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Windows 8.1 is now available
As scheduled Windows 8.1 is now available to download for free for all Windows 8 users. The upgrade is available through the store app on Windows 8 or by navigating to windows.com/buy.
Windows 8.1 comes with new features as well as improvements to the old ones. For more information as to what Windows 8.1 has to offer visit What’s New in Windows 8.1.
Posted in Microsoft, Software Releases.
Tagged Microsoft, Windows, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
Internet Explorer 11 Developer Preview for Windows 7 or higher
Microsoft has released a Developer Preview version for Internet Explorer 11. Internet Explorer 11 was only available as part of Windows 8.1 Preview till now but this release makes it available for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 as well.
You can find the download links for the English version below. If you are looking for different languages visit http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/ie-11-worldwide-languages where you can find the download links for numerous other languages.
Download links removed. Read below.
Note: Internet Explorer 11 final version is now available. See
Internet Explorer 11 is now available for Windows 7 instead.
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Tagged developer preview, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft
Microsoft Office 2010 SP2
Microsoft has released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for their Office 2010 suite.
This update contains various bug fixes as well as improvements to the suite’s stability and performance.
Overview of Office 2010 SP2 improvements
Excel 2010 SP2
- Improves the overall stability, performance, and compatibility with other versions of Excel. For a more detailed list of specific issues that the service pack fixes, please download a version of the workbook that is available below.
- Fixes issues in which the performance of Excel decreases, and Excel file sizes become larger when additional built-in styles are copied during the duplication of data between different Excel instances.
- Fixes an issue in which data validation lists that contain comma signs (,) are broken in an .xlsx or .xlsb file. This issue occurs when you set the user locale to a location that does not use comma signs (,) to separate the lists. For example, Germany uses semicolons (;) to separate the lists. When you set Germany as the location, data validation lists that contain commas are all broken.
- Fixes an issue in which an .xlsx file created in Microsoft Office 2013 that contains an App bound to a table is corrupted on save. Additionally, it addresses the issue in which all Agave formulas in the workbook sheet are removed from the file.
Outlook 2010 SP2
- Fixes the issue regarding the message size of certain long email messages. Additionally, it fixes an issue that occurs when you perform a spell check before you send an email message.
PowerPoint 2010 SP2
- Improves the quality of videos in a presentation after the videos are optimized or compressed by PowerPoint.
- Fixes issues that occur when you co-author a presentation with other users at the same time.
- Fixes an issue in which Mozilla FireFox crashes when you try to view a presentation in PowerPoint Web App on a Mac computer that has Microsoft Silverlight 3 or Silverlight 4 installed.
Word 2010 SP2
- Fixes issues regarding bookmarks, fields, track changes, templates, tables, object wrapping, autocorrect options, and email addresses. Additionally, it fixes general reliability issues that occur when you post a blog entry on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 and Microsoft Office 365 blogs.
Posted in Microsoft, Software Updates.
Visual Studio 2012 Update 3
Microsoft released Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 (Visual Studio 2012.3) on June 26, 2013. This update introduces TFS build improvements as well as various bug fixes.
You can download the update from Microsoft’s download centre using the links below. Alternative you can use the links bellow to download the installation file that better suits your needs.
Note: Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 is now available. You can download it for free using the download links below.
Download Links
Web installation file: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9821199
Offline installation file: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9833082
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Tagged Microsoft, Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2012
Visual Studio 2012 Update 2
Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 (Visual Studio 2012.2). This update contains numerous features as well as bug fixes and also includes all the changes of the first update which means you can safely skip update 1 if you haven’t already installed it.
For detailed information on what update 2 has to offer visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2797912
Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 is now available. Read Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 for more information.
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Tagged Microsoft, Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2012