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Updated Microsoft codename tracker ready for download
by Guest BSchwarz- 0 replies
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Yes, we're a few days into May, but I've just posted the April edition of my monthly Microsoft CodeTracker for download. There are a few new additions to this month's tracker, plus a whole lot of updates and revisions for the tens of Microsoft products and technologies on which I'm keeping tabs, via their codenames. More...
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Could you be productive without offline document access?
by Guest BSchwarz- 0 replies
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When Google announced last month that it was making more functionality available to Google Docs users, company officials mentioned in passing that offline access to its productivity suite would be suspended, starting May 3. Today is that day. More...
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Two Microsoft Research projects worth noting: Microsoft's 'Newport' and another 'Cour
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Microsoft researchers are developing a new collaborative mobile-phone application codenamed "Newport" that is designed to facilitate the sharing of content (like photos and notes), as well as location, during phone calls. It seems there was another Microsoft Research project codenamed "Courier" (but not the Courier tablet) that may be a precursor to Newport. More...
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Could 'Menlo' signal a change in Microsoft's mobile strategy?
by Guest BSchwarz- 0 replies
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Microsoft "Menlo" is a hush-hush research project that is focused on replacing Windows Compact Edition (CE) with Windows NT, according to my sources. "Experiment 19" is a graphics platform researchers are building to complement Menlo, my sources have told me. I don't have a lot of details about these Research efforts beyond that -- so far, that is.... More...
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Microsoft to start phasing out its NNTP newsgroups
by Guest BSchwarz- 0 replies
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Microsoft is holding an online meeting on May 4 on the topic of Windows Community. I'm wondering whether there might be an agenda item on the company's decision to discontinue its NNTP newsgroups. More...
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Windows Phone OS 7.0: What's inside?
by Guest BSchwarz- 0 replies
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In case anyone might think the Microsoft Research project codenamed Menlo could end up derailing Microsoft's current practice of using Windows CE/Windows Embedded Compact as the core of Microsoft's mobile OS in the near term, think again. More...
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Microsoft delivers second preview test build of IE 9
by Guest BSchwarz- 0 replies
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On May 5, Microsoft made available to developers and other interested testers Platform Preview 2 of its Internet Explorer (IE) 9 browser. The updated preview is available from the same Test Drive site as the preview Microsoft released in March. More...
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Microsoft Kin reviews not so keen
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A few Microsoft news items from around the Web: The early reviews of Kin (formerly known as Pink) are in. And overall, they're not good. Plus some more info on Spindex and ADFS Geneva. More...
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Microsoft to deliver its cloud-hosted CRM 5 first, software later
by Guest BSchwarz- 0 replies
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Microsoft is planning to roll out the cloud-hosted version of its Dynamics CRM 5 product ahead of its on-premises software version of that product. In fact, there's talk the software version won't be available until 2011, instead of 2010, as promised. More...
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Microsoft, Yahoo prep for their ad/sales transition
by Guest BSchwarz- 0 replies
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This week, the Yahoos said Yahoo's goal is to complete the transition of its U.S. and Canadian ad customers to Microsoft adCenter "before the start of the 2010 holiday season." However, if it looks like "we cannot transition with quality before the holiday period, we'll defer the transition until the early part of 2011," a Yahoo blog post noted. More...
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Tetris
by Guest WaIIy- 0 replies
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On Sat, 8 May 2010 17:12:56 -0400, "Radiorick" wrote: >What ever to the version of Tetris that came with windows? It seems to have >disappeared from every computer I've got. This is the best Tetris I've seen that is almost like the original. Small and free http://www.crystaloffice.com/games/
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Office 2010 Review, Part 3: Office Web Apps
by Guest BSchwarz- 0 replies
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Part 3 of my Microsoft Office 2010 review focuses on the Office Web Apps, free, web-based versions of Word, Excel, OneNote, and PowerPoint. Are they good enough to replace the traditional Office applications? Read the Full Story
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Windows Weekly 155: The Delphi 3 Superbible
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In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss the Microsoft Kin release, a number of issues around Office 2010, the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 2 release, Microsoft's take on the Flash debate, a possible copy/paste bug in Windows, and more... Read the Full Story
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Windows 7 Feature Focus: Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode
by Guest BSchwarz- 0 replies
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Windows 7 provides the final piece of the compatibility puzzle with Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode, a set of virtualization solutions that brings Windows XP application compatibility to Windows 7. Read the Full Story
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Cannot access to shared folder from Vista
by Guest A C0mputer Guru- 0 replies
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I searched and searched, and finally found the answer to Vista not seeing XP shared folders and vice-versa, even XP to XP in some cases. It's on the XP machine, and it has to do with File Permissions. I know this sounds stupid, but I tried EVERY trick that was out there (changing Vista's Lan Manager back to v1, making the same user on each machine, etc.) but this worked b-e-a-utifully for me. It's all about WHO owns (not just has the rights to) the folders/partition. I was silly and changed my user name months ago, which threw XP into a "hidden tizzy." when I added a new Vista machine to the works, the problem surfaced BIG TIME. Solut…
