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Here is an interesting feature that is hidden within Vista. By creating this registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM And then create the value: AnimationsShiftKey (DWORD) and setting it to 1 You can slow down windows animations by pressing the shift key. This is the the animation you see when minimizing, maximizing or closing the window. This only […]
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Microsoft plans to ship the new Longhorn server and Vista Service Pack 1 at the same time next year. Microsoft plans to release one more CTP (Community Technology Preview) of longhorn later this year, one in early 2007, and a final Beta 3 in the middle of 2007. Rumors that the new server would be […]
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Around the end of January 2007 IE 7 will start showing a green address bar for sites that the browser detects as ‘safe’. The browser determines a site is ‘safe’ if it uses an extended validation SSL certificate. Only SSL (Secure Socket Layer) sites that use the extended validation (EV) SSL certificate will be displayed […]
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Here is a cool feature I just discovered in Vista. The remote desktop client can support multiple monitors. You can access these features using the command line in a few ways: If you know the dimensions that you want, you can specify the height and width: mstsc /w:2048 /h:768 /v:(servername) or if you want mstsc.exe […]
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I was reading some blog postings over at Microsoft and some interesting stats were posted about automatic updates: 20% of them were done manually 80% Were automatically installed Of that 80%, 34% were done via scheduled install, and 46% of them were installed at system shutdown. The more interesting part is that applications like Office […]
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It is patch Tuesday again, and Microsoft has released six major patches. Most noteably is the fix for the XML component that is used within all versions of IE, including 7.0. The vulnerability would enable an attacker to create a specially crafted website that could install malicious software on your system – and only Symantec […]
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This has to be one of the most annoying “features” of windows: I don’t think there has ever been a time when it has been useful to me. It is one of those things you put up with, but never find how to disable it. I got tired of it today, and I will share […]
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Not sure if this one is going to be put out in automatic updates, but this new wireless hotfix for XP SP2 from Microsoft has some nice additions:Changes for nonbroadcast networksIn Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Wireless Auto Configuration tries to match preferred wireless networks to wireless networks that broadcast their network name. If […]
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It seems that CompUSA here in the states has struck an exclusive deal with Microsoft to start selling Office 2007, and Vista on November 30th. This is two months before any other retailer will have it on their shelves. There is a catch. In the press release sent out by Microsoft today it is clear […]
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I am sure many of you have used at least one of the utilities made by Sysinternals (http://www.sysinternals.com). They have some of the best windows administration utilities on the net. A few months ago they were bought out by Microsoft, and many worried it spelled the end to the free programs that they produced. Not […]
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