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Friday, November 17, 2006 6:26 PM

Windows Vista RTM Available on MSDN Subscriber Downloads

Microsoft last night made Windows Vista build 6000 (RTM) available on MSDN Subscriber Downloads and the Microsoft Connect website for those who have access. It has been a long time since the PDC in 2003 when many of us first heard about this new operating...
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Thursday, November 09, 2006 1:27 AM

Windows Vista Released to Manufacturing

It's finally happened; Microsoft has today released to manufacturing the latest version of the Windows operating system which has been in development for five long years. Windows Vista marks an important milestone for Microsoft and as Jim Allchin...
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Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:37 PM

Bug causes Microsoft to push Vista RTM to Nov. 8

The latest update on when to expect a copy of Microsoft Windows Vista RTM (release to manufacturing) is indicating that the RTM build will occur on November 8th. This is apparently after an unexpected bug was found in build 5824 on October 13th and subsequently...
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Friday, October 06, 2006 7:24 PM

Windows Vista Build 5744 Released

Today Microsoft released what is expected to be the final build of Windows Vista before to leave Redmond before the final RTM (Release to Manufacturing) code. Windows Vista build 5744, like its predecessor build 5728, is built on the final RTM source...
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Saturday, September 02, 2006 7:54 PM

Windows Vista Release Candidate - Build 5600

Yesterday Microsoft made available to select testers the final Release Candidate for Microsoft Windows Vista. Windows Vista Build 5600 is from the Release Candidate source branch with build numbers 5400 to 5699, the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) code...
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Saturday, June 24, 2006 11:47 AM

Windows Vista Build 5456 and .NET Framework 3.0 June CTP

Yesterday Microsoft released the June CTP of the newly renamed .NET Framework 3.0 which was previously known by the codename WinFX. You can download this CTP here: .NET Framework 3.0 June CTP Interestingly, this download page mentions that this CTP is...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:37 PM

WinHEC 2006 - Windows Vista Beta 2 and Office 2007 Beta 2

At the Microsoft WinHEC 2006 conference in Seattle today, Microsoft announced the release of the Beta 2 milestone binaries for both Windows Vista (Build 5384) , Windows "Longhorn" Server (Build 5384) , and Office 2007 . As I write this blog entry I'm...
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 7:36 AM

Windows Vista Build 5381

Windows Vista build 5381 was recently released to beta testers and although it is not due to be released as a CTP build on MSDN subscriber downloads, it appears to be one of the best builds of Windows Vista released to date. Below are several screen shots...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006 9:31 PM

February CTP for Windows Vista, Windows SDK, and Orcas released

The February CTP for Windows Vista, Windows SDK (and WinFX) and Orcas technologies such as Cider have been released on the Windows Vista and WinFX Dev Centers. http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/winfx/
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