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Microsoft announced today the release of Windows XP SP3 RC1 (Is that enough acronyms for you?) If you are a Technet, or MSDN subscriber you can download it now I have started testing it with a fresh XP install. No big changes over SP2. No speed increase or decrease either. It includes all of the […]
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Microsoft has released a set of documents for Vista SP1. This is the most comprehensive amount of information released so far. There are 5 documents in total. They are: -Deployment guide for Vista SP1 -Enterprise Guidance for Application Compatibility Testing -Hotfixes and Security updates -Notable Changes in Windows Vista -Overview of Windows Vista SP1 Download […]
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Microsoft has announced the release of Windows 2008 RC1 beta. This release candidate is open to the general public for testing. You can download a 30 day evaluation from any of the links below: Windows Server 2008 Standard RC1 (x86 and x64) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise RC1 (x86 and x64) Windows Server 2008 Datacenter RC1 […]
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I stopped using Vista for my day to day work about 6 months ago. I only fire it up in a virtual machine for testing with our remote control software. I have realized it is keeping me from experiencing the pain of Vista, and finding solutions for it. I decided I needed to start using […]
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Microsoft said on Monday it is going to disable two methods hackers are currently using to pirate Vista (No word from them as to what those two methods are) They claim that the new anti-piracy features in windows Vista have cut piracy in half (From Windows XP). Not sure if they asked those pirates if […]
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I received a note from a reader yesterday: I saw your post (below), but didn’t see a way to make this screen appear. Can you tell me how to access that screen? He is talking about this post: http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/12/adobe-releases-acrobat-reader-8.html I went back and read the article and realized that this settings page is very difficult […]
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VMWare has actually had this tool for quite some time now. The VMWare converter for Windows was released in January of 2007. I just had a chance to use it, and it works great. You can convert a physical machine to a VM while it is running. Thats right – no downtime to convert a […]
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I was doing some house cleaning on one of my systems and I noticed a few test accounts that had been sitting around for over a year. I don’t like having dormant accounts laying around since it creates a higher possibility that someone could use them to get in. I wanted an easy way to […]
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Microsoft announced last week that the final version of FastCGI has been released. FastCGI is an extension to IIS that can vastly improve the performance of CGI based applications like PHP. Here are a few links that will get you started: Download the FastCGI for IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003 FastCGI Configuration guide The […]
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Last week Symantec revealed software that provides a firewall, blocks spam, and protects against viruses for smart phones. Named Norton Smartphone Security, it combines Norton AntiVirus technology, a firewall, and anti-spam for messages sent via SMS. The software is compatible with smart phones that run Windows Mobile, and Symbian operating systems. The anti-virus feature can […]
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