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Its here http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/downloads.htm

Hello? What relation does this have to Unattended Windows forum? Maybe you are looking for this?

there's a quicker and easier way at http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49 How is this post nlite relevant, shouldnt it be in Windows XP forum?

You don't want to be reading their rubbish.

http://www.fanta.dk/news.asp?nid=025E5CBC-...97-99710658A0B1

wrong forum? I think you're looking for the Unattended Windows forum

Whats wrong with using this list? http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=8741&st=0&hl=

They talk s***. Look at http://news.com.com/Windows+update+will+be...ubj=news.1016.5 and http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/art...Search=&nPage=1

LOL

Mine is all on defaults

Menu works fine here, using Opera 7.51 Version 7.51 Build 3798

It is complete on my end coz no critical updates is listed. You might have forgotton some patches or installed them incorrectly

News early this week that Microsoft are trying to iron out a bug with NX CPU execution protection technology only spelled bad news. We can confirm that RC2 isn't likely to be released to beta testers until early next week. 2138 is the latest compile internally but doesn't hold the golden RC2 tagging yet. This only points to 2139/2140 being the RC2 build and going out to testers within a week. Initially Microsoft were aiming for a June RTM for Windows XP SP2 but delays with security center bugs and application compatability problems have delayed the highly anticipated update until July. Because of this, development of Longhorn is almost at a standstill whilst the main build team focus on XPSP2 instead of Longhorn. Many developers internally are itching to get back to Longhorn development naturally. According to internal sources 2137(xpsp.040520-1754) was the build that the NX problems have come from. Source: Microsoft SP2 Beta Newsgroups

Wrong forum? Maybe http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=80 is what it should be in.

Wrong forum

sorry, forget this post. I'm an id***. I forgot to restart the DHCP server when I changed the router's IP away from 192.168.0.1 cos it still thinked the router was on 192.168.0.1.

Whenever i change my router's IP to use something like 192.168.1.1 or 10.0.0.1, Windows clients are unable to obtain an IP from the router. But when its on 192.168.0.1 they're able to obtain without any problems at all. Adding IPs like 192.168.1.1 or 10.0.0.1 to the Default Gateway in the Advanced properties of TCP/IP doesn't appear to help either. Nor does adding the IPs to the primary DNS, This leads me to think that the Windows DHCP client only scans for a DHCP server limited to the 192.168.0.x area. Is this true? For now, I have to statically assign IPs, which works, but that's defeating the whole point of a DHCP server in the router. What should I do?

I wouldnt use AutoPatcher either, it doesn't come from MS and patches in there are probably old and doesnt contain the revised versions. AVOID IT

Site looks o.k in IE and mozilla, maybe try resetting IE security settings back at medium default?

Dear Beta Tester: Thank You to every one of you, for the great job you have done for this ISO beta project! We have just completed beta project for beta testing this ISO image file for Windows XP and Windows 2000. Now we have a new version of CD ISO image which is for used on all Windows platforms - Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, and Windows 98. You have continue to find many valid bugs. This has provoked many good comments from the Windows Update team concerning our beta users' testing ability and productivity. The majority of the bug reports are well thought out and detailed. That really helps us to speed up the bug triages and fixes. Microsoft is very fortunate to have you as our beta testers! We are very proud of this beta team. This new CD ISO image file, the latest version (#4a), has been released, including fixes for some of the bugs that you have reported for Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows 9x versions. It is now available for download from <http://www.beta.microsoft.com> under Downloads page and on <http://content.test.windowsupdate.com> site, under Tools page. Please have a look at it, especially if you reported bugs against the previous version - if you see a regression or experience a new issue, please report it - screen shot, log files, and detail information. Bear in mind, not all bugs have and/or will be fixed. The project will run from December 19, 2003 through December 31, 2003. We need to gather the majority of the data within the next few days, please help us by initiating beta testing as soon as you can. Our goal is to resolve any issues before this package is released to public. - For all ICF related issues - Please read this KB from <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b3d01193-ad93-492f-b74b-97c2fc44e08b&displaylang=en>. - DirectX folder name bug has been fixed. - Windows 2000 SP4 - CD does not detect it - this bug is not going to be fixed this version; but we will fix this in our next CD release. Thank you for all your hard work! Windows Update Beta

Dear Valued Microsoft Customer, As has been previously announced, the SUS 2.0 Beta program, including acceptance and start date, has been delayed. We’re still in the process of determining how to best support a vastly expanded program to match the overwhelming response we had when nominations were initially opened. The updated plan is scheduled to be finalized by the end of January 2004. Shortly thereafter we'll announce this to customers already nominated for the program, such as you, at this e-mail alias. Additionally, we’ll do the same to the SUS newsgroup. We apologize for any inconvenience this delay has caused and look forward to working with you in the New Year. If you have questions regarding the SUS 2.0 Beta program please contact us at sus2beta@microsoft.com. Thank you, The Microsoft Software Update Services Team

