Microsoft has posted the final build of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 on MSDN, TechNet, and Connect. Full Story: SP2 for Vista/Server 2008 arrives on TechNet, MSDN, Connect
View 4 RepliesMicrosoft today released the Release Candidate build of Service Pack 2 (6002.16670.090130) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 to the public. You can grab the standalone installer package from the Microsoft Download Center for 32-bit five languages and 32-bit all languages, 64-bit five languages and 64-bit all languages, as well as Itanium five languages and Itanium all languages. If you have Vista in English, French, German, Japanese, or Spanish, download the five languages package, otherwise get the larger "all language" version. There is also a five language and an all language.iso image available, as well as a patch that will allow you to get it via Windows Update. While this is a public release, it is still a Release Candidate, and Microsoft is recommending that the average customer "wait until the final release prior to installing this service pack" and reminding testers that "a Service Pack is not a feature release—we are not looking for new feature suggestions, only SP2 regressions, crashes, and confirmation of fixes we've made will be considered for this milestone." Full Story: SP2 RC for Vista and Server 2008 goes public - Ars Technica
View 9 Replies View RelatedWith the release of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 Microsoft removed the old management tools that shipped with RTM Vista. When you install Windows Vista SP1 you will notice that the Group Policy Management Client (GPMC.msc) and other features are no longer available. They have been uninstalled from your system.
Microsoft replaced the old uitilities with updated version in the Remote Server ...
My set-up is very simple yet I cannot connect to a device. I have a Router which has three connections via ethernet.
1. Vista Machine
2. XP Machine
3. Music Server (systemline)
The problem I have is that my Vista machine will not connect to the music server - I cannot see the shared folders. My XP machine connects to it no problem, e.g. if I enter the location (
Just had this in my RSS Feed, thought it would be interesting. Announcing the Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 RC - Windows Vista Team Blog - The Windows Blog Quote: This week we are announcing that Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 has hit an important milestone in development: Release Candidate (RC).
Starting today, the RC of SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 will be available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers to test prior to final release. In the very near future, we will be making the RC broadly available for anyone to download and test. You can expect another blog post from me when that happens. SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 include updates that have been delivered since the release of SP1, as well as support for new types of hardware and emerging standards. As we’ve described since we first talked about SP2, we’ve taken your feedback into account when developing SP2. Specifically, we expect SP2 to continue the security benefits of both products and simplify deployment for our customers. For an outline of changes in SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, check out the notable changes document. We are planning to release SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 in the second quarter of 2009.
Warning: don’t use any ESET NOD32 V4.x Antivirus product together with Windows Vista SP2 or Windows Server 2008 SP2 « Smokey’s Security Weblog
View 9 Replies View RelatedI Keep Installing Windows Vista, Then I Remove Windows Vista And Install Windows 2008 Server. Just FYI. After I Get Windows 2008 Server Installed, I Realize That I Need To Pay For Windows 2008 Server, Just FYI. I Then Uninstall Windows 2008 Server And Install Ubuntu. I Want To Be Just Like Alias. I Am Alias 2. Just FYI. Alias Is My Hero. Just FYI. Once I Install Ubuntu, I Just Stare At The Screen. Don't Know What To Do So I Uninstall Ubuntu And Install Windows Vista. Just FYI. I Use The RTM Version Because I Don't Want To Use The Beta Version. Just FYI. I Install Vista SP1 On My Three Computers. Just FYI. Start Everything All Over. I Keep Doing This. Just FYI. It Keeps Me Off The Streets. Just FYI.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI only get this problem on two wireless networks, either the one at my home, or the one in my University house. I get intermittent internet, it cuts out, sometimes after 10 minutes, sometimes an hour, and the only way to get it back is by resetting the router, and running a diagnose + repair from Network and Sharing Centre and then by Resetting the Wireless Router, which doesn't always fix the problem. Sometimes I get a "Windows cannot connect to DNS Server" error, and sometimes it just fixes itself.
View 6 Replies View RelatedAt home I have a file server ( Its named Bigred)running windows xp pro. I am using simple file sharing on the network. Its not on a domain its on a workgroup. The only software I have running on it is tversity and utorrent. On my vista machine or any other computer, I cannot connect to \bigred through explorer, but if I add in a share name \bigredphotos it works just fine. Windows xp was just installed today with all updates.
View 6 Replies View Relatedi am having problems in resolving a standing issue: our building is split into two parts each with its own router. the routers given generic IP as follows
192.168.9.255 and 192.168.11.255
we have a NAS server running windows 2003 server hooked on to the router 192.168.11.255 - its IP is 192.168.11.21 ... all the systems hooked to the same router are able to 'see' the NAS server and transact with it. (vista, linux, os x - all of them)
however, on the other side, the windows vista systems connected to 192.168.9.255 do not see the NAS server. Linux systems on this subnet can again see as well as connect to it, so can os x systems. eventhough vista cannot see the server, ping works with the server fine from these vista systems too.
