Microsoft extends Windows XP downgrade rights until 2020
Microsoft extends Windows XP downgrade rights until 2020 With 74% of business PCs running XP, the move is more proof that it's the OS that won't die By Gregg Keizer | July 12, 2010 07:20 PM ET Just a...
View ArticleWindows 7 Addons: Fill in the Missing Features
G'Day This may be of some use to those running win7quote: PCMagWindows 7 Addons: Fill in the Missing Features By: Joseph Moran 07.26.2010 Windows doesn't do everything it should or we'd like, but...
View ArticleSophos Offers Free Tool for Windows Shortcut Flaw
The update addressing this problem is available on Windows Update. As of 8/2/2010 1:00PM NYC time
View ArticlePatch Tuesday: Microsoft's most security bulletins ever!
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft's most security bulletins ever! By Emil Protalinski | Last updated about 22 hours ago According to the Microsoft Security Response Center, Microsoft will issue 14 Security...
View ArticleISVs Avoid Windows Security Measures
One of the reasons Microsoft has the reputation they do isn't really their fault... ISVs Avoid Windows Security Measures By: Andrew Garcia | 2010-07-13 A Secunia report says third-party developers...
View ArticleMicrosoft won't patch critical DLL loading bugs
They won't come right out and say it, but the reason Microsoft isn't going to patch this "bug" is because it isn't a bug. It's a fundamental design flaw. The way to "fix" it is to redesign Windows, and...
View ArticleMicrosoft Releases Windows 7 Corruption HotFix
quote: Nature abhors vacuum - a basic law of physics. Yet the universe is pretty much nothing else. I think that law is under review. It's becoming more and more apparent that everything is pretty much...
View ArticleMicrosoft releases "Fix it" for DLL bug
G'Day Microsoft has released a "Fix It" tool for the so-called DLL Bug, noting that it is only meant to be a temporary fix until an update is available. It is available for XP SP3, Vista (all versions)...
View ArticleKill auto restart on Sys Failure
G'Day No, I am still using XP. I will have to get used to using the Control Panel when I migrate to Win7, obviously.
View ArticleHP Slate video shows all that's wrong with Windows 7 on tablets
I never thought I'd want a tablet, but that Galaxy Tab is pretty interesting. I just hope they don't think they'll be able to get more for it than a netbook; it probably won't fly if that's the case....
View ArticleNewly discovered Windows kernel flaw bypasses UAC
That one got by me. But, usually, those guys are more politically correct and even-handed than I'd like. At least, a lot more so than I'd be, given some of the subject matter they cover. Of course, I'm...
View ArticleHas Microsoft just ruined Windows Home Server?
The real trick for any manufacturer is to convince the consumer that their interests are the primary concern of the vendor. Some businesses are less ham handed in this effort than others. While some...
View ArticleWindows on ARM official, but leaves many questions unanswered
All true. But, unlike you, I'm not sanguine about their ability to pull it off in any reasonable length of time. By the time they have something viable, they'll be so far behind the 8 ball with so many...
View ArticleWin 7 SP1 Available
quote: 200 MB/sec Damn! and I thought 900+Mbps was sudden. 8-O Good thing you're not leaking bits, you'd be neck deep in no time.
View ArticleWindows Home Server 2011 Reaches RTM
Kevin G. Wagner! You are neither a pagan nor an atheist! You may be irreverent, but that's about it. Anyway, if I was going to run a server I'd guess it might be Apache based.
View ArticleWindows 8 upgrade
Microsoft confirms Windows 8 testers to get $40 upgrade price http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/microsoft_confirms_windows_8_testers_to_get_40_upgrade_price_too Interesting, even the RC testers can do it.
View ArticleWindows 8 Upgrade for $39.99
My ASUS has an all-metal back. Looks great but it kills GPS and to a lesser extent WiFi reception. On my unit, I was able to order a half-assed GPS antenna extender for free from ASUS (they acknowledge...
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