Windows 8.1 General announcements
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See the Windows Team Blog and the Windows for your Business Blog.
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Link
Windows 8 is now avaialable to MDSN and TechNet subscribers. We are in the process of moving all the threads in the Windows 8 forums to a new "Pre-release" forum. This process is expected to happen today (8/15/2012) around 3pm Pacific time, so please bear with us as these are moved.
Are you looking for Windows 8 Pro? See this forum post.
Windows 7 Installation, Setup, and Deployment announcements
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Link
October 31, 2014, is the end of license (EOL) date for Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7
Home Premium, and Windows 7 Home Basic. After this date, system builders will
no longer be able to order these products from authorized distributors. Windows
7 Professional will continue to be available from authorized distributors until
its EOL date is announced.
Learn about EOL and the Windows lifecycle. -
Link
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit makes it easy to assess your current IT infrastructure for a variety of technology migration projects. This Solution Accelerator provides a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool to simplify the migration planning process.
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Link
MDT 2012 is now available at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&=tm&id=25175
Windows 7 Hardware Compatibility announcements
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Link
Find Windows 7 compatibility status for thousands of hardware devices and direct links to drivers.
-
Link
Determine if your hardware is compatibile with Windows 7 - - Details about the MAP toolkit can be found on this post.
Windows 7 Application Compatibility announcements
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Link
Are you making plans to deploy Windows 7 in your enterprise in the next 6 – 18 months? Are your plans being delayed or complicated by applications that will not work on Windows 7? Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) can be used to address the “compatibility gaps” of your enterprise and accelerate the move to Windows 7.
Get an overview of the MED-V solution at www.microsoft.com/medv. To learn about the MED-V v.2 release and participate in TAP or Beta programs email medvtap@microsoft.com.
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Link
Investigate the current compatibility status of third party applications using the downloadable Windows 7 Application Compatibility list for IT Pros in XLXS format.
-
Link
Find Windows 7 compatibility status for thousands of applications and direct links to updates.
-
Link
Determine if your applications are compatibile with Windows 7 - Details about the MAP toolkit can be found on this post.
-
Link
Inventory, assess, and prepare your applications for Windows 7! ACT 5.5 allows you to assess Windows 7 and IE8 compatibility, control information sent to the Compatibility Exchange, and label data collection packages by role. Want the inside scoop? Check out this Springboard Series blog interview with Jeremy Chapman, Windows Senior Product Manager.
You can download ACT 5.5 here.
Windows 7 Security announcements
Windows 7 User Interface announcements
Windows Virtual PC and XP Mode announcements
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Link
Are you making plans to deploy Windows 7 in your enterprise in the next 6 – 18 months? Are your plans being delayed or complicated by applications that will not work on Windows 7? Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) can be used to address the “compatibility gaps” of your enterprise and accelerate the move to Windows 7.
Get an overview of the MED-V solution at www.microsoft.com/medv. To learn about the MED-V v.2 release and participate in TAP or Beta programs email medvtap@microsoft.com.
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Link
Details can be found on the Windows Team Blog.
Windows Vista Announcements announcements
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Link
Test drive the most advanced Microsoft operating system, instantly!
Windows 7 Test Drive for IT Professionals
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Link
More information can be found on the Windows Enterprise Product Support Page or the Support Lifecycle Blog.
Windows Vista Service Packs/Windows Server 2008 Service Packs announcements
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Link
Today we are proud to announce the Release to Manufacturing of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Service Pack 2 (SP2) represents the latest step in Microsoft’s commitment to continuous improvement. It includes all of the updates that have been delivered since SP1, as well as support for new types of hardware and emerging hardware standards. And since it comes with a single installer for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, SP2 will be easy for IT Pros to manage, deploy, and support. For an overview of the changes introduced in SP2, check out the notable changes document.
Business customers with Windows Vista will find that the transition to Windows 7 will be significantly more straightforward due to the high degree of compatibility between Windows Vista and Windows 7. If your Windows Vista SP1 deployment is already underway we recommend you continue with SP1 as planned. Then you can deploy SP2 using your systems management infrastructure. If you are in the early stages of deployment or still planning Windows Vista deployment our best advice is that you plan on testing and deploying Windows Vista SP2.
More information can be found on the Windows Team Blog.
Windows Vista Application Compatibility Toolkit announcements
-
Link
Inventory, assess, and prepare your applications for Windows 7!
ACT 5.5 allows you to assess Windows 7 and IE8 compatibility, control information sent to the Compatibility Exchange, and label data collection packages by role. Want the inside scoop? Check out this Springboard Series blog interview with Jeremy Chapman, Windows Senior Product Manager.
You can download ACT 5.5 here.
Windows Vista Desktop UI announcements
Windows Vista Security announcements
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13 VotesWhen Preview pane is enabled word documents give error: Word could not create the work file. Check the temp environment variable
I have searched all over online for a resolution for this issue. After a client of mine enables preview pane she receives an error every time she tries to open a word document from file explorer. The ...Proposed | 23 Replies | 4981 Views | Created by ducati803 - Thursday, April 4, 2019 8:24 PM | Last reply by n00b1 - 1 hour 15 minutes ago
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The OS won't load after an install through MDT
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Anyway to run Bitlocker without a key during a boot/reboot?
