Windows

Windows® Defender (Beta 2) 

Windows Defender (Beta 2) is a free program that helps you stay productive by protecting your computer against pop-ups, slow performance and security threats caused by spyware and other potentially unwanted software.

4/12/2006

DirectX End-User Runtime 

The Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime provides updates to 9.0c and previous versions of DirectX — the core Windows® technology that drives high-speed multimedia and games on the PC.

6/9/2006

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

This tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found. Microsoft will release an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month.

6/13/2006

Windows Media Player 11 Beta 

Simply the best media player for all your digital entertainment.

5/15/2006

Windows Desktop Search 3.0 Beta Engine Preview (KB917013)

Windows Desktop Search 3.0 enables fast search on your PC using indexing technology.

5/2/2006

Windows XP Service Pack 2 for IT Professionals and Developers

This installation package is intended for IT professionals and developers downloading and installing on multiple computers on a network. If you're updating just one computer, please visit Windows Update

8/10/2004

Update for Windows XP (KB906569) 

Install this update to add a Tools tab to the System Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe).

10/5/2005

Windows Media® Components for QuickTime

With Windows Media® Components for QuickTime, by Flip4Mac™, you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) directly in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a Web browser.

3/3/2006

DirectX 9.0c End-User Runtime 

Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c End-User Runtime will update your current version of DirectX — the core Windows® technology that drives high-speed multimedia and games on the PC.

8/4/2004

Windows XP SP1 Update: Watch TV Shows Recorded by Media Center PCs on Other Windows XP PCs

This supplement is an update to Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 1. Users who want to play Media Center PC digital recording files (.dvr-ms) in any other Windows XP SP1 system should download this update.

1/8/2003

Windows Media Player 10 

Enjoy Music & Video with Windows Media Player 10

11/28/2005

Remote Desktop Connection Software

Remote Desktop in Windows XP Professional provides remote access to the desktop of your computer running Windows XP Professional, from a computer at another location. Using Remote Desktop you can, for example, connect to your office computer from home and access all your applications, files, and network resources as though you were in front of your computer at the office.

10/15/2004

DirectX April 2006 Redistributable for Software Developers

This download provides the DirectX end-user redistributable that developers can include with their product. This update includes the DirectX for Managed Code Update from the DirectX SDK Update (December 2005).

4/6/2006

Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility 

The Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility helps you determine if an MPEG-2 video decoder (also called a DVD decoder) is installed on your Windows XP computer and whether or not the decoder is compatible with Windows Media Player 10 and Windows XP Media Center Edition.

9/23/2004

Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable 

The Microsoft® Windows® Installer is an application installation and configuration service. WindowsInstaller-KB893803-x86.exe is the redistributable package for installing or upgrading Windows Installer.

9/2/2005

Security Update for Windows XP (KB908531)

A security issue has been identified in Windows Explorer that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.

4/25/2006

Platform Software Development Kit Redistributable: Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95, 98, and Me Systems, 1.1.3790.0

The Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95, 98, and Me systems (MSLU) helps to provide a layer over the Win32 API on Win9x so that you can write a single Unicode version of your application.

12/10/2004

Security Update for Windows Journal Viewer (KB886179)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running Windows Journal Viewer 1.5 and gain complete control over it.

10/11/2004

Windows® Defender (Beta 2) x64 

Windows Defender (Beta 2) is a free program that helps you stay productive by protecting your computer against pop-ups, slow performance and security threats caused by spyware and other potentially unwanted software.

4/12/2006

Security Update for Flash Player (KB913433)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system with a vulnerable version of the Flash Player and gain control over it.

5/9/2006