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Windows Vista Beta 2 Videos

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After installing Beta 2 of Microsoft's upcoming operating system, I decided to grab a few videos of the GUI in action. As can be seen by the following videos, Microsoft shows off Windows Vista's graphics engine. Notice how hovering over the minimized windows in the taskbar will bring up a thumbnail view of the window.

Flexbeta
Microsoft

Beta test Office 12

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Nominate yourself to be a beta tester for the upcoming Microsoft Office 12. The official name for the new Office is not yet known. The invite ID is PDCOffice. For other beta ID's and instructions on how to use the ID to be a beta tester, visit the Beta Invites List link below.

TheHotfix
Microsoft

Windows XP SP3 Preview Pack #2 Released

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The unofficial Windows XP SP3 Preview Pack #2 has now been released! You need to be a member of the forums to get it. Click below to download. Details are included in the pack. Over 180+ hotfixes are included.
Microsoft

Games, Games and Games

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Yesterday, during the PDC (Professional Developer?s Conference), Microsoft announced several new features and showcased a few during the main keynote. Microsoft finally let warps off on Windows Vista?s new games, which will be in-built into the new operating system. The new Windows Vista games will utilize Windows Vista?s new graphic engine, Windows Presentation Foundation (Codename Avalon). Windows Vista?s games will be a major upgrade from those dull and boring Windows 9X.
Microsoft

Windows Vista PDC05 Preview Pictures

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If you checked out all of those mystery screenshots posted on Extended64 thoughout the last few days, we have the answers ;). The answers come in offical Windows Vista screenshots from PDC05. They show new games included in Vista, and even some cool animation.

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Microsoft Codename Max

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Microsoft® Codename Max is not like any other product. That's because it's not a product?it's your opportunity to try an exciting new user experience from Microsoft. Today Max lets you make lists of your photos and turn them into beautiful slide shows to share with your family and friends. Tomorrow...who knows?
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Windows Vista product editions revealed

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If you've been wondering why Windows Vista has taken a long time to reach Beta 1, we can now tell you why: there are seven separate editions of Vista headed your way. OK, that's not the reason for the delay, but how else do you introduce that many OS versions, without invoking Snow White & friends? Join me know as I romp through the various editions, many of which you'll see are just barely differentiated.

Ars Technica
Microsoft

Game on - Fresh Vista Games

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There hasn?t been much word or news about Windows Vista, due to the fact that the PDC 2005 (Professional Developers Conference) is just a mere few days from start (actually three days to go!). Today, three blurred, ?mosaic? and enlarged pictures were posted on the Hive Community. The three pictures portray in-game screenshots of probably three new games that might be included in Windows Vista.
Microsoft

Inside PDC?s Vista Build 5219

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PDC (Professional Developers Conference) 2005 is just under a week before it kicks off in Los Angeles. Attendees will be given a ?goodie? bag which consist a Windows Vista build out of all the other ?yummy? goodies. The Windows Vista build that will be given out to PDC 2005 attendees will have a ?birth mark? of Build 5219, a post Beta 1 build of Windows Vista.
Microsoft

Future of Internet Explorer 7

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I have just written a feature article about Internet Explorer 7?s future. Although it?s a pretty long article I do recommend you to read it all! Most of the information gathered and found in the article was taken from a private chat event which took place last Friday, September 2 (2005) between beta testers and Microsoft IE team members.
Microsoft

Microsoft Update now works with IE7

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When Internet Explorer 7 Beta released to testers it left testers with a broken Windows Update that wouldn't load properly, disabling the ability to update Windows with critical patches that have been released since the end of July. This seems to of been fixed and on my PC it even redirects to Microsoft Update before my chosen homepage is loaded.

Neowin.net
Microsoft

Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable (v2)

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The Microsoft Windows Installer is an application installation and configuration service. WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe is the redistributable package for installing or upgrading Windows Installer. This revised package replaces the previously released redistributable package named "WindowsInstaller-KB893803-x86.exe" and addresses the issue discussed in KB Article 898628: Windows Installer fails silently after you upgrade to Windows Installer 3.1.
Microsoft

Phishing Addin for MSN Search Toolbar

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Today, Microsoft released the ?Phishing? tool, as an addin for the MSN Search Toolbar (Beta). Lately, users have been engulfed with a number of emails posing to be from popular companies such as Paypal, Ebay or even banks. The email will ask the user to input some details such as the username and password. These details will be then sent back to the sender who will take full advantage.
Microsoft

Update for Windows XP (KB897663)

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Install this update to ensure that a firewall exception created via the registry is listed in the Windows Firewall interface the same as if the exception was created in the interface itself. After you install this update, you may have to restart your computer.

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