Mozilla Firefox -3.6 for mac

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Firefox® is an award-winning Web browser that is fast, secure, and fully customizable to your online life. Try out the latest version for the speediest, safest and most advanced Firefox yet.

Things move quickly online, and we’ve beefed up the engine that runs Firefox to make sure you can keep up: Firefox 3.6 is more than twice as fast as Firefox 3, and ten times as fast as Firefox 2.^* As a result, Web applications like email, photo sites and your favorite social networks will feel snappier and more responsive.

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FileZilla 3.2.7

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Overview

FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.

Features

Among others, the features of FileZilla include the following:

• Easy to use
• Supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
• Cross-platform. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X and more
• IPv6 support
• Available in many languages
• Supports resume and transfer of large files >4GB
• Powerful Site Manager and transfer queue
• Bookmarks
• Drag & drop support
• Configurable transfer speed limits
• Filename filters
• Network configuration wizard
• Remote file editing
• Keep-alive
• HTTP/1.1, SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support
• Logging to file

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Jewel Quest Free Full Game

Explore the ancient ruins of Mayan civilization while discovering hidden treasures and priceless artifacts. In this unique new take on the classic-style matching game, you must rearrange valuable relics to turn sand tiles into

gold. When all of the tiles in a puzzle board are golden, you win! As you venture deeper into the jungle, you will encounter increasingly difficult puzzles containing secret twists, cursed items, and buried artifacts. Earn the respect of your fellow archaeologists and collect oodles of treasure and jewels!

Jewel Quest Game Features:

• Map your progress through 180 challenging puzzles.
• Encounter buried relics, cursed items, and mind-boggling boards.
• Immerse yourself in exotic jungles with stunning graphics and captivating music.
• Earn bonus points and extra lives as you advance through the quest.
• Get special hints to help you with your battle against time.

Quicken Online Manage Your Money

Quicken Online gives people access to information across all of their accounts, including checking, savings, and credit cards - regardless of their financial institution. This provides a unique and powerful view of their "real" financial picture, helping them make better decisions with their money. With Quicken Online, bank account information can be accessed wherever there is an internet connection from a PC or Web-enabled mobile device.

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Designed to address the basic personal finance tasks in the easiest, most time efficient and secure way possible, Quicken Online is available for a monthly subscription fee of $2.99. The goal is to provide customers with quick answers to important financial questions, such as:

How much money do I have? - Quicken Online connects to more banks and financial institutions than any other solution in the marketplace. This means users now have the chance to view their checking, savings and credit card accounts from any of the 5000+ financial institutions Intuit works with - all in one place. Gone are the days of logging in and out of numerous sites just to find out how much money has been spent, or how much is left for the rest of the month. Additionally, Quicken Online shows the RealBalance - a view of the current account balance plus any reoccurring deposits and manual entries to help keep people from spending beyond their means.

Where is my money going? - Quicken Online takes the work out of organizing and categorizing spending reports. Customers just login to see where their money is going. Building on the power of the Web, Quicken Online suggests the right category for transactions based on the most frequent categories selected by other users.

Quicken Online balances user-based knowledge with specific customer preferences, allowing customers to define how they want to see their information. For example, Quicken will remember if you've chosen to categorize the local Coffee Shop as "Java" instead of "Groceries."

When are my bills due? - Doing the work for customers, Quicken Online automatically displays a list of upcoming bills on the user's homepage based on previous payment history. Going a step further, customers can be sent bill reminders via e-mail or text message to help avoid late fees and higher interest rates from credit card companies.

Quicken Online - Use Through Your iPhone
Quicken Online is the newest way to get your personal finance information all in one place. Plus, any subscriber can access an optimized Quicken Online version from your iPhone. Now, you can focus on convenient ways to do the things you might want to do while away from home.

Added Benefits from a Trusted Brand
As part of the Intuit family, Quicken Online offers benefits no other online financial management solution can match, including:

Security - Protecting critical data is the top priority. Quicken Online is the only offering of its kind that uses multi-factor authentication - an additional step in the sign-in process - for added security. Intuit is subject to the same stringent auditing and technology requirements used by the world's major financial institutions including banks, stock exchanges and brokerage houses.

Support - Live, in-product support is available from the Quicken support team as well as other users. The Quicken Community, an online group of users, also shares personal finance tips and expert advice via podcasts, blogs, and live chats.

iPhone Optimization - Managing money on-the-go is even easier. Quicken Online is available on the iPhone, making it easy to get your bank account balance and enter transactions while on-the-go.

