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Australian Personal Computer Microsoft now focused on "real world" Windows 7 install testing Australian Personal Computer, Australia The Microsoft Engineering blog has news that Microsoft would rather see future installs of Windows 7 (presumably the release candidate) take place on real world systems, ie those running Windows Vista or XP. Naturally, that's going to be a problem for ... More...

A Windows guru spends two weeks with a Mac The Industry Standard, CA 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...

I am using Server Perfromance Advisor V2 to monitor System and Active Directory Perfromance. It allows me to use a network share to transfer data for reporting. It requires an account with admin level permissions to do this. Can anyone tell me if this negotiates securely or if I need to find some way to run it over SSL? It seems odd that it requires an ID and password for an admin level account but doesn't say how to secure this if you intend to use them. Any advice on SPA would be usefull.

CBC.ca Living on Air: A Windows guru spends two weeks with a Mac Computerworld, MA 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 ... Score a Mac Mini for $459 shipped CNET News Apple: 'PC is no bargain when it doesn't do what you want' ZDNet Blogs "Apple tax" report backfires on Microsoft while Mac fans fume The Industry Standard all 60 news articles More...

Microsoft finally starts discussing its next-generation Office 2010 suite of products. Here's what we know so far... More...

Death of Linux on netbooks greatly exaggerated Ars Technica, MA In a triumphant blog entry posted earlier this month, Microsoft blogger Brandon LeBlanc asserts that Redmond has dominated the netbook space. Citing the latest NPD retail tracking reports, he says that Windows netbook marketshare has grown to 96 ... More...

In any case you want to disable memory dump in Windows Vista, below are the steps: 1. Open Control Panel 2. Go to Advanced System Settings 3. Go to Startup and recovery 4. Go to settings 5. Look for the write debugging option drop down 6. Set the item to “None†Disabling the Memory Dump allows you to free the CPU of [...] More...

Jamie's Random Musings ZDNet UK, UK Various thoughts and adventures, including but not limited to Video IM, Linux, Windows XP and Widows Vista, and various bits of hardware new and old. Several people have mentioned to me that they have given Linux Mint a try following my recent blog ... More...

Building a "High Performance" Windows 7 PC ZDNet With Windows 7 release candidate just around the corner, the other day I was asked to spec out a high performance PC suitable for Windows 7 64-bit, This system would also be a great Vista system. Note: Just to clarify that this is a “high performance†... More...

Increased R&D spending is vital to the software industry InfoWorld, CA And remember all those innovative new features that were going to ship with Windows Vista, née Longhorn? The most exciting ones seemed to fall by the wayside. "Microsoft, after a decade of acquisitions and R&D spending, is equally dependent on its cash ... More...

brickener try this it does work ..... Click Start, click Run, type Services.msc, and then click OK. In the right pane, double-click Security Center. In the Startup type list, click Automatic, click Apply, click Start, and then click OK. Restart the computer. "Brickner" wrote: > I did a clean instal of Vista Ultimate, everyhting was running great. The > security center informend me I did not have antivirus software on my system > and suggested a few that were Vista compatible. I have used symantic > antivirus in the past so I picked up the latest norton antivirus 2007 and > installed it. It never worked, and I kept getting an error say…

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Reign in the unbound storage appetite of Vista System Restore TechRepublic, KY In this edition of the Microsoft Windows Vista & Windows 7 Report, I’ll show you what I discovered and show you how to fix it. As I do, I’ll also show you how to use the Volume Shadow Copy Service Administration command line tool, VSSAdmin. This blog ... More...

Techtree.com Microsoft releases Exchange Server 2010 beta VNUNet.com, UK "The 2007 Office Suite SP2 has been tested and is supported for Internet Explorer 8," said the blog post. "Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 and Windows Server R2 will all be supported on their release." Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 Due April 28 Techtree.com Office 2007 SP2 Arrives in Two Weeks Microsoft Watch all 21 news articles More...

Pagefile in Windows Vista eats up a lot of disk space and sometimes it causes your computer to run slower whenever the arrangement of files is not arranged well and scattered all over your disk.To disable Pagefile, below are the steps:1. Open Control panel2. Open System3. Open Advanced System Settings4. Go to advanced \ performance [...] More...

Techtree.com Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 Due April 28 Techtree.com, India Office 2007 SP2 will support Internet Explorer 8 on Windows Vista SP 2, Windows 7, Windows Server R2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2. Microsoft claims that the SP2 has been tested by thousands of beta testers from 60 different countries. Office 2007 SP2 Arrives in Two Weeks Microsoft Watch Microsoft Set to Release Office 2007 SP2 Windows IT Pro Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 coming this month PC Advisor all 22 news articles More...

Hi, We have a WPF Windows Application and this application would be used by all our client having VISTA OS. For any error occured, system will create an entry in Application event log using the custom event source - "Application Manager". When the User Access Control (UAC) is turned ON, VISTA does not allow to register custom event source in the registry. But this works well when the UAC is turned OFF. Is there any way where in we can create a custom event source (on the fly/programatically) with UAC turned ON? Note: Our application gets installed using "Click Once". Regards, Vipul Mehta -- mehtavipulk

AnvSoft Photo Flash Maker Professional 5.02 ZDNet.de, Germany AnvSoft Photo Flash Maker Professional läuft unter Windows Windows, Vista, XP, NT, 2000, die Dateigröße beträgt 18,28 MByte und das letzte Update wurde am 14. April 2009 in die ZDNet-Download-Datenbank aufgenommen. Die ZDNet-Redaktion hat das Programm ... More...

Office 2007 SP2 Arrives in Two Weeks Microsoft Watch Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 and Windows Server R2 will all be supported upon their release. There's a long list of improvements, which everyone deploying Office 2007 SP2 should review. The update will affect Microsoft server ... More...

Hands-on: Trillian Astra beta supports Twitter and Facebook Ars Technica, MA When I was trying to figure out how to make it go away, I found a helpful blog entry that explains how to configure its contents or disable it altogether. Subjectively, I think that the new look and feel is a bit of a step down from the previous ... More...

BBC News Win 7 Upgrade: One step forward, two steps back TG Daily Microsoft claims a fresh install from Vista will reveal more data to Microsoft than simply upgrading from the current Windows 7 Beta. According to the engineering blog: "We've also learned that many of you (millions) are running Windows 7 Beta full ... Microsoft: Go back to Vista then install Windows 7 release candidate Computerworld Windows 7 will allow downgrades too CNET News How do I... Use System Restore in Windows Vista? TechRepublic VNUNet.com - Maximum PC all 397 news articles More...

Confirmed: Office 2010 will come in 32-bit, 64-bit flavors Ars Technica, MA That's right, 64-bit versions of Windows will no longer have to emulate a 32-bit environment in order to run Office 2010, provided that the user has the 64-bit version installed. With 64-bit OS usage rapidly growing (thanks to Vista, if you're asking ... More...

CNET News AudioIn turns your iPhone, iPod Touch into wireless headphones CNET News, CA In addition to writing CNET's The Cheapskate blog, he oversees BNET's Business Hacks. Rick is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET Networks. Disclosure. Follow Rick on Twitter at cheapskateblog. More...

Zune phone ad campaign coming? CNET News, CA He's written about the technology industry since 1995, and reviewed the first Rio MP3 player for CNET.com in 1998. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network. Disclosure. by msbpodcast April 14, 2009 12:10 PM PDT Microsoft has a product of zero interest ... More...