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Windows 2000 moves into Extended Support after June 30th

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There are two important events that will happen to the support policy for Windows 2000 after June 30th of this year.

First, support for both IE 5.01 SP3 and IE 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP3 will expire. Users running IE 5.01 or IE 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 should upgrade to Windows 2000 SP4 in order to continue to receive security updates.
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DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) Patch

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After a long wait... Microsoft finally releases the patch for WMP10 to enable hardware acceloration for video cards that support it! his update enables Microsoft DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) of Microsoft Windows Media Video (WMV) content in Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 for video cards when the drivers of those video cards are designed to take advantage of this feature.
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Microsoft Pre-Release Software Code Named ?Avalon? and ?Indigo? Beta1 RC

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Indigo and Avalon are the codenames for two strategic developer technologies that Microsoft plans to ship in 2006 as part of the Windows "Longhorn" operating system. In addition, Microsoft is making these technologies available on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The Indigo and Avalon Beta1 "RC" enables developers to continue experimenting with early builds of these technologies, get acquainted with the development experience, and provide Microsoft with feedback.
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DirectX 10 (WGF 2.0): Longhorn goes Next-Gen

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Longhorn uses the Windows Graphics Foundation, or WGF. WGF 1.0 will use DirectX 9.0c as it's primary interface, but Longhorn will also have the Next-Gen 3D API build in. You can see it as DirectX 10, but it's called WFG 2.0.
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Update for Windows XP (KB894391)

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Install this update to address an issue that may cause a "Generic Host Process" error message to be displayed after you install security update MS05-012, or cause attachment file names not to be displayed in Rich Text e-mail messages
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Unofficial Windows 98 SE Service Pack 2.0.1 Final

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Thanks to Tim @ Majorgeeks.com for the Heads up! Microsoft has never released a service pack for Windows98 SE. But I made a Service Pack for Windows98 SE users. It contains all Windows98 SE updates from WindowsUpdate site and more.
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Update for Windows XP (KB896626)

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An issue has been identified with your Windows-based system that may cause problems when a DirectShow TV tuner program is tuned to receive a Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) video stream on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2.
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Windows XP Pro x64 Edition Performance Analysis

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A question in computer gaming is, "How will my favorite games work with the new Windows XP 64-bit operating system?" John Reynolds tests the SimHQ Benchmark Suite with Windows XP Professional, x64 Edition. You can read the results here.
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Microsoft announces Windows Mobile 5.0

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Microsoft today announced Windows Mobile 5.0 at the Microsoft & Embedded Developers Conference in Las Vegas. This is a new major upgrade of Microsoft's operating system for mobile devices such as PDAs and smartphones..

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IE 7.0 Alpha Revealed?

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According to a screenshot making its rounds on some forums, Microsoft's answer to Mozilla's Firefox, Internet Explorer 7, might be in its alpha stage. The about IE shows a build of 0719, and another screenshot shows what appears to be tabbed browsing. No mention of a leak yet, but if these screenshots are confirmed to be real, then a leak is definitely inevitable.

Screenshots @ Flexbeta
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MSN Messenger 7.0.0813 goes official

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The QFE update to MSN Messenger 7.0.0777, which got leaked about a week ago, is now available to the general public at the official MSN Messenger homepage. Here's an overview of the fixes:

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UNOFFICIAL Windows98 Second Edition Service Pack 2.0 Final

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Thanks to Tim @ Majorgeeks.com for the Heads up! Microsoft has never released a service pack for Windows98 SE. But I made a Service Pack for Windows98 SE users. It contains all Windows98 SE updates from WindowsUpdate site and more.

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