Recommended Posts

What about windows 2000 and wndows 2003 ? installation instructions not fixed ?

this file [895181 and 919071] is not multi-lingual

I confirm for Italian release... these files are not international

Windows Live Messenger ITA

Detection don't work...

This is the working key:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{FBF80BF0-9BF5-471A-AD92-278D81E966DF}

Is it the same for you?!?

Windows Live Messenger ITA

Detection don't work...

This is the working key:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{FBF80BF0-9BF5-471A-AD92-278D81E966DF}

Is it the same for you?!?

Polish Windows Live Messenger:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6AE93735-08F7-4549-95A3-0C6ED0B2AB7E}

----------

hotfix KB912817 [WindowsXP-KB912817-v2-x86-PLK.exe] not instal....

[KB912817.log]

1.234: ================================================================================

1.234: 2006/08/12 22:01:37.671 (local)

1.234: d:\cd9287e1eea13d3c993461218fd3\update\update.exe (version 6.2.29.0)

1.234: Hotfix started with following command line:

2.516: In Function TestVolatileFlag, line 11873, RegOpenKeyEx failed with error 0x2

2.516: In Function TestVolatileFlag, line 11905, RegOpenKeyEx failed with error 0x2

2.516: DoInstallation: CleanPFR failed: 0x2

2.516: SetProductTypes: InfProductBuildType=BuildType.Sel

2.516: SetAltOsLoaderPath: No section uses DirId 65701; done.

2.531: DoInstallation: FetchSourceURL for d:\cd9287e1eea13d3c993461218fd3\update\update_SP2QFE.inf failed

2.531: LoadFileQueues: UpdSpGetSourceFileLocation for halaacpi.dll failed: 0xe0000102

2.547: BuildCabinetManifest: update.url absent

2.547: Starting AnalyzeComponents

2.547: AnalyzePhaseZero used 0 ticks

2.547: No c:\windows\INF\updtblk.inf file.

2.547: OEM file scan used 0 ticks

2.563: AnalyzePhaseOne: used 16 ticks

2.563: AnalyzeComponents: Hotpatch analysis disabled; skipping.

2.563: AnalyzeComponents: Hotpatching is disabled.

2.563: Persisted hotfix directory is missing.

2.563: FindFirstFile c:\windows\$hf_mig$\*.*

2.563: Error getting find handle for c:\windows\$hf_mig$\*.*

2.563: AnalyzeForBranching: Package required to migrate c:\windows\system32\xolehlp.dll not found

2.594: AnalyzeForBranching: Package required to migrate c:\windows\system32\mtxoci.dll not found

2.594: AnalyzeForBranching: Package required to migrate c:\windows\system32\mtxclu.dll not found

2.594: AnalyzeForBranching: Package required to migrate c:\windows\system32\msdtcuiu.dll not found

2.609: AnalyzeForBranching: Package required to migrate c:\windows\system32\msdtctm.dll not found

2.625: AnalyzeForBranching: Package required to migrate c:\windows\system32\msdtcprx.dll not found

2.656: AnalyzeForBranching used 93 ticks.

2.656: AnalyzePhaseTwo used 0 ticks

2.656: AnalyzePhaseThree used 0 ticks

2.656: AnalyzePhaseFive used 0 ticks

2.672: AnalyzePhaseSix used 16 ticks

8.625: AnalyzeComponents used 6078 ticks

8.625: Downloading 0 files

8.625: bPatchMode = FALSE

8.625: Inventory complete: ReturnStatus=0, 6094 ticks

9.172: CreateUninstall = 1,Directory = C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB912817$

5.094: ================================================================================

5.110: 2006/08/13 13:27:10.031 (local)

5.110: d:\e4801980d9ac55a0900e0a2ae6\update\update.exe (version 6.2.29.0)

5.110: Hotfix started with following command line:

8.219: In Function TestVolatileFlag, line 11873, RegOpenKeyEx failed with error 0x2

