Monthly Archives: April 2009

Windows Vista Service Pack 2

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Marc Liron

Vista Service Pack 2 has undergone “release to manufacturing,” said Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft’s in-house Windows blogger, in a post Wednesday. Release to manufacturing, or RTM, is software industry lingo that means work has been completed on the service pack and … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Professional and Windows XP Mode

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Marc Liron

As part of the upcoming Windows 7 Release Candidate milestone, Microsoft will release a beta version of Windows XP Mode, which allows users of Windows 7 Professional and above to launch many older Windows XP productivity applications directly from their … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Intelligence Report No 6

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Marc Liron

The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) provides an in-depth perspective on the changing threat landscape including software vulnerability disclosures and exploits, malicious software (malware), and potentially unwanted software. Using data derived from hundreds of millions of Windows users, and some … Continue reading →

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