Windows Archive

This chapter explains the basics of process management and also introduces basic synchronization operations. If you're at all interested in Windows system programming, this is the place to start.

Here's a story that the next generation of Windows spyware and exploits are starting to make use of "kernel rootkits". A paper at Microsoft Research has details on a prototype detection tool.

This guide found exclusively at OSNews.com in PDF format is mostly focused on creating a decently secure installation of Windows XP Professional for an end-user. While the vast majority can be applied to Windows XP Home, and OEM Restore Disk Sets, there are a few instances where these two media will need to be setup in a different manner.

Microsoft wants Windows to play well with others. To do that, it's recoating the future in Indigo.

When Microsoft delivers a beta version of Longhorn during the first half of this year, it will include support for "auxiliary displays," company officials said Wednesday at the VSLive conference.

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate 2 has been released, more info here.

Microsoft is on track to release the first full test version of the next major Windows release by the end of June, a Microsoft executive told CNET News.com on Monday. Also, Microsoft this week will reaffirm its promise to have Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 finished by the end of the quarter and its intent to have "Avalon" and "Indigo" subsystems available for Windows XP and Server 2003 in the near future.

Microsoft is advancing its 64-bit agenda with the addition of some new AMD Opteron computers.

After Microsoft was ordered to release a version of Windows without Media Player, they decided to call it "Windows XP Reduced Media Edition." The EC didn't like this name, since they figured it would prejudice consumers against it, and Microsoft has agreed to change the name. The new name is unknown, but I'm voting for "Windows XP Craptacular Edition."

Win4Lin has added a low-cost version of Win4Lin to their offerings. The "Win4Lin Home" version is targeted at home users, and costs $29.95. Read the full press release for more information.

Microsoft has confirmed that they will no longer issue security updates for Windows 2000. In addition, standard support for Windows 2000 is currently scheduled to end in June.

The government is taking a long look at the upcoming operating system, and wants to make sure that it complies with the antitrust ruling. The desktop version of Longhorn is due in 2006, while the server edition arrives in 2007.

Microsoft Corp. made it official Monday: It has no plans to appeal the antitrust sanctions levied against it by the European Commission. As a result, a stripped-down version of Windows, minus Windows Media Player and related files, is moving forward rapidly.

Sources claimed Microsoft is planning to introduce its 64 bit operating system for Intel and AMD processors (iAMD64) on the 29th of April. The sources are close to Microsoft.