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By hayami.wai, June 3, 2009 9:58 am

Inline with Windows 7 release dates, Windows Server 2008 R2 will also be available on 22 Oct 09 and RTM by July.

source: Windows Server Division WebLog

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By hayami.wai,

Bing, formerly known as Kumo, is live at www.bing.com. Bing is still in its beta as many of the features had yet to be implemented, however users can have a try of the new search engine that is to replace live.com.

source: softpedia

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By hayami.wai,

After much grumbles from the community, Microsoft had finally decided to pull out the 3 application cap in the Starter Edition, instead, allows as many as the machine can support.

In addition, some other restrictions had been placed to differentiate the Starter Edition with other versions. The Starter Edition will not support

• Aero Glass, meaning you can only use the “Windows Basic” or other opaque themes. It also means you do not get Taskbar Previews or Aero Peek.
• Personalization features for changing desktop backgrounds, window colors, or sound schemes.
• The ability to switch between users without having to log off.
• Multi-monitor support.
• DVD playback.
• Windows Media Center for watching recorded TV or other media.
• Remote Media Streaming for streaming your music, videos, and recorded TV from your home computer.
• Domain support for business customers.
• XP Mode for those that want the ability to run older Windows XP programs on Windows 7.

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By hayami.wai,

Windows 7 may well be available on the shelf by 22 Oct 09, or at least RTM (Release to Manufacturer) by then.

source: cnet

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By hayami.wai, May 27, 2009 5:19 pm

On Windows Vista:

1. Reboot your system.
2. Click on Start > All Programs > Accessories.
3. Right click on Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator.
4. Type unregmp2.exe /UpdateWMPVersion and press Enter.

On Windows XP and Windows 2003 and earlier:

1. Reboot your system.
2. Click on Start > Run
3. Type %SystemRoot%\inf\unregmp2.exe /UpdateWMP and click Ok.

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By hayami.wai, May 1, 2009 3:09 pm

Unlike Office 2003 where the service pack bits are over-written onto the Office 2003 installation files, service pack for Office 2007 is added as an update. In the “slipstreamed” Office 2007, service packs are installed after the Office installation. Thus I supposed we can’t really refer it as Office 2007 “slipstream”. Anyway, to integrate the Office 2007 service pack into an installation DVD, simply extract the contents of the Office 2007 installation DVD to a folder (e.g C:\Office 2007). Then, copy the service pack file into C:\ as well.

Use the Run command (located inside Start menu or WinKey+R) and type the following command (we will be using Office 2007 SP2 as example):

Agree to the Microsoft Software Licensing Terms and the services pack files will be extracted to the updates folder. Use your prefered DVD burning software to create an installation DVD. This method is also applicable for other Office Applications such as Project 2007, Visio 2007.

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By hayami.wai, April 9, 2009 8:36 am

7.5 years for WinXP and 5.5 years for Office 2003, it has been a long way and thanks to WinXP, Win2k was almost made non-existant to most people. While WinXP had dominated the OS platform for almost the past half decade, I had been burrying myself inside Win2k Advance Server and Win2k3 Server as my production OS (at least before Vista was released), except for my company issued laptops.

Critical and security updates will still be available for both software thru the extended support period which ends 8th April 2014. Non-security updates will only be available to companies that subscribed to support contracts with Microsoft.

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By hayami.wai,

Build 7077 has been known to be available on various torrent sites. High chance is that this will be the final build before RC a.k.a RC escrow. The RC build is projected to be 7100 with builds 7105 onwards to be new developments under the RC phase.

Build 7077 should carry the file name 7077.0.090404-1255_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRC1CULFRER_EN_DVD.iso

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By hayami.wai, March 31, 2009 8:47 am

Consumers and small enterprises who purchase Windows Vista computers between 26th Jun 2009 and 31st Jan 2010 will be eligible for the free upgrade to Windows 7. Each applicant will be able to apply a maximum of 5 computers per application for up to 5 applications, which makes a total of 25 free upgrades. Anyone who wants to apply for more than 25 upgrades will need to apply for volume upgrade.

Upgrade path will be as follow
Windows Vista Home Premium > Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows Vista Business > Windows 7 Professional
Windows Vista Ultimate > Windows 7 Ultimate

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By hayami.wai,

Sysinternals Suite just got an update on 30th March 09 and can be found at the Sysinternals Suite website.

The Sysinternals Suite is a collection of diagnostic tools written by various IT professionals for the IT community to aid them with troubleshooting Windows machine.