Windows 8.1 General announcements
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Link
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.
-
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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25 VotesVPN connection from System tray does not work but works from Network Settings
User is on Windows 10 Pro x64 (latest build), she has connection for VPN to a Windows server and she connects using the system tray icon. Today, that method did not work, it just ...Proposed | 31 Replies | 16499 Views | Created by Service Team - Tuesday, October 23, 2018 1:49 AM | Last reply by wilspin - 17 minutes ago
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Backup and restore (Windows 7) unable to restore a backup STATUS_WAIT_2 error 0X80070002
Hello! I've got a backup of a folder which I'm unable to restore. Backup and restore (Windows 7) on Windows 10 gives an error message saying that Windows is unable to locate the ...Unanswered | 1 Replies | 62 Views | Created by JIFFNET - 5 hours 15 minutes ago | Last reply by questionsformicrosoftproducts - 29 minutes ago -
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Windows 10 does not sync roaming profile when Defender Firewall is turned on
Hi everyone, I have an odd issue with one of our client workstations. We have a setup with Windows Server 2016 and roaming profiles set up, including folder redirections for some of ...Unanswered | 1 Replies | 109 Views | Created by schlimpf - Tuesday, December 10, 2019 7:16 PM | Last reply by schlimpf - 1 hour 40 minutes ago -
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Windows 10 Blue Screen "Unexpected Kernal Mode Trap"
I recently updated a Windows 7 PC to Windows 10; Dell Inspiron 5521. After the update I am experience a blue screen error each time I connect a USB device to one of the USB ports. This is ...Unanswered | 1 Replies | 69 Views | Created by Enxss - 3 hours 44 minutes ago | Last reply by questionsformicrosoftproducts - 2 hours 54 minutes ago -
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Hyper-V Manager unable to connect to server "Local computer"
I have a brand new beefy Dell system running Windows 10 v1809 (OS Build 17763.253) (Enterprise). I'm trying to get Hyper-V set up, but I get this error in Hyper-V Manager when I click on ...Answered | 12 Replies | 16896 Views | Created by Tim Trout - Friday, January 25, 2019 7:29 PM | Last reply by Alex_Valenzuela_Varela - 3 hours 56 minutes ago -
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Windows 10 Pro For Workstation Annoyingly Slow To Start And Restart
A recently purchased Lenovo Workstation P720 PC with the following specification: One Intel Xeon Silver 4208 CPU (8Core) base speed 2.1GHz; 32GB DDR4 2933 ECC RDIMM; M.2 NVME SSD PCIe ...Unanswered | 22 Replies | 609 Views | Created by Allwinde - Friday, December 6, 2019 2:26 PM | Last reply by questionsformicrosoftproducts - 4 hours 4 minutes ago -
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Phonak heariing devices as audio device
Hi, I have phonak hearing devices. But it is not recognised it as an Audio device.I have now Bluetooth 4.0. I is not possibe to set up the ... -
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Location unreachable in window-10
Hi Support, I am facing issue in window-10 Location unreachable. this issue happen on local drive as well as network drive. I have uninstall window-10 and ...Unanswered | 3 Replies | 262 Views | Created by PK_TECHNET - Friday, December 6, 2019 5:59 AM | Last reply by Andy YOU - 6 hours 32 minutes ago -
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Lost access to network shares
We have 5 users occasionally using vpn to gain access to an SBS2011 server from home. 2 are using windows 7 Pro, the other 4 are on Windows 10 Pro. All were set up using PPTP via the ...Unanswered | 10 Replies | 422 Views | Created by rnpdave - Wednesday, December 11, 2019 7:43 PM | Last reply by rnpdave - 6 hours 53 minutes ago -
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Windows 10 1909 Live Search Changed
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No IPv6 DNS (Stateless-DHCP) since Windows 10 Anniversary Update
I have noticed that on all my Windows 10 machines with the Anniversary Update, they no longer receive IPv6 DNS from DHCPv6 servers if network is configured for Stateless DHCP (Managed Flag unset, ...Proposed | 51 Replies | 29194 Views | Created by laim - Wednesday, August 17, 2016 4:16 AM | Last reply by veryCreativeName - 9 hours 13 minutes ago -
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Setup.exe will not run
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Windows 10 Image - SCCM Build and Capture Task Sequence
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how can I allow permanently an app from an unknown publisher?
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How to turn off Hyper-V permanently?
I've gone into Turn Windows features on or off. Clicked to turn off Hyper-V. Box is clear. This works well and I am able to run other conflicting apps like Virtualbox. But when I reboot, Hyper-V is ...Answered | 14 Replies | 48059 Views | Created by Benkoe - Wednesday, September 28, 2016 6:58 AM | Last reply by DHeshMan - 15 hours 20 minutes ago -
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Hyper-V will not turn off - bcdedit - hypervisorlaunchtype
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CAC Card
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Lockscreen slide show deploy?
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Windows update fails with error 0x80070001
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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.
