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Full and Volume Licensing ZDNet Big customers who are willing to buy in bulk can get full-featured editions of Windows, bundled with support contracts and special benefits, by signing up ... and more

Chicago Press Release Services (press release) Google adds bookmark sync to Chrome browser Computerworld Chrome 4.0.223.16, which runs only on Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7, includes the ability to sync bookmarked sites across multiple computers, ... Google rockets to Chrome 4 betaPC Pro all 84 news articles

New Zealand Herald Windows 7 'vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses' New Zealand Herald Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report released this week said the infection rate of a Windows Vista machine running Service Pack was 61.9% less than on ... Default Windows 7 vulnerable to eight out of ten attacksPC Pro all 5 news articles

Gizmo News Family Tech: Windows 7 released without fanfare Inside NoVA Windows 7 replaces Windows XP, eight years after its initial release. Some may argue that Windows 7 replaces Windows Vista, but in the great scheme of ... Report: Windows 7 SP1 Coming Summer/Fall 2010Tom's Hardware Guide all 56 news articles

Capture unallocated disk space from an XP to Windows 7 dual-boot migration TechRepublic In this edition of the Windows Vista and Windows 7 Report, I'll show you how to use Partition Wizard Home Edition to safely accomplish this operation. ... View the full article

TopNews United States 'Fix It' Released for Windows 7 Upgrade Problem Redmond Channel Partner Microsoft is pointing to a Windows Vista plug-in, "IphlpsvcMigPlugin.ddd," as the culprit, according to the Fix it blog. The company had published a ... Apple Using Google To Dampen Windows 7 HypeChannelWeb Yes, based on Mac history, Windows 7.5 will suck lessZDNet Must Microsoft Store copy Apple Store to succeed?BetaNews Neowin

This week, Microsoft has issued its seventh Security Intelligence Report, and the results are actually somewhat comforting. View the full article

ITWorld Canada OPINION: Cisco hints Tandberg deal could fall through ITWorld Canada Windows 7 upgrade causing endless rebootsBy: Gregg Keizer (26 Oct 2009)Some users trying to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 have seen their PCs ... and more

Microsoft App-V Virtualisation Issues: 5x5x5 - Part 2 ComputerWeekly.com As part of the platform compatibility scan for Windows Vista, all legacy Control Panel Applets (CPL files) are highlighted. These highlighted control panel ... View the full article

Windows 7 with RDP7: Best OS for VDI DABCC.com RDC7 client is offered on variety of OSs, including XPSP3, Vista SP1 and Vista SP2 and the same client is part of the Windows 7 OS (see blog post for more ... View the full article

Submitted By: BSchwarz Submitted On: Today, 09:26 PM Submitted In: Network and Security Click here to go to tutorial Quote Network shell (netsh) is a command-line utility that allows you to configure and display the status of various network communications server roles and components after they are installed on computers running Windows Server 2008. Some client technologies, such as Network Access Protection (NAP) client and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client, also provide netsh commands that allow you to configure client computers running Windows Vista. Network Shell (Netsh) Technical Reference The Netsh Technical Reference provides a compr…

Submitted By: BSchwarz Submitted On: Today, 09:24 PM Submitted In: Network and Security Click here to go to tutorial Quote Domain Name System (DNS) is a system that is used in TCP/IP networks for naming computers and network services that is organized into a hierarchy of domains. DNS naming locates computers and services through user-friendly names. When a user enters a DNS name in an application, DNS services can resolve the name to other information that is associated with the name, such as an IP address. Windows Server 2008 provides a number of enhancements to the DNS Server service that improve how DNS performs. For details about these changes, see DNS Se…

Submitted By: BSchwarz Submitted On: Today, 09:21 PM Submitted In: Network and Security Click here to go to tutorial Quote Windows Server 2008 Foundation Network Guide and Companion Guides The Windows Server 2008 Foundation Network Guide provides instructions for planning and deploying the components required for a fully functioning network and a new Active Directory domain in a new forest. Companion guides are also available to help you add new network functionality and features to the network you deployed with the Foundation Network Guide. Windows Server 2008 Foundation Network Guide Using this guide, you can deploy computers configured with the follo…

This step-by-step guide provides the instructions necessary to use User Account Control (UAC) in a test environment. This document is not intended to provide a comprehensive, detailed description of UAC. Additional resources include the following: All users of this step-by-step guide will also be interested in Getting Started with User Account Control on Windows Vista (Understanding and Configuring User Account Control in Windows Vista ). For information for developers and independent software vendors about how to develop applications for Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, see The Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Developer Story: Windows Vista Applicat…

Submitted By: BSchwarz Submitted On: Today, 08:54 PM Submitted In: General Resources Click here to go to tutorial Quote The Read-only Domain Controller is one of the new and most existing features of Windows Server 2008. So is Server Core. Combining these two features opens up a whole new world of possibilities for your Active Directory environment. Server Core Domain Controllers are the high-performance low-maintenance brothers of Domain Controllers running on full installations of Windows Server 2008. I've already showed you a long time ago how to install Server Core Domain Controllers. (the post that started the Server Core frenzy on my blog over a year ago)…

Earthtimes (press release) Windows 7 Upgrade 'Hacks' Not Legal, Microsoft Suggests Redmondmag.com Individuals need to have a licensed copy of Window XP or Windows Vista to use the upgrade media. They can even migrate to higher editions of Windows 7. ... Apple Using Google To Dampen Windows 7 HypeChannelWeb Must Microsoft Store copy Apple Store to succeed?BetaNews Yes, based on Mac history, Windows 7.5 will suck lessZDNet Neowin

This week the W3C holds its annual Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee meeting (TPAC 2009). There will be about a dozen people from the IE team participating and this is a valuable opportunity to continue working together with other W3C members on the next generation of web standards. High quality specifications that improve interoperability between browsers are important. Our goal is to help ensure these new standards work well for web developers and will work well in

Techtree.com Apple Using Google To Dampen Windows 7 Hype ChannelWeb "Microsoft has dug quite a hole for themselves with Vista, and now they're trying to get out of it with Windows 7," Serlet told attendees at WWDC. ... Must Microsoft Store copy Apple Store to succeed?BetaNews Yes, based on Mac history, Windows 7.5 will suck lessZDNet Microsoft: Clean installs from "upgrade media" is piratingNeowin Chattanooga Times Free Press

Volume seven of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv7) - part of Microsoft's commitment to providing an unparalleled level of security intelligence to help keep individuals and organizations better informed and to maximize security investments - was released today and there are a couple of tidbits in the report that caught my attention that I thought I would pass on. As a reminder, the SIR is published by Microsoft twice per year and looks at the data and trends observed in the first and second halves of each calendar year. The first thing that struck me while reading through the report is that for the first time, the SIR shares some high-level security…

PC World Enterprise IT Windows 7 Upgrade Headaches May Slow Rollout CIO Today Certainly, no one ever got fired for not installing the initial version of Windows Vista. But with Windows 7's origins in Vista, some feel that the ... Must Microsoft Store copy Apple Store to succeed?BetaNews Yes, based on Mac history, Windows 7.5 will suck lessZDNet Microsoft: Clean installs from "upgrade media" is piratingNeowin Chattanooga Times Free Press

PC World DirectX 11 Now Available for Windows Vista PC World Vista users who check Windows Update should see a rather generic "Platform Update" with the reference KB971644. The update is available for Windows Server ... and more

Interested in upgrading from the Windows 7 Release Candidate to the final version? I'll show you how. View the full article