Data Storage - Quicken Online lets users store up to five years of transactions for easy reference.

Quicken Online Key Features
Wherever, whenever access - With Quicken Online you can quickly and easily see your most up-to-date account information - whether you're using Internet Explorer, Safari 3 or Firefox.

All accounts in one place via superior connectivity - Immediate access to information from more than 5,000 financial institutions including banks, credit cards and more - all in one place with just one password. You no longer need an Excel grid to manage the login information for all of your different accounts.

Security you know and trust - Protecting critical data is Quicken's greatest priority - and has been for over 20 years. Intuit adheres to the highest industry standards and uses the same technologies used by the world's major financial institutions, including banks, stock exchanges and brokerage houses.

Dynamic categorization - Quicken Online automatically categorizes your expenses, so you can start seeing where your money is going in each individual account or aggregated across all of your accounts. What's more, it's easy to create your own custom categories.

Know your RealBalance - Plan for expenses and splurges with a real view of what's coming in and going out of your accounts in the near future. Only available from Quicken, RealBalance™ shows balances and transactions from your banks, credit cards and other accounts, PLUS any upcoming deposits or expenses you've entered
manually. The result: A true view of what you have to spend, not just the amount of money you have in your account.

Reminders to help avoid late fees - Quicken Online bill reminders via text message or e-mail will help you say goodbye to penalty charges or higher interest rates from credit card companies due to late payment. Plus, each time you sign into Quicken Online, you'll see an automatic list of bills you have coming up.

Mobile phone access - Manage money with Quicken Online from Web-enabled phones. An added benefit is full optimization with the iPhone making it even easier to view and use. Just another way Quicken Online puts managing money at your fingertips.

Quicken support is a click away - Customers can easily access Quicken Online support via an easy-to-find permanent link on the homepage and e-mail. Additionally, Quicken Online offers product and financial tips from other users, blogs, and podcasts, and provides information about upcoming Quicken events and more.

SugarSync Internet Sync and Backup 2GB Free Plan

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Vista and Mac OSX

Sync camera phone pictures and digital photos between your computer and phone

Automatic, continuous backup of your files to your secure personal website

SugarSync is the only all-in-one synchronization service that offers real-time sync, automatic backup and mobile access for your files, photos and media. SugarSync enables you to access your files anytime, from any web browser or phone, even if your computer is offline.

SugarSync monitors files in specified folders on your computer and keeps an up-to-date copy of them on a secure, remote central server. It then automatically synchronizes these files to all the devices you specify. The downloadable SugarSync Manager software is required on each device that you want to sync.

SugarSync Technology Showcase - What is SugarSync?

The Easiest Way to Sync Your PC, Mac and Phone
Sync your files automatically across your PC, Mac and mobile phone - one-time setup and you're ready to go! Computers that you sync don't have to be online at the same time. You can even sync without fully replicating files on all computers.

Automatically sync files across your computers - Sync between PCs and Macs
Sync files across your computers and access any file from any device. Start editing a file on your office PC and complete your work on your home Mac. No need to email files, connect to VPN or use key drives. Sync your family's computers - it's easier than setting up a home network. Note that the Mac component is currently in Beta.

Computers that you sync don't have to be online at the same time
Unlike other products, SugarSync allows you to sync computers even if any of your devices is offline. For example, is your home computer off? You can still sync files to it from any other device. The next time your home computer is online, any file edits you make will sync automatically.

Lite sync - Sync files without permanently copying files on all computers
Worried about hard drive space? Sync files without replicating them on all computers - files are made available to you on demand. With the optional Full Sync, files are automatically synced, merged and replicated across your computers, thus taking up disk space. Choose the better option for you.

Sync files to your personal website for anytime access and secure backup
SugarSync continuously syncs and backs up files from your computer to your secure, personal SugarSync website. Upload a file through your website, and it will sync back to your computer. You can remotely access files from any web browser, and all your files are backed up for you.

Automatic, Secure Backup of Your Files, Photos and Media
Every three seconds, someone suffers a hard drive crash. With SugarSync, you get the peace of mind that files, photos and media from all your computers are continuously backed up to your secure personal website, where you can recover them anytime.

