Microsoft

Signifying its expertise with ISV Software Solutions, Absolute has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. As a Gold Certified Partner, Absolute continues to demonstrate the highest level of proficiency with Microsoft-based technologies and aptly incorporates these technologies into its customer solutions.

Microsoft Gold Certified Partners are provided with robust resources, including training and support services which allow them to maintain and expand expertise. Such resources not only translate into a competitive advantage, but ultimately allow Absolute to better serve its customers.

Absolute’s development team worked with the Windows 7 team to take advantage of the Windows 7 Sensor and Location API, which delivers enhanced geolocation capabilities to Absolute customers. It also allows the Absolute team to speed the development time required to bring new, innovative computer tracking solutions to the market. Customers can use any Windows Sensor and Location API-compliant device or technology, such as GPS, once an appropriate location provider is installed, to track their computers.

Absolute has completed all the necessary testing to be granted certification for the Windows 7 logo.

With the introduction of Windows 7, many Computrace customers are upgrading their operating system. In rare circumstances, an issue can occur that causes the computer to hang or cause the mouse to function incorrectly. This issue occurs infrequently and only with computers that have an older BIOS image containing Computrace code, the machine currently has Computrace active, and a clean install of Windows 7 is being performed to an empty partition. The problem does not occur when performing an upgrade from Windows Vista. Machines with the current BIOS installed will not have this problem. After a reboot of the affected device, the issue is resolved automatically.