Windows 7 to restore backups made with Windows Vista and Windows XP's backup programs.

October of 2009

 

Rate Podcast: Choosing a Windows 7 Version: Home, Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate

Original at Digital Trends external link    Wed, Oct 21

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By Leif Iverson Windows Vista users, your long-overdue reprieve has finally arrived: Today you can walk into your local software retailer and pick up your very own copy of Windows 7. The days of endless crashes, long boot times and piles of clutter are over, but not with a quite literal price. Microsoft exp...

Rate Apple declares war on the entire PC industry

Original at BetaNews external link    Tue, Oct 20

By Joe Wilcox Windows 7 officially launches in two days. Best Buy already has Windows 7 PCs on sale, but not for purchase. Dell started taking Windows 7 over the weekend. Gartner is telling businesses they must upgrade to Windows 7, despite any hardships migrating from Windows XP. Microsoft is priming the...

Rate The Best Windows Tweaks that Still Work in Windows 7

Original at Lifehacker external link    Mon, Oct 19

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By The How-To Geek Make Windows 7 or Vista Log On Automatically Disable Caps Lock Key in Windows 7 or Vista  Turn on Remote Desktop in Windows 7 or Vista Turn Off Windows Explorer Click Sounds in Windows 7 or Vista Disable User Account Control (UAC) the Easy Way on Win 7 or Vista

Rate Patch: Download HPC Pack 2008 SDK SP1 Fix for Nehalem CPUs MPI Performance Degradation

Original at Softpedia external link    Tue, Oct 13

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By Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) “This SDK update fixes an issue where after applying Service Pack 1 you may experience a performance degradation in MPI jobs,” Microsoft explains. “Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2003 x64 editions; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows Vista...

Rate Installing Windows 7 on an older computer: a realistic scenario

Original at blogs.msdn.com external link    Wed, Oct 7

By randguth Step 3. Apply all current updates, drivers and patches.  Go to programs, then run Windows Update. This took me over an hour because you have to keep repeating this step five or six times since some updates have to be applied before the next one’s become available.  Take a look at both optional an...

September of 2009

 

Rate How To: Changes to XPS Rasterization Filter Sample for Windows Vista SP2 with Platform Client Update

Original at blogs.msdn.com external link    Tue, Sep 29

By wdkblog Buld the sample using Windows 7.Change the xpsrassmpl.inf file.Install the sample on Windows Vista SP2 with Platform Client Update. For step 2, make these changes to the XPSRASSMPL.INF file: XPSRas WDK Sample Driver" = INSTALL_FILTER XPSRas WDK Sample Driver" = INSTALL_FILTER

Rate Patch: Exploit For Windows SMBv2 Vulnerability Out, Attacks Likely

Original at PC Magazine external link    Tue, Sep 29

Fully-functioning exploit code for the recently-revealed, but still unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's SMBv2 networking protocol has been released in the Metasploit framework. The exploit should allow the development of attacks installing malicious code on Windows Vista Se...

Rate Podcast: What is Microsoft's Visual Basic 6 Support Strategy?

Original at Channel9 posts by user: The Channel 9 Team external link    Mon, Sep 14

By Beth Massi Read the Official Support Statement on Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP

August of 2009

 

Rate Five Windows 7 and Snow Leopard similarities

Original at Houston Chronicle external link    Mon, Aug 31    1 related articles

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By Dwight Microsoft includes Windows Defender, a basic antispyware application, in Windows 7 as it did in Vista, and there are more under-the-hood changes that make the operating system more secure. And Internet Explorer 8, which is also available as a download for Vista and XP, includes better p...

Rate Patch: MSI 4.5 natively included with SP2 for Windows Vista & Server 2008

Original at blogs.msdn.com external link    Wed, Aug 12

By Windows Installer Team ·         KB 958655 – Error message when you use Windows Installer (MSI) 4.5 to install multiple MSI packages in Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP: "API call rejected - No actions in Context". ·         KB 967756 – After you uninstall some software upda...

Rate Podcast: The Complete Guide to Windows Easy Transfer

Original at Channel9 posts by user: The Channel 9 Team external link    Thu, Aug 6

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By Nic Fillingham In this video we cover virtually everything you would ever want to know about Windows Easy Transfer and demonstrate the application in action on a Windows XP machine (creating a *.MIG file and backing up to USB key) and transferring files and settings from Windows Vista to Windows 7 via an E...

Rate Windows 7 Review: You Can Quit Complaining Now

Original at Gizmodo external link    Wed, Aug 5

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By matt buchanan In short, Windows 7 is what Windows should feel like in 2009. Media Player still sucks to use, though "Play To" and internet streaming features are nifty The mess that is Control Panel—after all that UI work, what the eff, guys? Microsoft Windows 7]

Rate Quick Look: Working with Fonts in Windows 7

Original at Windows Vista, Live & 7 external link    Sun, Aug 2

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Install Font Dialog in Windows Vista, year 2006 Font Control Panel displaying previews of active and hidden fonts The Windows Team also added 50 new fonts: Engineering Windows 7 for a Global Market Engineering Changes to ClearType in Windows 7  

Year 2009

 

Rate Podcast: Mark Russinovich and David Solomon: Windows Internals 5 Released

Original at Channel9 posts by user: The Channel 9 Team external link    Fri, Jun 19

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By Charles Windows kernel expert and kernel "professor" David Solomon and Windows Kernel Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich have written another great book covering, in great detail, the internal composition of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. A third author,Alex Ionescu, joined th...