Automatic, continuous backup of your files to your secure personal website
Set up SugarSync once and your files are continuously backed up to your secure, personal SugarSync website. Edit these files on your computer, and your changes are automatically backed up. If your computer is stolen or damaged, you can recover your files painlessly. It's easy - no CDs, DVDs or storage drives required.

Secure backup of your files, photos and media
Data security and confidentiality are our top priorities. Only you can see your files. Your files are transferred securely using SSL and are stored in an encrypted format using 128 bit AES (same level of protection used by major banks). All data is stored and backed up in geo-redundant, world class data centers.

Your entire photo collection automatically organized into albums for you
When you back up your photos with SugarSync, you get the peace of mind that your precious memories are protected. In addition, your photos are automatically organized into gorgeous online photo albums for viewing and sharing. You now have one service for both backing up and sharing your photos.

View and Share Files and Photos on Your Mobile Phone
Need files on the road? The SugarSync mobile website gives you quick access to files on your phone. Try the mobile photos software to sync pictures between your phone and computer. It's easy to set up and wireless - no cables required.

View and share files on your SugarSync mobile website (now available for iPhone)
Files you sync on your computer automatically appear on your mobile website and are configured for mobile viewing. We even have a mobile website that is optimized for the iPhone. You now always have the latest version of your files with you and are no longer tied to your computer!

Sync camera phone pictures and digital photos between your computer and phone
With SugarSync Mobile, photos you take with your camera phone are automatically synced to your computer. It's the easiest way to save these photos. Any photos you have on your computer can be synced to your phone. Photos of your loved ones can now be with you wherever you go.

Access Your Files, Photos and Media from Anywhere
Imagine: freedom from your computer! SugarSync gives you remote access to your files from any web browser or mobile phone so you can finally detach yourself from your computer. Just log in to your secure, personal SugarSync website or go to your mobile website to access your files at anytime.

Access files from any browser on your secure, personal SugarSync website
Want your files on the go but they're stuck on your desktop computer? Tired of lugging your laptop through airport security? Don't spend your time and money on thumb drives. Instead, access all of your files remotely from any web browser on your secure, personal SugarSync website.

Genie Outlook Express Backup Version 6.5

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Operating Systems: Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP

Outlook Express Backup Version 6.5 supports backing up the data of all the identities in Microsoft Outlook Express in the same backup file. Backup, Protect, Restore, Every thing, Anytime, With a click of a button.

Backup as a self executable EXE file: backup your data in the form of a standalone EXE file that can be executed on any machine even if Genie Backup Manager is not installed!
Unlimited backup data size!
What makes Outlook Express Backup different from all other backup applications is that it gives the user the ability to backup data of unlimited size.

Backup File Integrity Testing : Outlook Express Backup introduces a new valuable tool to its users; it gives you the option to "test" your backup file anytime you want to make sure your data is always safe and sound.

You can backup Multiple Identities, Message Rules, All accounts, Preferences, Block Senders,
Signatures, Stationery, Windows Address Book, Windows Favorites,

Auto Update: This new feature allows you to automatically update your version of Genie Outlook Express Backup.

You can view emails inside the backup file without having to restore them first. This new feature allows you to quick-view your emails. You can even "copy" the text of the email and you can view images, media, etc.

An automatic backup scheduler that enables you from starting the backup process at anytime without you being physically there.

Genie Outlook Express Backup is designed to easily create a backup or archive file of your Mail folders from Microsoft Outlook Express which may easily be restored when necessary.

