Microsoft Pro Photo Tools (v1), Windows Search 4.0 and Windows Installer 4.5 Released!

The Pro Photo Tools allow you to add, change, and delete common metadata properties for digital photographs. You can place photos on the Live Earth map and then drag them to the right location. The GPS information will be stored back into the photos. If you have a GPS device, can load track route files [...]

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Build 5512 Final Download

Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system, in addition to a small number of new functionalities that will not significantly change customers’ experience with the operating system. This white paper summarizes what is new in Windows XP SP3, and how to deploy the service pack.
File Size: 316.43 [...]

Microsoft Sends Letter to Yahoo! Board of Directors - 3 Weeks Deadline

Microsoft yesterday (April 5, 2008) sent the following letter to the Yahoo! Board of Directors:
Dear Members of the Board:
It has now been more than two months since we made our proposal to acquire Yahoo! at a 62% premium to its closing price on January 31, 2008, the day prior to our announcement. Our goal in [...]

Windows Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1) Officially Released to Consumers

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (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, performance, and compatibility issues; supporting new types of hardware; and adding support for several emerging standards. SP1 also will continue to make [...]

Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Released!

The 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1 delivers important customer-requested stability and performance improvements, while incorporating further enhancements to user security. This service pack also includes all of the updates released for the 2007 Office suite prior to December of 2007. You can get a more complete description of SP1, including a list of [...]

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

.NET Framework 3.5 builds incrementally on the new features added in .NET Framework 3.0. For example, feature sets in Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows CardSpace. In addition, .NET Framework 3.5 contains a number of new features in several technology areas which have been added as new [...]

New compatibility, reliability, and stability update for Windows Vista

This update improves the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista. This update includes the following improvements:

It extends the battery life for mobile devices.
It improves the stability of portable computers and of desktop computers that use an uninterruptable power supply (UPS).
It improves the reliability of Windows Vista when you open the menu of a startup [...]

Microsoft Releases Windows Vista Performance and Reliability Updates

Microsoft today has released a performance and a reliability update for Windows Vista. This is one of the steps towards Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
Update for Windows Vista (KB938979)
This is a performance update. Install this update to improve the performance of Windows Vista in certain scenarios.
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Update for Windows Vista (KB938194)
This is a reliability update. [...]

Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Finally Out!

Windows Live Messenger is the next-generation MSN Messenger. It has everything you already love about Messenger—your contact list, emoticons, and instant access to your friends via text, voice, and video—plus new ways to connect and share photos and documents effortlessly. As always, it’s free to download Messenger and use most of its features.
Download: Windows Live [...]

Beyond Windows Vista. Fiji and Vienna: The next versions of Windows.

These are some highly interesting ideas from the Unnecessary blog:
Windows Vista has been released for a month now to business, and is going to be released to the general public in a month (January 30). For those who haven’t been following Vista’s development, it is worh noting that even though Vista comes 5 years after [...]

Happy New Year 2007!

Happy New Year 2007!
To kick-off 2007, Paul Thurrott has completed his Windows Vista RTM review.
Have a read:
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Vista Product Editions
Part 3: Installing Windows Vista
Part 4: The Vista Experience
Part 5: Windows Vista Features
   User Interface Features
   Security Features
   Performance Features
   Reliability Features
   Internet Features
   Bundled Applications
   Digital Media Features
   Networking Features
   Mobility Features
   Other Features
Part 6: Compatibility
Part 7: Where Windows Vista Fails
Part 8: [...]

Microsoft Office 2007 Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS

This download allows you to export and save to the PDF and XPS formats in eight 2007 Microsoft Office programs. It also allows you to send as e-mail attachment in the PDF and XPS formats in a subset of these programs. Specific features vary by program.
This Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS Add-in for [...]

Office 2007 System now available on MSDN

MSDN Subscribers can now get their hands on Office 2007 Professional, it has just been made available.
Office Professional 2007 includes the following Microsoft Office system programs: Microsoft Office Access 2007, Microsoft Office Excel® 2007, Microsoft Office Outlook® 2007 with Business Contact Manager, Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2007, Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 and Microsoft Office Word 2007.
Additionally [...]

Recently Released Microsoft Software

Microsoft Software:
Windows Vista RTM - Should be available to the general public around 30th January 2007.
Microsoft Office 2007 RTM - Should be available to the general public around November 2006.
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 - Windows XP SP2 Or Windows Server 2003 SP1 Or Windows Vista Required
Windows Media Player 11 - Windows XP SP2 Required
Windows Defender [...]

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (WinFX) RTM

As the final runup to Vista RTM continues, Microsoft has announced at the .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly WinFX) has RTMed and is available on Microsoft Downloads. This is a significant milestone for the Developer Division, and delivers on some of the promise of Windows Vista programmability on earlier platforms.
Includes:

Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Communication Foundation
Windows Workflow Foundation
Windows [...]

Windows Media Player 11 Final for Windows XP Released!

Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP offers great new ways to store and enjoy all your digital media. It’s easier than ever to access all of your music, videos, pictures, and recorded TV on your computer. Play it, view it, organize it, or sync it to a portable device for enjoying on the go, [...]

Windows Defender Final Available

Microsoft have pushed Windows Defender final out and it’s available for download now. You must be running either Windows XP SP2 or Windows Server 2003 SP1. Windows Genuine Advantage validation is required.

New option to display Windows Defender system tray icon even when there are no pending actions needed.
Enhanced performance through a new scanning engine.
Streamlined, simplified [...]

Internet Explorer 7 Released! For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

Today we released Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP. I encourage everyone to download the final version from http://www.microsoft.com/ie.
We listened carefully to feedback from many sources (including this blog) and worked hard to deliver a safer browser that makes everyday tasks easier. When I first posted publicly about IE7, I wrote that we would go further [...]

Windows Vista Release Candidate One (RC1) Available To The Public!

The final major pre-release of Windows Vista—Release Candidate 1 (RC1)—is now available for priority access by Customer Preview Program (CPP) participants only. If you registered for this program in June, please look for a recent e-mail message from Microsoft (sent in early September) with information regarding RC1. If you are not registered but would like [...]

Windows Vista Cursors on Windows XP

After so many years, Microsoft have finally updated the cursors on Windows. They were part of the Windows Vista Build 5465 but don’t worry you use them on Windows XP without problems. That also means they might not the final version. Strangely, they look more like Ubuntu Linux.
Get the new Windows Vista cursors from Build [...]