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Microsoft delivers new storage-appliance code - ZDNet Blogs
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Sydney Morning Herald Microsoft delivers new storage-appliance code ZDNet Blogs - Mary Jo Foley The new release, Windows Storage Server 2008 (WSS08), is built on top of Windows Server 2008. According to a blog post on the Windows Server blog, WSS08 includes a new file de-duplication capability, and an ISCSI software target for unified file- and ... Top 10 reasons I like Windows 7 InfoWorld XP Mode for Windows 7 goes live ZDNet Windows 7 Downloads and Downsizing in Redmond Redmond Developer News ZDNet UK - Australian Personal Computer all 742 news articles More...
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IPv6 security guru fields questions - Computerworld
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IPv6 security guru fields questions Computerworld, Norway - Brad Reed If you have machines on your network that run Vista, then that would run both protocols at the same time. And even if your network isn't using the IPv6 stack, there are ways to awaken the IPv6 stack. For instance, Windows XP systems can be configured ... More...
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IPv6 security guru fields questions - Computerworld
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IPv6 security guru fields questions Computerworld, MA - Brad Reed If you have machines on your network that run Vista, then that would run both protocols at the same time. And even if your network isn't using the IPv6 stack, there are ways to awaken the IPv6 stack. For instance, Windows XP systems can be configured ... More...
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Experts: Windows 7 at risk from legacy flaw - ZDNet UK
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Experts: Windows 7 at risk from legacy flaw ZDNet UK, UK - Tom Espiner "In Windows NT, 2000, XP and Vista, Explorer used to Hide extensions for known file types," Hyppönen wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. "And virus writers used this 'feature' to make people mistake executables for stuff such as document files. ... Win 7 RC fails to thwart well-known hacker risk Register Windows 7 at risk from legacy flaw, F-Secure says CNET News Windows 7 Retains Windows Explorer Security Risk InformationWeek all 10 news articles More...
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Sydney Morning Herald First Windows 7 RC patch turns off 'hang time' correction in IE8 BetaNews - Scott M. Fulton, III In a blog post Monday, IE8 engineers reported an uptick in the number of hung tab reports it received from users of the Windows 7 Release Candidate, one day before the general public got its turn. "Based on the initial, Microsoft-internal, ... Top 10 reasons I like Windows 7 InfoWorld XP Mode for Windows 7 goes live ZDNet Windows 7 Downloads and Downsizing in Redmond Redmond Developer News ZDNet UK - Australian Personal Computer all 716 news articles More...
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Windows 7 promises better SSD-ing performance than Vista - Register
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Windows 7 promises better SSD-ing performance than Vista Register, UK - Chris Mellor It's nothing very clever, but it should make for a snappier Windows. A Microsoft blog on the topic says that the main problem areas are the limited life of SSDs, extended by wear levelling and random writes. Windows 7 has been tested and tuned to deal ... More...
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We have been working in partnership with our independent software vendor (ISV) community to move the ecosystem to a set of new application programming interfaces (APIs) that many ISVs use to report status to Security Center (integrated within Action Center in Windows 7). The interfaces are used by many antivirus, antispyware, and firewall programs. Te interface changes were introduced in Windows Vista SP1. These new APIs supersede the ones originally shipped in Windows Vista. From the release of Vista SP1, we jointly established with the security ISVs an 18 month grace period where they could use both the old and the new interfaces. After the 18 month grace period …
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Microsoft Download-O-Rama!
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Microsoft has delivered an unprecedented software bounty to its public servers! Gentlemen, start your downloads ... More...
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Some Intel chips don't support Windows 7 'XP mode' - CNET News
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CNET News Some Intel chips don't support Windows 7 'XP mode' CNET News, CA - Brooke Crothers BTW, I have not meet many SMB CFOs or controllers who do not take issue w/ being told that, after purchasing a new PC w/ Windows on it, they still have to spend the $35-50/yr per pc (5pc minimum) for MS Vista Business Upg w/ MDOP under an Open Value ... More...