* It supports backing up the data of all the identities in Microsoft Outlook Express in the same backup file!
* It backs up all your Microsoft Outlook Express files plus your Favorites and Windows Address Book.
Backup your data as an executable EXE file.
* You can view the emails inside the backup file without the need to restore them.
* Genie Outlook Express Backup uses a wizard-like style of backup and restore that makes it so easy to use and enables all kind of users from backing up their own data.
* It offers the user an increased backup speed compared to the backups that he used to perform, as Genie Outlook Express Backup employs an advanced On-The-Fly Compression that enables the user from transforming up to 1GB of data into a 650MB backup file that can be stored on a CD in a fast orderly manner.
* The automatic media spanning is a feature that makes Genie Outlook Express Backup more adaptable to your requirements.
* Genie Outlook Express Backup enables you from operating up to 2GB in a single Backup Job.
* It supports versions 5 and 6 of Outlook Express where it automatically detects the version.
Backup with timestamps.
* While restoring your data through Genie Outlook Express Backup , it enables you from previewing your to-be-restored data before restoring it.
* Genie Outlook Express Backup offers three handy ways for backing up your data that you will choose from according to your need (Normal, Increment and Mirror Backup).
* All the existing mail attachments are saved and restored with the message folders.
* You can backup/restore all of your e-mail messages, or just selected folders.
* Right after the backup, Genie Outlook Express Backup will initiate a validation scheme that will ensure that the backup process was a success.
* An automatic backup scheduler that enables you from starting the backup process at anytime without you being physically there.
* Genie Outlook Express Backup offers you a simple, low-cost and effective solution for the once-troublesome problem of data protection.
* It also increases the level of security on your data by enabling you from activating password protection on your backed up data.
* When you try to restore your backed up data to a machine that already has Outlook Express operational and consisting of e-mail messages inside it, Genie Outlook Express Backup can synchronize between the already existing e-mail on the machine and the restored data.
* Genie Outlook Express Backup is user friendly enough to allow regular users and non-professional operatives from performing backup operations that used to be done by professionals in the past.
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uSbuntu Live Creator 1.5.1

uSbuntu Live Creator description

Freeware app that helps you create a bootable USB key with Ubuntu on it

uSbuntu Live Creator is a free program for Microsoft Windows that will allow users to easily create a bootable USB key with Ubuntu 8.10 on it.

uSbuntu Live Creator also offers an exclusive option of automatic virtualization to launch directly Ubuntu in Windows without any configuration nor installation.

Anybody can use uSbuntu Live Creator. It's really easy to use and you don't have to be a computer geek !

Here are some key features of "uSbuntu Live Creator":

· create bootable USB device from Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu
· enable persistency of your data
· launch Ubuntu directly in Windows with a special Portable VirtualBox
· hide created files on the key
· automatically configure keyboards (supports French, canadian and US keyboards)

Requirements:

· 256 MB free RAM memory
· Local admin privileges to launch VirtualBox


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7-Zip 9.03 Alpha / 4.65

7-Zip description

A very good file archiver with highest compression ratio

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.

Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format.

7-Zip works in Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP. Command line version of 7-Zip can be used in Linux via Wine program.7-Zip is the free file archiver with the highest compression ratio.

Usually 7-Zip compresses to 7z format 30-70% better than to zip format. And 7-Zip compresses to zip format 2-10% better than other zip compatible programs.

Here are some key features of "7-Zip":

· 7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL
· Highest compression ratio in new 7z format format
· Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB
· For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by Pk Zip and Win Zip
· Self-extracting capability for 7z format
· Integration with Windows Shell
· Powerful File Manager
· Powerful command line version
· Plugin for FAR Manager
· Localizations for 40 languages

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Windows Essentials Codec Pack 2.3b

Windows Essentials Codec Pack description

With Windows Essentials Codec Pack you should be able to play 99% of all movies and music files that you download

Windows Essentials Codec Pack is a collection of the most essential Audio and Video DirectShow Codecs and Filters.

With Windows Essentials Codec Pack you should be able to play 99% of all movies and music files that you download off the internet, stay up to date with the latest Codecs with the Audio / Video Codec Update Service, and eliminate the many conflicts and error caused by using multiple codecs to decode the same file types.

W.E.C.P. is designed as a user-friendly near complete solution for all your video and audio needs, with it you can play Audio CDs, DVDs, (S)VCDs and XCDs on the fly, and it adds support for 3GP, AAC, AC3, APE, AVI, DivX, 3ivx, DAT, h.264, x264, Nero Digital, DTS, FLV, FLAC, HD-MOV, MPEG-1/2, M4A, MP3, MP4, MO3, MOD, MKV, OFR, TTA, OGG/OGM, S3M, Vorbis, VOB, XviD, XM, WV, UMX and many more formats so you could play any video / audio file with your favorite DirectShow media player or with the (included) free and wonderful Media Player Classic.

