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Windows 7 Feature Focus: Scenic Ribbon, Paint and WordPad
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The new Scenic Ribbon control in Windows 7 is used by both Paint and WordPad... More...
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Report: Microsoft's Laptop Hunter ads are working - CNET News
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WA today Report: Microsoft's Laptop Hunter ads are working CNET News, CA He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. by myles taylor May 19, 2009 9:43 AM PDT With all the flaming and arguing that goes on by the fanboys and people who just prefer one or the other (myself included) we're not the ... Advertising Works! Technologizer all 42 news articles More...
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Customize the [Windows]+E key shortcut to open what you want TechRepublic, KY This blog post is also available in the PDF format in a free techrepublic Download. Before I show you how to use autohotkey to re-route the [Windows]+E, let's take a look at the default [Windows] key shortcuts in Vista. (Table A) Of course, ... More...
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Two programs that simplify Vista system tweaking - CNET News
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CNET News Two programs that simplify Vista system tweaking CNET News, CA I looked at a free program from Microsoft MVP Anand Khanse called Ultimate Windows Tweaker and the $29.99 Vista Smoker Pro from waresoft Software (as close to palindrome as company names get). The freebie acted up a bit on my 64-bit Vista machine, ... More...
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Microsoft confirms serious IIS bug, downplays threat - Computerworld
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Microsoft confirms serious IIS bug, downplays threat Computerworld, MA Microsoft also confirmed that the older IIS 5 and IIS 5.1 software is vulnerable The newer IIS 7, which debuted alongside Windows Vista and is included in Windows Server 2008, is not affected, however. The vulnerability was revealed last week in a ... More...
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Hello, We are working on an application that uses DHCP server on Windows 2003/2008 for IP allocation. For one requirement, we have added IgnoreBroadcastFlag to windows registry, to unicast DHCP responses, as per the following link. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc780718.aspx This works fine on Windows 2003. However, when the IgnoreBroadcastFlag is set to 0 on Windows 2008, we are not getting expected results. I haven't found any relevant link for Windows 2008. Is this flag supported on Windows 2008? Is any documentation available for same? Is there any way to check in the Windows 2008 DHCP server, to find out exactly where it is failing? …
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ACtiveX Error on each Outlook 2003 Email Signature
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sunanu@newsgroup.nospam wrote: > Nothing in the body of the message. You should post in an Outlook group. When you do, follow the suggestions for how to post here: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question microsoft.public.outlook.general http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
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Re: Security Center says that Windows Defender is turned off
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Hi, I had the same problem, fortunately AVG have released a patch to fix the problem with Vista 32bit. http://www.avg.com/filedir/util/support/delrepwv_en.exe This should resolve the problem, it did mine! Cheers Stesal -- Stesal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stesal's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/99553.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-security/714970.htm http://forums.techarena.in
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Advertising Works! - Technologizer
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WA today Advertising Works! Technologizer, CA Considering that the current version of Windows is Windows Vista, Microsoft has every incentive to downplay the OS. I assume that when Windows 7 comes out, it'll return to emphasizing the operating system as a selling point, even if it also continues ... Windows 7, what more can I say? MacMod all 30 news articles More...
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VirtualBox: Windows 7 on your Mac for free - Cnet Asia
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Cnet Asia VirtualBox: Windows 7 on your Mac for free Cnet Asia, CA For a full rundown of new features, check out Seth Rosenblatt's hands-on post, but there's plenty of Windows 7 content to pore over. Judging from many of the comments, people who have used Windows 7 are saying it's the OS everyone hoped Vista would be. ... More...
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Swine Flu cases soar from 1 to 3 in India!! - Cnet Asia
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Swine Flu cases soar from 1 to 3 in India!! Cnet Asia, CA The views expressed in this blog are the author's, and not those of CNET Asia. rosgani: Windows 7 need more resource for run optimized in your PC. more » rosgani: Windows 7 need more resource for run optimized in your PC. more » jsbi: Yup - but Win XP ... More...
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Amid Linux netbook jitters, Dell stands firm - Australian Techworld
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Amid Linux netbook jitters, Dell stands firm Australian Techworld, Australia Dell's latest model netbook, the Latitude 2100, announced today will ship with the latest Ubuntu Linux 9.04 by default with options for Windows XP and – believe it or not – Windows Vista. What makes this release more interesting that the standard line ... More...
