Update for Windows XP (KB904412)

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Install this update to address several possible issues associated with connecting a Serial Bus Protocol 2 (SBP-2) device, such as an IEEE 1394 device, to a Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Update for Windows XP (KB906569)

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Install this update to add a Tools tab to the System Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe). The Tools tab will allow further diagnostic tools to be launched from within the System Configuration Utility. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Beta

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Download Service Pack 1 public beta for Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0. There is no expiration date for the SP1 beta of Visual FoxPro 9.0 beta, and release of the final version of SP1 is scheduled for sometime around the end of 2005. Because this is a pre-release build of SP1 for Visual FoxPro (VFP) 9.0, the quality of it will not be of the same caliber as that of the final release.

MSN Messenger 7.5.0306

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A new build of MSN Messenger 7.5 was released just before midnight (Brussels time). This new 0306 build, which follows the leaked 0303 QFE, consists mainly of fixes. You will not get an auto-update notification immediately (expect one in a few weeks), Make sure you close down MSN Messenger completely before updating.

Office 2003 Service Pack 2

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Microsoft® Office 2003 Service Pack 2 contains significant security enhancements, in addition to stability and performance improvements. Some of the fixes included with SP2 have been previously released as separate updates. This service pack combines them into one update.

Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1

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Internet Explorer 6 SP1, the latest version of Internet Explorer for users not running Windows XP, provides a flexible and reliable browsing experience with enhanced Web privacy features for all Windows users.

A new look at Vista's AERO interface

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For a long time we have been waiting for real demonstrations of Windows Vista's graphically intensive new UI, codenamed AERO. In this video Kim Vedbrat, lead program manager on the AERO team, shows off the goods in more detail than we've seen before.

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Vista, a New Beginning for Microsoft?

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I have to make a confession. I have been using Windows for almost 15 years, of course back in those days, the operating system came on a few floppies and didn?t have a ?fancy? name. Despite all these Windows encounters, I still can?t say it?s my favorite operating system.

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