Neowin News Feed for: Longhorn

Windows Vista effectively dead as Windows Server 2008 support finally ends

Usama Jawad — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:38:01 +0000

Microsoft has finally ended support for Windows Server 2008, which means that the Windows Vista/Longhorn codebase is no longer fit for production use. Read more...

Steve Ballmer: Longhorn-Vista was the "single biggest mistake I made" as Microsoft CEO

John Callaham — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:56:17 +0000

In a interview published today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that Longhorn, the much delayed Windows OS that was released as Windows Vista in 2007, was "the single biggest mistake I made." Read more...

Ballmer's biggest regret while CEO was Vista's 'loopedy-loo'

Brad Sams — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 17:30:06 +0000

In a new interview, Steve Ballmer said that his biggest regret while CEO was, to no surprise, the Longhorn-to-Vista launch issues that plagued the OS with negative public perception. Read more...

Trivia Tuesday: Some infamous Vaporwares

Tyler Holman — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:55:01 +0000

Vaporware; the products that just keep getting delayed, and then disappears; the tech industry's full of it, and this week's Trivia Tuesday is delving into the anticlimactic world of vaporware. Read more...

Trivia Tuesday: Microsoft codenames

Tyler Holman — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:15:36 +0000

Ever been curious about Microsoft product codenames and the stories behind them? For this week's Trivia Tuesday, we've assembled a sampling of some of the most interesting, from Opus to Longhorn. Read more...

Longhorn Server to be christened Windows Server 2008

Tom Warren — Fri, 11 May 2007 09:26:03 +0000

To next to no one's surprise, Microsoft is going to christen Longhorn Server "Windows Server 2008." And it might do so as early as next week to coincide with the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC)... Read more...

Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 Public Evaluation Released

Steven Parker — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:06:13 +0000

Windows Server Codenamed Longhorn beta testers have received emails late on Thursday confirming the availability of Beta 3 of the new Server system with some of the most important changes coming to Server Core. Core... Read more...

Microsoft Windows Server Code Name Longhorn Beta 3

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:49:53 +0000

Microsoft Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" helps you to increase the flexibility of your server infrastructure while saving time and reducing costs. Powerful new management tools and security enhancements allow you to have more control... Read more...

Five Things to Know About Longhorn Server Core

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:28:58 +0000

I've written about Server Core before -- in my Longhorn Server review of Beta Version 2. It's Microsoft's great new addition to the Longhorn Server product. Essentially, Server Core is a slimmed-down, appliancelike version of... Read more...

Longhorn Server to Be Named Windows Server 2007

Steven Parker — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:36:42 +0000

ActiveWin are claiming that the final designation for Windows Codenamed Longhorn Server will be Windows Server 2007 after all, how original! Speculated here long before Vista hit RTM. "An unnamed Microsoft official just confirmed to... Read more...

Windows Vista, Longhorn Server and IE 7 Beta Test Reboot

Neowin Staff — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:38:49 +0000

Testers who responded to the Microsoft call up to be re-included into the Windows Longhorn Server beta test have been notified that the test has been "restarted" under the old name "Windows Vista, Longhorn Server... Read more...

Windows Server Longhorn August 2006 CTP Available

Steven Parker — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:32:12 +0000

Hot on the heels of Windows Vista RC1, we have now released the August 2006 Community Technology Preview (CTP)of Windows Server "Longhorn". It's available for MSDN and TechNet subscribers to download. Marked as Build 5560,... Read more...

Microsoft promises XenSource support in Longhorn

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:49:00 +0000

Microsoft and XenSource are to co-develop technology to provide interoperability between Xen-enabled Linux and Windows hypervisor-based Windows Server virtualisation. The software giant claimed that the resulting technology will offer a single virtualisation technology that will... Read more...

Windows Vista Beta 2 / Longhorn Server Update (KB919946)

Steven Parker — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:50:18 +0000

Microsoft have started releasing updates during the Windows Vista/Longhorn beta, this one is of particular interest due to the fact that many people -including myself, have a hyper-threaded system with Windows Vista Beta 2 installed... Read more...

Microsoft To Enforce VLK Compliance For Vista and Longhorn

Steven Parker — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:01:15 +0000

Enterprise customers can forget about the honor system Microsoft has in place for reporting Windows licenses they consume. Starting with the release of Vista and "Longhorn" Windows server next year, customers will be required to... Read more...

Longhorn Server Follows Earlier Windows Server 200x Naming

Steven Parker — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:05:54 +0000

Naming a baby is always difficult, let alone a new operating system. Many of us have heard the litany of names which were bandied about for Windows Longhorn, and most guessed something along the lines... Read more...

Microsoft To Ship Longhorn Server In Second Half Of 2007

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:20:28 +0000

The next Longhorn server beta is due "shortly" but the final product won't ship until the second half of 2007. During his keynote at the Microsoft Management Summit 2006, Bob Muglia, senior vice president of... Read more...

Longhorn Server CTP program starts in April

Steven Parker — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:21:56 +0000

Windows Server Devision Blog: One of the things we get asked a lot is when Longhorn Server will be released and when people will be able to get their hands on a new pre-release build.... Read more...

Longhorn Datacenter will have no extra virtualization costs

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:17:07 +0000

Today virtualization is expensive for licensing. Microsoft asks peopleto license every OS installed on virtual machines, even if powered off. But something is changing. Since the release of Windows Server 2003... Read more...

Microsoft unveils focus for Longhorn Itanium

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:47:20 +0000

Microsoft on Friday dribbled out new details of its next Windows Server operating system (OS) release, revealing that the Itanium version would be optimized for three specific workloads -- database, custom applications and line-of-business applications... Read more...

