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Rate Amazon Kindle for PC now available

Original at TechWhack external link    11 hours ago

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By Manuj Amazon has launched the PC edition of Kindle application. The PC edition means that it is now available for the users of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems. No love for Linux yet. They are still to launch the Mac edition. Amazon Kindle is already available [...]

Rate Home Premium to Ultimate upgrade

Original at setup Google Group external link    14 hours ago

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Hello,I just tried upgrading from Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows Vista Ultimate...at first it checked my system for compatibility (yes, I instereted the disk into the CD drive thingy and then clicked upgrade while Home Premium was running)...once it finished checking for c...

Rate Windows 7 use continues to climb

Original at CNET News.com external link    Tue, Nov 10

It now makes up 4 percent of Web-accessing computers, a mark that took Windows Vista nearly seven months to reach.

Rate Stop Paying for Windows Security; Microsoft's Security Tools Are Good Enough

Original at Lifehacker external link    Tue, Nov 10

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By The How-To Geek User Account Control (UAC) is Not a Security Tool The single most irritating feature introduced in Windows Vista was those annoying UAC prompts, asking you for permission to do nearly anything on your computer—and the fact is, even if it makes you feel more secure, it's a false sense of se...

Rate Pirates get a taste of Microsoft COFEE

Original at Ars Technica external link    Mon, Nov 9

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By emil.protalinski@arstechnica.com (Emil Protalinski) Chances are you won't have any use for the tool, but pirates get a thrill from having something they shouldn't, and a forensics tool only distributed to police departments around the world is pretty high up on the list of things you shouldn't have on your computer. The forensics tool is appr...

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Rate TechEd Europe 2009: Windows 7 Business Enthusiasm Continues

Original at Windows Vista Team external link    Mon, Nov 9

By Rich Reynolds If your organization is still running Windows 2000, we recommend that you begin your application testing on Windows 7 and begin your deployment planning. If you’ve already started a migration to Windows Vista, continue that deployment, as it will help you get ready for Windows 7 when the...

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

Rate Switchers Guide: Getting used to OS X

Original at Computerworld external link    Fri, Nov 6

By (Harry McCracken) Though neither Microsoft nor Apple would care to admit it, Windows and OS X are in many ways strikingly similar. That's good news for switchers: If you're familiar with Windows, adjusting to OS X is less like learning how to drive than figuring out the controls in a new car. Windows XP is Mac-l...

Past Two Weeks

 

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 Windows 7 with RDP7: Best OS for VDI

Original at blogs.msdn.com external link    Mon, Nov 2

By termserv When users connect to a Windows 7 VM, the RDP7 protocol will be used to communicate between client and VM if RDP 7 or Remote Desktop Connection 7 (RDC7) client is used. RDC7 client is offered on variety of OSs, including XPSP3, Vista SP1 and Vista SP2 and the same client is part of the Windows 7 O...

Rate Security fixes, JavaScript update bog down Internet Explorer 8

Original at BetaNews external link    Fri, Oct 30

By Scott M. Fulton, III We also could not help but notice that the latest JScript update was applied to Windows XP and Vista platforms only -- at least in the Automatic Updates distributions that we received. After those updates were applied, IE8 performance in Vista and XP were dragged down so heavily that IE8 on...

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...

Past Month

 

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 ZDNet Blogs 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 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: Windows7 Trigger Start Services – Part 1: Introduction

Original at Windows Vista Team external link    Mon, Oct 26

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By Yochay Kiriaty We introduced Service 0 Isolation a few weeks ago as an application compatibility topic. It is only natural that we continue our conversation about services in the context of Windows 7. But this time, we will talk about some of the benefits to service optimization that are available in Wind...

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.

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 A Windows XP user's game plan for Windows 7

Original at Houston Chronicle external link    Wed, Oct 14

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By Dwight • Manually run Windows Update to check for any patches and fixes to Windows 7. The installation process is supposed to install these, but do this just to be safe. (And note that the first critical security update for Windows 7 is already available.)

Rate Patch: Microsoft Mentions Windows 7 SP1 and Vista SP3

Original at Bink.nu external link    Tue, Oct 13

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...

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...

Year 2009

 

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...

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 Opinion: Microsoft's free Security Essentials anti-virus tool goes live

Original at BetaNews external link    Tue, Sep 29

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By Scott M. Fulton, III Both of these effects on the market could contribute toward one very important end goal: avoiding the characterization among consumers of Windows Vista -- technically a much more secure operating system than Windows XP -- as relatively insecure. Other than its fortress icon, Security...

Rate Windows 7 Certification on Lenovo Computers

Original at everyjoe.com external link    Tue, Sep 29

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By Milo Riano Lenovo and Microsoft have teamed up to provide the Windows 7 certification wherein Think and Idea PCs of Lenovo would have the certification — “Windows 7 Lenovo Enhanced Experience”. Those that have this certification means the computer is optimized to run Microsoft’s Windows 7 which i...

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

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 I suppose the biggest thing missing from Windows 7 is any sense of daring (psychedelic wallpapers aside). It's a very safe release: Take what was good about Vista, fix what people bitched about, and voila. We get it, people want a safe operating system, not an experiment in behavioral scien...

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  

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    10 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 Podcast: Windows 7 Graphics - WIC

Original at Channel9 posts by user: The Channel 9 Team external link    Thu, May 21

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By Yochay Kiriaty ·         Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview - Part 1 ·         Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview - Part 2 ·         Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview - Part 3 ·         Developer for Windows MSDN page ·         Windows 7: Unlocking the GPU with Direct3D

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: Windows Experience IndexVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at The Chris Pirillo Show external link    Tue, Aug 28

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) OOBE, Calibri and AERO: A Conversation with Jenny LamWindows Vista NetworkingRobert McLaws on x64 and Longhorn Part 2Blogspot, Windows Media Center and Ed BottI...

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 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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