Category: Microsoft

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Now, downgrade to XP

Many users have reported that the software they rely on isn’t compatible with Vista. Advanced power management features often don’t work the way they’re supposed to and sometimes too much security isn’t a good thing ,...

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The silent windows update

Microsoft rolled out a “silent” windows update for XP and Vista, including to those which have turned off Windows Update. This led to complaints in forums and the media, arguing that no company should be able...

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Vista’s Black screen of darkness

“Good afternoon, as of this week, Microsoft has activated a function in Vista called ‘Reduced Functionality.’ This is a specific function in Vista that effectively disables non-genuine copies of Windows. Therefore anyone who has a pirated...

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Internet TV on Windows Media Center

Microsoft plans on unleashing Internet TV on or around September 27th, which will enable Media Center users to watch a variety of on-demand, ad-supported content free of charge.Best of all, this feature will simply be delivered...

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Silverlight 1.0 Final released

Microsoft® Silverlight™ is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. It supports AJAX, VB, C#, Python, and Ruby, and integrates with existing...

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End of ‘autopatcher’ days

Autopatcher provided a safe and easy way to install windows updates on our systems for over four years. With Autopatcher, users could download the whole suite and selectively install Windows updates on multiple PCs and systems...

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Vista SP1 is due in the second half of 2007

After lots of wavering, Microsoft has finally made the due date for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) official: The update will ship in the latter half of 2007. Microsoft didn’t issue a press release with...