8.219: In Function TestVolatileFlag, line 11905, RegOpenKeyEx failed with error 0x2

8.219: ---- Old Information In The Registry ------

8.250: Source:C:\DOCUME~1\Riki\USTAWI~1\Temp\~nsu.tmp\Au_.exe

8.250: Destination:

8.250: Source:C:\DOCUME~1\Riki\USTAWI~1\Temp\~nsu.tmp\Au_.exe

8.250: Destination:

8.250: Source:C:\DOCUME~1\Riki\USTAWI~1\Temp\~nsu.tmp\Au_.exe

8.250: Destination:

8.250: Source:C:\DOCUME~1\Riki\USTAWI~1\Temp\~nsu.tmp\Au_.exe

8.250: Destination:

8.250: ---- New Information In The Registry ------

8.250: Source:C:\DOCUME~1\Riki\USTAWI~1\Temp\~nsu.tmp\Au_.exe

8.250: Destination:

8.250: Source:C:\DOCUME~1\Riki\USTAWI~1\Temp\~nsu.tmp\Au_.exe

8.250: Destination:

8.250: Source:C:\DOCUME~1\Riki\USTAWI~1\Temp\~nsu.tmp\Au_.exe

8.250: Destination:

8.250: Source:C:\DOCUME~1\Riki\USTAWI~1\Temp\~nsu.tmp\Au_.exe

8.250: Destination:

8.266: SetProductTypes: InfProductBuildType=BuildType.Sel

8.297: SetAltOsLoaderPath: No section uses DirId 65701; done.

8.407: DoInstallation: FetchSourceURL for d:\e4801980d9ac55a0900e0a2ae6\update\update_SP2QFE.inf failed

8.407: CreateUninstall = 1,Directory = C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB912817$

8.422: LoadFileQueues: UpdSpGetSourceFileLocation for halaacpi.dll failed: 0xe0000102

8.438: BuildCabinetManifest: update.url absent

8.469: Starting AnalyzeComponents

8.469: AnalyzePhaseZero used 0 ticks

8.469: No c:\windows\INF\updtblk.inf file.

8.485: OEM file scan used 0 ticks

8.969: AnalyzePhaseOne: used 500 ticks

8.969: AnalyzeComponents: Hotpatch analysis disabled; skipping.

8.969: AnalyzeComponents: Hotpatching is disabled.

8.969: Persisted hotfix directory is missing.

8.969: FindFirstFile c:\windows\$hf_mig$\*.*

8.969: Error getting find handle for c:\windows\$hf_mig$\*.*

8.969: AnalyzeForBranching: Package required to migrate c:\windows\system32\xolehlp.dll not found

9.125: AnalyzeForBranching: Package required to migrate c:\windows\system32\mtxoci.dll not found

9.141: AnalyzeForBranching: Package required to migrate c:\windows\system32\mtxclu.dll not found

9.157: AnalyzeForBranching: Package required to migrate c:\windows\system32\msdtcuiu.dll not found

9.219: AnalyzeForBranching: Package required to migrate c:\windows\system32\msdtctm.dll not found

9.266: AnalyzeForBranching: Package required to migrate c:\windows\system32\msdtcprx.dll not found

9.547: AnalyzeForBranching used 578 ticks.

9.563: AnalyzePhaseTwo used 16 ticks

9.563: AnalyzePhaseThree used 0 ticks

9.563: AnalyzePhaseFive used 0 ticks

9.563: AnalyzePhaseSix used 0 ticks

9.563: AnalyzeComponents used 1094 ticks

9.563: Downloading 0 files

9.563: bPatchMode = FALSE

9.563: Inventory complete: ReturnStatus=0, 1156 ticks

Edited by Marcin.Riki

What about windows 2000 and wndows 2003 ? installation instructions not fixed ?

this file [895181 and 919071] is not multi-lingual

this month isnt going so well :cry:

Windows Live Messenger ITA

Detection don't work...

