Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) is a Help program that has been included with Microsoft Windows versions starting with the Microsoft Windows 3.1 operating system. However, the Windows Help program has not had a major update for many releases and no longer meets Microsoft’s standards. Therefore, starting with the release of Windows Vista and continuing in Windows 7, the Windows Help program will not ship as a feature of Windows. If you want to view 32-bit .hlp files, you must download and install the program (WinHlp32.exe) from the Microsoft Download Center.
Microsoft Windows 7 90-Day Eval VHD released!
The Microsoft VHD Test Drive Program provides customers with an enhanced server-based software evaluation experience that’s faster, better supported and more flexible. You can now access the entire catalog of pre-configured Microsoft and partner products and solutions in the VHD format and start evaluating and testing today from www.microsoft.com/vhd.
This download helps you evaluate the new features of Windows 7, Windows 7 has better ways to find and manage files—like Jump Lists and improved taskbar previews—to help you speed through everyday tasks. It’s designed for faster and more reliable performance, so your PC just works the way you want it to. With 64-bit support, you can take full advantage of the latest powerful PCs. And great features like HomeGroup, Windows Media Center, and Windows Touch make new things possible. For more information about Windows 7, please go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/.
Microsoft wants multicore boost from Windows 7
It’s a question we all face: with chips getting more processing cores instead of more gigahertz, is your next computer going to actually run your software faster?
Microsoft is one of the companies that feels the pressure to most acutely when it comes to putting those cores to work. Though it doesn’t pretend to have the problem licked, Microsoft does believe Windows 7 provides a better foundation for using multicore systems than earlier versions of the operating system.
Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Location-Aware Printing
Good Morning AskPerf Readers! Welcome to Day Ten of our Launch Series. Our theme this week has been Printing, and today we’ll be continuing in that vein. Our topic today is Location-Aware Printing. Mobile users and network-connected devices are a rapidly increasing component in the enterprise environment. Mobile users are not only sales and customer facing users that travel, but also remote users that work outside the office or users that work from home outside of business hours.
New Ways to Try and Buy Microsoft Office 2010
We’re thrilled about the growing number of people who are using Microsoft Office every day to get things done at work, at home, at school and on the go. For instance:
- 500 million people worldwide use Microsoft Office
- From July, 2008 through June, 2009 – Office 2007 experienced 92% year over year growth in trials, equating to 23 million trial downloads
- Office 2007 Home and Student edition has been the top selling PC software title at US retail for the last two years
On the heels of such positive momentum, we’re excited to talk about big improvements in the way we’ll deliver the next version of Office to consumers.
Microsoft adds an ‘Office Starter’ edition to its distribution plans
Microsoft officials shared on October 8 more details about three new ways the company is planning to try distributing Office 2010 when the product ships next summer.
Via a post on the Office 2010 Engineering blog, Microsoft officials explained three new distribution mechanisms the company will use to get more users to try the next version of Office.
Microsoft prepares massive patch push for October
On Tuesday, Microsoft will publish thirteen security bulletins, eight critical and five important, that will address thirty-four vulnerabilities. Historically, this month’s releases will earn the title of the largest Microsoft patch release since the program started in 2003.
Office Mobile to Include OneNote and SharePoint
Redmond-based software company Microsoft is reportedly preparing a few new goodies for the Windows Mobile-based handsets that should come to the market sometime in the second half of the next year, at least when it comes to the Office Mobile, one of the most popular applications present within the mobile platform from the company. There are no official details on what future releases of Office Mobile should include, yet a mock-up from a Microsoft presentation from August 2009 seems to deliver a few pieces of info on what one might expect.
Link – http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-Mobile-to-Include-OneNote-and-SharePoint-123944.shtml
Exchange Server 2010 RTM
We are happy to announce that Exchange 2010 is Code Complete! Our senior leadership team has signed off on the final code, and it has been sent to our early adopters for one final look before its public release. This Release to Manufacturing (RTM) milestone means we are on our way to general availability and the launch at Tech·Ed Europe 2009 (http://www.microsoft.com/europe/teched/) in early November.
Link – http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/10/08/452775.aspx
Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode now on MSDN / TechNet
The RTM builds of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode are now available for people with an MSDN / TechNet subscription. On MSDN you can sign in and:
- Go to Subscriber Downloads
- Select Applications
- Scroll to the bottom of the list and select Windows Virtual PC
Microsoft Debuts Mobile Backup Service ‘My Phone’, Adds Premium Features
Coinciding with the introduction of the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, Microsoft has upgraded and launched its free phone backup service My Phone – previously in beta – and added a couple of useful premium features to it.
Despite the fact that the official My Phone blog and Twitter account remain silent for the time being, users have definitely taken notice and started tweeting about it.
Microsoft Debuts Mobile Backup Service ‘My Phone’, Adds Premium Features
Coinciding with the introduction of the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, Microsoft has upgraded and launched its free phone backup service My Phone – previously in beta – and added a couple of useful premium features to it.
Despite the fact that the official My Phone blog and Twitter account remain silent for the time being, users have definitely taken notice and started tweeting about it.
Microsoft MultiTouch Mice
There is a part in the Microsoft 2019 video where a guy uses multi touch gestures on a table to control his software. It’s classic “Hollywood IT†where you think “yeah right….†However, it’s a bit closer than we may think if you take a look at the video from Techflash today who got a sneak peek at Microsoft MultiTouch Mice.
Link – http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2009/10/06/microsoft-multitouch-mice.aspx
Google Chrome OS released, download available
Google Chrome OS is a project by Google Inc. to develop a lightweight computer operating system devoted to using the World Wide Web and today Google has made available first preview build to everyone.
It is based on Google’s Chrome web browser and the Linux kernel. It runs on systems with either x86 or ARM processors. So finally another Linux edition has been added into free Linux Distros list.
Link – http://www.windowsvalley.com/blog/google-chrome-os-released-download-available/
Courier Video Shows How We’ll Actually Use It
Microsoft’s Courier booklet was surprising, mostly because it was so far outside of what everybody now expects from a tablet. This internal video shows how Microsoft thinks we’ll use Courier.
Since publishing the first leak, several more people have come forward with details on the Courier project.
This video is produced by the same firm that collaborated with Microsoft’s Pioneer Studios on the previous clip, and it walks through a slightly different (and more conservative/realistic) iteration of the Courier interface. While the first video showed a handful of use cases, this one actually provides an overview of the interface and Courier’s features, and more of how you would actually use it if you are not a designer.
Link – http://gizmodo.com/5369493/the-courier-files-how-microsoft-thinks-well-use-their-secret-tablet
