From Microsoft Research, there comes a new UI for your Windows desktop. Instead of simply minimizing applications or switching through them either via Alt+Tab or Windows+Tab as you do now, there’s a new task management called Microsoft Scalable Fabric that lets you interact with your windows in a whole new way. With this app, you define a central focus area for your desktop where the main window that you’re working within will be located. Other windows are visible off in the periphery of the screen. So, instead of minimizing an app, you drag it outside of the central focus area. The closer you drag the app to the edge of your computer screen, the smaller it becomes.
Source- DownloadSquad
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Introducing Games for Windows – LIVE, the free gaming service built for Windows that makes great Windows games even better. With Games for Windows – LIVE, you get an online identity – called a gamertag – and a friends list that works across multiple games, the XBOX 360, and even the Zune music service. You can easily find and communicate with your friends online with text and voice chat. Earn achievements and Gamerscore that lets you track and compare your accomplishments.
Play multiplayer games with your friends, or play against new opponents online using our exclusive TrueSkill™ matchmaking system – with other Windows® players or with or against XBOX 360 players (in supported games.)
All of this is possible today – and at no charge.
Source- Gamesforwindows
It’s time to check Windows Update again because just a few moments ago, Microsoft has released Windows Search 4.0 to Windows Update as Recommended update for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 based computers. Windows Search 4.0 lets you perform an instant search of your computer. Windows Search 4.0 helps you find and preview documents, e-mail messages, music files, photos, and other items on the computer.
Improvements:
• Support for indexing encrypted documents of local file systems
• Reduced affect on Microsoft Exchange when you index e-mail in online mode, and there is no local cache (.ost)
• Support for indexing online delegate mailboxes
• Support for client-to-client remote query to shared indexed locations
• Improved indexing performance
• Faster previewer updates for Windows XP
• Per-user Group Policy settings
• Windows software updates for Watson errors
• You can view the complete KB article here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940157
Download: Vista and Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) | Windows XP (32-bit) | Vista (64-bit) | XP (64-bit)
Source Redmond Pie
Autoruns v9.31: This release fixes a bug displaying missing images that reference paths with spaces, adds support for Sidebar Gadgets on 64-bit Windows, and correctly handles 64-bit paths that reference the program files directory.
Source- Windows Sysinternals Blog
Wait no more! The latest bits for Windows Live Client for your Windows Mobile are available for download. To get yours now, point your mobile browser to http://wl.windowsmobile.com
If you have Windows Live already installed on your device, you will need to uninstall it first. To do that, go to Settings->Remove Programs, select Windows Live entry from the list (if any) and click Remove. If you don’t find Windows Live on the list, then you are good to go.
With Windows Live client you will be able to:
- Synchronize Live contacts with your contacts on the device
- Synchronize your Live email (msn, hotmail, live)
- View graphics, web links and contact photos in emails
- Respond to emails with voice recordings
- Upload photos to your Windows Live Spaces
Go ahead, give it a try and let us know what you think!
Source- MSDN Blog
Get the Windows Server 2008 Workstation Converter
- Download Serv08Convert10.zip (11.2MB)
- View previous versions.
Support & Suggestions
Features of the Converter
General
Visual Tweaks
Source: www.win2008workstation.com
14.3 TB of new imagery for Microsoft Virtual Earth. .
Ortho
United States (UltraCam, Microsoft Proprietary)
- Elizabeth, NJ
- West Allis, WI
- Paterson, NJ
- Pasadena, TX
Austria
Source: blogs.msdn.com
The new cumulative DST Packages for Windows have been released to the Microsoft Download Center for supported versions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. This update, which is published as Microsoft KB Article 951072 supersedes and replaces the December 2007 DST Update (Microsoft KB Article 942763). This update also includes additional time zone changes that were signed into law after the update in Microsoft KB Article 933360 (August 2007 Cumulative DST update for Windows) was released.
If you have already deployed the December 2007 DST Update, please review the information in Microsoft KB Article 951072 to determine whether you need to deploy this update immediately. For Exchange specific DST information, please refer to the Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Center and as well as the Exchange team blog.
Additional Resources:
Source- Technet Blog
Ankur Mittal | July 23, 2008