Hello, I recently have begun deploying new machines and have been attempting to run Bitlocker on it. I insert the flash drive, save the key there, set default ...Proposed | 3 Replies | 69 Views | Created by JovanniDanda - Tuesday, February 25, 2020 9:25 PM | Last reply by JovanniDanda - 1 hour 38 minutes ago -
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"An App Default Was Reset" error newly sysprep Windows 10 LTSC 2019 Enterprise image completely breaking image.
This is driving me up the wall. I don't know what's wrong. No matter what I do, I get the error "An App Default Was Reset - An app caused a problem with the default app setting for '.x' files so ...Proposed | 73 Replies | 12266 Views | Created by TippsAttack - Wednesday, October 16, 2019 9:18 PM | Last reply by Genivos - 1 hour 40 minutes ago -
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When a user renames a computer to a name with length greater than 15, where does Windows 10 store the fullname for restart?
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Disk Management Dysfunction in 64 bit Windows 10 Pro - Additional Info...
I'm running 64 bit Windows 10 Pro on a new HP ProDesk 600 PC and seem to have a glitch with the Disk Management utility... The ...Answered | 6 Replies | 266 Views | Created by CGJRMD - Sunday, February 23, 2020 6:31 PM | Last reply by CGJRMD - 1 hour 56 minutes ago -
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Multi-App Kiosk provisioning package fails on installation
I work for a school and we want to turn our library computers into multi-app kiosks. I followed the steps on Microsoft's website to writes the necessary xml file and then make it into a provisioning ...Unanswered | 4 Replies | 82 Views | Created by SevDelta07 - Wednesday, February 26, 2020 6:41 PM | Last reply by SevDelta07 - 1 hour 56 minutes ago -
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Settings Auto Start
under settings start up I have many apps set to auto start when Windows loads up. But I've noticed a few of them take 3-5 min before they actually launch. What would cause that? Is ...Unanswered | 5 Replies | 126 Views | Created by mqh7 - Friday, February 21, 2020 12:13 AM | Last reply by Andy YOU - 2 hours 1 minutes ago -
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Windows 10 Version 1909 - Remote Desktop Black Screen
Recently, I updated my version of Windows 10 to 1909. When I go to use remote desktop, I get a black screen. I have read various threads and tried a ton of different "fixes", but nothing has ...Unanswered | 4 Replies | 200 Views | Created by ajm4444 - Friday, February 21, 2020 9:27 PM | Last reply by Andy YOU - 2 hours 1 minutes ago -
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Windows start button not responding
So a few days ago i noticed that my start button had stopped working randomly i thought nothing of it thinking it'll just fix itself when i restarted my system but i was wrong. Now its been a few days ...Unanswered | 6 Replies | 151 Views | Created by Marcell Lottering - Sunday, February 23, 2020 10:37 AM | Last reply by Andy YOU - 2 hours 3 minutes ago -
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You do not have permission to access \\PC_NAME contact your network administrator to request access
After upgrading a computer to ver 1809 build 17763.316 I cannot connect from other computers on the same network via Windows Explorer. Troubleshooting did not find a solution. I followed the steps ...Proposed | 25 Replies | 21839 Views | Created by stephen_pen - Wednesday, February 13, 2019 10:32 AM | Last reply by boomer525 - 2 hours 24 minutes ago -
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Setting Theme for All Users - Windows 10
In Windows 7 and Windows 8, I was able to manage Themes for all users by injecting the registry ...Proposed | 18 Replies | 33289 Views | Created by lunarpowered - Monday, February 15, 2016 3:15 PM | Last reply by celebrir - 3 hours 0 minutes ago -
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Update Windows 10 Manually
Hello guys I need some clarification about how the cumulative updates works in Windows 10. We have some isolated Windows 10 Workstation running the 1607 where i cannot connect to ...Unanswered | 3 Replies | 44 Views | Created by giobaxx2708 - Thursday, February 27, 2020 11:22 AM | Last reply by giobaxx2708 - 3 hours 10 minutes ago -
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BSOD on Hyper-V Host after Upgrading to 1903
I recently upgraded to 1903 but am now experiencing random BSOD that seem to occur while the machine is idle. That is, I have yet to experience a crash while actively using the ...Unanswered | 84 Replies | 2782 Views | Created by Mike-EEE - Friday, October 18, 2019 10:02 AM | Last reply by Mike-EEE - 3 hours 41 minutes ago -
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Windows 10 Laptop - freeze's
Hello, I have a Dell Inspiron 13-7359 (P57G002) with Windows 10 1909 (OS Build 18363.418) recently I am experiencing freeze while working on the device. Its like everything works ...Unanswered | 3 Replies | 37 Views | Created by Pranay Bhagat - 9 hours 42 minutes ago | Last reply by Fabian Niesen [MCT] - 3 hours 51 minutes ago -
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Outlook crashes when creating new item via VBS since Windows 10
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Explorer not refreshing on create / rename / Delete folders
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Creating same subfolder in multiple folders
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802.1X environment problems with authentication after 1903 update
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Chinese input bopomofo problem
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Windows 8.1 General announcements
-
Link
See the Windows Team Blog and the Windows for your Business Blog.
