Month: April 2010

Fix It center – A new Microsoft tool

FIX IT CENTER is a new location to help users get quick fixes to common problems. It is currently in a ‘soft launch’ beta stage.

Release site: http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com

Product info page: http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com/Portal/WhyFixIt

Getting started information: http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com/Portal/GetStarted

vChat agent for frequently asked questions: http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com/Portal/AskFixit

The scope of this first release is limited to client versions of Windows XP. Vista, and Windows 7 only (includes Media player and IE).

The release is available in 6 languages (English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish, and German).

 

Remember Microsoft also has free support for Virus, Malware, and Failed service packs by calling 1-866-pc safety

 

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Windows Summit in Redmond

Registration is now open for first Windows Summit this May in Redmond

We would like to invite you and others in your community to explore in-depth how Window 7 and Internet Explorer can help you provide great solutions for your customers at our first Windows Summit!

Windows Summit 2010 runs May 25-27 at the Microsoft Conference Center on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, WA and is designed for people who engineer and test Windows 7 PCs, devices, and software.  We will offer three technical tracks to help you create the best systems, devices, and software using Windows 7 and Internet Explorer:

· System Track – includes sessions on optimizing performance and energy efficiency, tips and tricks to implement touch-enabled PCs, user experience design guidance, Windows Logo Program, and image creation and deployment.

· Device Track – offers sessions on Windows 7 Device Experience, the Windows Device Logo Program process, and how to use the Windows 7 platform to create a custom device experience.

· Software Track – provides sessions on touch, the Windows desktop, libraries, the Windows Sensors and Location platform, Windows Error Reporting, and building rich web applications using Internet Explorer.

· Besides networking with Microsoft technical experts and leaders at breakout sessions and chalk talks, we will have an Ask the Experts and social evening, all starting with an opening keynote by  Michael Angiulo, General Manager of Windows Planning and PC Ecosystem Teams.

Register and get more information on Windows Summit 2010 at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-summit/default.aspx.

 

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Microsoft U-Prove technology release: open standards and Community Technology Preview (CTP)

 

"Microsoft announces U-Prove technology, an advanced form of cryptographic protocols and tokens when combined with information cards, enables people to disclose a minimal amount of identifying information to access applications and services."

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Microsoft U-Prove technology release: open standards and Community Technology Preview (CTP)

Microsoft Corporation, 2010

U-Prove, a privacy-enhancing security technology, helps address people’s need to protect their identity-related information. U-Prove tokens make it possible for people to disclose minimal amounts of identifying information when they can access applications and services. At Microsoft, we are taking an initial step to make the U-Prove technology available to the public and interested parties.

First, we have partially opened up the U-Prove intellectual property with a cryptographic specification under the Microsoft Open Specification Promise (OSP). Two open source software toolkits are being donated —C# and Java editions—so the broadest audience of commercial and open source software developers can access the technology.

Second, we released a public Community Technology Preview (CTP), which is an integration of the U-Prove technology with the Microsoft identity platform technologies. The purpose of the CTP is to gather feedback from the technical community on the technology.

Although this release is a community preview, the U-Prove technology is especially important for enhancing the security and privacy of e-government initiatives and national ID programs. To demonstrate how minimal disclosure works, Microsoft has partnered on a project with Fraunhofer FOKUS, a research institute that hosts the German government’s eID (electronic identification) system, which will begin to roll out electronic identity cards to citizens in 2010. The project brings together the legal, privacy, and technology aspects of the eID system and extends them into a university setting, featuring key capabilities of Microsoft’s identity platform, information cards, and U-Prove tokens.

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If you have Windows Vista with no service pack

Support will ended April 13th, 2010, and it is no longer able to get security updates.

The first step is to find out which version of the Windows operating system am I running? and what if you installed Service Packs.

Click the Start button, type winver in the search box, and then press Enter

This window displays the version and edition of Windows you’re running. Each version of Windows comes in different editions with different features. This window also displays a service pack number if your version of Windows has been upgraded with a service pack.

Picture of the About Windows window showing Windows Vista Ultimate edition with Service Pack 1

 

You need at Service pack 1 or higher is you do not update you Vista you will have an unsupported Windows Version

What does it mean if my version of Windows is no longer supported?

An unsupported version of Windows will no longer receive software updates from Windows Update. These include security updates that can help protect your PC from harmful viruses, spyware, and other malicious software, which can steal your personal information. Windows Update also installs the latest software updates to improve the reliability of Windows—new drivers for your hardware and more.

You should always install the latest service packs from Microsoft for your version of Windows. You can download and install these through Windows Update.