This is the working key:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{FBF80BF0-9BF5-471A-AD92-278D81E966DF}

Is it the same for you?!?

Polish Windows Live Messenger:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6AE93735-08F7-4549-95A3-0C6ED0B2AB7E}

should we go back to the .apf file as detection next month?

Please can somebody tell me if this letters are allowed in the translation and if not, is it possible to replace this letters by their DOS equivalent ? Below is the list of normal and DOS characters :

?=Š ; ?=… ; ?=‚ ; ?=ˆ ; ?=“ ; ?=‡ ; ?=™

UPDATE :

No, it doesn't work. Sorry for having posted for nothing before having tried it myself. But can anyone tell me what is the characters equivalent table to transform my accents like I use to do with batch scripts ? Or would it be only available with the next version of the AutoPatcher program (v6) ? Or maybe can you just tell me what's the programming software you used to build the AutoPatcher app (sorry but I'm not a developer) so I would try to find this characters conversion table by myself.

Thanx in advance for your precious help...

___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Au fait, je suis en train de traduire AutoPatcher version Ao?t 2006 en fran?ais. Ce sera une version fran?aise qui prendra en compte toutes les versions francophones existantes : France, Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Haiti, Luxembourg, Mali, Monaco, Morocco, North Africa, Reunion, Senegal, Switzerland & West Indies.

Apul & Korgul, prenez votre mal en patience. Ca demande beaucoup de temps mais je suis dessus ? temps plein, justement, depuis hier. C'est surtout long parce que j'essaie vraiment de vous faire ?a bien (et que j'ai des moyens c?r?braux limit?s aussi). Mais j'aime pas b?cler le boulot ! ;-D

Je vous tiens ?videmment au courant. A bient?t.

Edited by FenyX
  • 2 weeks later...

Please can somebody tell me if this letters are allowed in the translation and if not, is it possible to replace this letters by their DOS equivalent ? Below is the list of normal and DOS characters :

?=Š ; ?=… ; ?=‚ ; ?=ˆ ; ?=“ ; ?=‡ ; ?=™

UPDATE :

No, it doesn't work. Sorry for having posted for nothing before having tried it myself. But can anyone tell me what is the characters equivalent table to transform my accents like I use to do with batch scripts ? Or would it be only available with the next version of the AutoPatcher program (v6) ? Or maybe can you just tell me what's the programming software you used to build the AutoPatcher app (sorry but I'm not a developer) so I would try to find this characters conversion table by myself.

Thanx in advance for your precious help...

___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Au fait, je suis en train de traduire AutoPatcher version Ao?t 2006 en fran?ais. Ce sera une version fran?aise qui prendra en compte toutes les versions francophones existantes : France, Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Haiti, Luxembourg, Mali, Monaco, Morocco, North Africa, Reunion, Senegal, Switzerland & West Indies.

Apul & Korgul, prenez votre mal en patience. Ca demande beaucoup de temps mais je suis dessus ? temps plein, justement, depuis hier. C'est surtout long parce que j'essaie vraiment de vous faire ?a bien (et que j'ai des moyens c?r?braux limit?s aussi). Mais j'aime pas b?cler le boulot ! ;-D

Je vous tiens ?videmment au courant. A bient?t.

Youhou, tu es un homme bon. Et je me reconnais en toi, pour ne pas b?cler un travail. Merci d'avance pour tes efforts. En attendant le cadeau que tu vas nous faire,:Dous francophone. :D

Hi there.. im planning to make the spanish translation for autopatcher.. is it in development?, id already done? or can i begin with it?.. ehat should i do.. any recommnedations?

I already downloaded all the documents from the first page of this topic, the only thing i couldnt yet download is the pack from megaupload..

Thanks!

DotNET Framework Multilingual All-in-one Installers Construction Kit

There was some bugs in the MSDN forums version of "netfxsp1.exe" and there was no tool to rebuild this install package in your own language. Now you just have to download the files corresponding to your Windows LCID.

