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Windows: Good drivers wanted

General 8068 Published 2001-03-29 13:08 by Philipp Esselbach 0

With the next version of its consumer Windows operating system, Microsoft is trying to make computers less daunting and prone to crashes. To reach that goal, Microsoft not only needs to clean up its own code, but also all the third-party drivers, little bits of software that help the system communicate with peripherals and other add-ons.

So Microsoft is taking a hard line with developers. When computer owners using Windows XP try to install new hardware or software with drivers that have not passed Microsoft certification, they will get an ominous warning message.

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ASUS A7A266 1003.006 BIOS

General 8068 Published 2001-03-29 12:51 by Philipp Esselbach 0

OCWorkbench has posted a new beta bios for the A7A266.

Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Bug Fix List

General 8068 Published 2001-03-29 12:47 by Philipp Esselbach 0

ActiveWin has posted the current bug fix list for Windows 2000 Service Pack 3

Xteq X-Setup 6.0 Final

General 8068 Published 2001-03-29 12:25 by Philipp Esselbach 0

The-Ctrl-Alt-Del has posted the final version of Xteq X-Setup 6.0

Weekly CPU Prices

General 8068 Published 2001-03-28 23:28 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Sharky Extreme has posted their weekly CPU price list.

The Inside Line: Disappearing Vendors

General 8068 Published 2001-03-28 23:26 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Hardware Central has posted a new editorial "The Inside Line: Disappearing Vendors".

Microsoft Mishandles Windows XP on MSDN, Public Preview

General 8068 Published 2001-03-28 23:21 by Philipp Esselbach 0

WinInfo report that Windows XP Beta 2 is still not available at MSDN.

Windows Media Audio and Video 8

General 8068 Published 2001-03-28 23:10 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft Corp. today announced the final release of its breakthrough Windows Media

Audio and Video 8, the first digital media technology to make possible the real-time delivery of full-screen, near-DVD-quality film content over today´s broadband connections. Microsoft

Windows Media Audio and Video 8 delivers a 30 percent improvement in quality compared with the previous version, delivering unmatched quality for narrowband and broadband users. Leading online film and video providers ALWAYSi, CinemaNow Inc., FILMSPEED, IMAX Corp., Intertainer Inc., Kanakaris Wireless and SightSound Technologies have embraced the new technology and are releasing thousands of hours of film content using Windows Media Video 8.

Achieving key benchmarks for the delivery of the highest-quality audio and video in the smallest bandwidth, Microsoft´s new compression technology enables the delivery of film content at near-DVD quality across Internet broadband connections at rates as low as 500 Kbps and near-CD-quality audio at 48 Kbps. To demonstrate the quality of the new codecs, Microsoft is showcasing a selection of films, music and videos at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia/audiovideo8/.

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Leading Systems Integrators Ready for the Availability Of Microsoft SharePoint P

General 8068 Published 2001-03-28 23:09 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Thirteen of the world´s leading systems integrators today announced plans to enable enterprises to rapidly deploy Microsoft

SharePoint

Portal Server. These SharePoint Portal Server Global Launch Partners -- Avanade Inc., Cambridge Management Consulting GmbH, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young LLC, Compaq Computer Corp., Dell Computer Corp., ePresence Inc., Getronics NV, Hewlett-Packard Co., Honeywell Inc., International Computers Ltd. (ICL), Internosis, KSolutions Inc. and Unisys Corp. -- will all offer dedicated services and solutions designed to assist customers with their enterprise deployments of SharePoint Portal Server. The news coincides with Microsoft´s announcement today of the release to manufacturing of the enterprise portal solution, which is scheduled to be broadly available later this spring.

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Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 a Proven Leader For Today´s Agile Business

General 8068 Published 2001-03-28 23:07 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft Corp., with Commerce Server 2000, is leading the charge to make the Internet a more efficient tool for today´s smart businesses. With its enterprise-ready foundation, integrated personalization and analytics, and extensible catalog and ordering systems, Commerce Server 2000 is the top choice of customers and partners for quickly building scalable, effective e-business solutions on the Microsoft

Windows

2000 platform.

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IBM Shows its Hand in High-End Windows Hardware

General 8068 Published 2001-03-28 13:58 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Big Blue unveiled its IBM eServer xSeries 430 on Friday, a 64-processor NUMA system built for 32-bit Intel processors. The systems, an outgrowth of the NUMA-Q line IBM acquired 18 months ago when it bought Sequent Computer Systems, support Linux and mainframe applications immediately. They will begin supporting Datacenter Server in the Whistler timeframe. Microsoft currently says its Whistler servers will probably ship in the fourth quarter.

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Easy CD Creator 5.01 Update

General 8068 Published 2001-03-28 13:56 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Roxio has released the upgrade for Easy CD Creator 5.0 to 5.01. Thanks Chris.

