beta sp1
Anti-malware: Top of the list for Internet Explorer 8
News On Wednesday, Microsoft announced new security features within the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2. IE 8 Beta 2 will have a Cross Site Scripting filter, preventing scripts within a link from executing on the browser. [03 Jul 2008]
Windows Vista take-up crawls at snail's pace
News Slightly more than 70 per cent of those surveyed were still using IE6 at the end of last year, despite the imminent arrival of a beta version of IE8. Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is taking a while to catch on, with just 6.3 per cent... [02 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Laptop losses, mobile ads, gas-guzzler charge, Vista backtrack…
Comment If you're going to install a major update (in beta to that fact) on a PC that has no backup DVD or CD then you are putting yourself at risk from losing your data. It confuses me that someone with the confidence and knowledge to install a beta of... [21 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... HMRC search costs, Vista SP1 moans and fingerprints for visas…
Comment It was a beta it's now on general release, anyone and their dog can get it and install it. This is a beta of the service pack - while close to being the final version released to the world, it may yet change. [17 Jan 2008]
Microsoft refreshes Vista SP1
News Microsoft has made the latest version of Vista's SP1 release candidate available for download to the general public - after initially restricting it to 15,000 beta testers when it debuted last week. Vista: all the coverage. [14 Jan 2008]
Overview of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta
White Paper Microsoft continuously improves Windows Vista by providing ongoing updates while working with software and hardware vendors to deliver application compatibility and device driver improvements. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) will be another... [08 Jan 2008]
Details of Vista SP1 revealed
News Microsoft has revealed details of the changes to its Vista operating system that should come through in Service Pack 1, which is currently in beta form. In a detailed document, Microsoft promised significant efficiency improvements. [12 Dec 2007]
One year on: XP still outshining Vista
News New tests have revealed XP with the beta SP3 has twice the performance of Vista, even with the newer OS' long-awaited SP1. However, when Vista with the SP1 beta was put through benchmark testing by researchers at Devil Mountain Software the... [28 Nov 2007]
TechNet Webcast: Protect Your Windows Virtual Environment With System Center Data Protection Manager (Level 200)
White Paper Currently in beta 2, System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 combines the best aspects of continuous data protection (CDP) and traditional tape backup to provide a complete data protection solution using disk and tape. [05 Oct 2007]
Vista SP1 'lacks wow factor', says Microsoft
News Currently, Microsoft is beta-testing SP1 on about 12,000 machines worldwide. As the beta continues, more users will be invited but the numbers will not match the estimated five million that tried the operating system prior to RTM (release to... [04 Oct 2007]
Vista SP1 beta sent to 12,000 testers
News Microsoft has released a beta version of the first service pack of Windows Vista to about 12,000 testers. Microsoft had said back in August it expected to start private testing of the service pack within a few weeks. [25 Sep 2007]
Microsoft details Vista search tweaks
News Microsoft is launching a beta version of the update in the next couple of weeks, with a final version expected early next year. Microsoft has outlined the changes it plans to make to the desktop search feature in Windows Vista to satisfy antitrust... [13 Sep 2007]
Vista SP1 coming early next year
News In the next few weeks, Microsoft will start private testing of a beta of Service Pack 1 for Vista as well as a third service pack for Windows XP. The company plans initially to release the beta only to 10,000 pre-selected testers, though it may... [30 Aug 2007]
Vista: Businesses rethinking quick switch
News It did say, as part of an antitrust settlement court filing, that a beta version will be out this year but it has not said when the final version will be issued. Businesses that had been thinking of a quick move to Windows Vista may be rethinking... [16 Aug 2007]
Microsoft rolls out Vista patches
News Microsoft also confirmed that pre-beta code for Vista SP1 and XP SP3 had been distributed to testers. Microsoft has released two updates for Windows Vista. One update deals with the performance and reliability of Vista, while the other deals with... [10 Aug 2007]
