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In July 2009, it became clear that the browser ballot was for not only for EU residents using Windows 7, but for Windows Vista and Windows XP as well. ... Early Windows 7 adopters happy, report saysNASDAQ Microsoft to patch IE zero-day bug next weekComputerworld

Supported operating systems: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Note, DirectX 10 is not required for running ...

An updated version of Fuel Industries' robotic puzzler Tinker--previously released as an 'Extra' for Windows Vista Ultimate--will become a free GoD title to ... Microsoft to offer full game downloads on Games For Windows Live December 15Game Daily

I want to point out that Internet Explorer 8 is not affected on any platform and that running Protected Mode in Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista ... Early Windows 7 adopters happy, report saysNASDAQ Patch Tuesday heads-up: MS to fix 'critical' IE, Office security holesZDNet (blog)

World's first survey of Windows Vista users. Only a third of Vista users reported being very satisfied. And consumers have taken notice of Microsoft's ... Patch Tuesday heads-up: MS to fix 'critical' IE, Office security holesZDNet (blog)

By sam mcloughln according to the BBC today. "Initially it was thought that Microsoft's own security update could have caused the problem but that has now been ruled out. The software firm that suggested the security update was the problem has apologised for its claims. Reports suggest the problem also aff...

By The PC Doctor There are new security warning(s): ·         Microsoft November Update for Multiple Vulnerabilities What does it affect?: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista What does it do?: Details of Microsoft's November software update concerning a number of vulne...

update to Windows PowerShell 2.0 and Windows Remote Management (WinRM) 2.0 on Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP. ... Microsoft plugs 15 holes in Windows, OfficeWashington Post Microsoft Patch Release Fixes Windows Kernel BugChannelWeb

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...

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...

As part of its regular "patch Tuesday" update system, Microsoft busted out the big roll of band-aids, patching 34 security holes for everything from Windows XP to Win 7. The software maker plugged 34 holes and designated most of them "critical," Microsoft's most severe rating. Among them...

By Sumeeth Evans This fell in my lap over the weekend, but I didn’t have time to cover it last week: An update is available that allows for a potential power saving in an AMD multicore processor that is running an x64-based version of Windows Vista SP2, of Windows Server 2008 SP2, of Windows 7, or of Windows Se...

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...

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...

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...

By Milo Riano This problem affects the following operating system and applications: 1. Windows XP 2. Windows 2000 3. Windows Vista 4. Windows Server 2003 5. Windows Server 2008 8. Windows Client for MAC 9. Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 Image from Windows 7. Post from: Windows Vista Weblog

By Milo Riano The affected operating system includes Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista Service Pack 2. It is interesting to note that Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 7 for x64-based Systems, and Windows 7 for Itanium-based Systems which has Internet Explorer 8 is no...

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By emil.protalinski@arstechnica.com (Emil Protalinski) Starting in late August, and continuing over the next couple of months, Microsoft will be upgrading its update services, which will affect the Windows Update and Automatic Updates client code. This update will improve the user interface for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 users,...

By Milo Riano Microsoft has released an advanced notifications for their June patch which affects Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008. The Microsoft bulletin is found here — Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for June 2009

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.

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By freitasm With so many stories about the Windows 7 Release Candidate going around right now, it's easy to miss this one: Microsoft has released Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for download on MSDN and Technet.

By (Emil Protalinski) Microsoft has sent out an e-mail to testers announcing that the RC-Escrow build of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 is available for download. The company is letting testers grab it via Windows Update (available this Thursday in available languages of Vista and Se...

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By michael1230 Every time I try to install Vista SP1 I get the error 800B0100 i try this 'Error message when you try to install Windows Vista Service internal error occurred while installing the service pack"' servicing\packages\Package_4_for_KB938979~31bf3856 ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.2.cat

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

On Tuesday, July 8, Microsoft will release 4 security bulletins and patches to address them. All four are rated "Important". Two bulletins address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, one in Exchange Server and one in SQL Server. The first Windows issue affects just Windows Vista and Wi...

By termserv We have also released the MUI package for RDC6.1 on Windows XP SP2 from the Microsoft Download Center (KB 952230). Windows Server 2008 & Windows Vista feature support Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista SP1 Windows XP SP3 Windows XP SP2 (KB 952155)

By Kevin Purdy The Digital Inspiration blog has a timely step-by-step tutorial on creating a "slipstreamed" Vista installation DVD that has all the fixes and tweaks from Service Pack 1 included. The guide utilizes the previously mentioned vLite tool, and requires a Vista installation CD—but you cre...

By Vikingod Microsoft has admitted that service pack one (SP1) for its Ultimate edition of Windows Vista will not be made available to everyone in mid-March as originally planned, because of a delay with 31 of its language packs. Customers running the "premium" version of the operating system on the...

