Tag: documentation

Free Vista SP1 and XP SP3 Support

June 15, 2008 by Jason

stand-alone packages may not bring to the table the updated SP1 Help documentation, but at the same time is offering a much better deal to users of its latest client planning to install the first service pack. One year’s worth of free Windows Vista SP1 support. This means that between March 18, 2008, and March 18, 2009, Vista users will be able to tap the Redmond company for unlimited and , free of charge. The move is a standard practice for when it comes down to the Service Pack policy for all its operating systems. And in this context, it will also be made available for XP SP3, once the third and last service pack for XP will be released.

All Vista users “needing technical support regarding your of Vista - please go to the following URL and choose the bottom option that says ‘ (All Languages).’ You have a variety of options you can choose for support - all of which will NOT cost you any support fee. I repeat: support for will NOT cost you anything - as long as you choose the correct option for support. We can only point you in the right direction in hopes of having your issue taken care of. However I am relaying as much feedback you give here to the folks internally at regarding so your feedback is most certainly not falling on deaf ears. I will continue to relay feedback moving forward,” stated ’s Brandon LeBlanc. Read More»

Microsoft Offers TCP/IP Fundamentals for Windows

June 02, 2008 by Jason

/IP, an acronym for Transmission Control / , is a suite of protocols supported by with the family of platforms. Essentially, through its components, /IP is used for communications on both private networks and on the . As far as the world wide web is concerned, the most common aspects of /IP are IPv4 ( version 4) and IPv6. The Redmond company is offering extensive on /IP as it is supported in Vista, Server 2008, Server 2003 and . /IP Fundamentals for is available for download.

“This online book is a structured, introductory approach to the basic concepts and principles of the Transmission Control / (/IP) suite, how the most important protocols function, and their basic in the Vista, Server 2008, XP, and Server 2003 families of operating systems,” revealed Keith Combs, IT Pro Evangelist, citing an excerpt of the ’s description. Read More»