Friday, September 15th, 2006 Wondering if your PC is capable running the upcoming Windows Vista?Microsoft provides you a software tool called "Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor".This small software tool will scan your computer and create an easy-to-understand report of all known system, device, and program compatibility issues, and recommend ways to resolve them. Upgrade Advisor can also help you choose the edition of Windows Vista that best fits the way you want to use your computer.To test your pc compatibility with windows vista first you need to download Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor.You can download Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor from the following location:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspxClick on the highlighted ...
(read more) Tuesday, September 5th, 2006 Update: Install Windows Media Player 11 Final Bypassing WGA ValidationMicrosoft has releasd Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2Download Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2:Download WMP Beta 2Latest Changes: Fixes have been made for issues that occurred in the first beta release of Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP Additional online stores are now available Changes to sharing digital media content
(read more) Tuesday, September 5th, 2006 Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 7 RC1 (Release Candidate 1)Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) Release Candidate 1 (RC1) has been designed to make everyday tasks easier, provide dynamic security protection and improve the development platform and manageability. End user improvements include a streamlined interface, tabbed browsing, printing advances, improved search functionality, instant feeds (RSS), dynamic security protection, and more.Installing IE7 RC1 checks if your copy of Windows is licenced or not. (Windows Genuine Advantage Check or WGA Check). 9down.com made a cracked installer to install Internet Explorer 7 RC1 bypassing WGA check.Install Internet Explorer 7 RC1 bypassing validation:Internet Explorer 7 RC1 ...
(read more) Thursday, August 3rd, 2006 RemoveWGA 2.1 enables you to remove the Microsoft "Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications" tool, which is calling home and connect to Microsoft servers every time you boot. Once the WGA Notification tool has checked your OS and has confirmed you had a legit copy, there is no decent point or reason to check it again and again every boot.Also, Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications is different than Windows Genuine Advantage Validation. RemoveWGA only removes the notification part, phoning home, and does not touch the Validation part. As the time I'm writting this, the Validation part is mandatory for some not critical downloads ...
(read more) Thursday, July 13th, 2006 Microsoft has announced to offer Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 for FREE.Download Microsoft Virtual PC 2004http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/downloads/sp1.mspxThey also announced a change to the Vista license related to virtualization: Customers who deploy Windows Vista Enterprise have the ability to install up to four (4) copies of the operating system in a virtual machine for a single user on a single device. Even better, nothing in the license requires that Microsoft Virtualization technologies be used - if you want to use a competing product as your Virtualization solution, you still get the four extra licenses for use with VMs.Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/mikekol/archive/2006/07/12/662511.aspx
(read more) Thursday, July 13th, 2006 Nine months after announcing they would make their instant messaging services interoperate, Yahoo and Microsoft have done it.The companies are set to release on Thursday a limited beta test of a service that will enable users of Windows Live Messenger (the next generation of MSN Messenger) and Yahoo Messenger with Voice to connect with each other.The move creates a global community of nearly 350 million accounts, the companies said. The beta service is being launched globally in 15 localized languages."It's the first-ever bridge between two global instant messaging services," Blake Irving, corporate vice president in Microsoft's Windows ...
(read more) Wednesday, July 12th, 2006 Microsoft Private Folder and gives you the ability to protect folders with passwords to make sure that only you can access them.Steps to bypass windows genuine validation (wga) and install microsoft private folder:1. Download Orca.msi and install it.2. Download MS Private Folder. Note: If you can’t download because of the WGA in Windows Update, go here.3. Open the download MSI ( MSPF10ENU.msi ) file in Orca.4. In the left pane, select InstallUISequence.5. Select the Action WelcomeForm6. Double-Click the Condition, and change this: Installed=”" AND NOT RESUME to this: Installed=”" AND RESUME7. Save the MSI file and close Orca.8. Run the installer.9. Done, now you ...
(read more) Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 Microsoft last week quietly showed off software for embedding its Web-based Windows Live ID authentication services within Windows applications. Windows Live ID is the successor to Microsoft Passport, a hosted service for verifying a person's name and password for logging onto Web servers.Later this year, Microsoft will release a beta version of a software developer's kit (SDK) for making the Windows Live ID service function within a Windows application, said Lynn Ayres, program manager on the Windows Live ID team.Right now, Windows Live ID authentication services are designed to work with Microsoft's Web-based applications such as Windows Live ...
(read more) Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 Hackers on Sunday broke into a part of Microsoft's French Web site, replacing the front page with online graffiti.The intruders were able to access the server that was running http://experts.microsoft.fr/, Microsoft confirmed Monday. The attack was claimed by Turkish hackers using the handle "TiTHacK," said Zone-H, a security Web site that keeps an archive with screenshots of defaced Web sites.The attackers were likely able to penetrate the server running the Web site due to faulty configuration, Microsoft said in a statement Monday. "Microsoft took the appropriate action to resolve the issue and stop any additional criminal activity," it ...
(read more) Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 Microsoft tonight announced a new partnership with Creative Commons, the organization dedicated to providing content producers a legal alternative to “all rights reserved” copyright law, to offer a new tool for easy insertion of Creative Commons licenses into works created with Microsoft Office.Details: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jun06/06-20MSCreativeCommonsPR.mspx
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