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Vulnerabilities Fade From the Threat Foreground eWeek, NY - 4 minutes ago Only one Microsoft vulnerability in the list that affects Windows Vista, at 1.1% of collected samples, is MS07-017 (Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow ... More...

Operating Systems Move to the Web eFluxMedia - 7 minutes ago A green eyeOS button at the bottom middle of the screen is analogous to the Windows Vista Start button. It contains shortcuts to system settings, ... More...

Operating systems move to the Web - Feature Earthtimes (press release), UK - 4 hours ago A green eyeOS button at the bottom middle of the screen is analogous to the Windows Vista Start button. It contains shortcuts to system settings, ... More...

Boston Globe The Monitor embraces its future - a digital one Boston Globe, United States - 1 hour ago Microsoft says that in 2010 a new operating system will replace the ill-starred Windows Vista. And it won't bear the Vista name. ... More...

In this new screenshot gallery, I look at the Windows 7 M3 interactive Setup process, which differs slightly from that of Windows Vista! More...

In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss PDC 2008, the Windows 7 Reviewers Workshop, Windows 7, Windows Azure, Live Mesh/Live Services, Office 14 Web Apps, and more! More...

In the final part of my Windows 7 preview, I look at the business and IT pro features in Microsoft's next client operating system! More...

Software Jihad ZDNet UK, UK - 34 minutes ago I agree with him. Maybe the typical Chinese shopkeeper or lawyer shouldn't be running Windows XP Pro. (Wait till they see the pricing model for Vista! ... More...

Microsoft Tries Desperately to Turn the Page on Vista at PDC DaniWeb, VA - 15 minutes ago This blog entry was written by Ron Miller, staff writer aka Techwriter10. It has received 4 views, 0 comments, and 0 linkbacks. It was promoted to featured ... More...

On Nov 1, 7:10 am, "Ant" wrote: > "Penang" wrote: > >>| C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication Datacsrss.exe > > I'm downloading that "autorun" and will try to disable the thing. > > I reckon you'll find it loading from this registry entry: > HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun\Svchost > > I will also speculate that you're running an unpatched Adobe Acrobat > browser plugin and were infected by a PDF exploit. Disable automatic > loading of PDFs until you've updated it. Please tell me where I can get that patch for the Acrobat browser plugin? Thank you !

Microsoft Azure Impress Ms Partners (Techticles)Windows Azure FAQ: The future in a cloud (ComputerWorld)Microsoft reveals Windows Azure ship date, pricing metrics (NetworkWorld)Cloud Computing Journal: Live Mesh or Windows Azure? (it-sys-con)Is Microsoft dissing SOA just to push Azure Cloud computing? (TechTarget)Tags: Microsoft, Vista, WindowsShare This More...

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Hi I am trying to access some files on a USB drive. My operating system is Windows XP, but I am unsure what the operating system is/was on the USB drive. When I try to open the folder but I get permission errors. What can be causing this and how do I resolve the issue? Cheers

Everyone has posted information around this issue, but I need fixed spelled out. How do you get rid of the Interactive Services Dialog box? I stopped Services, set Regedit to 1, nothing works. please help

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Whenever I try to search for updates, the system shows the error message 'Code 800F0900'. All the previous updates have gone through successfully. But I am not able to run the task for new updates. I am running a Windows Vista Home Premium version with SP1. Any suggestions? ~Dino.

Gurus, Running Windows XP Pro SP3 on a Sony Vaio laptop. The system has been running fine except for one little problem - when I try to use the "Undock Computer" option from the Start Menu nothing happens. It used to work fine - and present a dialog box indicating "Undock is complete" but now it doesn't do that anymore. Thoughts? -- Spin

This question is prompted by two events that I have encountered recently. The first was when I was trying to back up my email from a (Vista Home Premium) Dell Laptop (XPS 1530 (NTFS file system) to a USB-2 attached harddrive (FAT32). I was just trying to do a drag/drop (copy) from a Windows Mail Store to the (FAT32) USB-2 attached harddrive. The total data size was around 500MB. After a couple of minutes the data transfer rate dropped from over 1MB/sec to less than 10% of that and the estimated transfer time ended up at over 24 hours. More recently I wanted to make a local copy of my Windows Live Mail Store (have migrated from Windows Mail) by just doi…

Im running xp and have recently installed and uninstalled a few games and am currently having a lot of difficulty installing anything further if i double click on the .exe file the system does not respond. i thought restoring things using my xp cd thing would fix the problem but after the computer restarted it said it was missing file "ag3n1d7n.sys" from file "c:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\ag3n1d7n.sys" and cancels the setup any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated

I have been running multiple Microsoft Vista 32-bit SP1 Ultimate laptops (Dell D820/D830/E6500) for some time now on a 2003 SP2 native domain. Within the past week all of a sudden when a batch file is run the Vista machines will freeze and will then go to a blue screen of death with code 0x00000008 0x803D3130 0x00000000 0x00000000 and reboots. Doesn't matter if you are an administrator or domain user. I am inspecting th event log, but haven't found any leads. Any ideas

Hi I keep geting an error when it tries refreshing server manager, it told me to look in the log and this is what the log said Any idea how i fix this?

Microsoft Partners Kicking Dirt On Vista's Grave CRN, NY - 4 minutes ago Microsoft's recent launch of Windows 7-related blogs, and its removal of the word 'Vista' from the Windows Vista Team blog, also support the notion that ... More...

This is for anyone who's having trouble with WU (BITS/AU): http://castlecops.com/t106642-How_To_Fix_Windows_Update_BITS_Newly_Edited..html -or- http://www.castlecops.com/postlite106642-.html [i wrote it -- I would have posted the entire set of instructions here, but I wasn't sure if I could upload the Zip file with the Registry fixes on this N.G., so anyone could subsequently download it. However, the necessary File ready for downloading, along with the lengthy instructions, are all located at the above link.] If the above link doesn't work, go to: http://castlecops.com/ Click "Forums" right below the Castlecops logo, then go to the "General Computer Proble…

I have WinXP SP3 Media center. When I go to BIOS mode by F2, the screen is blurred because the screen resolution is 800x600 instead of 640x480.How do I make the BIOS open in 640x480 resolution. Safe mode will open in 640x480 resolution and the picture is clear. -- John N