I too recently bought a Gateway MD2614u, I use a 3g modem, a huawei e 156 c to be pecific! I've had some browser problems, the last couple of days, except for today, but still! hen I go to network and sharing, view status, diagnose: Cannot connect to DNS server > 200.223.0.83
Server: ns7.telemar.net.br
Address: 200.223.0.83
> ping 200.223.0.83
Server: [200.223.0.83]
Address: 200.223.0.83.....
I worked with my internet provider and they were unable to help me. Windows mail is not pinging the POP server. I can get my mail via the providers web-mail, but I can't download any into my mailbox. The SEND/RECEIVE mail button produces this error message, and the green line indicating the messages it is trying to download just stalls. If I click wait...again nothing and if I click STOP the error message I get indicates it is timing out.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI want to connect to a Team Foundation Server through HTTP. I am not in the network (local nor VPN) with the server I want to connect to. I use the public IP of the server. From my laptop with XP it can be reached easily - for example when I enter the http://serverIP:9200 in the Internet Explorer, the browser asks me for a password and if I fail to log it shows that the Access is denied. 9200 is a port number.
When I connect a laptop with Vista and do the same, a browser just informs that it cannot display the page. I can't also connect to the server via telnet. The behaviour is the same also when I turn off the firewall on Vista (on XP I do not need to turn off the firewall). What then can be blocking this connection?? Are there any security settings that I should check? There is no problem to connect to the Web server from the same network as this TFS.
Hope this is the right newsgroup.
Have a weird situation. On my first Vista pc i cannot authenticate to a 2003
server. YET i can map drives, nslookup is fine, i can ping everything, and
XP pcs log on with no problem (and have been for years).
The actual error is that the DNS of the DC in the domain has failed. I don't
think this has anything to do with DNS based on what i said. Regardless, i
have deleted, reinstalled,,
ok lets try again.......my newsreader windows mail just suddenly stopped
working with "unable to connect to server"....i have deleted norton using
their program - no change.....i have deleted my news accounts and set them up
again - no change
this is bogus...for what i spent for freaking vista and a new computer to
have something stupid like this to have happen.
My Linksys WRT54G has been giving me problems for the past 6 months and after some research, I see it happens alot on the Vista OS. I contacted ATT but they told me since it wasn't their router they would have to charge me $30 for 20 minutes. I can connect to the network, but it is "Local only" not "Local and Internet." The connection is excellent and it says I'm connected, but the internet still does not work. The wired connection works fine which is how I'm able to connect right now. This is my ipconfig when I'm trying to connect with wireless.
View 5 Replies View RelatedWhen I attempt to make an RDP connection from Vista to a remote machine running Windows Server 2003, it seems to partially connect. It displays a 'Log On To Windows Server' dialog window, but it is blank. the fields where I would normally type in my credentials are not displayed. After about a minute, I get the following message:, "Your Remote session has ended. The connection to the remote computer was lost, possiblly due to connectivity problems."
However, on other PCs running Windows XP, I can consistently RDP connect to this same remote machine which is running Windows Server 2003. Why is Windows Vista unable to make a RDP connection to Windows Server 2003? Is there something that needs to be configured differently on the Windows Server 2003 machine to allow Vista RDP connections? Also I can successfully make RDP connections from Vista to machines running Windows XP. It appears the problem is just when making a RDP connection from Vista to Server 2003
How do I set up Newsgator to get my Microsoft newsgroup stuff in Outlook 2007? I already have NewsGator plugin installed. It asks me for a server, username, and password. Would my username be my email address? What format do I use for the NNTP server? I tried microsoft.public.windows.vista.general, but it said it could not connect to the news server. "...I fail to understand why they feel the need to convince people who are happy with Vista that they are wrong. That is aside from the self-esteem issues they must have ;-)"
View 7 Replies View RelatedSo I can connect to the network with no issues....but the rest of my computers are all either XP or Vista 32. My problem comes into my server...that is XP. I have my files and printer on this server, and I connect off of it thru the wireless network. I cant see my printer or the files on the server. The only other computer that shows in my network, besides the lynksys, is the other Vista computer in the office.....which currently does show the server and printer.
My old laptop crashed and I just got a new Toshiba, so this is how/why I have an issue. I checked and its setup as private, Im thinking the 64bit is my problem can anyone hopefully NOT confirm this. Im hoping there is something else that I am missing and its not the 64 bit...I hope to not be here too long as that means issues, but I will be watching the forums from a distance to chime in if I can add anything
I am considering purchasing a Dell Inspiron 1525 with Vista Home on it. I work at an office 2 days per week and will need to connect to their server. It is my understanding that Vista Home will not be able to connect to their server. SO....I would need to install my XP Pro onto the new computer. How hard is it to do this and is it not recommended? (I'd like to keep Vista on the laptop as well, possibly as a dual boot? Unless that would just cause more issues.)
View 4 Replies View RelatedMy workplace has several computers that was delivered with Vista Business, but without media. Can I download the Vista-iso from my MSDN subscription to use for this deployment? All the computers has the key-sticker on the underside.
