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PC World Canada Microsoft Sets The Stage For Windows 7 PC World Canada, Canada - 31 minutes ago Last spring, Microsoft's lead Windows spokesperson Chris Flores wrote a blog post saying Windows 7 would refine (but not abandon) the Vista kernel. ... Early highlights of Windows 7 Telegraph-Journal View starts to look better for Microsoft system users Telegraph-Journal all 3 news articles More...

In Microsoft’s yearly security intelligence report, 5 of the top 10 browser attacks were due to Windows XP. Unlike in Windows Vista, none of the attacks are because of the operating system.Most of the attacks in Vista are due to ActiveX controls found in Internet explorer. ActiveX controls are used by IE add-ons and users [...] More...

Test Center benchmarks: Windows 7 unmasked InfoWorld, CA - 11 minutes ago Measured by runtime specs and performance benchmarks, Windows 7 M3 looks like Vista, and it runs like Vista. Welcome to Windows Vista R2! ... More...

Hello, I am trying to block entire IP ranges in Windows 2000 Server. I am using the IP Security Policy and setting the IP address and subnet mask as follows: 95.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 Does this block all addresses from 95.0.0.0 to 95.255.255.255 ? I have a lot of ranges I need to block and so far it accepts this subnet value to 198.0.0.0 IP, but when I try 200.0.0.0 with a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0 it says invalid subnet mask. Any idea why it is doing this ? Thanks for the help. Bill

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Blog: Microsoft Turns to Windows 7 to Solve Netbook Problem CIO Australia, Australia - 31 minutes ago Yes, those cheap, low-powered, 8-inch screen mini-notebooks running Linux or Windows XP are the latest Vista killers. Data from IDC shows that 6.5 million ... More...

Can Windows 7 Save Microsoft From Itself? DaniWeb, VA - 19 minutes ago I think we can safely say that Windows Vista was a flop. The only one that doesn't seem to know it is Microsoft. Or does it? This week at WinHEC, ... More...

Gadgets for geeks from Microsoft Hardware Philippine Star, Philippines - 29 minutes ago The Explorer mouse operates on the Windows Vista, Windows XP or the Macintosh operating system and connects directly to a USB port. ... More...

Hello, I'm trying to setup L2TP agains an CheckPoint Firewall. I have installed a certificate for the computer and one for the user. The logging of the firewall shows to me, that the IKE Quickmode completition is OK. On Vista following is logged: Eine IPsec-Schnellmodus-Sicherheitszuordnung wurde beendet. Lokaler Endpunkt: Netzwerkadresse: 192.168.178.29 Anschluss: 1701 Tunnelendpunkt: - Remoteendpunkt: Netzwerkadresse: 2z3.2y2.1x3.1wx Anschluss: 1701 Tunnelendpunkt: - Zusätzliche Informationen: Protokoll: 17 Sicherheitszuordnungs-ID des Schnellmodus: 72 Than Beendigung einer IPsec-Hauptmodusverhandlung. Lokaler Netzwerkad…

I cannot remember the last time taskmgr could not close the application or end the process especially when it is as common as Windows Media Player (see image above). I think this experience only happened in Windows 95 and Windows XP without the service pack updates. Today, I am so frustrated because I could [...] More...

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Whilst gazing at my XP Home ed. desktop, looking for an icon, (there's only about 42 icons on my desktop but, at my age - I have to look at them for ages in order to locate the one I want!), I noticed a desktop icon labelled :- Document Scrap '????????????????...' ...where ???????????????? is my Credit Card No. !!! ....now, I do often copy and paste my CC No. into various places e.g. banking website SSL login page, and a small number of website SSL pages where I buy things. ...and it's copied from a Word document, (MS Office 2000 - Word), ....so considering that I'm as sure as I can be, that my internet security has not been compromised, ...any …

Whilst gazing at my XP Home ed. desktop, looking for an icon, (there's only about 42 icons on my desktop but, at my age - I have to look at them for ages in order to locate the one I want!), I noticed a desktop icon labelled :- Document Scrap '????????????????...' ...where ???????????????? is my Credit Card No. !!! ....now, I do often copy and paste my CC No. into various places e.g. banking website SSL login page, and a small number of website SSL pages where I buy things. ...and it's copied from a Word document, (MS Office 2000 - Word), ....so considering that I'm as sure as I can be, that my internet security has not been compromised, ...any …

I wondered the same thing -- in computer management / services, if live update should be automatic. Live Update was listed as manual so I changed it and now I hope I did okay by my PC in doing so. "Allen" wrote: > Start/Run/services.msc > > Look for the Norton or Symantec Anti Virus service and verify the Startup > Type, Manual or Automatic? Change to Automatic. > > > "ManThatNeedsHelpPlease" > wrote in message news:E2488666-BB3F-498C-8BFA-C5A0832CAB6C@microsoft.com... > > At my home computer, when I start the computer and it loads, Norton > > Anti-Virsus loads but see It has an x through it in the system tray,…

WinHEC 2008: General Impressions EDN.com, MA - 26 minutes ago Look, for example, at the fact that a substantial percentage of the problems early adopters suffered with Windows Vista in 2007 were caused by Nvidia ... More...

On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 00:34:07 -0800 (PST), Penang wrote: >I have Norton Anti Virus installed in my PC, however, I just found out >that it is utterly useless. Congratulations. You just discovered what security experts have known for many years. This applies to all AV products though, not just Norton. >My PC has been infected with banbot, but NAV can't even find it, let >alone remove it ! Of course not. What makes you believe that malware would let anti-malware get in its way? >It isn't that Symantec doesn't know about banbot, they have 2 webpage >devoted to it -- > >www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2007-091…

Where's Vista? CNET News, CA - 18 minutes ago But, perhaps the most shocking thing about the list is how few computers have Windows Vista installed. The top ten consist of 7 Netbooks running Windows XP, ... More...

Enterprise IT Planet Windows 7 IT Pro Feature Watch List Enterprise IT Planet, CT - 8 minutes ago By Dries Janssens With all the commotion surrounding Windows 7, one could almost forget that most companies have not even made the leap to Vista. ... More...

CNET News Windows 7 Server gets its day CNET News, CA - 15 minutes ago WinHEC attendees received a pre-beta version of the new server OS alongside their copy of desktop Windows 7. Microsoft said on its server blog that the ... More...

I up-graded my 2003 server and the OS to Server 2008 and need to move my users and groups to the new machine. Also, is there a way to see when a user last logged in to the network so I can delete the in-active users. Thanks in advance for any assistance..

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PC Authority > Features > Live 3:30pm today: Take part in our live ... PC Authority, Australia - 22 minutes ago Scroll down the page for the Live Blog. The Windows 7-fest has already begun in earnest, with recent announcements and info about the OS appearing at PDC ... More...

Will Linux ever be a mainstream desktop play? CNET News, CA - 34 minutes ago The Microsoft-haters blame Vista the blame at least equally sits on the reality that Windows XP is a good enough desktop OS for most purposes. ... More...

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New malware exploits Microsoft RPC flaw SearchWinIT.com - 46 minutes ago The flaw is rated critical on Windows 2000, XP and Windows Server 2003 and is given an important rating on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. ... More...