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MSI StarForce 822 GeForce3

General 8068 Published 2001-03-28 13:10 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Atomic has posted results from the MSI StarForce 822 GeForce3, tested on 3DMark2001 Pro at 1,024 x 768 at 32-bit colour.

New Windows demands PC power

General 8068 Published 2001-03-28 12:36 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft on Monday released the second test version of the new version of Windows, also launching a preview version for the public. But those spending $19.95 for the preview may be forced to buy additional memory or upgrade their processor to run the software.

Microsoft´s Web site recommends a minimum 300MHz Pentium II processor and 128MB of RAM to run the Windows XP beta, up from a 133MHz processor and 64MB of memory for Windows 2000. Although many PCs come with 128MB now, machines sold a year ago, especially budget PCs, typically came with much less memory.

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Win XP has edge over 9x

General 8068 Published 2001-03-28 12:27 by Philipp Esselbach 0

The second beta of Windows XP arrives this week clothed in its spacey, new Luna user interface. In tests of an early release of this beta of Windows XP Professional, eWEEK Labs found Microsoft Corp.´s latest Windows client to be a solid performer, with feature enhancements that will appeal to corporate users, such as remote desktop access and improved application and device compatibility.

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Support for IEEE 802.1x in Windows XP

General 8068 Published 2001-03-27 22:52 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Today at the Windows(r) Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2001, Microsoft Corp. announced plans to support the emerging IEEE 802.1x local area networks and security standard in its technologies. In addition, several leading manufacturers and service providers also voiced their support for the standard (see attached quote sheet). Built-in support for the emerging IEEE 802.1x standard will enable easy deployment of secure networks in the enterprise, home and public places. This is especially beneficial to public network access providers and the users of WiFi wireless LANs (802.11), enabling easy, automatic and secure connectivity any time, any place using PCs, laptops or other smart devices.

Microsoft also announced support for IEEE 802.1x in the Microsoft(r) Windows(r) XP operating system, which reached another significant milestone today when the beta 2 version was delivered to tens of thousands of beta testers. Support for the standard is part of the beta version. IEEE 802.1x support in Windows XP will enable automatic configuration, greater security and more flexibility for people on the go.

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Microsoft Helps Turn Britain´s E-Government Vision Into Reality

General 8068 Published 2001-03-27 19:39 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Today at the fourth annual Microsoft Government Leaders Conference, more than 400 government officials from 80 nations around the world watched Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates demonstrate how the British government is using Microsoft´s enterprise software to revolutionize the way its citizens and businesses experience and interact with government institutions via the Internet. Dubbed "the Government Gateway," the new Microsoft

.NET Enterprise Server solution is an XML-based portal that acts as the centralized registration service for all e-government services in the United Kingdom.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Saves Swiss Government Full Year Of Processing Time

General 8068 Published 2001-03-27 19:38 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Today, at its fourth annual Government Leaders Conference, Microsoft Corp. will discuss how Microsoft

.NET technology is empowering governments around the world. The Swiss Federal Statistical Office (SFSO) is an agency that recently added to its growing stature as a pioneer in e-government by bringing the benefits of Internet technology and Microsoft solutions to the 2000 Swiss census. Realizing that its electronic census system would need to handle thousands of concurrent users in multiple languages with excellent data security and confidentiality, the SFSO decided to build the application using Microsoft Windows

2000 Advanced Server in tandem with a Web-enabled SQL Server

2000 database. The result? From start to finish, the building and testing of the site took nine months, and the final application is able to handle more than 23,000 concurrent users.

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Microsoft Keeps Cranking Out OS Betas

General 8068 Published 2001-03-27 15:34 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft (stock: MSFT) will push DataCenter and Advanced Server editions of Windows "Whistler" to big business, small-business package, and developing a "Web blade" edition for serving up HTML pages.

The successor to Windows 2000 server—code-named Whistler server—could ship in four editions, compared with Microsoft´s three Windows 2000 packages, said Brian Valentine, Microsoft senior vice president, at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Anaheim, Calif.

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Microsoft Windows XP Articles at MSDN

General 8068 Published 2001-03-27 14:01 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Thanks to Christian for informing me that Microsoft has posted two Windows XP articles on their MSDN website:

Microsoft Windows XP: What´s in It for Developers?

This article explores some of the features of Microsoft Windows XP and looks at the effect these changes have on software developed for Windows. The discussion focuses on the new Windows XP visuals and ComCtl32, side-by-side component sharing, and fast user switching. (10 printed pages)

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Microsoft Windows XP Shared Environments: User Accounts and Fast User Switching

This article discusses a few of the features of Microsoft Windows XP, including multiple user accounts, fast user switching, and the remote desktop. (5 printed pages)