- Link
-
Link
Windows 8 is now avaialable to MDSN and TechNet subscribers. We are in the process of moving all the threads in the Windows 8 forums to a new "Pre-release" forum. This process is expected to happen today (8/15/2012) around 3pm Pacific time, so please bear with us as these are moved.
Are you looking for Windows 8 Pro? See this forum post.
Windows 7 Installation, Setup, and Deployment announcements
-
Link
October 31, 2014, is the end of license (EOL) date for Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7
Home Premium, and Windows 7 Home Basic. After this date, system builders will
no longer be able to order these products from authorized distributors. Windows
7 Professional will continue to be available from authorized distributors until
its EOL date is announced.
Learn about EOL and the Windows lifecycle. -
Link
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit makes it easy to assess your current IT infrastructure for a variety of technology migration projects. This Solution Accelerator provides a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool to simplify the migration planning process.
-
Link
MDT 2012 is now available at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&=tm&id=25175
Windows 7 Hardware Compatibility announcements
-
Link
Find Windows 7 compatibility status for thousands of hardware devices and direct links to drivers.
-
Link
Determine if your hardware is compatibile with Windows 7 - - Details about the MAP toolkit can be found on this post.
Windows 7 Application Compatibility announcements
-
Link
Are you making plans to deploy Windows 7 in your enterprise in the next 6 – 18 months? Are your plans being delayed or complicated by applications that will not work on Windows 7? Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) can be used to address the “compatibility gaps” of your enterprise and accelerate the move to Windows 7.
Get an overview of the MED-V solution at www.microsoft.com/medv. To learn about the MED-V v.2 release and participate in TAP or Beta programs email medvtap@microsoft.com.
-
Link
Investigate the current compatibility status of third party applications using the downloadable Windows 7 Application Compatibility list for IT Pros in XLXS format.
-
Link
Find Windows 7 compatibility status for thousands of applications and direct links to updates.
-
Link
Determine if your applications are compatibile with Windows 7 - Details about the MAP toolkit can be found on this post.
-
Link
Inventory, assess, and prepare your applications for Windows 7! ACT 5.5 allows you to assess Windows 7 and IE8 compatibility, control information sent to the Compatibility Exchange, and label data collection packages by role. Want the inside scoop? Check out this Springboard Series blog interview with Jeremy Chapman, Windows Senior Product Manager.
You can download ACT 5.5 here.
Windows 7 Security announcements
Windows 7 User Interface announcements
Windows Virtual PC and XP Mode announcements
-
Link
Are you making plans to deploy Windows 7 in your enterprise in the next 6 – 18 months? Are your plans being delayed or complicated by applications that will not work on Windows 7? Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) can be used to address the “compatibility gaps” of your enterprise and accelerate the move to Windows 7.
Get an overview of the MED-V solution at www.microsoft.com/medv. To learn about the MED-V v.2 release and participate in TAP or Beta programs email medvtap@microsoft.com.
-
Link
Details can be found on the Windows Team Blog.
Windows Vista Announcements announcements
- Link
-
Link
Test drive the most advanced Microsoft operating system, instantly!
Windows 7 Test Drive for IT Professionals
-
Link
More information can be found on the Windows Enterprise Product Support Page or the Support Lifecycle Blog.
Windows Vista Service Packs/Windows Server 2008 Service Packs announcements
-
Link
Today we are proud to announce the Release to Manufacturing of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Service Pack 2 (SP2) represents the latest step in Microsoft’s commitment to continuous improvement. It includes all of the updates that have been delivered since SP1, as well as support for new types of hardware and emerging hardware standards. And since it comes with a single installer for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, SP2 will be easy for IT Pros to manage, deploy, and support. For an overview of the changes introduced in SP2, check out the notable changes document.
Business customers with Windows Vista will find that the transition to Windows 7 will be significantly more straightforward due to the high degree of compatibility between Windows Vista and Windows 7. If your Windows Vista SP1 deployment is already underway we recommend you continue with SP1 as planned. Then you can deploy SP2 using your systems management infrastructure. If you are in the early stages of deployment or still planning Windows Vista deployment our best advice is that you plan on testing and deploying Windows Vista SP2.
More information can be found on the Windows Team Blog.
Windows Vista Application Compatibility Toolkit announcements
-
Link
Inventory, assess, and prepare your applications for Windows 7!
ACT 5.5 allows you to assess Windows 7 and IE8 compatibility, control information sent to the Compatibility Exchange, and label data collection packages by role. Want the inside scoop? Check out this Springboard Series blog interview with Jeremy Chapman, Windows Senior Product Manager.
You can download ACT 5.5 here.