Here are some key features of "Windows Essentials Codec Pack":

· APE Source Filter: DirectShow audio decoder filter used to decode Monkey's Audio files (APE files)
· AC3 Filter: DirectShow audio decoder and processor filter used to decode audio tracks in movies (DVD, MPEG4 and others)
· AVI Splitter: Replacement for DirectShow's default Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Splitter (It can open many broken files and can reindex when needed)
· CDDA Reader Filter: DirectShow audio decoder capable of reading Audio CDs
· CDXA Reader Filter: DirectShow video decoder capable of reading (S)VCDs and XCDs
· CoreAAC Filter: Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) DirectShow audio decoder capable of reading AAC files
· CoreFlac Decoder: DirectShow audio decoder for the Flac audio codec
· FFDShow: DirectShow decoding filter for decompressing DivX, XviD, H.264, FLV1, WMV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and various other audio and video formats. It uses libavcodec from ffmpeg project for video decompression, postprocessing code from mplayer to enhance visual quality of low bitrate movies, and is based on original DirectShow filter from XviD, which is GPL'ed educational implementation of MPEG4 encoder
· FLV Splitter: Capable of splitting Flash Video files (FLV) and decoding On2 VP62 Video streams (notable users of the FLV format include Google Video, Reuters.com, Yahoo! Video and MySpace.
· OGG Splitter: DirectShow OGG Splitter capable of splitting OGG and OGM file(s) and enables to play / create .ogm wrapped video
· GPL MPEG-1/2 Decoder: DirectShow MPEG decoder filter can be used to play MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 streams
· MOD Source Filter: DirectShow filter decoder capable of decoding Tracker files (MO3, IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD and UMX)
· MPEG Splitter: DirectShow splitter capable of splitting MPEG1/MPEG2 files (MP(E)G, VOB, DAT, TS, TP, etc.
· MPV Decoder: DirectShow decoder capable of decoding MPEG1/MPEG2 Video streams, and DVDs
· MPA Splitter: DirectShow Splitter capable of splitting MPEG Audio files (MP3) and MPEG4 Audio files (AAC)
· MPC Source Filter: DirectShow decoder filter capable of decoding MusePack Audio files (MPC).
· MP4 Splitter: DirectShow Splitter capable of splitting MP4, M4A, 3GP and HD-MOV files
· Matroska Splitter: DirectShow splitter capable of splitting Matroska files (MKV and MKA)
· Media Player Classic: an open source media player that looks just like Windows Media Player, but has many additional features. It has a built in DVD player with real-time zoom, support for AVI subtitles, QuickTime and RealVideo support
· OFR Source Filter: DirectShow filter decoder capable of decoding OptimFROG Audio files (OFR)
· RealMedia Splitter: DirectShow splitter that allows you to play RealNetworks audio/video files.
· SHOUTcast Source Filter: DirectShow decoder filter capable of handling internet radio stations streams (http://www.shoutcast.com)
· WV Splitter / Decoder: DirectShow WV Splitter and decoder capable of splitting and decoding WavPack Audio files (WV)
· VobSub Filter: DirectShow Vob Subtitles filter capable of displaying (embedded) Subtitle files (SRT, SUB, IDX, etc)


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Vista Rainbar

Vista Rainbar description

Vista Sidebar clone for Rainmeter

Vista Rainbar is a useful, good-looking and fun sidebar that brings you several nice gagdets you can enjoy onto your computer's desktop.






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Windows Vista Service Pack 2

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 description


The package provides customer and partner feedback driven fixes into a single service pack, minimizing deployment and testing complexity
The Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) Beta package provides customer and partner feedback driven fixes into a single service pack, minimizing deployment and testing complexity. In addition to all previously released updates, SP2 will contain changes focused on addressing reliability and performance issues, supporting new types of hardware, and adding support for several emerging standards.

SP2 Beta Standalone updates for computers with one or more of the following five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. If your computer has any other language installed this option will not work.
Requirements:

· Administrator Rights

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Microsoft Silverlight 3.0.40307.0

Microsoft Silverlight description


A cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in designed to be the source of rich online user experiences
Silverlight is essentially nothing more than Microsoft's vision of a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in designed to be the source of rich online user experiences and to dislodge Flash from its current dominant position on the market. And when the Redmond company said cross-platform they indeed meant it.

Microsoft revealed that it does not plan to leverage the existing Windows Update infrastructure in order to make available Silverlight to all users of the Windows operating system. Such a move would give Silverlight immediate and total access to an install base close to 1 billion users and will make it just as ubiquitous as Adobe's Flash. Instead the Redmond company has debuted a number of in-house projects to push the technology, as well as tap its partners for support.

And in this context, Microsoft announced that "Entertainment Tonight," HSN and World Wrestling Entertainment will all deliver Silverlight content to viewers. In fact, a total of 35 Microsoft partners worldwide have announced their support for Silverlight.