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Windows 7 Retains Windows Explorer Security Risk - InformationWeek
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Windows 7 Retains Windows Explorer Security Risk InformationWeek, NY - Thomas Claburn Specifically, Windows Explorer provides a way to hide a file's extension. Virus writers use this feature to disguise executable files as something more innocuous, such as text files, Hypponen explains in a blog post. By also changing the appearance of ... Experts: Windows 7 at risk from legacy flaw ZDNet UK Win 7 RC fails to thwart well-known hacker risk Register all 8 news articles More...
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Win 7 RC fails to thwart well-known hacker risk - Register
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Win 7 RC fails to thwart well-known hacker risk Register, UK - John Leyden By John Leyden • Get more from this author An almost-ready version of Windows 7 retains a feature from Windows NT which expedites a well-known hacker trick, according to net security experts. Win 7 RC omits a fix for a long-standing security ... More...
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Windows 7 Ultimate test version available to public today - Seattle Post Intelligence
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WA today Windows 7 Ultimate test version available to public today Seattle Post Intelligencer Microsoft's most recent operating system, Windows Vista, generated a lot of uproar, and the company says it got the message and has fixed Vista's annoyances with Windows 7. Starting today, the public gets to find out. Microsoft released a free version ... XP Mode for Windows 7 goes live ZDNet Windows 7 Downloads and Downsizing in Redmond Redmond Developer News Windows 7 Release Candidate: a first look ZDNet UK Australian Personal Computer - InfoWorld all 594 news articles More...
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Here is the article I read on the topic: IIS 6.0 Tuning for Performance I havent used this in practice, but this paragraph contains the suggested solution: Set minFreeThreads to 88 * # of CPUs . This setting is used by the worker process to queue all the incoming requests if the number of available threads in the thread pool falls below the value for this setting. This setting effectively limits the number of requests that can run concurrently to maxWorkerThreads - minFreeThreads . Set minFreeThreads to 88 * # of CPUs. This limits the number of concurrent requests to 12 (assuming maxWorkerThreads is 100). Can anyone please tell me what I need to set these to…
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Windows 7 this Christmas Season
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Put aside some money for Christmas as strong speculations indicate that Microsoft is pushing for a Holiday release of Windows 7. The release candidate of Windows 7 is looking good and we are still months away from the holidays. The way Microsoft is going from the release of Windows 7 builds to RC, it is [...]Post from: Windows Vista Weblog More...
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Top 10 reasons I like Windows 7 - InfoWorld
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Australian Personal Computer Top 10 reasons I like Windows 7 InfoWorld, CA Windows Vista let you perform saved searches and create virtual folders in Explorer. However, Windows 7 libraries also let you write to these saved searches, which you couldn't do before. 8. UAC slider. Personally, I liked the UAC (User Account ... First Windows 7 RC feature gets pulled Australian Personal Computer all 74 news articles More...
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Windows 7 RC Tab Hang Reporting Update Available
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As we described on Monday, the IE8 in Windows 7 RC includes additional tab “hang†reporting functionality. This functionality relies on a timer threshold to determine when a tab might be unresponsive. This threshold was calibrated based on data from internal Microsoft users. As we began to look at data coming in from real-world Win7 RC users, we noticed that some users are being prompted to recover from hung tabs more frequently than some would like. We stated on Monday that if the data suggests that too many users are being prompted too frequently that we would publish an update to resolve the issue. Based on the data we’ve seen so far, today we are publis…
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McAfee: New botnets dwarf Conficker threat - CNET News
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McAfee: New botnets dwarf Conficker threat CNET News, CA - Lance Whitney Lance is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and he is not an employee of CNET. by AppleRocks1963 May 5, 2009 9:52 AM PDT Windows: The gift that keeps on giving--to thieves, scam artists, spammers, etc. etc. by Michichael May 5, 2009 10:21 AM PDT And ... More...
