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There are many dedicated people and organizations who contribute to the protection and security of our common customers. For years, Microsoft has recognized security researchers for helping protect the ecosystem. Now, we’re announcing the launch of a new program to better recognize and thank...

This morning we are excited to unveil the security researcher leaderboard at the Black Hat Security Conference. This list recognizes the top security researchers who have contributed research to the Microsoft products and services. If you are curious on how we build the list, check out our...

I'd like to wish @kemical (Ross) a very happy birthday today! Ross has been with the website since the beginning and is a Microsoft MVP. He has contributed years of help, assistance, and kindness to many people who visit our site, and I am proud to call him my friend. Thank you, sir, and HAPPY...

Hi ! First of all, I love this forum. I've been away for awhile. Reason being, I didn't know how to behave. I have learned a lot and hopefully I'll do better this time, and behave myself. There are some great people here and very smart people. I hope to learn some new things, and hopefully help...

Security researchers play an essential role in Microsoft’s security strategy and are key to community-based defense. To show our appreciation for their hard work and partnership, each year at BlackHat North America, the Microsoft Security Response Center highlights contributions of these...

Hi, Please welcome our new moderator Neemobeer! Many of you will be familiar with his good work around the forum and we are very excited to have such a great contributor join the team. His wealth of knowledge speaks for itself as does his work rate. :)

Your requests to grow the XAML Behaviors platform and bring them forward to support UWP app development have been heard. Today we announce the next step: XAML Behaviors natively supported for UWP and shipping as a NuGet package (for both native and managed projects). Additionally, to build a...

We've got two things for you today... First, I wanted to highlight an outstanding post by Utkarsh Shigihalli. Last week I highlighted and Visual Studio extension by Utkarsh Shigihalli and Tarun Arora, Is Visual Studio Online Online? VSO Status Indicator Extension. Since then Utkarsh released...

Join your guide Link Removed as he talks to the product teams in Redmond as well as the web community. This is the first of a number of shows that I've been wanting to do for a while which shows the level of passion and commitment that many people at Microsoft have around their areas of...

Google recognizes the authorship of Google+ members on their search engine. In order to accomplish this, we have made it possible to enter the required information necessary, if you so choose, for your Google+ information to appear on the Google search engine whenever you author a message. Here...

New York, NY and Redmond, WA – Windows 7 Forums ("windows7forums.com") and its successor websites are pleased to announce a partnership agreement with Microsoft Corporation to participate in the Link Removed - Invalid URL program. Under the rules of this program, our top contributors will...

Two things really. 1. Is there some way to recognize members who have MVP or MCCA designations with some type of badge or indicator next to their post identification information? I found a sneaky way to edit the comment below member status (as you can see though I missed how that was...

Congratulations to Link Removed - Invalid URL for receiving the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award in Windows Expert - IT Consumer for 2012. Ross joins with Link Removed - Invalid URL (Captain Jack), Link Removed - Invalid URL (patcooke), and myself (Link Removed - Invalid URL) as fellow...

Hello everyone, I am pleased to announce that I have been invited to the 2012 Microsoft MVP Global Summit, taking place primarily in Bellevue and Redmond, Washington, near the Microsoft Campus headquarters, at the end of February. The exclusive 2012 Microsoft MVP Global Summit event, taking...

Link Removed :stars: MikeHawthorne and Mitchell_A :stars:Mike and Mitchell have received an impromptu gift for their contributions to Windows 7 Forums. Each of them has received a free copy of Auslogics BoostSpeed 5.1. This makes them the first true Windows 7 Forums award winners since the...

Hello Windows7forums!!! :p;) I'm new to Windows7forums but not Windows 7. I was a one of the Windows 7 Beta downloaders during the first part of 2009. I spent most of my time on w7forums and actually became Mod there. Sometimes I wonder if I am actually worthy of that title though. There is so...

Hello everyone, I thought I would give everyone a heads up at our beloved graphics team that we have limited the overall size of signatures. This is being done to make pages more easily viewed for our audience. You may still post a great looking signature, but we are now using the International...

Congrat's Richard on your 100th post. Sorry to all the people I've missed, but I've only been here a week. Link Removed If you know someone who's coming up on a signifigant post, anything from 100 -100,000 then kindly leave me a message Link Removed - Invalid URL so I may keep my eye on...

A Word of Thanks On behalf of Windows 7 Forums, we would once again like to thank you for your hospitality and support in donating to the cause of the website. Contributions from members in the form of excellent posts, important questions, financial support, and even constructive criticism...

Link Removed Ibn al-Haytham's 11th-century Book of Optics, which was published exactly 1000 years ago, is often cited alongside Newton's Principia as one of the most influential books in physics. Yet very little is known about the writer, considered by many to be the father of modern optics...