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Leopard One Year Later: 5 OS Lessons Learned PC World - 10 minutes ago Microsoft has had less success dodging a problematic reputation for its flagship operating system, Windows Vista. It's not necessarily an apples-to-Apple ... More...

In Vista, where is the LocalService\Application Data\Microsoft\Protect directory located? It looks like the entire LocalService profile was moved to C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles, but I don't see a folder for Application Data. Thanks!

Leopard One Year Later: 5 OS Lessons Learned CIO, MA - 1 hour ago Microsoft has had less success dodging a problematic reputation for its flagship operating system, Windows Vista. It's not necessarily an apples-to-Apple ... More...

SanDisk cranks up solid state drive speed CNET News, CA - 8 minutes ago Technology introduced at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference by SanDisk proposes to boost solid-state drive performance in Windows Vista by 100 ... More...

Windows Azure, as the lowest level of this cloud computing platform is called, is... More...

More 'Vista Capable' dirt could leak this week CNET News, CA - 11 minutes ago Microsoft's "Windows Vista Capable" program was a bit of a mess, and it could get messier. Microsoft is in the midst of its WinHec gathering with hardware ... More...

Microsoft released to PDC attendees copies of Windows Vista successor — Windows 7. ChannelRegister is already reporting that versions of Windows 7 for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications are already available as downloads from Pirate Bay, Seedpeer, and Mininova. In an excerpt: Microsoft’s “pre-beta†version of its upcoming OS – Windows 7 – has already tipped up [...] More...

Hi all, I have a question of how to disable the option of inherit from parent the permission entries that apply to child objects in Folder properties->Security tab->Advanced button->Permissions tab. In my environment, on that folder the NTFS permissions are set to full control to particular users so that they can manage other users access on the folder, while the share permissions for that folder are set to everyone full control. when theses security settings are applied, users connected to that share are able to change the option of Inherit from parent the permission entries that apply to child objects. But when I modify the share permission…

WindowsForDevices Vote for Windows! WindowsForDevices, CA - 24 minutes ago As McCracken notes, Windows 7 is expected to ship in early 2010, which will mark the 25th year Windows has been available. Windows Vista is in fact Windows ... More...

The Great Microsoft Windows 7 Laptop Giveaway! InfoWorld, CA - 9 minutes ago It is my understanding that authors and pundits who are "friends" of Microsoft -– ie those who praise Windows Vista and generally write positive stories ... More...

Hi, I have MS Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1. As IM programs I am using Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger 8.1. I want to know if I am logged-in in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 and someone is sending me a *.exe application ( what contains malicious code, as a virus or rootkit or someting like that ) and I choose to denied the transfer ( to not accept it ), my computer is vulnerable to a infection??? [even i choose to denied it ] What if in the Yahoo! Messenger window i see the application icon and its name and the Save As or Decline links??? ( if I do no accept ). Thank You! [ please! i want a very professional reply, what to make me to tru…

Microsoft releases results of its Security Intelligence Report eChannelLine, Canada - 9 minutes ago Customers of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP and Windows 2000 should enable Automatic Updates. And he advised users to enable a firewall, ... More...

In my first Windows Azure commentary, I try to figure out what Microsoft's latest platform means for customers, partners, and IT pros! More...

Track down your uptime in Windows Vista TechRepublic, KY - 5 minutes ago In this edition of the Windows Vista Report, I’ll examine how uptime is measured in Windows Vista. This blog post is also available in the PDF format in a ... More...

In the latest episode of the This Week in Tech (TWiT) podcast, I discuss PDC 2008 with Leo and Windows experts Rafael Rivera and Ed Bott! More...

Windows Update Fix Coming to XP and Vista PC World India, India - 8 hours ago The new Windows Update client will be downloaded and installed to machines running Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008. ... More...

Get a look at the new Windows 7 desktop (videos) TweakTown, Australia - 16 minutes ago Ina Fried from the CNET Beyond Binary blog was able to catch up with a couple folks from Microsoft at the Professional Developers Conference last week. ... More...

Microsoft cuts Home Server price by 30pc ZDNet UK, UK - 17 hours ago The news was released in a short announcement on the Windows Home Server blog on Friday, with the price cut applicable from Sunday. However, as Windows Home ... WinInfo Short Takes: PDC 2008 Special Edition Windows IT Pro Enterprise Software Microsoft's Live Framework Left in the Shadow ... CIO Today all 16 news articles More...

We want to hear what you think about Solution Accelerators - such as the Windows Vista Security Guide - so we can make improvements and build better products. Have you tried a Solution Accelerator? If so, please share your experience with us by completing this short survey: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=132579 (less than ten minutes). Thanks, Derick

We want to hear what you think about Solution Accelerators (http://www.microsoft.com/solutionaccelerators) – such as the Windows Security Guides for XP, Vista, and Server 2008 – so we can make improvements and build better products. Have you tried one of our Security Guides? If so, please share your experience with us by completing this short survey: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=132579 (less than ten minutes). Thanks, Derick

The Age Windows 7 returns control to the user Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 21 hours ago Indeed, you can build you own PC and expect Windows to work on it. It's no secret too few suppliers paid attention to the last version, Windows Vista, ... EXTRA: Will Windows 7 be a trick or a treat? Computerworld Microsoft previews Windows 7, and it looks like... Vista Dallas Morning News So, why do you hate Windows Vista? PC Pro BetaNews - TECH.BLORGE.com all 75 news articles More...

New virtualized sandbox, Vista SP2 and other PDC-week leftovers ZDNet - 13 minutes ago A more broadly available beta build of Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Server 2008 SP2 went to testers on October 29, as Microsoft promised the week ... More...

The Microsoft Arc Mouse is long on style but difficult to use. Find out more in my latest review! More...

More reasons Windows 7 will kill Linux Computerworld, MA - 13 minutes ago As I pointed out in my last blog, Windows 7 will run well on lightweight netbooks with limited RAM and processing power. It will run so well, in fact, ... More...

Seattle Post Intelligencer Microsoft software vulnerabilities drop Seattle Post Intelligencer - 3 minutes ago The infection rate in Windows Vista is lower than that in XP: There are currently no comments for this blog entry. Violating our Terms of Service may result ... More...