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Windows 7 Beta

by certifiedbug on January 12, 2009

in Microsoft

Windows 7 Team Blog
Posted by: Brandon LeBlanc 06:24 PM Saturday
Jan 10, 2009

I know many of you have had issues with the Windows 7 Beta site over the last 24 hours. As you may have noticed the download site has been up and running smoothly since this morning. That said, we apologize for the inconvenience that it caused some of you.

Due to an enormous surge in demand, the download experience was not ideal so we listened and took the necessary steps to ensure a good experience. We have clearly heard that many of you want to check out the Windows 7 Beta and, as a result, we have decided remove the initial 2.5 million limit on the public beta for the next two weeks (thru January 24th). During that time you will have access to the beta even if the download number exceeds the 2.5 million unit limit.

Thank you for your enthusiasm, interest and willingness to beta test. It has been great to see the positive early reviews and feedback. As you know, this is a beta product. We are working hard to get Windows 7 ready and right. Your input is a critical part of that process. Thank you!

Here’s where we stand

Welcome to Windows 7

What you need to know before installing the Beta

Primer on Device Support and Testing for Windows 7

Device Stage – A New Way of Interacting with Devices in Windows 7

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Creative Sound Cards and Vista SP1

by certifiedbug on May 20, 2008

in Windows OS

Knowing of my own experience with Creative’s drivers, friend Corrine at the Security Garden linked me to an article at www.vista4beginners.com.

Download Windows Vista SP1 Drivers for Creative sound cards

The bad news is that even after two months since SP1 is available, Creative has not yet launched updated drivers. The good news is that a passionate modder – Daniel Kawakami (Daniel_K) from Brazil – has released his own version of drivers which work on Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit and 64-bit). In this article you will learn what drivers you need to download and where you can find them.

http://www.vista4beginners.com/Windows-Vista-SP1-Drivers-Creative-sound-cards

Certifiedbug:
Vendor Drivers for Vista™

Creative’s struggle to produce drivers for Vista

Creative Labs, so long

Vista Drivers

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Vista Drivers

July 15, 2007

At the Security Garden Corrine blogged Ed Bott’s ‘Vista Master Driver List‘, which she has added to Windows Vista Bookmarks
That led me to Robert McLaws: Windows Vista: Six Months In, Your Mileage May Vary
This may be news to Jessica Mintz of the Associated Press, but not every Vista user has been griping.
You can count [...]

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Creative Labs, so long

May 2, 2007

After months of silence from Creative Labs and stonewalling by their forum moderators.
“Based on the feedback received from Audigy users, this is the latest update from our developers:
ALchemy for Audigy Development Started
When we released the first beta of ALchemy for X-Fi, we hoped customers would appreciate our efforts. Within only a few months, the [...]

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Creative’s struggle to produce drivers for Vista

March 9, 2007

I didn’t expect Creative to release fully functioning Drivers within the first quarter, but I did expect that when they made a non-beta driver available for download, it would be an improvement.
With that anticipation, today I installed Creative Sound Blaster Audigy series Vista Driver 2.12.0002. Finally I might have some resemblance of the sound experience [...]

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Vendor Drivers for Vista™

January 27, 2007

Patiently waiting for the release of updated drivers at Creative to support Microsoft’s Vista.
Windows Vista™ is currently available to volume licensing customers only. Creative will provide support for its products, as detailed in our Driver Availability Chart support, following its consumer release on January 30th, 2007.
Windows Vista™ – Driver Availability Chart
The last updated driver for [...]

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Symantec Device Driver Elevation of Privilege

October 24, 2006

CIAC BULLETIN
R-024: Symantec Device Driver Elevation of Privilege
[SYM06-022]
PROBLEM: There is a vulnerability in a device driver which, if successfully exploited, could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges or to crash the system.
PLATFORM: Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9.0.3 and earlier
Symantec Client Security 2.0.3 and earlier
DAMAGE: A successful exploit could potentially allow [...]

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