All the files, links and instructions you need are joined in the archive. Here is a copy of one of the netfxsp1 "Instructions.txt" files to see how easy it is :

Instructions

Launch the links in your default Web browser.
You just have to go in the ?Choisir une autre langue? menu and to choose your own language. 
Download the 4 setup files and, if a file name is different than its corresponding link 
name, so rename the file as following :

DotNET 1.1 -> dotnetfx.exe
Service Pack 1 -> NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe
Service Pack 1 Update -> NDP1.1sp1-KB886903-X86.exe
DotNET 1.1 Language Pack -> langpack.exe

Copy this 4 files into the "\FRAMEWORK" folder and edit the content of the "dnpatch.txt" to
delete the obsolete english shortcuts located in your "Start Menu\Administrative Tools" 
folder. Short instructions are inside. 2 command lines : it's so easy !

The last steps will be automatically completed by launching "Start.bat"

That's all ! Your customized "netfxsp1.exe" file will be created in the same folder as "Start.bat"

Please gimme your feedback here :
https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=333746



Authors

bitmonster
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=26304&view=findpost&p=186134

dziubek
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=26304&view=findpost&p=348645

Solid as a rock
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=26304&view=findpost&p=411723

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Fixed and Repacked by FenyX for the AutoPatcher Team @ Neowin.net
http://www.autopatcher.com					
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Almost all have been updated : executables and scripts.

18vm.gif

v1.1 SP1

http://www.bestsharing.com/files/ms001110307/DotNET_Framework_1.1_SP1_Construction_Kit.zip
or
http://rapidshare.de/files/31514409/DotNET_Framework_1.1_SP1_Construction_Kit.zip

v2.0

http://www.bestsharing.com/files/ms001110308/DotNET_Framework_2.0_Construction_Kit.zip
or
http://rapidshare.de/files/31514409/DotNET_Framework_1.1_SP1_Construction_Kit.zip

Source files :

http://www.bestsharing.com/files/ms001110333/Source-Files.zip
ou
http://rapidshare.de/files/31517431/Source-Files.zip

Bien s?r, vu que je l'ai d?j? fait en fran?ais, je ne vais pas vous laisser vous prendre encore la t?te avec ?a une nouvelle:laugh:. :laugh: Alors voil? les 2 packs fran?ais finalis?s.

18vm.gif

v1.1 SP1

http://www.bestsharing.com/files/ms001110309/netfxsp1-fr_x86-x64.zip
ou
http://rapidshare.de/files/31515980/netfxsp1-fr_x86-x64.zip

v2.0

http://www.bestsharing.com/files/ms001110332/netfx2-fr_x86.zip
ou
http://rapidshare.de/files/31515488/netfx2-fr_x86.zip

D?sol? pour les d?lais de traduction de la version d'Ao?t mais je suis en cours de cr?ation d'entreprise ce qui me laisse tr?s peu de temps. Ce sera plus cool bient?t, une fois pos?... Amusez-vous bien en attendant, je ne vous oublie pas !

And for those who want to add Firefox to their AutoPatcher personal pack, you could extract the "MozFF1506.exe" file content with 7zip. Sorry but the description is in french, it's anyway easy to understand but you could use Google to translate it (French>English). Don't forget to customize the localisation files (replace fr.xpi with your own one, the mzcv pack must be in your language and you'll still have to build a complete user profile in your own language with BackupFox, extract the profile with 7zip and build your own "profiles.exe" SFX). 2 hours of work...

Il est bizarre ce post en franglais... Tant pis, voil? le descriptif de mon pack d'install de Firefox, celui que j'ai ajout? dans mon pack perso d'Autopatcher et que je partage aujourd'hui avec vous.

  Pack d'installation automatis? ne n?cessitant aucune intervention de l'utilisateur :
  =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-


- Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6

- default_browser.reg : enregistre Firefox comme votre navigateur par d?faut

- K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 1.57 : installe les codecs et le lecteur Media Player Classic 
  requis par l'extension "Media Player Connectivity", le lecteur ne sera utilis? que 
  pour lire les fichiers m?dia en ligne. Ca ne modifie pas votre configuration 
  multimedia actuelle (JetAudio, Winamp, Foobar2000,...)

