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- Service Pack
- A collection of software fixes and enhancements that is applied to an installed version of an operating system. Always a major update, service packs are typically downloaded from the...
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- Windows 7 stability and reliability update available for download
- It use to be called ...... a Service Pack. I guess it's to soon for that, it would not have looked good before the launch, so they renamed it.^o^RE: Windows 7 stability and reliability update available for downloadlooks like to me that it was not tested thoroughly. Although I...
- Tags: Patches, Operating systems, service pack, released to manufacturing, operating system, patch management, Win7, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Snow Leopard
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Mac OS 10.6.1 released, squashes 9 Flash vulnerabilities (updated)
- A service pack already?Oh my.They usually have 6 or 7 of themcompared to Windows' 2 or 3. That's not a knock on either, it's just a different way of doing things.RE: Mac OS 10.6.1 released, squashes 9 Flash vulnerabilities updatedre: additional modem support --this article lists all the Sprint and...
- Tags: Mac OS 10.6.1, service pack, RTM, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?
- Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?These prices...after Vista? MS has cojones...It's disappointing that Microsoft is charging such outrageous amounts for their operating system for two reasons:1. The Vista debacle...no sign of a "mea culpa" from MS and there likely never will be. So much for...
- Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Too-high, Microsoft Corp., pricing strategy, Microsoft Windows 7 pricing, Microsoft Windows, service pack
- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
- Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7 to XP downgrades
- Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7 to XP downgradesIf written to MS guidelines they should.[i]Existing applications should remain compatible for many years from their first development.[/i]The problem is too many applications didn't follow Microsofts guidelines. Perhaps Microsoft should offer a binary compatability guarantee like the one Sun offers.NightmareThat...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., XP-downgrade, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, service pack, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- Apple details Mac OS X Snow Leopard Up-to-Date program
- Apple details Mac OS X Snow Leopard Up-to-Date programWhy does Apple charge?Is it for shipping of the CD? Why not do what other OEMs have done with Windows Vista, and offer it as a free upgrade from XP if you purchased a computer before the official release of Vista. LOL...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Sarbanes-Oxley, Desktops, Regulatory compliance, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Mac OS X Snow Leopard Up-to-Date, Mac OS X Snow Leopard Up-to-Date program, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2009-06-16
- Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco
- Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiascoPlus OS X is complete OS for one price.Not only is the price for the various Win 7 crippleware still outrageous compared to OS X, but with OS X you get the entire OS for that much lower price. It's a double-strike against...
- Tags: Pricing, Operating systems, Vista-to-7, Win 7, pricing fiasco, service pack, Snow Leopard, Microsoft Corp., pricing strategy, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- InstallAware Express MSI Installer 9.0 (Windows)
- The InstallAware MSI installer builds sophisticated, visually appealing setups with support for the latest technologies, including IIS, Microsoft/Oracle/MySQL database servers, Web updates, Partial Web Deployment, DIFx Driver installs, Vista, 64bit, and one-click installation of complex application runtimes like Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005 with Service Pack 1. Setups are compressed...
- Tags: Web, Microsoft SQL Server, Service Pack, InstallAware Software, InstallAware MSI Installer, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-05-20
- 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2) 1.0 (Windows)
- The 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2) provides customers with the latest updates to the 2007 Office suite, including support for Open Document Format ODF to Microsoft Office 2007.
- Tags: Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Office Suites, Software, Emerging Technologies
- Software downloads 2009-04-28
- April deadlines loom for Windows XP, Office 2003 product support
- Next month marks the deadlines for support -- in some cases, free support, in other cases, paid -- for a handful of older Microsoft Windows and Office products. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Office Suites, Operating Systems, Service Pack, Service Pack 2, Software, Vista SP2
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- Gartner: Businesses don't need to wait for Windows 7 SP1
- Gartner: Businesses don't need to wait for Windows 7 SP1"OK ? stop laughing now"?MJ,i have a problem with this sentence. i call myself an IT professional. I worked as a software developer since DOS 3.0. I have worked on whole range of operating system. i DO NOT think vista has...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, service pack, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows XP, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-03-24
- Gartner: Businesses don't need to wait for Windows 7 SP1
- Windows 7 hasn't even hit the Release Candidate test phase, but already analysts at Gartner are advising business users they shouldn't plan to wait for Service Pack 1 (SP1) to arrive before planning deployments. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Gartner Inc., Service Pack, Michael Silver, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- XP Key Changer 2.0.3 (Windows)
- XP Key Changer allows users to change Windows XP Product Key, Owner and Registered Organization. XP Key Changer finds and decrypts the product key in your computers and displays the information right in the main panel. It also recovers the Service Pack version, Owner registered name and Organization registered name....
- Tags: Service Pack, MoonValleySoft, XP Key Changer, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Software downloads 2009-03-11
- MSDN, TechNet subscribers get Vista SP2 RC bits
- Microsoft is broadening the pool of testers getting the near-final Release Candidate RC bits of Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Server 2008 SP2. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- Windows 7 as a free upgrade? I don
- Windows 7 as a free upgrade? I donThey already exist. Microsoft labels them "Upgrade". nt.Aggressive pricing and offers at GAIf you follow the link to my post (thanks, Adrian) you'll note that I quote a Microsoft spokesperson who says we can expect "aggressive pricing" and some special offers when Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, service pack, Microsoft Windows, Win 7, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2009-02-05
- TechNet Webcast: Virtualizing Test and Development Environments for a Quick Return on Investment (Level 300)
- This webcast follows the Contoso IT department as they prepare to deploy Windows Server 2008 with the Hyper-V role. An initial benefit Contoso can take advantage of quickly while they get used to this new way of computing is the virtualization of their test and development systems. When service packs...
- Tags: Webcast, Environment, ROI, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Development Environment, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Webcasts 2009-01-21
- TechNet Webcast: What Is New in Data Protection Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (Level 100)
- It has been a year since the release of Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager DPM 2007. Microsoft released a DPM 2007 Update Rollup in June, and DPM 2007 SP1 will be available for download by the time of this live webcast. Every workload that is protected by DPM 2007...
- Tags: Data Protection, Webcast, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Data Management
- Webcasts 2009-01-08
- WashAndGo 2009 11.1.0 (Windows)
- The latest version of WashAndGo, the PC scrubbing brush software, enables users to simply and easily clean their PC hard disk, freeing disk space and speeding access to important data. WashAndGo removes garbage files that fill up the hard disk and do nothing except slow down the PC. Garbage files...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Disk, PC, Microsoft Windows, Service Pack, Abelssoft, WashAndGo 2009 11.1.0, Web Browsers, Desktops, Internet, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-12-29
- Vista SP2: What's inside?
- Over on the jkOnTheRun blog, Kevin Tofel posted the most complete list I've seen of what's in Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) -- which sounds like it is on track to RTM in April of 2009. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- With Vista SP2, Microsoft is back on track
- Reliable reports suggest that Microsoft plans to release Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to manufacturing in April 2009, roughly a year after it delivered SP1. Some observers are inferring from this schedule that ista SP2 is being "rushed out the door" and that "Microsoft seems to be in a hurry...
- Tags: Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Microsoft to release Vista SP2 beta to more testers next week
- Microsoft will release a beta of its forthcoming Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) to a wider group of testers on October 29. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Tester, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server, Service Pack
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
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