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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5 VotesPrinters seem to break in 8.1 but work in 8.0 or earlier
daughters laptop. It was an 8.0 laptop with a working printer, she installed the 8.1 upgrade, which is a "point release" and the installed ...Answered | 17 Replies | 13171 Views | Created by GreenSea IT - Saturday, November 2, 2013 9:31 PM | Last reply by Douglas Marin - Monday, April 6, 2015 9:53 PM
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Updating to 8.1 from 8.0
Hi I am new to Windows and am experiencing lots of problems. When I updated my Mac to Beta Yosemite I had no problems but I updated my Carbon X1 from 8.0 to 8.1 ...Answered | 1 Replies | 972 Views | Created by Amfrepo - Thursday, August 7, 2014 2:46 PM | Last reply by S.Sengupta - Thursday, August 7, 2014 3:37 PM -
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RDP not working on 8.1. Worked fine on 8.0
that open to select and it will not change above Registry key any more. It's look like bug in Windows 8.1 which need to fix by Microsoft. There is no problem in ...Answered | 2 Replies | 2418 Views | Created by Richuurd - Monday, October 21, 2013 5:56 AM | Last reply by Tejalkumar(Tej) Shah - Thursday, October 24, 2013 1:47 PM -
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how to downgrade from 8.1 to 8.0
I want to downgrade from Windows 8.1 to windows 8.0. I am facing a problem with stereo Bluetooth device to listen music. Bluetooth device is not connecting in 8.1, But it ...Discussion | 1 Replies | 1284 Views | Created by Venka Reddy Y - Wednesday, October 23, 2013 5:55 AM | Last reply by Andre.Ziegler - Wednesday, October 23, 2013 6:21 AM -
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Printer not working since installing 8.1
Since installing 8.1 my printer doesn't work. Says there is no connection between laptop and printer. I've tried the usual disconnection of USB and ...Answered | 3 Replies | 1215 Views | Created by Jarvobird - Friday, April 4, 2014 8:56 AM | Last reply by TryingVeryHard22 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 4:25 AM -
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8.1 install printer not working properly
printer spooler not working properly after msn updated me from 8 to 8.1Answered | 2 Replies | 897 Views | Created by cathy ritchie - Wednesday, September 17, 2014 3:19 PM | Last reply by Roger Lu - Monday, September 22, 2014 9:14 AM -
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Unable to Upgrade to 8.1 from 8.0
I bought a used HP pc with an activated copy of 64 bit Windows 8.0 Pro installed. This PC was sold with Windows Vista. Although I am prompted to go to the Store for an upgrade to ...Answered | 3 Replies | 1090 Views | Created by Stan_Winuser - Thursday, September 25, 2014 5:53 AM | Last reply by FangZhou Chen - Wednesday, October 8, 2014 9:04 AM -
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How to find a windows 8.0 ISO, NOT WINDOWS 8.1
Hi, I have done some searching around the net and have been unable to find a legal/uncracked Windows 8.0 ISO. I need 8.0, not 8.1Unanswered | 1 Replies | 551 Views | Created by boredherobrine13 - Saturday, December 17, 2016 7:36 PM | Last reply by Kapil.Arya - Sunday, December 18, 2016 3:59 AM -
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Upgrade iSCSI booted 8.0 to 8.1.
I have a copy of 8.0 installed on an iSCSI target. Attempting to upgrade to 8.1 fails. On the face of it, this appears to be because the recovery environment used to ...Answered | 1 Replies | 1230 Views | Created by Laurence Perkins - Friday, May 30, 2014 6:33 PM | Last reply by Wade__Liu - Tuesday, June 3, 2014 10:18 AM -
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Windows 8.1 does not seem to be working with Filezilla or winscp
I have just installed and have started to use a windows 8.1 machine and everything so far seems to be working ok. With two major exceptions and that is Winscp and ...Answered | 4 Replies | 1915 Views | Created by schuml - Wednesday, December 4, 2013 8:52 PM | Last reply by schuml - Wednesday, December 11, 2013 5:30 PM -
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charms bar on 8.0 vs 8.1
with yours. Additionally, if you update to Windows 8.1, you will still meet the charm bar. You can Open Taskbar and Navigation Properties through ...Answered | 1 Replies | 974 Views | Created by chrisleigh1 - Thursday, August 14, 2014 11:39 PM | Last reply by FangZhou Chen - Friday, August 15, 2014 12:38 PM -
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Remote Desktop not working after update from Win 8.0 to 8.1
Remote Desktop stopped working after update from Win 8.0 to 8.1Answered | 5 Replies | 1511 Views | Created by Jitukr - Friday, January 17, 2014 3:26 AM | Last reply by Dynamic Computer - Friday, July 24, 2015 3:18 PM -
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Issue with 8.0/8.1 Product Key...