- BackupFox 0.73 : vous permet de sauvegarder et restaurer vos profils Mozilla.
  Fonctionne pour Firefox et Thunderbird.

- NirSoft Mozilla Cookies View 1.11 : gestionnaire de cookies pour tous les navigateurs 
  bas?s sur les technologies Netscape et Mozilla. Cette version est en fran?ais.

- Plugins : lecteur Flash version 9.0.16, Sun Java Runtime Environment version 1.5.0.8 
  et lecteur Shockwave version 10.1.3.018.

- Profil Firefox contenant d?j? toutes les extensions dont vous avez besoin, voire m?me 
  plus. L'important est qu'il n'y ait pas de redondance de fonctions, comme ?a arrive 
  souvent. Ce profil a donc ?t? test? et optimis? pour vous faire profiter de toutes 
  les fonctions de ce formidable navigateur ? 200%. Ce profil est ?galement ?tudi? pour
  correspondre aussi bien ? l'usage d'un parfait d?butant comme ? celui d'un geek en
  puissance (si vous ne savez pas ce qu'est un geek c'est que vous ?tes de l'autre 
  cat?gorie) ;-D

  Et tout ?a est contenu dans ce seul fichier : MozFF1506.exe

18vm.gif

Firefox FR :

http://www.bestsharing.com/files/ms001110360/MozFF1506.zip
ou
http://rapidshare.de/files/31521500/MozFF1506.zip

Sources :

http://www.bestsharing.com/files/ms001110361/Sources.zip
ou
http://rapidshare.de/files/31521799/Sources.zip

How do i test my spanish translation in a windows XP english (locale 1033) system.. is it possible or i should test it as the documentation says in a clean installation of windows in the language of the translation?

Thanks!

you need to do it in a spanish copy of windows, preferably a fresh install

How do i test my spanish translation in a windows XP english (locale 1033) system.

The best way is to do it with a virtual machine that allows you to run an other Windows (or Linux) session in your current session. It was createdd by developers to test their programs with different environments or OSes. See VMWare or M$ Virtual PC.

-------------------

A propos de mon post du 13 Ao?t, voil? un compl?ment pour ceux qui pr?f?rent Opera ou qui veulent l'installer en plus.

The same build as Firefox but for Opera. Sorry, I used a combination of UHARC and NSIS scripts so you'll can decompile it to adapt the content to your language. Ask me if you want the sources.

18vm.gif

http://d.turboupload.com/d/950918/Opera901FR.zip.html

Edited by FenyX
  • 2 weeks later...

I know this is slightly off-topic, but if anyone is willing, would you please help me translate the following paragraph into either Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, or Turkish:

"Q: What is AutoPatcher?

A: AutoPatcher could be described as an offline Windows Update. AutoPatcher provides an interface to a large collection of updates, common applications and registry tweaks, that can be easily and quickly applied to your computer system.

Q: What are the advantages of AutoPatcher over Windows Update?

A: The main advantage is that you just have to do one download in order to have all the patches and add-ons, such as Sun Java, MSN Messenger 7.x and Windows Media Player 10. If you have many computers or if you format your computer frequently, it saves both time and bandwidth. With AutoPatcher, you can install critical patches offline, eliminating the risk of getting infected while using Windows Update. You can also come in handy when updating a friend?s PC, if he/she can?t access the Internet (or uses a narrowband connection)."

It's for the descriptions for the files on my site since I host all languages. Thanks so much for your help. :-)

@LittleBUGer

Q: Cos'? AutoPatcher?

A: AutoPatcher potrebbe essere definito come Windows Update offline. AutoPatcher offre un interfaccia con una grandissima raccolta di aggiornamenti, applicazioni e tweak del registro di sistema, che possono essere facilmente e velocemente installati sul tuo computer.