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Blogola: The FTC Takes On Paid Posts - BusinessWeek
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Blogola: The FTC Takes On Paid Posts BusinessWeek ... Toolbox: Why You Should Pay Bloggers to Talk About Your Brand . Often companies don't need to disburse cash to win bloggers' favor. Microsoft (MSFT) sent bloggers pricey Acer laptops loaded with Windows Vista to promote the software's launch in 2006. More...
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Is it possible to query "Applications and Services logs" using WMI/WQL, as we do for querying Windows Logs (i.e, SELECT * FROM Win32_NTLogEvent) ? Querying Win32_NTLogEvent returns only Windows primary logs, how can we query Application and Services log, if possible for instance Microsoft-->Windows-->GroupPolicy/Operational events Thanks in advance, Bhaskar
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Office 2010 Preview Somehow Leaks To Web - ChannelWeb
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Office 2010 Preview Somehow Leaks To Web ChannelWeb, NY Office 2010 will run on Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista and Windows 7 and will include a 64-bit version for the first time. Microsoft launched the Office 2010 blog last week at its TechEd conference and said Office 2010 will run smoothly on hardware ... More...
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Netbooks for Apple
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Netbooks for Apple has been a hot topic for the longest time. Major computer vendors have joined the bandwagon and made sure they were in the netbook competition. Apple has kept silent on their plans for a netbook given that the company is known to create and innovate products rather than joining the bandwagon. Things [...]Post from: Windows Vista Weblog More...
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Technology corner: Linux, shminux - Garner Citizen
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Technology corner: Linux, shminux Garner Citizen, North Carolina and “If Linux is this good, why doesn't everyone use it instead of Windows?â€. Prior to that use, he'd never even seen any OS besides Windows, let alone used one. I'm in the process of a blog series called “Migrating to Free Open Source Software†on my ... More...
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Windows 7 on track for holiday sales - Computerworld
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Product Reviews Windows 7 on track for holiday sales Computerworld, MA Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president of the Windows engineering group, said in a blog post that "if the feedback and telemetry on Windows 7 match our expectations," the next-generation operating system "will enter the final phases of the process in ... Dell says Windows 7 price is possible barrier CNET News What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good? ZDNet all 51 news articles More...
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Making the Web Bigger Part 1: Improvements to Zoom
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As display technologies advance and the world begins to fully embrace accessibility on the web, the Zoom and High DPI experience of all browsers has become increasingly important. This is the first in a series of posts describing changes and improvements to Internet Explorer 8 to enable a more readable web on today’s displays. In this post, we’ll focus on enhancements to the Zoom user experience. How to Use Zoom First, let’s review how to take advantage of Zoom in Internet Explorer 8. Internet Explorer 7’s zoom was closer to optical zoom, where every element on the page was scaled relative to its size as rendered at 100% or ‘normal’ view. This led to a n…
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Windows 7 UAC Isn't Inherently Insecure; Users Are - PC Magazine
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Windows 7 UAC Isn't Inherently Insecure Users Are PC Magazine A little background: If you run Windows 7 as an administrator this does not require a UAC prompt, while it did in Vista. If you're logged in as Administrator in Vista or Windows 7 then you are actually run in a less-privileged mode and, ... More...
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Hello Everyone, I have been looking for a tool that will import an XML file into a 2008 server that adds roles. I know I can use the ServerManager tool, but I'm told there is a tool that can import selected roles, and also exports roles that exist on a server to an xml file. Has anyone heard or knows of this tool?
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Hyper-Threading Support for Windows 7 is Greatly Improved
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One of the improved features of Windows 7 is it’s hyper-threading ability which is greatly improved and utilized on the today’s multiple core processors. Bill Veghte who is Microsoft’s senior VP for Windows development has said that Microsoft is working closely with chipmaker Intel to ensure that Windows 7’s ability maximize hyper-threading to its full [...]Post from: Windows Vista Weblog More...
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Sharp 19 Inch Lcd Hdtv
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Toshiba 1080p Lcd Hdtv
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Mce Hdtv Tv Tuner
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