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Update - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community
by Guest Guest- 0 replies
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What is Happening? This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums. Why? As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now however, the traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the past several years while customers and participants are increasingly finding solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. This move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it easier for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies and make the content easier to find by cus…
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Update - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community
by Guest Guest- 0 replies
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What is Happening? This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums. Why? As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now however, the traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the past several years while customers and participants are increasingly finding solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. This move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it easier for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies and make the content easier to find by cus…
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Cannot set up media center extender
by Guest jmurr1-gmail-com- 0 replies
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I have been trying to set up a Linksys DMA2100 Media Extender on my Windows 7 Home Premium system. The Extender is wired to my ATT 2 wire modem/router. When I enter the 8 digit code into Media Center I receive the error “cannot set up Extenderâ€. If I go to Network Sharing Center> see full map the extender is there. I have disabled windows firewall and connected the extender to my computer in order to bypass the ATT Router with the same negative results. I am at a loss, Linksys Tech. Support’s answer was to install Vista :-( Any help would be appreciated.
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Re:Any free partition resizers?
by Guest tommy li- 0 replies
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There are many partition softwares that can resize partition size, today. I found a n= ew free partition manager =E2=80=94 Partition Assistant, it can manage partition,= work like a charm. Info source: http://www.extend-partition.com/free-partitio= n-manager.html url:http://www.ureader.com/msg/127815494.aspx
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WINDOWS UPDATE SERVICE(wuauserv) disappeared....how to reinstall ?
by Guest veryhappy- 0 replies
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a big thanks to dean-dean, your solution worked perfectly for me and did not just fix windows update but also other related programmes like the defender. you saved me a lot of work there... :party: dean-dean416486 Wrote: > You could try this: > > Right-click Command Prompt (in Start Menu\Programs\Accessories) and > choose > Run as Administrator. Type (or Copy and Paste) the following commands, > pressing Enter after each one: > > regsvr32 wuapi.dll > > regsvr32 wuaueng.dll > > regsvr32 wups.dll > > regsvr32 wups2.dll > > regsvr32 wuwebv.dll > > r…
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'User Profile Service service failed the logon
by Guest undisclosed- 0 replies
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Marek932315 Wrote: > I've just had this problem on my computer, and I just fixed it. > It seems to be caused by a horrendous bug in Vista that renames your > User > Account Profile as a backup, and then creates a new user account with > the > same name but with nothing in it. > I googled it and followed several bits of advice but none of them > worked, > but I managed to fix it with a combination of ideas. > This is how I did it: > > 1. Boot up in Safe Mode. To do this, hit the F8 key while the computer > is > booting, and then scroll down to the "Safe Mode" option and press > enter.…
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Update - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community
by Guest Guest- 0 replies
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What is Happening? This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums. Why? As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now however, the traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the past several years while customers and participants are increasingly finding solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. This move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it easier for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies and make the content easier to find by cus…
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How to transfer iPhone contacts along with contact photos to pc?
by Guest YouFeng- 0 replies
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Many iPhone users have asked how to transfer iPhone contacts along with contact photos to their pc. They need to backup their contacts somewhere in case of data loss, especially for those who have so many important clients’ contacts on their iPhone. They just need a way to backup their iPhone contacts. What shall they do? Here I'd like to share my experience in this : I used this iPhone Contact to PC Backup program called Tansee iPhone Transfer Contact[http://hotdownloads.com/trialware/download/Download_tanseeiphonecontact_.exe?item=13181-12&affiliate=575053&ss_coupon=SOFT-QSTG] to transfer and backup all my contacts from my iPhone to my computer. …
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This Week In Google 40: Palm Lives
by Guest BSchwarz- 0 replies
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I forgot to link last week to my appearance on the This Week in Google podcast. We discussed HP buying Palm, Facebook privacy concerns, Microsoft's cloud computing efforts, Microsoft Office vs. Google Docs, Microsoft's patent suits against Android vendors, and much more... Read the Full Story
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Windows 7 Tip of the Week: Create Fun Panoramic Photos ... For Free
by Guest BSchwarz- 0 replies
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Windows Live Photo Gallery is a great photo management and editing solution, but it has a few fun hidden features, like panoramic photo stitching, that put it over the top. Read the Full Story