Windows Archive

Windows XP SP2 Beta Build 2055 Released to Testers

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-18 Windows 19 Comments

Sources close to Microsoft confirm that the long awaited Beta for Service Pack 2 of Windows XP is due today. The reported build is 5.1.2600.2055 (XP SP_2 Beta 1.031215-1745). Update: There is also an alpha release of SP1 Beta 1 for Windows Server 2003 released today.

Microsoft Plans Windows 2000 Server Retirement

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-18 Windows 25 Comments

Microsoft Corp. will gradually phase out its Windows 2000 Server family, the company said Wednesday. Effective April 1, 2006, the products will no longer be available.

XP Service Pack 2: Last Stop Till Longhorn

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-17 Windows 59 Comments

Microsoft Corp. executives have kicked off the campaign for the company's next big Windows push: Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). In a Webcast Tuesday morning, Microsoft Security Business Unit Vice President Mike Nash said to expect the service pack —a major release—to enhance security in four ways. It will remedy open ports, malicious e-mail attachments, malicious Web content and buffer overrun attacks, Nash said.

Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-13 Windows 21 Comments

This document focuses on the changes in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and its implications for developers. Examples and details are provided for several of the technologies that are experiencing the biggest changes. Future versions of this document will cover all new and changed technologies.

Users Cling to Old Microsoft Operating Systems

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-12 Windows 29 Comments

Microsoft can stop selling older operating systems, and it can even stop supporting them, but that doesn't mean that customers won't still use them.

Gartner: Longhorn Delays Will Affect Windows Upgrades

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-12 Windows 28 Comments

The IT advisory firm expects the Longhorn operating system to be released between late 2006 and mid-2008, but that the release could be delayed even more.

Microsoft Gets Windows XP Update Ready

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-11 Windows 13 Comments

Microsoft is set to release a test version of the next update to Windows XP, which adds security features as well as improved support for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi networks.

World’s First Multi OS Environment For Car Navigation Systems

Submitted by Howard Gray 2003-12-11 Windows 17 Comments

Denso and Toshiba jointly develop world's first multi OS environment for car navigation systems, which supports µITRON and Microsoft Windows Automotive. Check our NMC site for more embedded news.

Scripting your Windows XP Embedded components

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-04 Windows 6 Comments

In this technical article titled "Scripting your Windows XP Embedded components", software consultant Hans de Vetten offers guidance on how to script Windows XP Embedded components. The article describes some steps that lead to more user-friendly components.

Microsoft: Tech Future Lies in Longhorn

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-02 Windows 35 Comments

Still in its early stages, Longhorn represents Microsoft's best assessment of how computing will evolve. And although the operating system won't be ready until 2005 at the earliest, Microsoft is already hard at work trying to get outside programmers to write software that will work with it. At the same time, Microsoft moves to address user concerns with new products and strategies due over the coming year.

Longhorn is a Chance to Set Tech Agenda

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-01 Windows 54 Comments

"Microsoft has been tarred as an illegal monopoly and a copycat. Its flagship Windows operating system gets knocked for its security holes and user-unfriendly quirks. So what is the world's dominant software company doing? Betting billions that its next generation of Windows, code-named Longhorn, will be the breakthrough technology that quiets its critics." Read the rest at CRN.

WinBeta: Longhorn 64-bit Shots

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-29 Windows 50 Comments

WinBeta has a few screenshots of Longhorn for 64-bit CPUs.

NT will hold back Windows Server 2003

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-24 Windows 42 Comments

The product holding back sales of Windows Server 2003 is Windows NT 4, according to analysts.

New tablet PCs: Better–but still not perfect

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-20 Windows 8 Comments

Microsoft's Tablet PC OS and a bunch of new tablets that support it are among the meager highlights of a Comdex politely described as "sedate" by some and "dead on arrival" by others. Read it at ZDNews.

Microsoft Announces New Version of the Tablet PC OS

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-17 Windows 14 Comments

One-year anniversary is marked by new hardware and software, growing customer adoption. New features include enhanced "ink to text" experience, integration in Microsoft Office 2003 and Office OneNote 2003 and new dev capabilities.

Writing and Deploying Apps in the Next Generation of Windows

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-17 Windows 22 Comments

The next version of the Microsoft Windows operating system, code-named "Longhorn," marks a significant change not only in terms of how the operating system works, but also in the way in which applications are built.

Microsoft rivals: Modified OS isn’t mediocre

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-14 Windows 89 Comments

Competitors say the software giant need not cripple its popular Windows operating system to comply with European regulators' demands.

Preview: Windows Longhorn Build 4051

Guest post by Thom Holwerda 2003-11-14 Windows 87 Comments

I am waiting for Longhorn. Thus, I was very interested in the new 4051 build. Here are my findings.

What is WinFX; Steve Jobs on Longhorn

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-08 Windows 62 Comments

The new programming interface introduced in Windows "Longhorn" is called WinFX. Learn the object-oriented, managed API for the breadth of "Longhorn" and how it relates to the work you are already doing on the .NET Framework. Elsewhere, Steve Jobs is speaking of Longhorn and compares it to the Mac OS X long road to maturity and forsees that the same steep road will be there for Microsoft as well.

Plan A for Microsoft

Eugenia Loli 2003-11-06 Windows 44 Comments

Is Microsoft's new version of Windows a radical innovation or a return to the company's winner-take-all software strategy from a decade ago? Read the report at News.com.