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CNET News Nvidia 'pro' graphics hook up with Apple Mac Pro CNET News, CA Anyway, I have the just as capable Adobe Premier Pro for Windows or Avid in addition to countless other equals in the audio engineering and graphics department that work just as fine on Windows Vista and will see greater benefits too. ... More...

Jakarta Post Windows 7 security enhancements CNET News, CA More information about Windows 7 security features are in posts on the Windows Security Blog and the Windows Blog. Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in ... Have we arrived in the post-Windows era? ZDNet Death of Linux on netbooks greatly exaggerated Ars Technica 10 things you should look for in a netbook ZDNet all 312 news articles More...

Windows 7 to also be version 7 of the Windows kernel? Neowin, Netherlands Previously, Neowin reported that Mike Nash, Corporate VP of Windows Product Management, posted on on the Windows Vista Team Blog with the official explanation that Windows 7 would be kernel version 6.1. "So we decided to ship the Windows 7 code as ... More...

As I have previously written, I have a habit of looking into my task manager and inspect the programs running in the background. Even if I am aware of all the applications I install, I am still surprised to see a lot of applications that I do not need running in the background. Rundll32.exe is an [...] More...

On my XP Pro SP3 system all of my SATA drives show up in Safely Remove Hardware. On my Server 2008 with Hyper-V none of my SATA drives show up in Safely Remove Hardware. The XP system has one ADDONICS AESNAPMRSA SNAP-IN SATA MOBILE RACK - STORAGE ENCLOSURE. The Server system has two. These allow me to plug in or remove a SATA drive while the system is running. On the XP system I simply select the drive in the Safely Remove Hardware window and press Stop then press OK and I can remove the drive. The Server 2008 system does not show the SATA drives as removable. If I connect a USB drive it does show as removable. Is this a known problem and is there a fix …

Macworld UK Mon, 20 Apr 2009 A Windows guru spends two weeks with a Mac Macworld UK, UK More recently on my Computerworld Windows blog, I've been called various schoolyard epithets when I've written anything remotely critical about Macs or people who use them. So it was with more than a little trepidation that I accepted a new assignment ... More...

Whenever I buy a new computer, I make sure I check all the hardware devices as well as verify on the CMOS and operating system. In Windows Vista, you have what we call the “System Information†which tells you information on the memory chip that is installed in your computer.Below are the information you would [...] More...

Sydney Morning Herald Have we arrived in the post-Windows era? ZDNet It didn't even happen in 2007 - the year Windows Vista arrived while the tech world was fixated on Web 2.0 and “cloud computing.†There are a lot of reasons for the failure of Windows Vista, but in retrospect the biggest reason was that the OS simply ... Death of Linux on netbooks greatly exaggerated Ars Technica 10 things you should look for in a netbook ZDNet all 231 news articles More...

reboot every time i start my laptop i can't acsess -safe mode -system recovry how i can format by usb or extrnal flash is there any idea about netboot i crash my laptop by buting premssion to a unvild users like owner system but not me and give the owner ship to it pls help :sick::cry:style_emoticons//sad.gif:confused: -- hum00d

Hey i know this is probably a gigantic headache for most people. But every where i look people tell me to download an older version of MSN so i do but when i try to open it, it says i have to instal the newest version so i do that. Sometimes it work sometimes it doesn't. And i get the stupid DEP stuff. The times it works it works until i turn my computer off and then i get the DEP Message again. Any way to fix this? Thanks! -- JJJameson

I would like use W2k8 as Radius Server for login authentication for AlliedTelesis switches (x900-12XT/S). I configured one switch as client: ! ... ! ssh server allow-users ra* ! ... ! radius-server host 10.20.4.50 key makaron aaa group server radius GRUPCIA server 10.20.4.50 ! aaa authentication login default local group GRUPCIA ! and second switch as server: ! ... ! crypto pki trustpoint local ! crypto pki enroll local radius-server local server enable nas 10.20.4.50 key makaron nas 10.20.4.70 key makaron group login1 attribute Cisco-AVPair shell:priv-lvl=1 attribute Service-Type Login-User group login15 attribute Service-Type…

Leo and I discuss Office 2010, Windows 7 build 7106, Q1 2009 PC market share, IE 8 on Windows Update, Xbox 360 E74 errors, and more... More...

The same thing has happened to me after Microsoft sent Windows Defender updates on March 17th. Mine is more complex. Windows defender disappeared and I cannot download it again from Microsoft since the computer will not validate any certificates, even from the Microsoft site. (I have a legitmate version of Vista Home Premium) Norton techs remotely verified that I do not have a virus (although the symptoms are similar to conficker). I can't download ANY software and many websites (AA.com, Microsoft.com, etc all now have certificate error). Although I can still enter the sites, I cannot use anything that requires form data (JAVA, etc) since it bombs and I see …

Did you every try to use the Shrink Volume feature of Windows Vista? Did it ever tell you that you didn’t have space left despite having more than 10GB of free disk?The problem isn’t the amount of disk space you have but the arrangement of the file system. It is most likely that the end [...] More...

New York Times Apple Tops PC Customer Service Rankings New York Times, United States (great way to kill your consumer and small business sales) This blog entry makes me think of the newest PC ads on TV, where Windows laptops are compared to Macs, and people choose the PC and have it bought for them. They actually do make a good (but ... More...

Is the Server Up? Netgong Tool Gets Upgrade PC Magazine ... and round-the-clock coverage, according to the company. NetGong runs on Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, and Server 2008, and requires no modification of monitored devices. Originally posted to the PCMag.com @Work blog. More...

CNET News If the rumors are true, buy the Zune HD CNET News, CA Don is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and posts at The Digital Home. He is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. by monkeyfun14 April 16, 2009 3:33 PM PDT by Random_Walk April 16, 2009 3:46 PM PDT Does it come with unicorns farting and mermaids ... Zune phone ad campaign coming? CNET News all 101 news articles More...

Run Ubuntu inside Windows with Portable Ubuntu ZDNet Blogs To get the ball rolling you then fire up Portable Ubuntu via the Command Prompt (under Vista and Windows 7 this needs to have admin privileges). However, if you're expecting to see a full Linux desktop you're out of luck. ... More...

Personal Tech: Gadget News and Reviews Washington Post, United States Rob, when Windows 7 officially comes out, should I anticipate having problems installing it on my laptop, which has Windows XP installed. My laptop has 2 GB of RAM and is suppose to be "Vista Capable." Thanks! Rob Pegoraro: I'll start with a question ... More...

Do you use Windows Vista Hibernation mode? I must admit I have used and love this feature of Windows Vista, however, lately I felt that the hibernation mode makes my system performs a lot slower. Not only that, when I get an error message in one of my application, things seems to have a domino [...] More...

Part 2 of the ongoing interview with author and ex-Microsoftie Keith Curtis... More...

10 things you should look for in a netbook ZDNet Those systems can't host remote connections using Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection technology, nor can they properly join Windows server-powered domains, as can Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista Business systems. Netbooks are designed to ... More...

Sleeping with the enemy - Windows whiz spends two weeks with a Mac ITBusiness.ca, Canada More recently on my Computerworld Windows blog, I've been called various schoolyard epithets when I've written anything remotely critical about Macs or people who use them. So it was with more than a little trepidation that I accepted a new assignment ... More...

Longtime Windows sufferer finally tries Mac: ‘Mac OS X beats Windows' MacDailyNews More recently on my Computerworld Windows blog, I've been called various schoolyard epithets when I've written anything remotely critical about Macs or people who use them," Gralla reports. "So it was with more than a little trepidation that I accepted ... More...