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This blog post details a change we’re making to IE8’s first run experience, previously described in other posts here and here. The goal of the IE setup experience is to put IE users in control of their settings and respect existing defaults. IE will never install, or become the default browser without your explicit consent. However, we heard a lot of feedback from a lot of different people and groups and decided to make the user choice of the default browser even more explicit. This change is part of our ongoing commitment to user choice and control. Specifically, users who install IE8 and have another browser set as the default will now see this panel as part …

CNET News Get a 10-inch HP Netbook for $279.99 CNET News Sure, they're a bit cramped, but for the kind of work I need to do while traveling (writing blog posts, checking e-mail, etc.), they're absolutely fine. ... Latest netbook incarnations are an improvementBoston Globe Twice as Many Netbooks Are On The WayTom's Hardware Guide [/size] all 3 news articles

Cheap Laptops Currently Being Moderated ChannelWeb There are a whole lot of programs written for Windows XP that won't work on Vista or Windows 7, and almost none that were written for Windows 98 will still ... Ballmer: "I'm a PC" ads effective against AppleZDNet Blogs Microsoft: Apple lawyers tried to stop adsZDNet Blogs [/size] all 362 news articles

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Microsoft planning updated UI for Windows Update Neowin The update will simply improve the user interface for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 computers running Windows Update, adding a more visible and ... [/size] and more

Hi, OS : Win2k8 Server Standard I have disabled Windows Firewall, have check in Start>Admin Tools> Windows Firewall with advanced security that Echo request IPv4 & v6 ICMP in rules are disabled. iam unable to ping win2k8 server from another win2k8 server, i have added the IP addresses to WINDOWS\system32\drivers\ etc\hosts for resolution. but they dont work! i keep getting destination host unreachable. help :(

I copied some jpg pictures to a shared folder on our server recently. They open up fine for me in Windows Picture and Fax viewer. All the other users cannot open them though, The app opens and it says "no preview available". These users have full rights to this directory. In other folders they can open other jpg's just fine. It's only this recent set that I copied over. What the heck could be causing this?

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Hello, I am new to WS2008 and I was wondering if anyone could help me with my issue. I have two NIC's installed in my pc. One NIC is connected to a DSL Modem, and the other one is connected to my LAN. The server currently is running a DNS Server and a DHCP Server. I don't want to use ICS, because it messes with my static ip that is set for my NIC. I also have tried the routing guide from windowsnetworking.com without any luck with that. Perhaps I did something, wrong. I don't know. Anyway, any help would be appreciated. Thanks for all the support, King John.

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I have previously wrote a post on closing the applications that is not responding via the task manager. Aside from the GUI task manager, there is another way of closing applications in Vista via the console application. To be able to do this, follow the steps below on closing the app: 1. Run the command prompt, [...]Post from: Windows Vista Weblog More...

Hi, I have a local lab in which two web servers are installed windows server 2008 64-bit(Enterprise edition) OS. And I have got a problem. Performance counters in each of the two web servers cannot be accessed remotely by perfmon from any other machines in the lab. The perfmon will prompt the error message Unable to connect to the machine. Any assistance would be much appreciated and let me know if you need more information. Note: 1. perfhost service have already been started on both two web servers. 2. I am administrator on all the servers in the lab. 3. In the lab, OS have been installed on the machines contains win server 2003 32-bit OS, win server 2003 64-…

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Hi, Can I assume these during a normal Vista Shut down? When the user issues shut down: 1- windows sends shut down message to all desktop processes! 2- programms need not much to do close fast and windows can continue with shut down! 3- a not responding dialog may appear for programms that need to do much and do not interact with windows for 30 seconds 4- a not responding dialo does not appear for programms that do lengthy operaion but through many API calls (thus windows understands that the program is progressing with shut down normally) so Keeps desktop on for them until they exit 5-when I see logging of it means that windows is closing Explorer.exe and…

Telegraph.co.uk Chrome: Google's New Cloud OS SYS-CON Media (press release) With all the anti-Microsoft sentiments surrounding Vista and the anti-monopoly debacle surrounding its European launch of Windows 7, Redwood is having a ... Can Google Learn from Microsoft's Mistakes?PC World The battle on your desktopBoston Globe Intel eyes Google, but Microsoft is mainstayCNET News The Canberra Times -New Zealand Herald -CNET News all 475 news articles

I have a desktop on which I both Vista and Window 7 installed in a dual boot configuration. I have been able to access which ever OS is running from a laptop over a wireless network for some time with no problem. All of a sudden every time I try and connect with Vista running on the desktop I get an error message that my credentials are not recognized. I can still connect to Windows7 with no problem and the identities and connect parameters are the same for either OS. I also note that I have one of the drives on the desktop Mapped and when I try and access that drive using the same password as for remote access I have no problem. It is really a frustraing sc…

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Background As a part of the July security bulletin, Microsoft yesterday released an update to mitigate a vulnerability in the “Microsoft Video†ActiveX control. This control contained a stack-based buffer overflow which could be exploited by a malicious web page. If you haven’t yet done so, please make sure you’ve installed the latest updates from WindowsUpdate to help keep your system secure. The Microsoft Video control should not have been marked as safe because it wasn’t intended for use within the browser. Rather than updating the control itself, Microsoft decided to block misuse of the control via a killbit. Killbits are simple registry flags tha…

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Ghacks Technology News Microsoft pushes monthly patches - six bulletins fix nine ... The Tech Herald Users of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7 RC1 were not affected by the DirectShow flaws disclosed in May. MS09-029, deals with two ... Microsoft Patches Nine HolesPC Magazine Microsoft plugs critical DirectShow, Video ActiveX holesZDNet Asia Microsoft warns of attacks on new activex holeCNET News ZDNet -InfoWorld all 199 news articles

I've found a bug in Vista (all versions) but I don't know where to post it in the hope for a hotfix.... here is it in short: iconified floders on the taskbar use a wrong icon for the "current folder": http://g.imagehost.org/0025/Immagine_5.jpg instead of using the correct folder image you're currently in as it should (example: http://f.imagehost.org/0269/Immagine.jpg ). Here is an example shot showing the problem: http://f.imagehost.org/0502/Immagine.jpg This has been reported and confirmed by all peolple I know with very different HW and Vista versions. It doesn't matter, after a while (usually after furious copy fromto USB flashdrives) Vista won't show…

Running Vista ultimate on a laptop, how can I remove the administrator as the key recovery agent for EFS? I want one account at the key recovery agent.

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Microsoft Windows 7 pricing deals spark interest and controversy TechRepublic In the meantime it is important to take notice of the Windows pricing already revealed by Microsoft recently on The Windows Blog. This blog post is also ... http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&ncl=dqVDnLgJLZvMqRM More...