By Brad Linder Release candidates of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 have been available for a couple of months. But if you've been holding off on updating your Vista system until SP1 gets the official Microsoft seal of approval, it looks like you may not have to wait much longer.

By Ian Dumych Filed under: OS Updates, Windows, Microsoft, CommercialMicrosoft has released Release Candidate 1 of Windows XP to it's official site. Anyone can now download this eagerly awaited update to the world's most popular operating system.

By Corrine Concurrent with working on the beta Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Vista, Microsoft is preparing Service Pack 3 (SP3), Microsoft released an overview of SP 3 for the Windows XP operating system. The paper is available in PDF or XPS format from the link below the description:

By donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) After a disappointing showing by Windows Vista SP1, we were pleasantly surprised to discover that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (v.3244) delivers a measurable performance boost to this aging desktop OS. Testing with OfficeBench showed a ...

By Christina Warren Filed under: Audio, Video, Windows, Macintosh, Apple Apple has just released iTunes 7.5, available for both Windows and Mac users. QuickTime 7.2 was causing lots of problems with Windows Vista, which we hope the newest update will resolve.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Vista Hack Enables Service Pack 1 Download  NY - Oct 18, 2007 By Kevin McLaughlin, CMP Channel Microsoft plans to launch the first service pack for Windows Vista during the first quarter of 2008, but a registry hack ...

By dsebban Today we release the Beta of windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to a private group of Beta testers via connect.microsoft.com. Brandon over on the Windows Experience blog has installed and regularly uses SP1 on all of his machines (as do I) and discusses the more notable elements of it. We'll re...

Windows Vista SP1 is an update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers. In addition to previously released updates, SP1 will contain changes focused on addressing specific reliability and performance issues, supporting new types of hardware, and adding support f...

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Vista Patch Improves EVDO / HSDPA 3G Card Performance Microsoft has released a patch for Vista that improves EVDO Wireless Data Card performance when running under Vista. This patch is NOT available as part of the Vista sofware update, you will need to download the patch directly from Mic...

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...

By caesar@arstechnica.com (Ken Fisher) After months of online speculation and rumor, and complete silence from Microsoft, the company is finally talking publicly about when we can expect Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista, and what it will contain. Read More...

By sumeethevans@bink.nu Although everyone and his brother predicted that Microsoft would make the mega-hotfix packs for Windows Vista available via Windows Update on this Patch Tuesday, that didn’t turn out to be the case. I’m expecting we’ll see those Vista fix packs on Windows Update real soon now. But they’re...

By Brad Linder Filed under: OS Updates, Windows, Microsoft, Beta Word on the street is that Microsoft may be sending out pre-release beta versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3. via All About Microsoft]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

The service pack comes labeled with a build string matching its recently released WDK brother and smells of Server 2008 kernel, which is A Good Thing™ -- 6001.16549(longhorn_sp1beta1.070628-1825). Queried Microsoft and beta participants are denying the program's existence, as expec...

By Mary Jo Foley I linked to an AeroXP post this morning listing hot fixes for Windows Vista provided in two new Knowledge Base postings. The AeroXP post is gone now. Poof! So if you wanted the list of what's in there, here it is. I grabbed it from NVNews.Net. I am posting the Vista fix pack feature list here in case i...

By sumeethevans@bink.nu This update resolves a number of individual issues which may be affecting some computers running Windows Vista. These issues have been reported by customers using the Error Reporting service, product support, or other means. Installing this update will improve the reliability and har...

By Brad Linder Vista reliability packs Microsoft beta testers have been playing with a few major updates for Windows Vista for a few days now. It's not quite a full service pack release, but the Vista Performance and Reliability Pack and the Vista ...

By Muhammad Abdullah This process includes taking ownership of three system files for an article on How to take Ownership check this. (more…) I will explain you how to patch your Windows Vista system for applying non-Microsoft Visual Styles. You must be login as Administrator Download the compressed file fro...

Hacking group warez has released a patch allowing gamers to run Halo 2 and Shadowrun, both released by Microsoft as Windows Vista-only titles, on the firm’s older Windows XP operating system.

By mvolo A Visual Studio patch that fixes the Visual Studio F5 debugging of IIS7 applications on Windows Vista Home Premium and above has been released!  For more information and download link, see my older post Fix problems with Visual Studio F5 debugging of ASP.NET applications on IIS7 Vista.

By undisclosed@thoughtsmedia.com (Darius Wey) Nick White at the Windows Vista Team Blog has given us the heads-up on an upcoming Windows Mobile Device Center update that adds file synchronization support for Windows Mobile 6 Standard Edition devices, as well as a collection of bug fixes that one can only hope offers Ed some resolutio...

By Corrine Please note, however, that the preview version is an pre-release and, thus, unsupported. If Windows DreamScene Preview is installed, go to Windows Update and "Check for updates". The Content Pack is listed as an Ultimate Extra. Windows Vista Bookmarks, Customizing Vista, has been updat...