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Hello All, When I turn on my computer, a screen with a blue background and white text flashes and then I am directed to the "F8 screen." If I choose to "Start Windows Manually" or access the "Last Known Good Configuration," the blue screen flashes and I return to the "F8 screen." I cannot read what the blue screen says because it only appears for approximately 0.5 seconds. The only way that my computer starts is through "Safe Mode." When I run safe mode, a black screen appears when I log in with no icons or the start menu. I am able to access the "Windows Task Manager." This happened after I downloaded software online, so it is possible that I have s…

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Microsoft mirror to US Gov? OpEdNews I purchased a laptop with Windows Vista with 512 megabytes of RAM last Summer. Like most pcs with a Microsoft operating system, I was aggravated and felt ... http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&ncl=d3dPvKMVEq0tcdM More...

Roadmap May Reveal Windows 8 Date Tom's Hardware Guide This blog points out the tilda next to the date, indicating that Microsoft isn't exactly locked on a 2012 deadline, giving the company some breathing room. ... [/size] and more

On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:15:08 -0500, kevpan815 wrote: > A Message 4 Alias: Open Source Linux Ubuntu 9.04 Still Uses Mozilla > Firefox 3.0.13! And ms still comes with ie - so what's your point?

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Microsoft is expected to release a security update next week which patches and fixes five critical holes in Windows and a number of software. Don’t worry this problem does not include Windows 7, and I can imagine the media having a field day on it if it had a problem. Anyways, this critical hole allows [...]Post from: Windows Vista Weblog More...

CNET News New Google Chrome beta is â30 percent fasterâ Mirror.co.uk If you want to try it out yourself head over to the Google Chrome beta download page. It's currently only available for machines running Windows Vista or XP ... Google Chrome 3 continues to accelerate even as it adopts themesBetaNews New Chrome Beta Adds Themes, Speed, and HTML 5 VideoAppscout More style, more speed and more HTML 5 in ChromeThe H CNET News all 160 news articles

DailyTech Let's be More Rational on CHKDSK in Windows 7 DailyTech I know this first hand because one of my computers and a friend's computer that used to run fine on Windows XP refused to run on Windows Vista due to some ... http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&ncl=dr9y3206SOtxsyM More...

DailyTech Let's be more rational on CHKDSK in Windows 7 DailyTech I know this first hand because one of my computers and a friend's computer that used to run fine on Windows XP refused to run on Windows Vista due to some ... http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&ncl=d4LN6c5xMn_iZ9M More...

A very old game Theme Hospital luckily has DirectPlay IPX for multiplayer support. The problem is, it's very very slow in a high-ping network (ie. VPN via Hamachi for across the internet). I mean, it causes all clients games to be very very slow, it's unplayable. We can't scroll the screen without having to wait 10 times longer than normal for the screen to scroll. Is there anyway to make a wrapper for DirectPlay IPX so that it works across DirectPlay TCP/IP? If not, could write a fake service which would speed up the game clients so they don't have to wait? I believe all clients is waiting for constant updates from each other, possibly an acknowledgem…

I believe that at least one of the above is corrupt. When I try to replace using version 4.5 redistributable, I am told that it is an old version. Has anyone done either reinstal? TIA, Ed

Hi, I have unpacked a codec and find two folders: 'Release' and 'Release Unicode'. Both contain essentially the same codec I think that I should install the 'Release Unicode' version since I am using Windows Vista Home Premium, 32 bit. Am I correct? Thanks S

I have done a lot of investigation into this but have not been able to find an article or newsgroup message that has any relativity. My computer is a Toshiba NB 100 (Netbook) running Win XP. If I leave the computer connected to the charger when I turn it off, it restarts immediately. If I leave it on for any length of time it will restart without anyone doing anything. The restart on error function is not active. If anyone has had this problem and can suggest what I need to do, I would be most grateful. Dennis

Do you plan on upgrading to Windows 7? I think the first question you have is whether your personal computer has the right specs to run the latest operating system of Microsoft. If you are running Windows Vista, chances are your computer can run Windows 7. If you are however, running Windows XP, you would [...]Post from: Windows Vista Weblog More...

DailyTech Microsoft Serves Up Windows 7 To MSDN, TechNet ChannelWeb All of this means that many companies that skipped Vista and are still using XP will likely continue in a holding pattern until at least early next year. ... Windows 7 bug likely not a 'showstopper'CNET News Windows 7 RTM to Begin Rollout ... to a FewMicrosoft Watch Critical CHKDSK bug found in Windows 7 release buildGeek.com DailyTech -TG Daily -ChannelWeb all 139 news articles

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Microsoft is working on validating a potential bug in Windows 7 that Microsoft’s top executives said wasn’t a showstopper for the operating system’s launch.This bug is experienced whenever disk scanning is performed to determine the health of the disk. During this time, the operating system would allocate all it’s available memory to that process which [...]Post from: Windows Vista Weblog More...

Recently, the majority of image files I've been saving have been displaying incorrectly on Windows Photo Gallery. The horizontal resolution for all the images becomes 1 dpi and the vertical resolution becomes a number like 400 or 600 dpi. The result is images appear as a flat line when opened in Windows Photo Gallery but are perfectly fine when opened with other viewers. The icon thumbnails of the images also appear as this flat line. I don't see anything in the options which can fix the problem. Has anybody encountered this problem before or know a solution? Thanks

CNET News Forget the PS3 Slim. How about a slim Xbox 360? CNET News *stares at windows vista* many problems to address in this current generation of XBOXes. I'm gonna be psyched for the refresh of the PS3, then, ... [/size] and more

CNET News Get an Acer Aspire laptop for $299.25 CNET News One important note: The product page shows a prominent "Windows 7 Upgrade Offer" link, but the Acer, which includes Windows Vista Home Basic, ... http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&ncl=dtvfvQHWsQZptAM More...

Dear everyone, i have a problem with lpt1 mapping. My environment is: Server: Windows 2008 server sp2 with terminal server role Client: windows xp pro sp3 with rdp 6.1 My problem: On client i have mapped lpt1 with command net use lpt1 \\nameserver\printername, because on server i have a dos application that print only on lpt1. When i connect the client to server through rdp and do a print the result is a white sheet with a few lines of text instead of sheet with a lot of lines. I tried to print from dos on server with the command dir > lpt1, but the result was the same. So what can i do? If i map the lpt1 of the server (net use lpt1 \\names…

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