Big Thanks to Bink's Windows XP

We are writing to let you know that you have been accepted into the Office 11 Individual Evaluation Program for the upcoming Office 11 beta this Fall! You will be hearing more about the beta soon, but we wanted to keep you informed about your status in the program. We're very excited about this next version of Office and think you will be also. Thank you for your interest in providing feedback on our products, and taking time to be involved in this way.

You'll be hearing from us again when the beta kits are shipped, and again, thank you for being an Office 11 beta evaluator.
The Microsoft Office Team

This just in from Winbeta.org!

As some of you may know, beta testing for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET CodeName Everett has begun. Kits have already been shipped out for a good majority of the testers, including all eight CD's with documentation.

There is a new post SP1 update available on Windows Update V4. The knowledge base and Technet have not been updated yet. This update resolves the "Java Applet" vulnerabilities in Microsoft virtual machine (Microsoft VM).

A few days ago the rumours started: every currently-supported version of Windows -- that's -98 to -XP and everything in between -- can be rooted by a novel means which MS regarded as a mystery. It seemed to be an automated, malicious bot which makes it possible to control the target machine via IRC, but it seemed not to replicate itself as a worm would do. Exactly how it finds its way onto the victim's box was not known! but Rancho does ?Hehe Can I get a job @MS!

This article lists the Microsoft Knowledge Base article numbers for issues that are fixed in Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Just got this update from Iexbeta.com

Q327405: Recommended Update (Windows XP Pro)

Download size: 1.3 MB, < 1 minute
This update provides new information about security and privacy. Download now to learn what steps you can take to keep your personal information private and how to make your computer more secure.

System Requirements

This update applies to Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Just saw this @Iexbeta.com

The Microsoft Office Product Team would like to invite you to participate in their upcoming beta program for Office 11. The beta program will get underway this Fall. As part of the program you will receive a beta kit with Office 11 and Office Family applications, along with a hosted SharePoint Team Services subweb site for exploration and use during the beta time period.

If you are interested in participating, please use this special Guest Account below to access a nomination survey on http://www.BetaPlace.com. Note: Using a personal or previously-assigned BetaID and Password will not grant you access to the survey.

Using the newest version of the toolkit for distributing Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, you can easily customize, deploy, and manage your installations of Internet Explorer 6 SP1. Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) 6 SP1 includes the Internet Explorer Customization Wizard and the IEAK Profile Manager, which enable you to build and maintain custom browser packages that are tailored to meet the needs of your users. You can easily specify user setup options and control most browser and component features!

Visual Studio .NET contains a problem that could result in a dataloss resulting from switching views in the WebForms designer. Microsoft has corrected this issue with a downloadable patch that will update your version of Visual Studio .NET and correct this problem. All customers who use Visual Studio .NET should download and apply this update.

Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is the most recent version of the Internet Explorer 6 core technologies in Windows® XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional. Internet Explorer 6 SP1 provides a private, reliable, and flexible browsing experience and the freedom to experience the best of the Internet for users of Windows XP, Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me), Windows 2000, Windows 98, and Windows NT® 4.0 Service Pack 6a.

Thanks to Selectaa and he tells us that Windows XP Service Pack 1 Download is also available on Windows update!

Betas.intercom.net As far as i have seen this isnt posted on any other site, so here it is!!

Microsoft continually works to improve its software. As part of this effort, we develop updates and fixes to recognized issues and release them for customers. On a regular basis, we combine many of these fixes into a single package and make the package available for you to install on your computers. These packages are called Service Packs.

This document is a cumulative list of the articles that have been written to discuss the fixes included in Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1). Click the Q# of the Knowledge Base article below to view the article.

Just got this from Winbeta.org!

Windows .NET Server 2003 includes all the functionality customers expect from a mission-critical Windows server operating system, such as security, reliability, availability, and scalability. In addition, Microsoft has improved and extended the Windows server operating systems to enable your organization to experience the benefits of Microsoft .NET?software for connecting information, people, systems, and devices!

So come pay us a vist and download Windows .NET Enterprise Server 2003 Build 3676! and here's a Download link for the French version of windows XP SP1

Windows Media Load Simulator for Windows Media Services 9 Series Beta!

A new version of Windows Media Load Simulator is also available for Windows Media Services 9 Series. This tool simulates a real-world load on a server. The load-test results on the server can be viewed in a log. Windows Media Load Simulator is designed to run on one or more client computers to simulate a large number of client requests.

You can now Official download IntelliPoint 4.1 Software from microsoft! as they have finally updated their IntelliPoint 4.1 Software page.

This is the first Service Pack for Commerce Server 2002. It is an update for the production version of Commerce Server 2002. SP1 will not work on the Evaluation Edition of Commerce Server. To update, you must first upgrade your Commerce Server installation to the production version or Developer Edition

This update resolves the "Certificate Validation Flaw Could Enable Identity Spoofing" vulnerability in Windows XP. Download now to prevent an attacker from attempting identity spoofing using certificates. Release Date - 9 Sep 2002

See TV Photo Viewer come to life in this interactive demo. Discover how easy it is to view your own digital photo albums on TV, plus learn about the software features and try out the remote control.

The latest build of msn messenger is now available at ntfs.org !

Care of winbeta.org and all the other peeps that have sent in the news: SP-1 Final (build 1106) is now available to the public-at-large. This is NOT the "premierdownload" link some had discovered earlier.

Haven't confirmed if the file is an exact match for earlier releases.