Windows Vista Beta 5456

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The version of Windows Vista that many people are now experiencing for the first time has been in the hands of testers for just over a month now, we need something new to play with and was actually asking Microsoft the other day what the status of the CTP program was, it seems we have our answer.

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Windows Vista: Beta 2 Preview

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Microsoft has made Windows Vista Beta 2 available to the public, and with the OS being feature complete we can now provide a preview of Microsoft's bold new operating system.

Windows Vista Beta 2 Performance Reports

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Windows Vista is system intensive, as we knew it would be. We set out to find out just -how- system intensive it is. We run a slew of benchmarks and gaming runs on both the 32-Bit and 64-Bit versions to see how they compare to XP.

Windows XP SP4 Info is Out

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Even before Windows XP SP3 is released (planned for mid-2007), SP4 is already in the works. PC Magazine in Asia mentioned the new service pack in a Microsoft release timeline.

Media Center SDK

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The Windows Media Center SDK is designed to help developers create applications and software components that take advantage of features provided by Windows Media Center in Windows Vista.

DirectX End-User Runtimes June 2006

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This download provides the DirectX end-user multi-languaged redistributable that developers can include with their product. The redistributable license agreement covers the terms under which developers may use the Redistributable.

Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2 Public Preview

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We invite you to be among the first to experience the clarity that Windows Vista can bring to your world. The Windows Vista Customer Preview Program makes a pre-release edition of Windows Vista Ultimate broadly available to the public for the first time. This Beta 2 release is now available in three languages (English, German, and Japanese) and in 32-bit and 64-bit editions.

Windows Vista Beta 2 Product Guide

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A comprehensive feature by feature guide to the Beta release of Windows Vista. With contributions from people who actually worked on the product, this is the definitive resource to learn about Windows Vista. THe Product Guide is available as either a Microsoft Word download or the new XPS format, viewable from Windows Vista.

Update for Windows XP (KB916595)

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Install this update to prevent an issue in which you may receive a ?0xD1_W_HTTP!UlInitializeConnectionTimerInfo+22? error message on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2. The error may occur during startup, or after the system has started. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Windows XP SP1 and SP1a Support Ends on October 10, 2006

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Support for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Service Pack 1a (SP1a) ends on October 10, 2006. Microsoft will end support on this date. This also includes security updates for these service packs. Microsoft is providing final notifications to customers regarding the end of support for these products.

Update for Windows XP (KB917730)

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Install this update to fix a situation where you cannot create a network connection when you are starting a Windows XP SP2-based computer. During boot time, the hard-coded firewall boot policy blocks traffic on the default UDP port until the firewall service is running.

500 Hour Test of Tomorrow's Windows ''Vista''

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Tom's Hardware has posted a summary of its 500-hour test run of Windows Vista. The article provides a first impression of the operating system's new user interface, the upcoming web browser Internet Explorer 7, network and security applications as well as DirectX and driver installation procedures.