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Brief Round Up of Reaction to Windows 7 Beta - The Moderate Voice
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Brief Round Up of Reaction to Windows 7 Beta The Moderate Voice - 9 minutes ago His print column on Windows 7. Endgadget has benchmarks galore, “it looks like XP is still the outright speed champ on current hardware.†Here’s 7 v Vista ... More...
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Vista SP Slips, But IE 8 News is More Promising - InternetNews.com
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Vista SP Slips, But IE 8 News is More Promising InternetNews.com - 7 minutes ago However, hint of an impending RC release came from an inadvertent blog post by Frank Olivier, UX and Compatibility program manager at Microsoft. ... More...
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Talk of the Town: Microsoft to Lay-Off 5000 - Computer Shopper
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Talk of the Town: Microsoft to Lay-Off 5000 Computer Shopper, NY - 7 hours ago Don't worry, if you love your Windows and want to see Microsoft get better soon, many models come with an option for XP or even Vista if you beef up the ... Linux Netbooks: A Tough Ticket? bMighty.com all 36 news articles More...
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Addressing the State of the White House Technology - WebProNews
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Addressing the State of the White House Technology WebProNews, KY - 7 hours ago That must mean Windows XP. If you haven't noticed, most people still prefer XP over Microsoft's clunky, buggy, annoying new Vista. ... More...
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Microsoft to deliver IE8 release candidate on Monday - TechSpot
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Microsoft to deliver IE8 release candidate on Monday TechSpot - 5 minutes ago Windows 7 beta users will have to wait a bit longer, though, as the RC1 build will initially be offered to Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems ... More...
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Microsoft Releases Web Platform Installer - Web Host Industry Review
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Microsoft Releases Web Platform Installer Web Host Industry Review - 28 minutes ago Web PI can also be run on a variety of Windows operating systems including Vista RTM, Vista SP1, XP, and Server 2003 and 2008. It also includes support for ... More...
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Microsoft to Deliver First IE8 Release Candidate Monday - PC World
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Microsoft to Deliver First IE8 Release Candidate Monday PC World - 9 minutes ago ... and a post on Microsoft's IE8 blog on Wednesday said the company was "about to release" IE8 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) for Windows XP and Vista. ... More...
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WinInfo Short Takes: Week of January 26, 2009 - Windows IT Pro
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WinInfo Short Takes: Week of January 26, 2009 Windows IT Pro, CO - 4 minutes ago In other words, if you're looking for the most recent version of the browser, you're going to have to test it on Windows XP or Vista. ... More...
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Life AM (After Microsoft) - CNET News
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Life AM (After Microsoft) CNET News, CA - 5 minutes ago Microsoft's problems may well result from its dogmatic insistence that Vista isn't rubbish, as Gartner suggests, but that will be small consolation to the ... More...
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UAC on - no recent files anymore
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If I switch UAC on, the recent file list that I used to access in any "save as.." window (top left corner icon) to conveniently locate a previous folder shows up empty. Has it reset, will it fill up again?
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Windows 7 Offers 21 New Hotkey Combos - InformationWeek
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Windows 7 Offers 21 New Hotkey Combos InformationWeek, NY - 13 minutes ago By Paul McDougall Microsoft has built its new Windows 7 operating system with an eye toward simplicity and efficiency. Gone, among other things, are Vista's ... More...
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Running at elevated privileges via Remote Desktop Connection
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I am logged in to another system using Remote Desktop Connection. The remote account is an admin account, and I have supplied the username and password. When I do a disk defrag, using Windows Explorer / Properties / Tools / Defragment Now... the dialog box stays forever, and cannot be closed (on a local disk the UAC prompt appears). I assume that the UAC prompt has appeared on the remote system (unattended). How can I reslove this?
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Windows 7 has 21 new hotkeys - domain-B
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Windows 7 has 21 new hotkeys domain-B, India - 5 minutes ago Though it could take a while to learn and get used to, Microsoft's Windows 7, the successor to the hugely unpopular Windows Vista will have numerous ... More...
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Partition Your Disk Drive in Vista Without Formatting
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I grew tired of using Virtual PC (Windows Server 2003, MOSS/SharePoint 2007, SharePoint Designer, etc.) as my development environment and last night I decided to dual boot one of my laptops which is loaded with Windows Vista Enterprise edition.I have repeatedly written how I love Virtual Machines but I found development faster when everything I [...] More...
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Getting to know Windows' system commands - CNET News
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Getting to know Windows' system commands CNET News, CA - 4 minutes ago Exactly one year ago in this very blog, I promised to describe how to use commands to manage Windows. The earlier post linked to a comprehensive list of ... More...
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Obama Gets His BlackBerry, but What About Facebook? - PC World
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PC World Obama Gets His BlackBerry, but What About Facebook? PC World - 13 hours ago Windows Vista Migration: The Business Proposition It's not so much a matter of "if" but "when" for most organizations regarding migration to Windows Vista. ... More...
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Windows 7 put up against Vista and XP in hardcore multicore ... engadget, CA - 3 hours ago Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. ... More...
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Linux Netbooks: A Tough Ticket? - bMighty.com
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Linux Netbooks: A Tough Ticket? bMighty.com, NY - 39 minutes ago Hardware OEMs, for obvious reasons, keep mum about the arrangements they make with Microsoft to procure volume-priced copies of Windows XP (Vista is a ... More...
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Behind Microsoft's 5000 job cuts - Register
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Behind Microsoft's 5000 job cuts Register, UK - 28 minutes ago Netbooks typically run Window XP, not high-priced copies of Windows Vista. Which hurt Microsoft even further. And so the company said it will cut 5000 ... More...
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Anonymous blog posts give clues to Microsoft layoffs - ITworld.com
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Anonymous blog posts give clues to Microsoft layoffs ITworld.com, MA - 4 minutes ago The team is rapidly preparing Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista , for release potentially later this year. The Windows client division, ... More...
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Windows 7 Feature Focus: Styles and Desktop Slide Shows
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This major update to my Styles article includes Style Pack info and five freely downloadable Style Packs! More...
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Microsoft hiring Windows 7 Testers
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It was reported that Microsoft is currently hiring testers sent by email invitation to test out Windows 7 spefically on netbooks. This job hunt is restricted to Chile, Egypt, Lebanon, Brazil, Jordan and India, according to the invitation.The letter goes like this“You are invited to join a beta trial for a specialized version of Windows [...] More...
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Anonymous postings give clues to where Microsoft's cutting jobs Computerworld, MA - 18 minutes ago The team is rapidly preparing Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista, for release potentially later this year. The Windows client division, ... More...
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Anonymous postings give clues to where Microsoft cutting jobs Computerworld, MA - 7 minutes ago The team is rapidly preparing Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista, for release potentially later this year. The Windows client division, ... More...
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Host Process error message almost everytime I start up
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I use Vista (32bit) and I get this message almost everytime I start my HP laptop.... Host Process for Windows Services stopped working and was closed. A problem caused the application to stop working correctly. Windows will notify you if a solution is available. Does anyone know what this is and what the solution is? Windows has never notified me abgout anything concerning this. Everything seems to run just fine so it is primarily a nuisance.