Macromedia announced a hosting partnership Tuesday and several other developments intended to popularize the use of its Flash format for delivering streaming video. The software maker said it will work with VitalStream to offer the Macromedia Flash Video Streaming Service, which will host and deliver Flash-based video for companies that don't want the expense and hassle of maintaining their own media servers. Macromedia added streaming-media capabilities to Flash with its major overhaul of the format last year. The Flash plug-in, installed on more than 90 percent of Internet-connected PCs worldwide, now includes a media player based on Sorenson Media's software. Macromedia has touted a number of advantages for Flash over competing media formats, such as Microsoft's Windows Media and RealNetworks' RealPlayer, including faster loading of content and the ability to play videos without opening a new browser window. "Video experiences are horrible on the Internet today," said Chris Hock, director of product management for Macromedia. "You have to make a lot of choices, like bandwidth and format. And when you do finally get the video, it pops up in another window, takes forever to buffer...We think we can improve the experience dramatically." The hosting service will enrich the experience further by giving companies an easy and reliable way to get their video online, Hock said. "We're hearing from larger customers that have a ton of video they want to deploy, and they want it on a well-managed, reliable network," he said. "They don't want to set up servers and have this huge upfront cost. This way, they can simply upload their videos and pay as they go." Richard Doherty, president of research firm The Envisioneering Group, said Flash as a media format is still running well behind Windows Media, RealPlayer and Apple Computer's QuickTime. "They're still paying catch-up way behind Real," he said. Macromedia faces a number of obstacles, Doherty said, including the relative expense and complexity of Flash developer tools. "Microsoft will just throw tools at you," he said. "Macromedia just can't afford to match that." Companies also may be leery of the Flash format because of its frequent revisions, Doherty said. "The Flash plug-in has been changed quite a bit, so you can't be sure who has what level of it," he said. "Macromedia has to demonstrate better audience participation and better stability of the player." Macromedia also announced the release of a collection of templates, instructional material and software tools for creating Flash-based video, plus the Flash Video Gallery, a collection of Flash-based clips. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5125717.html

Microsoft's first upgrade of the CRM applications it released earlier this year includes improved setup tools and a simpler and more flexible user interface. Version 1.2 of Microsoft CRM is available to users in North America, and will be available outside of North America next month. The upgrade will support nine languages and is due to be offered in 47 countries next month. Microsoft CRM is aimed at small and midsized companies, plus departments or divisions within larger businesses. About 1,000 customers have bought the software since it began shipping last January. Jeff Young, vice-president of emerging retail and CRM solutions at the software supplier, said he and other officials are pleased with the number of installations so far. He added that Microsoft has hit its initial target of fielding applications that end users will actually turn on. "One of the biggest holdbacks with CRM is the ability to get it from being 'shelfware' to get people to be able to use it," Young said. But Erin Kinikin, an analyst at Giga Information Group, said Microsoft still has a way to go, both technically and in terms of CRM market penetration. "Overall, we're hearing customers ask about Microsoft CRM, but not a lot of people [are] implementing." http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/art...lavourID=1&sp=1

If Windows didn't exist, Microsoft would be a far poorer and more obscure company - if, that is, it still existed at all, because most of its contemporaries from the 70s don't. So, what is wrong with this sentence: '[Microsoft has formed a new division, the Windows Core Operating System division, to focus closely on Windows OS technologies and to drive Longhorn development.'? Yes, you're quite right. The correct answer is, 'Er, shouldn't it have one of these already?' Indeed it should, and indeed in some senses it did have, but the reasons why Microsoft feels the need to conduct a reorganisation now speak volumes about the way the company develops software. Although Windows is key, from a revenue and business development point of view leveraging market share in other areas is more important for the company and its bean counters. Some years ago when Bill Gates and Steve Baller were inventing the .NET vision Ballmer said that Microsoft intended to make the leap from a product company to a services one, and while subsequently this flip has not exactly been visibly successful, it's been an imperative that has had a major effect on overall development. Microsoft in general has a need for all sorts of miscellaneous stuff to be part of the grand vision of the Windows Platform (whatever we might be choosing to call it today), so the Windows Platform becomes an ever-shifting, ever-expanding pile of stuff, and it becomes ever more impossible to build and ship new revs. (It occurs to us that the previous sentence could perhaps be worked up into a viable definition of .NET for dummies, but we'll skip that for now) Some of the most interesting exchanges of email that were subpoenaed during the antitrust trial had on the one hand Bill Gates' vision of convergent operating systems (remember, there were two mainstream lines until fairly recently) and integration, and on the other Brad Silverberg complaining (p***y emails from billg) and Jim Allchin as the struggling ringmaster striving in the face of adversity to get the darn product finished. So at the time of Win98 development you had a tension between commercial imperatives (as seen from Redmond, of course) and technical ones, and we'd hazard a guess that not much has changed in the interim. Now, the Windows Core Operating System division is being headed up by Brian Valentine, a veteran of Microsoft OS development and known as a tough, no-nonsense customer who gets stuff done. Bob Muglia takes charge of server, while Will Poole remains at Windows client, with Valentine, Poole and Muglia going on the newly-formed Windows Leadership Team. This will likely be similar in operation to the Business Leadership Team, which now has so many members it's probably functionally useless, but these things tend to start out well, and there's a new Windows Engineering Leadership Team too. So what's happening, we think, is that Microsoft has now reached that stage in Longhorn development where it looks at what it's got, looks at the target dates and decides it needs to call in the usual gunslingers in order to get the thing done. Valentine was of course doing it already prior to the latest announcement, but you could maybe read a certain amount of empowerment into the move - the closer the deadline gets, then the better chance the development pros have of calling the shots. Having to do this kind of thing every timer it needs to ship a new OS is nevertheless a peculiar way to run a company that should really be focusing on the core competence (we use the term advisedly) all the time, but that's how it is. Continual reinvention, or a chronic inability to learn from experience? Call it whichever way you like. ® http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34552.html

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