the free upgrade to 8.1 Pro from the store. When I try to add features, it asks for a product key. The windows 8 product key isn't accepted any longer. What should I ...Answered | 4 Replies | 998 Views | Created by Vpp1253 - Saturday, July 11, 2015 2:09 PM | Last reply by Vpp1253 - Sunday, July 12, 2015 2:32 PM -
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BSOD DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE During 8.1 upgrade from 8.0
Windows 8.1 install keeps failing and having to revert me back to 8.0. I pulled the setupmem.dmp out of the c:\$Windows.~BT\Sources\Rollback folder, but I can't determine which ...Answered | 1 Replies | 1211 Views | Created by jeremys777 - Saturday, October 19, 2013 10:04 PM | Last reply by Andre.Ziegler - Sunday, October 20, 2013 6:35 AM -
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Windows 8.1 Breaks DirectAccess to 2012 R2 RDS
Just downgraded the version of RDP on the Windows 8.1 machine to 8.0 and it resolves the problem, so it would seem that RDP 8.1 and Direct ...Answered | 1 Replies | 1029 Views | Created by RSBurnell - Thursday, March 6, 2014 10:17 AM | Last reply by RSBurnell - Thursday, March 6, 2014 12:19 PM -
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Server 2008R2 mapping to shared folders fails users of Windows 8.1 but seems OK on Windos 8.0 and no problems for Windows 7
As the Windows 8.1 roll-out progressed, some users were successfully upgraded while others are still stuck in Windows 8.0. The issues with this seem to be ...Unanswered | 1 Replies | 1063 Views | Created by Questorfla - Monday, March 31, 2014 1:25 PM | Last reply by kelvin_hsu - Thursday, April 3, 2014 9:51 AM -
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Upgrading Precision 670 from 8.0 to 8.1
I was able to install Windows 8.0 onto my Precision 670 and have been using it for a while without problem. However, when I try to upgrade the operation system to ...Answered | 1 Replies | 2146 Views | Created by Tony Vaughan - Sunday, February 23, 2014 7:09 PM | Last reply by Noel Carboni - Sunday, February 23, 2014 9:02 PM -
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Can MSTSC (RDP) be rolled back from the 8.1 update, to the 8.0 version?
I currently have some users accessing an SSL VPN gateway from remote; with Windows 8.0, RDP worked fine, but the version that was installed as part of the 8.1 ...Answered | 2 Replies | 3285 Views | Created by GHafnerjr - Monday, January 6, 2014 9:07 PM | Last reply by Brandon Records - Friday, January 10, 2014 9:32 PM -
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install/activate Win 8.1 with Win 8.0 pro pack key?
;only way is to restore PC to factory 8.0, then use the Pro pack key to upgrade it to Windows 8.0 Pro, then run Windows update to 8.1 ...Answered | 2 Replies | 1050 Views | Created by lilyl - Wednesday, May 6, 2015 8:14 PM | Last reply by Deason Wu - Monday, May 11, 2015 1:33 AM -
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Going back from 8.1 to windows 8.0.
Hi, which cmd commands do not work? Could you give an example? )As far as I know the set of available cmd line commands has not been reduced with Windows ...Answered | 4 Replies | 1334 Views | Created by saimkr - Tuesday, January 21, 2014 6:48 PM | Last reply by Olaf Engelke - Wednesday, January 22, 2014 9:26 AM - Items 1 to 20 of 149029 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.
