While the 500,000 customers who have downloaded Microsoft Corp.´s Office 2000 Service Release 1 report few problems so far, a few bugs have surfaced.
For example, users running Office 2000 on Windows NT Workstation 4.0 shouldn´t install the SR-1 update because the hyperlink and search functions in the Internet Explorer browser won´t work properly, company officials said.
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For example, users running Office 2000 on Windows NT Workstation 4.0 shouldn´t install the SR-1 update because the hyperlink and search functions in the Internet Explorer browser won´t work properly, company officials said.
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Hardware-One has posted a review on the ABIT VT6X4 VIA Apollo 133A motherboard. Here a snipped:
Thanks to Evan Waite for forward the follow email from Powerquest concerning Partition Magic 5 under Windows 2000 to me.
Creative has posted Windows 2000 for Modem Blaster modems (DI5630, DI5655, DI5660, DI5665). Thanks Tom.
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Hypernix has posted a new version of Gooey.
Acer has posted new scanner drivers for Mira 620S, 620ST, 640S, and 640ST under Windows 2000.
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Users of Windows 2000 will not be able to run mixed workloads on the same box until 2003, when advances in operating system technologies allow for dynamic partitioning.
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Gravis has posted beta drivers for Gravis Gamepad Pro and other Gravis controllers under Windows 2000. Thanks Dirk.
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r-age.com has posted a review on the new WickedGL driver for the Voodoo3 2000/3000 cards in Windows 2000 Quake 3 performance.
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PowerQuest(R) Corp., a leader in storage device management software, announces Drive Image(R) 3.0 with support for Windows 2000 Professional, Linux Ext2 and Linux SWAP file systems. The new version also includes support for large hard drives and faster compression.
Drive Image 3.0 allows users to create image files of entire hard drives or individual partitions of their drives. Images can be stored on a removable drive, secondary hard drive or a different partition until needed for data restoration or migration to a new drive. The software is also used to perform full system backups for disaster recovery.
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Drive Image 3.0 allows users to create image files of entire hard drives or individual partitions of their drives. Images can be stored on a removable drive, secondary hard drive or a different partition until needed for data restoration or migration to a new drive. The software is also used to perform full system backups for disaster recovery.
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Tweak3D has posted a guide Gaming and Windows 2000 - Bedfellows or Divorcees?'. Here a snipped:
Microsoft Corp. today announced public availability of the Microsoft
BizTalk Server 2000 technology preview. Building on the BizTalk initiative announced last year, this preview release provides the next step in Microsoft´s comprehensive solution for Internet application integration via industry-standard XML. Internet application integration embraces a single integration methodology for both traditional enterprise application integration scenarios inside the organization and business-to-business e-commerce scenarios between trading partners over the Internet. BizTalk Server 2000 will unite in a single product secure and reliable delivery, routing and transformation of business documents, as well as development tools and application adapters to XML-enable existing applications.
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BizTalk Server 2000 technology preview. Building on the BizTalk initiative announced last year, this preview release provides the next step in Microsoft´s comprehensive solution for Internet application integration via industry-standard XML. Internet application integration embraces a single integration methodology for both traditional enterprise application integration scenarios inside the organization and business-to-business e-commerce scenarios between trading partners over the Internet. BizTalk Server 2000 will unite in a single product secure and reliable delivery, routing and transformation of business documents, as well as development tools and application adapters to XML-enable existing applications.Read more
More software developers worldwide are building applications for Microsoft Windows 2000.
And theyand their customerswant those applications to be certified. To meet this growing demand, Lionbridge Technologies Inc. is expanding its Certified for Microsoft Windows program to include its new VeriTest Labs in Ballina, Ireland. The independent certification programwhich helps software users identify applications that are optimized specifically to deliver the benefits of Windows 2000is now available at all VeriTest locations worldwide, including Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo.
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Windows 2000.And theyand their customerswant those applications to be certified. To meet this growing demand, Lionbridge Technologies Inc. is expanding its Certified for Microsoft Windows program to include its new VeriTest Labs in Ballina, Ireland. The independent certification programwhich helps software users identify applications that are optimized specifically to deliver the benefits of Windows 2000is now available at all VeriTest locations worldwide, including Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo.
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Sharky Extreme has posted a review on the Celeron 600Mhz. Here a snipped:
Microsoft will drop support for Sun Microsystems´ Java software developers kit (SDK) next year and market a cloned toolset, said researcher Gartner.
The move is likely to spark a series of lawsuits from developers as Microsoft attempts to stem the flow of developers migrating to the Java platform, said Mark Driver, a research director at Gartner.
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The move is likely to spark a series of lawsuits from developers as Microsoft attempts to stem the flow of developers migrating to the Java platform, said Mark Driver, a research director at Gartner.
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3DLabs is to snap up Intergraph´s graphics chip division, Intense 3D, for 3.69 million shares - worth around $30 million - and a further $25 million in cash and/or stock if the division performs well throughout the rest of 2000.
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On April 3, Microsoft announced that it will release BackOffice Server 2000 later this year and that it will provide pricing information as the release date approaches. Microsoft is targeting BackOffice Server 2000, the next version of the server suite, at companies that want to simplify deployment and management of Windows 2000 (Win2K)-based solutions for branch offices, departments, and medium-sized businesses. BackOffice Server 2000 will include Windows 2000 Server (Win2K Server) and the latest versions of the Win2K-based Microsoft server applications: Exchange 2000 Server (with Outlook 2000 Service Release 1SR1), SQL Server 2000, Host Integration Server 2000, Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2), and the next release of Proxy Server.
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The Windows version of IE 5.5 has come under heavy fire from the Web Standards Project (WaSP), a grouping of web developers which lobbies for standards and an end to fragmentation in browser development. WaSP accuses Microsoft of abandoning Web standards it has publicly committed to supporting, and instead "focussing on proprietary technologies which are certain to fragment the already-troubled Web space."
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