Here are some key features of "Microsoft Silverlight":

Compelling Experiences
￭ Custom branded experiences using 2D vector graphics, animation, styling, and skinning
￭ HD video and adaptive streaming techniques for world-class media experiences
￭ Highly sophisticated RIA's across major browsers on Mac, Windows, Linux, and devices
￭ Unparalleled interactivity with high resolution content through Deep Zoom technology enabling smooth browsing independent of screen size
New Markets
￭ Multi-channel deployment of web applications to the desktop and devices through .NET
￭ Cost effective media delivery via Windows Server
￭ Monetization of media assets via protected content and advertising-enabled scenarios
￭ Thriving ecosystem of .NET and Windows Media partners, developers, and applications
Team Productivity
￭ Rapid development through XML-based declarative markup and a full set of controls Role-specific productivity tools to enhance designer--developer collaboration, with Expression Studio, Visual Studio, and Visual Studio Team System
￭ Flexible programming model that supports JavaScript, C#, VB.NET, AJAX, IronPython, IronRuby, and support for LINQ while accessing data over the network
￭ Easy to add richness to AJAX applications and reduce cross-browser issues

Requirements:

￭ Windows Vista with Windows Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 1.5, Firefox 2
￭ Windows XP SP2 with Internet Explorer 6 or 7, Firefox 1.5, Firefox 2
￭ Windows Server 2003 (excluding IA-64) with Internet Explorer 6 or 7, Firefox 1.5, Firefox 2
￭ Windows 2000 with Internet Explorer 6 (Silverlight 2.0 Only)
￭ X86 or x64 500-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor with 128-megabytes (MB) of RAM


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Windows XP ServicePack 3

Windows XP Service Pack 3 description

Microsoft periodically combines updates, fixes, and other improvements into a single package - Service PackMicrosoft develops updates, fixes, and other improvements that address issues reported by the company's customers and partners. To make it easier for customers to get these updates and enhancements, Microsoft periodically combines them into a single package, and makes that package available for all Windows customers.

These packages are called service packs", Microsoft revealed in the introduction of the Overview of Windows XP Service Pack 3. With the Release Candidates of Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 heading to increased testing pools the past week, and with Microsoft cooking the first public build of the first refresh for its latest Windows client, the official overview for XP SP3 is the only crumb from the service pack fiesta over at the Redmond company. The Release Candidate of XP SP3 in a pre-final stage has already shipped to MSDN and TechNet subscribers.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers' experience with the operating system.

Note: Customers running Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) are advised to install a hotfix for a Microsoft Dynamics RMS issue prior to installing Windows XP SP3.

Windows XP Service Pack 3, Checked Build

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers' experience with the operating system. This specific package also contains debugging symbols specific to binaries included in Service Pack 3.

DO NOT CLICK DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE AN MSDN SUBSCRIBER SEARCHING FOR FULL DEBUGGING SYMBOLS FOR WINDOWS XP: A more appropriate download is now available to MSDN subscribers on the Microsoft Developer Network.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers' experience with the operating system.

This file is a CD image file for users who wish to create an update CD for Windows XP Service Pack 3, for example for offline installation by administrators.

Note: Customers running Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) are advised to install a hotfix for a Microsoft Dynamics RMS issue prior to installing Windows XP SP3.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 MUI Pack Update

Install this package to get the Microsoft Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) Update for Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). The best way to ensure you get Windows XP Service Pack 3 is by turning on the Automatic Updates feature in Windows XP.

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Windows SP3

Royale Theme for WinXP

Royale Theme for WinXP - Official description

A new theme, potentially destined for Windows XP. FreewareRoyale Theme is a new theme, potentially destined for Windows XP, that has leaked out of Microsoft and onto the web. The theme appears to have come out of a beta version of Media Center 2005 that was in testing.

The theme is not a substantially different incarnation of the existing of Luna, the current default theme for Windows XP. You can see the main changes in the screenshots below; one could describe it as being a 'glass mod' of Luna.

As Microsoft knows, it is very hard to please everyone when it comes to themes. However, I think they can be reasonably certain that most people will like this new version of Luna.
Microsoft New Zealand is making available some free desktop backgrounds for use on your computer. Includes the New Zealand version of Bliss; the world-famous directional sign in Bluff; and the theme pack for Royale.

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