Q: Quali sono i vantaggi di AutoPatcher rispetto a Windows Update?

A: Il principale vantaggio ? che con un unico download puoi avere tutti gli aggiornamenti di Windows e tante applicazioni aggiuntive, come Sun JavaVM, MSN Messenger Live 8.x e Windows Media Player 10. Se hai molti computer oppure formatti il tuo computer frequentemente, utilizzando AutoPatcher hai un enorme risparmio di tempo e banda in download. Con AutoPatcher ? possibile installare gli aggiornamenti critici essendo non in linea, eliminando cos? il rischio di venire infettato da un virus mentre si sta utilizzando Windows Update. Ti pu? anche tornare utile nel caso tu debba aggiornare il computer di un amico, specialmente se non pu? collegarsi ad internet (oppure se non ha una connessione a banda larga).

"Q: Czym jest AutoPatcher?

A: AutoPatcher może być nazwany Windows Update w trybie offline. AutoPatcher daje możliwość zainstalowania wielu poprawek, program?w, usprawnień systemu w wygodnym oknie, dzięki czemu zabezpieczysz sw?j komputer szybko i skutecznie .

P: Jakie są zalety AutoPatcher w stosunku do Windows Update?

O: Gł?wna zaletą jest możliwość pobrania wszystkich najważniejszych poprawek i łatek w jednym pliku. Dodatkowo w wersji Full znajdziesz takie elementy jak: Sun Java, Windows Live Messenger oraz Windows Media Player 10. Jeśli posiadasz wiele komputer?w i często wykonujesz formatowanie dysk?w przedstawione przez nas rozwiązanie pozwoli zaoszczędzić Ci czas oraz przepustowość łącza. Z AutoPatcher zainstalujesz wszystkie poprawki i łatki pozostając offline, dzięki temu wyeliminujesz ryzyko infekcji niezabezpieczonego komputera, tak jak ma to często miejsce przy korzystaniu z Windows Update. Nasz program pozwala także w wygodny spos?b zaktualizować komputery Twoich znajomych, kt?rzy nie posiadają dostępu do Internetu lub posiadają łącza z limitami transferu czy porostu łącza o bardzo niskiej przepustowości.

powiedzmy tak mniej wiecej...

DUTCH

"V: Wat is autopatcher?

A: Autopatcher kan het beste omschreven worden als een offline windows updater.

Autopatcher is een programma voor een grote collectie updates, veel voorkomende programma's en register tweaks, die gemakkelijk en snel toegepast kunnen worden.

V: Wat zijn de voordelen van Autopatcher boven Windows update?

A: Het grootste voordeel is dat je met een download alle patches en toevoegingen, zoals Sun Java, MSN messenger 7.x en Windows media speler kan installeren. Als je veel computers hebt of je computer vaak formateerd dan bespaard het veel tijd en bandbreedte. Met Autopatcher kan je kritische patches offline installeren, hierdoor loop je geen gevaar door ze online te moeten installeren via windows update. Je kan ook eenvoudig pc's van vrienden voorzien van de laatste updates en patches als hij of zij niet op het internet kan of een inbelverbinding heeft."

Je suis de tout coeur avec toi. J'espere que bientot une version d'AutoPatcher French sera disponible. Je vais tester la version .7ZIP mise ? dispo... Merci pour le travail, si toutefois vous continuer.

Des nouvelles sur l'avancement ?

I hope a version of AutoPatcher French will be available. I will test the version .7ZIP... Thank you for your work, if however to continue you.

Some news on advance?

Edit> : H? bien ?a marche, on s?lectionne, toussa, on peut installer mais je ne l'ai pas encore fait. Dans l'?tait qu'il est, le soft marche-t-il ? Et quelle est la date de cette version ?

It works very well, but I did not install it. Not yet. Does the soft can work? Which version is it?

R?ponse, ...

Respond, ...

Bonjour, ...

Hi, ...

