Microsoft Download Notifications<br />February 10, 2006<br /><br /><br />Microsoft Download Notifications is a free weekly mailing that provides you with the latest drivers, trial software, service packs, and other downloads from the Microsoft Download Center. <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501054> The following downloads were published this week in your preferred categories. (The publication date is shown in parenthesis following the description.) Register now <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501055> if you are not already receiving Download Notifications. For support with downloads, visit the Help and Support site. <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2028325><br /><br /><br />Download Photo Story 3 <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501019><br />Bring your digital photos to life by adding special effects, music, and other professional touches.<br /><br /> <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br />Get the Latest DirectX Redistributable for Software Developers <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501021><br />Download the latest redistributable (updated February 2006) that you can include with your products to ensure better graphic, video, 3D animation, and audio performance.<br /><br /> <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Windows<br /><br /><br />Microsoft Update <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501023><br />Visit Microsoft Update for the latest security improvements, software updates, and device drivers for Microsoft Windows and its components, such as Internet Explorer. To have important security updates delivered to your computer automatically, visit the Protect Your PC Web site <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501057>.<br /><br /> <br /><br />User Profile Hive Cleanup Service <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501024><br />Download the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service to help with slow log off and unreconciled profile problems. (February 7, 2006)<br /><br /> <br /><br />All recently published Windows downloads <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501025><br /><br /><br /> <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Office and Home Programs<br /><br /><br />Microsoft Office Update <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501026><br />Scan your computer for available updates designed to help improve the stability and security of your Office programs.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Microsoft Reader 2.4 for Pocket PC <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501027><br />Microsoft Reader for Pocket PC 2002, Pocket PC 2003, and Pocket PC 2003 SE. (February 2, 2006)<br /><br /> <br /><br />Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501028><br />The Microsoft Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar provides a variety of tools for quickly creating, understanding, and troubleshooting Web pages. This version is a preview release and behavior may change in the final release. (February 3, 2006)<br /><br /> <br /><br />MSN Messenger 7.5.0324 for Windows <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501029><br />MSN Messenger is an instant messaging program that lets you send instant messages to your friends, and much more. (February 7, 2006)<br /><br /> <br /><br />All recently published Office and home downloads <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501030><br /><br /><br /> <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Development Resources<br /><br /><br />Application Verifier Tool for Windows Mobile 5.0 <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501031><br />The Application Verifier tool assesses the stability of an application and detects common programming mistakes. The tool can detect and pinpoint memory leaks, handle leaks, and leaks in graphics device interface (GDI) objects. The tool can also detect some forms of heap corruption. (February 3, 2006)<br /><br /> <br /><br />Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501032><br />The Microsoft Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar provides a variety of tools for quickly creating, understanding, and troubleshooting Web pages. This version is a preview release and behavior may change in the final release. (February 3, 2006)<br /><br /> <br /><br />ILMerge <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501033><br />ILMerge is a utility for merging multiple .NET assemblies into a single .NET assembly. It works on executables and DLLs alike and comes with several options for controlling the processing and format of the output. (February 7, 2006)<br /><br /> <br /><br />All recently published development resource downloads <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501034><br /><br /><br /> <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Games and DirectX<br /><br /><br />DirectX End-User Runtime <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501035><br />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. (February 7, 2006)<br /><br /> <br /><br />DirectX February 2006 Redistributable for Software Developers <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501036><br />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 December 2005 DirectX SDK Update. (February 7, 2006).<br /><br /> <br /><br />DirectX SDK (February 2006) Symbol Files <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501037><br />This download contains all the symbol files for this DirectX SDK release for Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. (February 7, 2006)<br /><br /> <br /><br />DirectX SDK (February 2006) <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501038><br />Download the complete DirectX SDK, which contains the DirectX Runtime and all DirectX software required to create DirectX compliant applications in Visual C/C++ and Visual C#. (February 8, 2006)<br /><br /> <br /><br />All recently published games downloads <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501039><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />All recently published DirectX downloads <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501040><br /><br /><br /> <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Drivers and Mobile Devices<br /><br /><br />Application Verifier Tool for Windows Mobile 5.0 <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501041><br />The Application Verifier tool assesses the stability of an application and detects common programming mistakes. The tool can detect and pinpoint memory leaks, handle leaks, and leaks in graphics device interface (GDI) objects. The tool can also detect some forms of heap corruption. (February 3, 2006)<br /><br /> <br /><br />All recently published driver downloads <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501042><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />All recently published mobile device downloads <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501043><br /><br /><br /> <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Personalize Your Notifications<br />Personalize your Microsoft Download Notifications by modifying your category preferences <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501058>.<br /><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Related Links<br /><br /><br /> · Most popular downloads <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501051><br /><br /> · Most recent downloads <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501052><br /><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />For IT Pros & Devs<br />Stay up to date on the newest live webcasts and in-person events offered by Microsoft with Event and Webcast Notifications <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4501059>.<br /><br /><br />Microsoft Event and Webcast Notifications<br /><br /><br />======================================================================<br />If you would prefer to receive the HTML version of this newsletter, reply to this message, type "HTML" in the Subject line, and send.<br /><br />To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message, type "Unsubscribe" in the Subject line, and send. 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