Rate Patch: Vista Service Pack 2 Standalone is available

Original at MSMVPS.COM external link    Tue, May 26    13 related articles

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By donna Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 - Five Language Standalone (KB948465) Note: Windows Server 2008 released with Service Pack 1 included. Windows Vista SP1 information and downloads can be found on the Windows Vista SP1 TechNet page.

Rate How To: Make the Windows 7 Superbar look like Windows Vista TaskbarVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, May 16

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By rss@youtube.com (ComputerGuy2010) Author: ComputerGuy2010 Keywords: Windows Taskbar Superbar hard to use change Vista taskbar Step by step totorial Added: May 16, 2009

Rate (HD) Windows Vista Tutorial Speed Up Your PC! + How to Use RocketdockVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Apr 12

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By rss@youtube.com (tobleroneuk) None Author: tobleroneuk Keywords: Windows Vista SP1 SP2 SP3 tutorial make faster startup shutdown msconfig nvidia gtx 260 Added: April 12, 2009

Rate How to make Windows Vista 80 to 90% fasterVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Mar 5

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By rss@youtube.com (vanityscreamreacords) this is a short video on some steps you can take to make your Vista... Author: vanityscreamreacords Keywords: Windows Vista Faster fast 90% 80% really how to Make Added: March 5, 2009

Rate Podcast: Is the Macintosh tide ebbing?

Original at Houston Chronicle external link    Thu, Feb 12

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By Dwight • Hype. Apple's a master at getting others to do promotion on its behalf. The Fanboy Nation is a powerful force (watch for its presence to manifest itself in the comments under this post), and it saves Apple a bundle in marketing costs. But at the moment, Microsoft's winning the buzz contest be...

Rate Podcast: Windows 7 = Vista Upgrade

Original at LarrysWorld.com external link    Mon, Feb 2

I don’t know why it took so long, but Microsoft has finally fixed Vista. Only it isn’t calling it Vista. Instead the company is working on what it’s calling a new version of Windows, Windows 7. The operating system isn’t commercially available, but is likely to be out by the end of the year.

Rate Patch: Information about Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2

Original at msnn.ms external link    Thu, Sep 18

By BSchwarz • Windows Vista Business 64-bit Edition • Windows Vista Business • Windows Vista Enterprise • Windows Vista Home Basic • Windows Vista Starter • Windows Vista Ultimate • Windows Server 2008 Datacenter • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise • Windows Server 2008 Standard

Rate Opinion: Windows Vista Running Slow? Two Proven Ways to Speed it Up

Original at Windows Vista Guide external link    Sat, Aug 16

By ShaDow If you truly want to speed up vista, you need to approach the issue from a few different angles. Simply installing an anti-virus tool or anti-spyware tool isn't going to cut it. That being said, start considering different methods of speeding up your computer -- examine what techniques can...

Rate Security Garden: Windows Vista SP1 Update Information

Original at Security Garden external link    Thu, May 8

Sunday, February 24, 2008 Windows Vista SP1 Update Information KB937287 -- "configuring updates stage 3 of 3. 0% complete" A few people have run into a problem after installing KB937287, of the pre-requisite updates for SP1. The solution for this issue is available in KB949358. If you have...

Rate Windows XP SP3 Released

Original at Security Garden external link    Tue, May 6

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By Corrine Remember - "A day without laughter is a day wasted." May the wind sing to you and the sun rise in your heart... Computer security news & information, help, tips and more, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Year 2007

 

Rate Patch: Windows Vista SP1 "slipstream" Guide

Original at Bink.nu external link    Thu, Aug 30

By bink@bink.nu Microsoft has confirmed that there will no way to directly slipstream the Service Pack. Nevertheless, the method outlined below will still work. Microsoft has confirmed that there will no way to directly slipstream the Service Pack. Nevertheless, the method outlined below will still wo...

Rate Podcast: Recovering Windows PasswordsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at The Chris Pirillo Show external link    Mon, Aug 27

By chris@pirillo.com (Chris Pirillo) Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes Formats Available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4) Flash Video (.flv) MP3 Audio (.mp3) Master Password in FirefoxHappy Birthday!Password StorageErase FilesWindows Vista in Your WordsWindows Vista and Outlook 2007 ThoughtsEd Bott and Windows Vi...

Rate Opinion: How to secure a wireless network

Original at Security Garden external link    Sun, Aug 19

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By Corrine Here's a great tip via Josh at Windows Connected: Join the fun at Windows Connected. I'm connected, are you? Computer security news & information, help, tips and more, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Rate Dreamscene cracked to work on all editions of Windows Vista

Original at ActiveWin.com external link    Thu, May 10

Microsoft has been hard at work trying to bundle a set of special goodies to reward people who shelled out the cash for Vista Ultimate, such as Dreamscene, a bundle of animated wallpapers that uses Vista's advanced compositing display engine. Well, the hackers have been hard at work disse...

Rate How To: Outbound Rules List for Windows Vista Firewall

Original at Security Garden external link    Sat, Mar 17

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By Corrine Last month I added Donna's tutorial, “Vista’s Windows Firewall with Advanced Security” to Windows Vista Bookmarks. Donna's tutorial includes illustrated instructions on how to create an outbound rule for Windows Vista Firewall.

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