View 5 Replies View RelatedRunning Windows Vista,Windows Mail & Windows Live One Care. When I go to set up newsgroup account .I follow directions and get all the way up to where is says that I need to download list of avaible newsgroups. I then get the message that I cannot connect to server. Get the following details....
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm currently trying to connect my laptop which has Vista Business 32-bit to my Poweredge T105 which is running Server 2003 RC2. I get this error when running Network ID:
"Your computer could not be joined to the domain because the following error occured:
An attempt to resolve the DNS name of a DC in the domain being joined has failed. Please verify this client is configured to reach a DNS server thatcan resolve DNS names in the target domain."
The domain name I'm using is a live domain and worked fine when I connected my XP desktop to it. Not sure why it won't connect. Although it is on a different network (name) it can see the shared folder on the
I need to reinstall Vista Ultimate 32 Im having problems like some games just dont want to connect to their server and both parties My isp and EA has sworn they have checked everything and no problems. So I just want to reinstall Vista I tried the Vista repair and surprise it finds nothing wrong. It looks like if you have problems with vista your just screwed totally. Just a rant of frustration in the last sentence.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have two Vista laptops, that we are finally getting stable after many tweaks. My husband however *needs* a new laptop with XP on it as his corporate intranet server will *not* connect with anything else (yes, we and his whole IT department have tried). Those are getting very hard to find, obviously, and are very expensive when we do find one. I do have a retail copy of XP Pro available.
Local retailers are selling some inexpensive laptops that would work nicely if they didn't have Vista on them. So my questions basically are: is it worth it to buy a laptop which comes with a basic Vista OS, wipe it and do a clean install of XP Pro? I am not worried about voiding a warrantee in this case. Or if it works better, can my XP software be installed as a backwards "upgrade" over Vista Home? Just trying to work out the best route here.
Background: New Laptop with Vista Home Premium, MS Office 2007 installed and the office runs Exchange Server 2003 (fully patched as far as I know).Problem:Cannot connect to the exchange server using HTTP (had no poblems with old laptop running XP).Facts:(i) finding my mail box/username on the Exchange Server during the Mail setup process on my laptop - no problem; (ii) setting up the connection using HTTP via proxy settings - no problem; (iii) completeing the Mail setup - no problem. Symptoms: When I open up Outlook, I get prompted for username/pwd (so far so good), but that's it! Either Outlook times out without ever opening up or I get error messages that Outlook can't connect to server. Additional Info: (i) accessing the exchange server via Outlook Web - no problem; (ii) accessing the exchange server via VPN - no problem; (iii) have tried accessing from other laptop also running Vista (same setup)same problem.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am using Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1. I have installed Visual C 2008 Express Edition. It came with MSDN Express Library. So I downloaded the complete MSDN Library 2008 iso from Microsoft Website. But when I try to run Setup.exe for the library, it crashes with the following error:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: setup.exe_Microsoft? Visual Studio? 2008
Application Version: 9.0.21022.8
Application Timestamp: 47316ce5
Fault Module Name: sitsetup.dll
Fault Module Version: 9.0.21022.8
Fault Module Timestamp: 47316ce2
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0009aa9b
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 16393
Additional information about the problem:
LCID: 16393
I just purchased two new identical machines. I have a home LAN running W2k Server. (downgraded from a domain to a workgroup). One machine sees the server no problem. I can connect to drives and use the printer. One machine refuses to see the server. When I go Run and type in \ipaddress, it shows up. When I try to browse for it, it never shows up. Both machines on same LAN, same WORKGROUP. I've clicked everything I can find but the one machine just won't find the server. I'm baffled.
View 7 Replies View Relatedwe have Vista 32 bit installed at my office. We use it for software testing with different O/S and browser configuration purposes only. But I am having a problem browsing internet using IE7. That is in my company whenever we launch any browser we go to one of our secure web server there we enter a useid and password then we get connected to internet.But IE7 is not laucnhing this secure web site. I am getting a message"Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage". However if I
launch Mozilla then It prompts me to enter the userid, password(which is actually the company id , password given to all associates) then it authenticates us then takes us to the itnernet. Now after doing this step at Mozilla browser my IE7 works. that means In IE7 there is soemthing that is blocking us to go this website. Also when I type this url in IE7 by myself I am getting this error "Could not connect to eh secure Web server".
when i try to sign up 2 windows mail i get massage sayin my popo3 sever connot connect ( why )
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm having a problem with Vista's networking. A lot of my friends who still have XP are able to use remote desktop and tunneling services easily, where as I am unable to on my Vista machine. It's quite ironic cause I'd think Vista (newer than XP) would have better networking capabilities. But that aside, I've followed the instructions in order to install Tunneling on Vista (Since MS removed it from Vista) by going to programs and features and adding the telnet feature. This seemed to work somewhat, but now I'm trying to use SSH Tunnel Client to connect to a server and I'm unable to. Overall it seems Vista is locked up tight. Is there any information I can get in order to open up Vista in order to do what I want to do. I've looked at a lot of Q&A's, tutorials and how tos, but most of them explain very basic things. What steps do i need to take in order to connect to a server using SSH in Vista?
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