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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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Found a list of anti-virus products that are supported by Vista (From the Microsoft website). I am sure Symantec, and McAfee will eventually show up on this list, but it sure is interesting that the two top anti-virus vendors are not on this list Free Trial Subscription from CA CA Anti-Virus 2007 helps provides comprehensive […]
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Once and a while I have the need for Windows to automatically login after a reboot. For example, I have a Windows XP Media center machine, and I have a few custom cleanup and compression programs that run as desktop applications – so they don’t run if the machine is rebooted while I am gone. […]
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While I am not busy ripping the new license terms apart I have been testing out everything I can within Vista, mostly to get our applications up to speed before the November 30th release. I found a cool feature when you go to the properties of a USB drive: It allows you to reserve part […]
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I was digging through some Vista Documents on the MS website. I came across this interesting document: Software Protection WP.doc It lays out the software protection within Vista, and the supposed reasons for it. They try really hard not to say the truth: We automatically assume you are a thief, and have no respect for […]
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Microsoft released vista to Manufacturing on Wednesday, and confirmed the consumer release of January 30th for the consumer edition of the operating system. This starts the initial step to getting the software on store shelves by the release date. This means that any bugs found now will need to be fixed in a service pack, […]
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In an interesting twist to all of the new things Microsoft is working on they are now becoming an ICANN accredited registrar. You can see them now on the ICANN list – It is really long so you might need to use your browsers search feature to find it down the list. This means that […]
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A serious flaw in the ActiveX XMLHTTP component within IE is still active, and without a patch from Microsoft. This includes the latest from Microsoft, IE 7. Microsoft released an advisory on Friday From the website, here are some of the mitigating factors: - In a Web-based attack scenario, an attacker would have to host […]
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Microsoft has started its virtual hard drive program. It allows potential customers to demo software without the pain of installation. From the Microsoft website: “Using the power of virtual machines, you can now quickly evaluate Microsoft and partner solutions through a series of pre-configured Virtual Hard Disks (VHD). You can download the VHDs and evaluate […]
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