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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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
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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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0 VotesGame Explorer Error : Windows is unable to connect to the game updates server
Is anyone else getting this messenge when checking for game updates? Can you check?Answered | 6 Replies | 7079 Views | Created by ECH1 - Monday, February 28, 2011 6:16 PM | Last reply by Miya Yao - Thursday, March 3, 2011 9:13 AM
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Can't play games after Windows Update
I reformatted my Vista Home Premium (without SP1) twice. And after installing Windows Updates. I can't play my games. This occurs after I installed updates after SP1. Please ... -
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Steam games crashing after update to win 8.1
Hi, This issue could be caused by incompatible drivers. Please try to update graphic driver and audio driver in device manager to see what’s going ...Answered | 1 Replies | 2580 Views | Created by JLdd3123 - Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:18 PM | Last reply by Kate Li - Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:07 AM -
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games will not play since windows 10 update
Since I installed Windows Update on my Windows 10 all of my game downloaded from Microsoft Store will not play. It just says they are installed and will not reinstall please ...Proposed | 2 Replies | 372 Views | Created by Boopdedo - Friday, October 27, 2017 9:32 PM | Last reply by Tony_Tao - Monday, October 30, 2017 1:50 AM -
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After updating to windows 8.1 the games I played wont start
Good day, Im new to this stuff, i recently updated my windows 8 to 8.1. After updating the game that i was playing works just fine. ...Answered | 2 Replies | 1815 Views | Created by Juvs the third - Thursday, August 14, 2014 7:46 AM | Last reply by Wade__Liu - Sunday, August 17, 2014 5:18 AM -
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1803 Update Begins in the middle of a game
I would like to know what possessed the powers that be at MS to engineer an update that installs smack in the middle of playing a full-screen game without any warning - and in ...Unanswered | 1 Replies | 286 Views | Created by Dalewb - Saturday, August 18, 2018 3:54 AM | Last reply by Karen_Hu - Monday, August 20, 2018 7:37 AM -
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Solitaire games broken by anniversary update
I had the exact same problem. The Windows 7/8 Microsoft Games package did not work on the anniversary update, which included Solitaire.Answered | 4 Replies | 1202 Views | Created by NKitsap - Wednesday, August 10, 2016 4:52 PM | Last reply by Mike_MJ - Thursday, September 22, 2016 8:51 PM -
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error code 0x8004E108
I'm trying to download games and update games but this erroe message code keeps popping up, how do I resolve this problem immediately?!Discussion | 1 Replies | 897 Views | Created by magacuna1019 - Saturday, June 25, 2016 6:12 PM | Last reply by S.Sengupta - Monday, December 26, 2016 1:18 AM -
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After updating to Windows 8.1 from windows 8 games like pes 2014 and others are not functioning properly
You need to reinstall the games as updating to a new platform would make the games incompatible remember ...Answered | 2 Replies | 2917 Views | Created by phani_raj - Sunday, January 26, 2014 4:01 PM | Last reply by Supiriom - Sunday, December 14, 2014 4:29 PM -
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Help!!!!
thanks but, i tried doing all of that , ive tried reinstalling the game, updating my graphics driver and none of it works, if it helps my computer is a dell demension ...Unanswered | 1 Replies | 3440 Views | Created by megankk - Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7:43 PM | Last reply by BArt IT - Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:55 PM -
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Newest updates breaks windows media player and some games from playing unable to uninstall the updates
the latest updates did a good job with breaking things the media player stops working and games just wont play there is no errorUnanswered | 0 Replies | 3212 Views | Created by cincinnatiman_45214 - Sunday, January 13, 2008 12:19 AM -
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Windows Home version 1607 update made all my games unplayable, and other issues.
None of my games work since my last windows update. This includes every EA (Origin) game and battle.net games I have. Everything worked splendidly ...Answered | 3 Replies | 514 Views | Created by Tiffany728 - Monday, October 24, 2016 5:33 PM | Last reply by S.Sengupta - Wednesday, October 26, 2016 6:24 AM -
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Games for Windows - LIVE V3.0 update error
i have the same problem, at Windows Update the "Games for Windows Live" comes again and again after install. at the update history i have ...Answered | 4 Replies | 13895 Views | Created by mafia_emu - Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:20 AM | Last reply by HeavyHemi - Monday, August 24, 2009 12:58 AM -
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Can't play games after using Windows Update
I reformatted my Vista Home Premium (without SP1) twice. And after installing Windows Updates. I can't play my games. This occurs after I installed updates afterAnswered | 1 Replies | 6024 Views | Created by brandongwh - Saturday, October 4, 2008 8:16 AM | Last reply by Andy Song - Tuesday, October 7, 2008 10:56 AM -
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Windows 10 update now games wont open
So after the update none of the Microsoft games work. Ones that used to work and new ones I install, neither work.Answered | 3 Replies | 821 Views | Created by noworky - Sunday, August 28, 2016 4:30 AM | Last reply by Teemo Tang - Tuesday, August 30, 2016 6:38 AM -
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After October Update, PC freezes and stutters during media playback and games
Hi Matt, Yes, your troubleshooting steps are reasonable, there is a possibility that driver crashed during system update, then leads to computer freezes when we play videos ...Answered | 5 Replies | 699 Views | Created by M_Olson - Tuesday, October 18, 2016 12:36 AM | Last reply by M_Olson - Tuesday, November 8, 2016 3:44 PM -
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I HAVE Windows 10 (updated) but now I cannot get into my Microsoft games (Pyramid, etc.)
In addition, make sure to check for updates for apps and games from Windows Store.Proposed | 2 Replies | 413 Views | Created by Smokystovall - Wednesday, October 16, 2019 8:48 PM | Last reply by Farena - Monday, October 21, 2019 6:40 AM -
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After Creators update, Game called dota 2 crashed every time Launching
Games from Steam crashed without any error message. I wonder if this applies to you : (excerpt from Windows Blog onDiscussion | 2 Replies | 1705 Views | Created by Jesse Pinkman, Yo - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:57 PM | Last reply by david hk129 - Friday, April 7, 2017 10:58 PM -
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Can't delete a folder without permission from another account even tho i'm admin???
won't install any blizzard games or update installed games, scanning with avg on the folder doesn't show any threatsAnswered | 16 Replies | 664 Views | Created by P4TTL - Friday, June 5, 2015 6:44 PM | Last reply by Deason Wu - Thursday, June 11, 2015 7:50 AM -
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1628: failed to complete installation - Can't Update a Game - Win7 x64
The game is Call of Juarez - Bound in Blood, The game is Working Fine With Win7 x64 But the Game Update is Not Working.Answered | 9 Replies | 20242 Views | Created by Mohammed Mounir Mourad - Sunday, February 21, 2010 12:04 AM | Last reply by Dave178 - Monday, October 17, 2011 10:05 AM - Items 1 to 20 of 87399 Next ›
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.
