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RIP Ultimate Extras

RIP Ultimate ExtrasDon't forget...I know this article will make anti-MS headlines, but you shouldn't escape your responsibility to mention the 50+ features in Ultimate that are not in Home or not in Business when contrasted with each product.Home users, the 'Previous Versions/TimeMachine feature' and CompletePC are enough to justify the...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Games, English Version, RIP Ultimate Extras, DreamScene, language pack, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-08

Windows Ultimate Extras update - Windows DreamScene goes final, but no language packs

Windows Ultimate Extras update - Windows DreamScene goes final, but no language packsDreamScene is perfectI was looking for a way of ensuring that my CPU never went below 30% usage. DreamScene was the perfect solution for me!!;)RE: Windows Ultimate Extras update - Windows DreamScene goes final, but no language packsDreamscene...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Windows DreamScene, Ultimate Extras, language pack, Windows Ultimate Extras update, Microsoft Windows, Windows Ultimate Extras, DreamScene

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

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Microsoft says it's time to stop worrying about Vista - Does that make you feel any less worried?

Microsoft says it's time to stop worrying about Vista - Does that make you feel any less worried?There are still issues...Network performance still needs work.File copy performance still needs work.The ghost town that is Ultimate Extra's needs to start giving us what we were promised and paid $100 extra for.I...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-07-09

Examine the new Ultimate Extras available for Windows Vista Ultimate

If you're running Windows Vista Ultimate and have already upgraded to SP1, then you now have access to two new Ultimate Extras. The first set of new Ultimate Extras is called Windows Sound Schemes and consists of two sound schemes for Windows Vista, appropriately called Glass and Pearl. The second...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2008-04-30

Microsoft to begin automatic distribution of Vista SP1 today

Microsoft to begin automatic distribution of Vista SP1 todayI'm waiting for XP SP3...I dunno... for some reason that I can't quite put into words, I have no desire to possess or use Vista, even though I could get it for free through my employer.Not here yet, but saw some new...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-23

Microsoft releases more Ultimate Extras - Search parties are out looking for the "Wow!"

Microsoft releases more Ultimate Extras - Search parties are out looking for the "Wow!"Microsoft tried this stunt with Plus!...and look how that went....RE: Microsoft releases more Ultimate Extras - Search parties are out looking for theAnyone who thought Ultimate Extras was any more than a marketing ploy was kidding themselves....

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Ultimate Extras

Discussion threads 2008-04-23

Microsoft releases more Ultimate Extras - Search parties are out looking for the "Wow!"

Yesterday I got word that Microsoft was releasing some more Ultimate Extras for Windows Ultimate users. Even without opening the email I just knew that these new extras would fall into one of two categories: Disappointing Mega-disappointing I wasn't wrong. They fall squarely...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-04-23

Who's giving Vista a miss and waiting for Windows 7?

Who's giving Vista a miss and waiting for Windows 7?Windows 7I have let Vista take over for XP and I dont regret it and I dont see what the drivel is about the constant griping about it. Yes there are driver issues but MS isnt to blame -- its your...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2008-04-08

Vista Ultimate team releases new discounts, but no new freebies (yet)

After a week on the road, I'm catching up on a few interesting news items I missed this past week. One of them involves Microsoft's Vista Ultimate. Microsoft has caught hell -- as it deserved to -- for failing to deliver in a timely manner the Ultimate...

Tags: Team, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-09

Face it, Windows Ultimate Extras are history

Face it, Windows Ultimate Extras are historyIt's OK, the rebate will be on it's way soon. NTTripleIIYou are not seeing the big picture...My rep once again confirmed for me the "Ultimate Advantage" is more of a concept than a product. The media needs to understand this. You bought the Ultimate...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PC, Microsloth, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, FACE IT, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-01-09

Face it, Windows Ultimate Extras are history

One thing that you can say about Long Zheng is that he's tenacious. He just won't let the issue of the missing Windows Ultimate Extras drop. But I'm now pretty convinced that the chances of seeing any decent Windows Ultimate Extras have died. There was...

Tags: Long Zheng, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-01-09

DeskScapes (exe)

Stardock DeskScapes is a program for users of Windows Vista Ultimate who have the Ultimate Extra Windows DreamScene installed. DeskScapes extends Windows DreamScene to support dynamic (real-time) animated wallpaper, wallpaper with triggers, and adds support for the .DREAM animated wallpaper format. Version 1.02 adds more power management options, fixes a...

Tags: Power Management, Wallpaper, Stardock DeskScapes, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-11-29

DeskScapes 2.0: Animated wallpapers no longer just for the Vista elite

DeskScapes 2.0: Animated wallpapers no longer just for the Vista eliteCurious.....If Stardock can do it without eating up processor time why can't M$? Besides that, Kooldock and a number of other packages can give similar if not identical fuctionality in linux.....at no cost.Way back in the 90's ....... ATI...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, DeskScapes 2.0, Stardock, Vista elite, Animated Wallpaper, longer just, elite, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

DeskScapes 2.0: Animated wallpapers no longer just for the Vista elite

Animated wallpapers have been one of the "Extras" that Microsoft has touted as a selling point for customers of its priciest Windows Vista SKU. But now Stardock is bringing animated wallpapers to the Vista masses. Stardock, a Gold Certified Microsoft partner, worked with Microsoft on DreamScene --...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Wallpaper, Microsoft Corp., Stardock, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-11-13

Windows Ultimate Extras update - Windows DreamScene goes final, but no language packs

Some good news for those waiting for the final release of Windows DreamScene: Today Microsoft is making available the final code for Windows DreamScene™, an Ultimate Extra that enables high-definition video content to be displayed as the desktop background. PC users running Windows Vista Ultimate will also have access...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Ultimate Extras Team, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-09-25

My 7-step Windows Vista reliability action plan

My 7-step Windows Vista reliability action planA bit over the topYour article implies that you have to go to extraodinary lengths to run Vista reliably. Nothing could be farther from the truth. While many of your steps are valid ways to improve the experience you are setting a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, hardware, PC, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2007-08-21

Windows Vista Extras - what a rip off!

Microsoft has broken silence over Windows Vista Extras and given us some vague ideas of what's in the pipeline:We intend to ship Windows DreamScene and the remaining 20 Language Packs by the end of the summer. We will not ship the last two Extras showcased in January (Windows DreamScene and...

Tags: Thoughts, Microsoft

Blog posts 2007-07-02

Microsoft says more Vista Ultimate add-ons are in the pipeline

Microsoft says more Vista Ultimate add-ons are in the pipelineMS Windows Possibly The Most Overvalued Asset in WorldThis is actually a pretty classic category of business scenario. On the one hand we have MS Windows. It is marketed as the product of rocket scientists with MIT, Stanford and other such...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Ultimate add-on, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-07-02

Microsoft says more Vista Ultimate add-ons are in the pipeline

Windows users who shelled out extra to get the top-of-the-line Vista Ultimate SKU, your requests for an update have been answered. Microsoft hasn't abandoned its promise to get more of the expected downloadable add-ons to Ultimate to you, after all.Microsoft posted an update on the whereabouts to the Vista Team...

Tags: Windows client, Vista, Corporate strategy

Blog posts 2007-07-02

On the Web, no one knows you're a Microsoft employee

On the Web, no one knows you're a Microsoft employeeexciting place to workCompanies working on software/hardware, to someone excited about working on them, would still consider his/her employer as exciting place to work.I'd say to the person probably not excited about working on some [exciting] technology, the perks provided...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Blogging, Channel management, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web

Discussion threads 2007-06-27