Windows Archive

Windows Server 2003 Gets a Few Tweaks

Eugenia Loli 2003-02-06 Windows 4 Comments

Microsoft Corp., trying to make up for the disappointing uptake of Windows Server 2000 and that software's headache-inducing Active Directory installation process, is expected to announce today tweaks to technology, programs and services for Windows Server 2003.

Sneak Peek: Windows XP’s Successor

Eugenia Loli 2003-02-05 Windows 98 Comments

"The next major release of Windows won't be ready for a couple of years, but it's already taking shape. We checked out a leaked pre-beta version of the successor to Windows XP, code-named Longhorn, that we found on the Internet. Though Microsoft declined to comment for this story, company bigwigs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer have given some broad hints about Longhorn. In numerous speeches and published reports, they've promised a totally revamped OS built on a new file system that gives users a single route to data, regardless of how that data is created or where on a PC or network it's stored ". Read the article at PCWorld.

Tablet PC Platform SDK v1.5 Available

Eugenia Loli 2003-02-04 Windows No Comments

The Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Platform SDK contains the information you need to develop applications for Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. The Tablet PC platform encompasses Windows XP and its extensions that enable input and output of handwriting and speech data on a Tablet PC as well as interchange of this data with other computers.

Microsoft Releases Windows XP SP1a

Submitted by Piethein Strengholt 2003-02-04 Windows 26 Comments

Microsoft on Monday released an updated version of Windows XP SP1 without the company's version of Java, complying with a court order that was stayed just hours later. However, today Microsoft received a reprieve on Monday from a court order requiring the company to ship Sun's Java software.

Lawyers Confirm Late 2004 Ship Date for Longhorn

Eugenia Loli 2003-01-30 Windows 50 Comments

A Microsoft legal document put a late 2004 expected ship date on the next client version of Windows, code-named "Longhorn," putting in black and white what Microsoft officials have been telling partners, customers and reporters in private conversations.

Windows NT 4.0 Server Gets Another Year’s Life

Eugenia Loli 2003-01-27 Windows 1 Comment

Windows NT 4.0 Server, still the weapon of choice for quantities of the more truculent IT manager, has been given another 12 months to live. Microsoft today intends to announce that paid incident and security hotfix support for the product, previously scheduled to cease at the end of this year, will now run up until 31st December 2004.

Making the Case for NT to XP Migration

Submitted by Anonymous-We-All-Know 2003-01-23 Windows 23 Comments

"Many companies standardized on Windows NT and Office 97 as their corporate personal computing environment for good reasons. Windows NT 4.0 was touted (by Microsoft) as the most stable, secure OS available. And Office 97 was described as a quantum leap ahead of its predecessors (and competitors). But it's been six years, and many environments are in dire need of a face-lift." Read the article at ZDNet.

Microsoft “Media2Go” Preview

Submitted by sunlit mechanism 2003-01-16 Windows 7 Comments

Microsoft "Media2Go" is a platform for portable media players that will begin shipping from OEMs such as Viewsonic in late 2003. The Media2Go software platform is based on the next version of Windows CE .NET, code-named Macallan. Read the story at WinSuperSite.

Windows CE Update Set for mid-2003 Release

Eugenia Loli 2003-01-13 Windows No Comments

The next update to Microsoft's Windows CE .Net OS, which has been given the code name McKendric, will ship before the middle of 2003 and include several new features, a company executive said at the Microsoft Embedded DevCon 2003 conference.

How Windows Server 2003 Stacks Up

Eugenia Loli 2003-01-10 Windows 34 Comments

"In any large software project the end result comes up many features short of the wish list. If you're lucky the product catches up to the wish list by the next version, and that is what seems to be the case with Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003." Read the article at ZDNet.

MS Renames ‘Windows .NET Server’ to ‘Windows Server 2003’

Eugenia Loli 2003-01-09 Windows 20 Comments

"The product name Microsoft(R) Windows(R) .NET Server 2003 will be changing to Windows Server 2003. Microsoft is making an effort to clarify the naming and branding strategy for .NET." Read the report at PocketPCThoughts.

Windows-based Smartphone/PocketPC Software for CDMA

Eugenia Loli 2003-01-06 Windows 13 Comments

Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of its Windows Powered Smartphone and Pocket PC software for CDMA and broadband CDMA (1xRTT) networks. The new release delivers the same Pocket PC and Smartphone software available for GSM/GPRS networks.

Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 1

Eugenia Loli 2003-01-06 Windows 3 Comments

"Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 1 is the newest version of the Windows XP Embedded tools and database. New tool features are available, as are new embedded enabling components. Every Service Pack 1 binary is reflected in an updated component, and some new components have been added to make the entire system more flexible." Read the article at MSDN.

.Net Server 2003: Steady Improvement

Eugenia Loli 2003-01-06 Windows 3 Comments

"Although Microsoft Corp. doesn't anoint Windows .Net Server 2003 Release Candidate 2 as "feature-complete," this edition shows that Microsoft's next operating system revision will be a significant, incremental upgrade compared with the massive overhaul that took place going from Windows NT to Windows 2000." The article is at eWeek.

MSDN Magazine Detailed Overview of Windows CE.NET

Guest post by submitted by Gil Bates 2003-01-06 Windows 6 Comments

"Windows CE .NET, the newest member of the .NET family, includes a number of improvements over previous versions of Windows CE. For example, there are quite a few new APIs and enhancements to security and connectivity, the user interface, the kernel, and the emulator. In addition, DirectX support has been added and C++ in Windows CE .NET now supports C++ exceptions, STL, and runtime type information. In this article the author takes a tour of Windows CE .NET, starting with the New Platform Wizard that allows you to code for your choice of devices. A sample application is included that locates features on portable devices so the reader knows what's available before writing code." This article is from July but it should still be relevant to OS-interested readers.

Unofficial fix list for Windows XP SP2

David Adams 2003-01-04 Windows 34 Comments

I ran across an "unofficial" list of proposed fixes for Windows XP SP2, so if there's a bug or hole that's been bothering you, see if it's on the list. Ethan, who is apparently maintaining the list, says that he's going to keep it up to date as SP2 comes closer to beta.

Windows Name Is Challenged

Adam Scheinberg 2002-12-30 Windows 67 Comments

According to this New York Times article, Lindows.com, Inc. is suing Microsoft over the Windows trademark. Says Lindows.com attorney Clifford Chance, "No company, no matter how powerful, no matter how much money it has spent, should be able to gain a commercial monopoly on words in the English language." Read more at nytimes.com.

Microsoft Next Generation Shell

Adam Scheinberg 2002-12-29 Windows 25 Comments

Need a job? This classified posting appears to confirm that Microsoft is developing a new, original "next generation" shell to take advantage of the .NET framework for its next version of Windows. The ad says experience with "shell languages like PERL, Python and Bash" are a plus - interesting, I'd bet most of the experts in these areas are UNIX users.

Windows 2000 SP4 Beta Leaked

Adam Scheinberg 2002-12-20 Windows 18 Comments

Adek wrote in to tell us about the leaked Windows 2000 SP4. The file weighs in at a about 136 MB. The preview release of the SP4 beta will run for approximately 1 month, according to WinBeta, who first reported on the release. More, including the download, can be found at techconnect.com.

Microsoft Unveils Windows XP Digital Media Edition

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-17 Windows 88 Comments

Microsoft will release a Plus expansion pack for Windows XP to enhance the digital media features in its desktop operating system. At the same time it will make available the final release of its Windows Media 9 software early next year.