Building off the Windows 11 momentum Panos shared last week, we want to take a moment and share a little bit on what’s coming for the Windows Insider Program in 2022. It has truly been incredible to see the interest in the program grow since announcing Windows 11 last June. We have more people...
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Hey Folks!
Today, we’re excited to announce some changes to the way we release new builds to all Windows Insiders.
We are transitioning and converting our current ring model, based on the frequency of builds, to a new channel model that pivots on the quality of builds and better supports...
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We’ve engineered Office to be secure by design and continually invest in enhancing its security capabilities. In the spirit of maintaining a high security bar in Office, we’re launching the Bug Bounty Program for Office Insider Builds on Windows.
The Office Bug Bounty Program complements our...
Hi! My name is Anita George, and I am the leader of the two Bug Bashes for the Windows 10 Creators Update (the one in November 2016 and the one we just finished up in Feb). For this most recent Bug Bash, Windows Insiders completed approximately 108,900 Quests and submitted or upvoted an...
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This walkthrough demo will cover setting up a basic Cordova project, setting up a repo in Visual Studio Online, setting up the appropriate environments to handle the targeted platforms for application release, and ensuring quality build results prior to making the definitions live.
As there are...
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It would appear that some Win 10 users are having issues with update KB3020114. Microsoft have posted an official solution on the Windows Insider Hub:
ref:
Insider Hub found on Windows 10 Tech Preview
Hello, I am a QA engineer and my use case of the problem is inability to pass a build validation test: I connect to a Windows 8.1 through SSH connection and start a batch file that automates the installation of the software on Windows 8.1. virtual machine. The thing is: during the installation...
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We recently upgraded to windows 7 due to Citrix not being supported by XP in the future and ever since we have our Infopath 2007 has been playing up.
We are unable to save any of the current templates (though we can submit to email etc) and when trying to amend or change anything in...
We are committed to adapting our policies as the world evolves and with the new Windows Store, we evaluated how to best release security updates for Windows Store apps. Our goal is to have a quick, transparent and painless security update process. With this in mind, we will deliver high quality...
Instinctively, you may believe that it is necessary to install drivers for your components, once you have Windows 8 up and running. This may not be the case, however, and historically has not been. If your device, whether it be a PCI card, a USB device, or even something connected to a serial...
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AMD have announced that their driver has received Microsoft certification. Unfortunately it looks like it won't be appearing until later this summer.
Reference:
AMD Catalyst receives Windows 8 certification | Game Blog
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Who thinks devolopers of todays game rely on patching and after release expansions way too much. Games are being rushed to met certain release dates and they are filled with bugs they are not taking the time to debug there games and do in-depth beta testing they think put it out we can patch it...
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Prof. Dr. Dieter Rombach studied mathematics and computer science at the universities of Karlsruhe and Kaiserslautern. Since 1992, he has held the chair for Software Engineering at the University of Kaiserslautern, and since 1996, he has been Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for...
ICSE, the International Conference on Software Engineering,® is the premier software engineering conference, providing a forum for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences and concerns in the field of software engineering...
What should i do? I have a Free wallpaper app in the market and it had been doing really well until recently. I keep getting a bunch of 1 star ratings and really negative comments from people. I have reason to believe it's my competitor because he has the same wallpaper app (PAID) but it's...
Elan Digital Systems has tested and qualified its pocket-sized USB oscilloscope on Microsoft Windows 7. The USBscope50 has been designed to provide the optimum balance between portability, flexibility, overall performance and cost effectiveness.
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Interview with ATI's Terry Makedon - Catalyst 10.2, 10.3 and more
As well as taking our own look at Link Removed driver releases, the Catalyst team's head honcho Terry Makedon also very kindly took some time out of his busy schedule to answer some of our inevitable slew of...
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Update on Windows 7 RTM
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Posted by:
Brandon LeBlanc
* 07:09 PM Monday
Jul 13, 2009
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I’d like to offer up a little insight into the “Release to Manufacturing†(RTM) for Windows 7.
Over the past week, there have been many...