Il existe une version Francaise compl?te, de F?vrier 2006.

Le fichier a ?t? cr??, en F?vrier 2006.

The file have been created, in Febuary 2006

---

Ce n'est pas moi qui as transf?r? tous les fichiers, ... je n'ai traduit que du texte, ...

This is not me, that have download all files, ... i have only translate text, ...

Korgul

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • Here is the new Surface Laptop Ultra wallpaper in high resolution by Taras Buria Earlier this week, Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop Ultra, its brand-new high-end laptop powered by NVIDIA's brand-new RTX Spark processor. As usual, Microsoft gives each new device a unique wallpaper, and the Surface Laptop Ultra is no exception. While the device is not publicly available yet, somebody has already extracted its wallpaper, giving everyone a chance to get a piece of the upcoming laptop in its full-resolution glory. The Surface Laptop Ultra has a very dark, abstract wallpaper that resembles the stock wallpapers in Windows Server, albeit with much less color. Having this dark, grim wallpaper highlights the laptop's mini-LED display and its ability to cut off parts of the screen's backlight to achieve OLED-like black levels. However, if you also like light wallpapers, we made a white version by simply inverting its colors. You can download both wallpapers below (click the image, right-click it, and select "Save as"): The Surface Laptop Ultra is expected to launch later this year. Microsoft is not revealing full details yet, including the price. However, Microsoft confirmed up to 1 petaflop of AI performance and RTX 5070-level of GPU performance. The heart of the laptop has up to 20 CPU cores and 6,144 GPU cores. Additionally, Microsoft and NVIDIA boast high CPU efficiency for all-day battery life. As for the display, it is a 15-inch mini-LED display with a pixel density of 262 ppi and a maximum brightness of 2,000 nits. Of course, not everyone needs this amount of power, and certainly not everyone can afford it. For those who need a more affordable device, Microsoft is also preparing the next-generation Surface Pro powered by the Snapdragon X2 Elite processor. Weeks ahead of the announcement, details about this computer were leaked by a retailer. Do you like the Surface Laptop Ultra's stock wallpaper? Share your thoughts in the comments. Image provided by @nextgenos2026 on X
    • From all that I've read on the subject--not that much, really--it looks to me like companies and parents are trying to protect themselves from children using their parents accounts to run up giant bills, sometimes in the thousands of dollars, and the first the parents know about it is when they get sued... Internet companies have been sued for tailoring their ads to children, which is kind of old news. My belief is that policing starts at home with the parents, and the reason that so many laws that can't be enforced are being passed is because parents are eschewing their responsibilities, claiming not enough time, not enough knowledge, etc. Giving kids cell phones sans Internet connectivity is a good place to start--confine Internet activity to PCs in the home that the parents regulate. My kids are all grown and gone, I'm happy to say... They have their own kids to worry about.
    • ChartNet’s 1.7 million synthetic samples let compact open-source models outperform GPT-4o on every chart task   A team from MIT and the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab has built a training dataset that solves one of the most persistent gaps in enterprise AI: the inability of even the best commercial models to reliably read a chart...... https://www.techtimes.com/articles/317752/20260604/ai-chart-understanding-breakthrough-mit-ibm-dataset-lets-small-models-beat-gpt-4o.htm  
    • BTW DXVK is also available on Windows and offers similar benefits like on Linux when it comes to performance, at least in some titles. The Raceroom racing sim for example even offers DXVK as one of its officially supported options and it can achieve ridiculous improvements in certain situations, like quite literally doubling (or more) the framerates
  • Recent Achievements

    • One Month Later
      nothanks earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • One Month Later
      B2Proxy earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • One Year In
      MadMung0 earned a badge
      One Year In
    • Week One Done
      jefred earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Apprentice
      JoeyNeo went up a rank
      Apprentice
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      476
    2. 2
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      232
    3. 3
      Skyfrog
      79
    4. 4
      FloatingFatMan
      68
    5. 5
      Michael Scrip
      58
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!