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Download instructions Thank you for testing the Windows 7 Beta. You're playing an important role in helping deliver the best version of Windows yet. Now, we hope you'll join us for the next part of the Windows 7 journey, testing the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC). This is the really fun part of the testing process: you help by simply using the RC. When you do, your PC will automatically and anonymously send our engineers the information they need to validate the changes and fixes they made based on the Beta tests and your feedback. Read this first Here's what you need to know before you get started: You don't need to rush! The RC will be available at le…
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How do I... Remote desktop to a Windows XP PC from Windows Vista? TechRepublic, KY - Mark Kaelin Editor's note: Recent events have made this How do I blog post more relevant, so I thought it best to revisit this previously published tip. Microsoft Windows Vista adds several layers of system security above and beyond what was used in Windows XP. ... More...
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Time for Microsoft to fess up on Windows 7 date - CNET News
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Time for Microsoft to fess up on Windows 7 date CNET News, CA - Ina Fried In its blog posting announcing the release candidate's availability, Microsoft said when the test code would expire, but again refused to say when it will actually become obsolete. Clearly Microsoft was burned by its experience with Vista, ... More...
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XP Mode for Windows 7 goes live - ZDNet
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DailyTech XP Mode for Windows 7 goes live ZDNet - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes You can read my XP Mode Hands on post here, and my verdict on XP Mode here. Adrian is a technology journalist and author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology. He also runs a popular blog called The PC Doctor. ... Windows 7 Release Candidate: a first look ZDNet UK How compatible is Katmai with Windows 7? InfoWorld Leaked copies of Windows 7 RC contain Trojan Computerworld Daily Contributor - bMighty.com all 394 news articles More...
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Windows 7 Release Candidate: a first look - ZDNet UK
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Sydney Morning Herald Windows 7 Release Candidate: a first look ZDNet UK, UK - Simon Bisson Enterprise users have had access to Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualisation tools (MED-V) for some time, which lets administrators control a virtual XP desktop running alongside Windows Vista. This blends XP applications with the Vista desktop ... How compatible is Katmai with Windows 7? InfoWorld Leaked copies of Windows 7 RC contain Trojan Computerworld Windows 7 Bundles Virtual PC Virtualization Review all 335 news articles More...
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Microsoft gives you Windows 7 RC for a year, free - guardian.co.uk
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The Age Microsoft gives you Windows 7 RC for a year, free guardian.co.uk, UK Short of that, begin testing your applications and hardware for compatibility against Windows Vista it will pay off with greater compatibility with Windows 7. (Get Ready for Windows 7, Forrester Research, April 2009.) Some corporate IT departments ... Microsoft Launches Tool To Simplify XP To Windows 7 Migration Wall Street Journal Could Windows 7 Ship on Back-to-School PCs? eWeek Verdict: Windows 7 - Like Vista, just a bit easier to use and less ... ZDNet InfoWorld - Windows IT Pro all 736 news articles More...
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Software application development - ZDNet UK
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Software application development ZDNet UK, UK - Adrian Bridgwater This blog is intended to provoke discussion and exchange between like minded software application developers, engineers, architects, project managers - and keen hobbyists too. The wait for Windows 7 combined with the comparatively lower than ... More...
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Default NTFS Permissions in Vista
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In XP you used to be able to reset the NTFS permissions on a drive using using the secedit tool and the templates that MS provided. I can't see how to do this in Vista as there are no templates under c:\windows\security\templates any more and the defltbase.inf template in c:\windows\inf hardly touches any of the filesystem. If you actually look at the contents of defltbase.inf it does have a lot entries for filesystem security but most of them are commented out with a semi-colon. It's the commented out ones for %systemroot% and %systemdirectory% that I'm interested in though. Why would MS put these entries in simply to comment them out.? It's not as if you can…