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Microsoft promises to fix Windows XP SVCHOST redlining 'as soon as possible'
2013-12-16 13:41:03| InfoWorld: Top News
We've seen the same problem reported over and over for Windows XP users trying to update their computers: Windows Update redlines (more accurately, the XP Windows Update agent WUAUCLT.EXE running in a SVCHOST wrapp
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Microsoft exec hints at separate Windows release trains for consumers, business
2013-12-07 00:37:34| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft may revert to separate release schedules for consumer and business versions of Windows, the company's top operating system executive hinted this week. At a technology symposium hosted by financial services giant Credit Suisse, Tony Myerson acknowledged the operating system adoption chasm between consumers and more conservative corporations. Myerson, who formerly led the Windows Phone team, was promoted in July to head all client-based OS development, including that for smartphones, tablets, PCs and the Xbox game console.
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Microsoft ends Windows 7 retail sales
2013-12-06 13:37:52| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft has quietly ended retail sales of Windows 7, according to a notice on its website. The company's policies for shutting off sales to retailers and shipping licenses to OEMS (original equipment manufacturers) are posted on its site, which was recently updated to show that Windows 7's "retail end of sales" date was Oct. 30.
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Microsoft moves to unify Windows, Windows Phone, Windows RT
2013-11-25 21:27:56| Extremetech
Microsoft's head of devices, Julie Larson-Green, has foretold of a future where there aren't three versions of Windows. Most journalists are taking this to mean that Windows RT is at the end of its short and pitiful life. I think this is bigger than that, though: This is confirmation that all three of Microsoft's operating systems are going to be killed off, replaced with a new, consolidated and unified OS that spans phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops.
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Microsoft takes off the gloves with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1
2013-11-19 11:35:04| Network World Clear Choice Tests
In Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1, Microsoft has released a combination of operating system updates that we find very compelling. Microsoft has joined much of the rest of the industry in annual release roll-ups with feature additions, and this time, they listened to the critics. More interesting are the one-upmanship features targeted directly at its virtualization and cloud competition. Some were stunning, despite a few strange and perhaps anecdotal basic problems that we found.
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