Longhorn Server most likely to be named Windows Server 2007

Steven Parker — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:48:14 +0000

A Microsoft spokesperson who has been following our coverage of Windows Vista over the last few days, contacted me in regard to the naming of Longhorn Server -the next version of Windows Server, that is... Read more...

Longhorn To Be Named 'Windows Vista'

Steven Parker — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:59:46 +0000

Bob Stein has just posted that the next version Windows, currently codenamed 'Longhorn', will in fact be named Windows Vista. There is currently no confirmation or announcement from Microsoft on this, but as... Read more...

Microsoft Makes Longhorn Performance Promises

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:42:37 +0000

For the past several years, Microsoft has been promising that Longhorn would deliver some substantial security, reliability and performance improvements. But until the worldwide partner conference in Minneapolis in mid-July, company officials had not quantified... Read more...

Longhorn following Unix on security?

Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:36:37 +0000

Microsoft's delayed Longhorn operating system appears to be taking a page from the Unix management book by curbing user's administration rights. Mike Nash, Microsoft's security business and technology unit corporate vice president, has said Longhorn... Read more...

Pre-release testing of Longhorn starts

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 07:39:19 +0000

Microsoft is offering a selected group of testers an early preview of Windows, Code-Name "Longhorn,". Longhorn Beta Program participants will preview software for the next generation of Windows as well as Internet Explorer 7 for... Read more...

Longhorn Locked Down to Fight Hackers

Wed, 06 Jul 2005 21:39:47 +0000

Microsoft's forthcoming Longhorn operating system places great emphasis on locking down PCs to prevent unauthorised access to hardware and software, the software giant revealed today. According to Detlef Echert, Microsoft's chief security advisor in Europe,... Read more...

Longhorn Beta 1: Late July

Steven Parker — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:31:22 +0000

Thanks neufuse for this piece taken from Paul Thurrott's weekly short takes for the week ending July 4th. As for Longhorn Beta 1, that milestone release is still on track for "this summer,"... Read more...

Microsoft brings out the big guns for Longhorn

Brad Wardell — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 02:41:44 +0000

Microsoft has brought back veteran product closer, Chris Jones to run the Longhorn beta. Chris Jones was one of the primary forces behind getting Whistler (Windows XP) out the door. He replaces Joe Peterson... Read more...

Microsoft to Share Its Plans for Longhorn RSS Support

Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:57:59 +0000

Two years ago at the first Microsoft Professional Developers Conference, dedicated to Longhorn, Microsoft officials showed how Microsoft planned to support RSS in Longhorn. On Friday, the Redmond, Wash., software mogul is set to provide... Read more...

Longhorn home server on the way

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:41:49 +0000

Computer software giant Microsoft will release the beta version of its long-talked-about Longhorn Server in August, at about the same time that it releases the beta for the Longhorn desktop OS, Senior Vice President Bob... Read more...

Microsoft Shares More Clues About Longhorn Server

Steven Parker — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:30:12 +0000

Microsoft is continuing to drop new clues about what users can expect in Longhorn Server, the version of its Windows Server product slated to ship in 2007, and beyond. During an online... Read more...

Microsoft Building Flexibility into Longhorn

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:24:33 +0000

Microsoft Corp.'s "Longhorn" server will be a far more configurable system than past Windows releases, allowing customers to change the server's setup on the fly by selecting which components to load. "We are in the... Read more...

Microsoft Preps Longhorn Blockbuster for PDC 2005

Steven Parker — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 10:13:10 +0000

Thanks neufuse for the heads up on Paul Thurrott's article which takes us through his expectations of the PDC 2005 event in September. No one was more disappointed in the Longhorn content... Read more...

Microsoft Launches Windows Longhorn Section

Steven Parker — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 09:40:31 +0000

Microsoft has launched the official page for Windows Codenamed Longhorn at the Windows Section of its website. So far, the section contains 'visionary statements' and a list of reaons why Longhorn will be better than... Read more...

Longhorn photo support comes into focus

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 04:13:46 +0000

The next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, will feature support for uncompressed digital camera images--which could change the way people view and edit photos. The company on Wednesday announced deals with camera... Read more...

The 'Dirty Little Secret' About Longhorn

Thu, 26 May 2005 15:55:44 +0000

Developers say there's a dirty little secret about Longhorn that few Softies are discussing publicly: Longhorn won't be based on the .Net Framework. We're still expecting that the .Net Framework will ship with Longhorn –... Read more...

Longhorn to Get a Social-Networking Infusion

Brad Wardell — Tue, 03 May 2005 22:57:16 +0000

Microsoft has moved 10 of its social-computing experts from Microsoft Research onto its Windows user interface team. Will the 'Aero' interface be more interactive, as a result? View: Full Article... Read more...

Windows XP SP3 to arrive before Longhorn

Steven Parker — Tue, 03 May 2005 14:34:46 +0000

Thanks smashguy for this submission in Back Page News on our forums. A BLOG filing hidden away in the cobwebbed corners of the web suggests that Windows XP SP3 will hit before Longhorn... Read more...

Longhorn at WinHec 2005 - Round-Up

Steven Parker — Mon, 02 May 2005 16:10:08 +0000

Expectations were especially high this year, as attendees signed in to WinHec's first day, after they had received the pre-beta DVD copy of Windows Codenamed Longhorn, they were also invited to participate in the beta,... Read more...

Longhorn Evangelism 'Team 99' Resurfaces

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 02 May 2005 12:33:32 +0000

It looks like the Longhorn information floodgates are officially open—again. Microsoft employee and Longhorn evangelist Robert Scoble announced on his blog this weekend that he has been authorized to restart the "Team 99" Longhorn evangelism... Read more...