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'Engineering Windows 7' OS News - 58 minutes ago The Windows Vista Team Blog was different - it informed users of Vista, yes, but it didn't really influence where Vista was going. ... More...

PDC, WinHEC will be Windows 7 coming-out parties InfoWorld, CA - 32 minutes ago Through its public relations firm, Microsoft said the Engineering Windows 7 blog will be used "mainly to open a line of two-way communication between the ... More...

Microsoft: More Details Coming On Windows 7 CRN, NY - 33 minutes ago ... but has been criticized for removing features later on, particularly with Windows Vista. But a new Windows 7 blog that appeared this week aims to avoid ... More...

Upgraded to Vista. Finally I think I have the network issues resolved (4 computers, using NetworkMagic). However, since day one, two computers are unable to access Access unless they are the sole user of Access. 3 computers have Vista (2 Home Basic, 1 Home Premium), 1 WinXP. 4 computers have Access 2007. 4 computers have Quick Books multi-user. Access' back-end resides on Home Basic. Also has front-end. The other 3 computers have front-end pointing to the back-end. Here's what I know: 1. computer with front and back-end works fine for Access. 2. XP computer works fine for Access. 3. Other two do not work unless they are the only computer acces…

Windows 7 details to come in October CNET News, CA - 47 minutes ago Microsoft is launching its Windows 7 blog, but it still doesn't have much to say. On the plus side, Windows engineering boss Steven Sinofsky did at least ... More...

1. Is it possible to set up dual monitors so that whatever is up on monitor 2 does NOT minimize when opening the desktop? 2. How to keep all of the icons locked on to monitor 1 at startup? Sometimes a few of them stray over to the secondary monitor (2)

Microsoft launches its own blog for 'Windows 7' BetaNews - 2 minutes ago The lifespan for Windows Vista, he said at the time, began with its "general availability" as opposed to its release to manufacturing, which led many to ... More...

I normally have the icons in the control panel grouped by install date, but it seems I have lost that option now and can only group by name or category. Does anyone know how to get it back? Thanks.

Hello! I'm trying to get info from signed file in Visual Basic 2005. Although it's possible to get basic infos (eg. Version) I haven't found how to programically retrieve informations about signer and date of signing. Can you help me with that? (for signing I'm using CAPICOM) Thanks & Regards

Hello! I'm trying to get info from signed file in Visual Basic 2005. Although it's possible to get basic infos (eg. Version) I haven't found how to programically retrieve informations about signer and date of signing. Can you help me with that? (for signing I'm using CAPICOM) Thanks & Regards

Hi, My FROM column in newsgroups does not show the sender. The From column is there, but it is empty. This was not always the case. Just noticed it a couple of days ago. Using Windows Mail. All else works fine. Can anyone shed any light on the problem. Carol

Reports: Windows Live Messenger getting WPF-based makeover Australian Techworld, Australia - 11 hours ago The initial betas of the IM upgrade don't take much advantage of WPF, which is Windows Vista's underlying graphical subsystem and can also be downloaded and ... More...

Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7 ZDNet - 2 hours ago Sinofsky took over the Windows development effort nearly two and a half years ago, as Windows Vista was lurching to the finish line. ... Sinofsky to dish on Windows 7? Wishful thinking ZDNet Blogs all 2 news articles More...

Sinofsky to dish on Windows 7? Wishful thinking ZDNet Blogs - 5 minutes ago “In leading up to this blog we have seen a lot of discussion in blogs about what Microsoft might be trying to accomplish by maintaining a little bit more ... More...

Reports: Windows Live Messenger getting WPF-based makeover Australian Techworld, Australia - 9 hours ago The initial betas of the IM upgrade don't take much advantage of WPF, which is Windows Vista's underlying graphical subsystem and can also be downloaded and ... More...

Ars Technica Microsoft starts to talk: Engineering Windows 7 blog is live Ars Technica, MA - 7 minutes ago Anyway, it seems that the stance over at Microsoft is changing, but very slowly: the Engineering Windows 7 blog (E7 for short) is now live. ... More...

Hi All, I have Windows Vista 64 bits Ultimate SP1. I used to have Roxio installed in this computer after I uninstalled it when ever I need to deal with video it is looking for the Sonic Cine Player Decoder Pack. How can I resolve this problem? What other decoder should I install? Thanks, Joe

I've swapped over a firewall this morning. The new brick has much more/better logging than the previous one. Our internal IP range is 10.x.x.x and I'm seeing loads of netbios tcp/udp traffic being blocked by the firewall that is for all manner of destinations i.e. 192.168.x.x, 172.22.100.x, 100.0.0.254 and so on. We don't use any of those ranges, and the DC is the only machine that is doing this. I've ran lots of virus scans and I believe I've ruled out any sort of trojan/infection etc. and if it were a "nasty" I don't think I'd be seeing so much for the 192.168.x.x ranges. Any suggestions on what on earth may be going on would be welcome. The …

Hello, I have install the .Net-Framework 3.5 SP1 on my Windows XP Home. Now when I start my Yahoo-Messenger, I not can see messages which I send or receive. I only get an error message: "Internet explorer script error" line: 32 Char: 1 Error:not enough storage is available to complete this operation Code: 0 URL: file://D:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\TMPIMV1.tmp The problem must be the .Net-Framework 3.5 SP1 because I have try it severals times to update my Windows XP Home (I have make an image of my harddic which I have make before I install the .Net-Framework 3.5 SP1 which i have move again to my harddisc when the messenger not work). I ha…

"fxrguy" wrote: > The "Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool KB892130" failed to load and I > get Error code OX 80070005. Is this something I need to be concerned about > and if so how do I fix it?

Reports: Windows Live Messenger getting WPF-based makeover ITworld.com, MA - 21 hours ago The initial betas of the IM upgrade don't take much advantage of WPF, which is Windows Vista's underlying graphical subsystem and can also be downloaded and ... More...

Olympic "Oops": What You Weren't Supposed to Notice About the Games Newsweek - 3 hours ago The BSOD message usually opens with the sentence: "A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. ... More...

Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7 ZDNet - 11 minutes ago Sinofsky took over the Windows development effort nearly two and a half years ago, as Windows Vista was lurching to the finish line. ... More...

I have a Web Server and an SQL server both running under Windows 2003. I want to connect to the SQL Server database from the websites on the Web Server. There is a private LAN between the two servers. They are not on the same work group but I can access shared folders across the LAN using the syntax '\\\' in the Explore address. (The servers are hired from a remote Host supplier and this is the way that I have to communicate between servers). To test this, I have set up on both servers a shared folder with Everyone permissions set to 'Allow full control'. Both the servers have the Windows Firewall active. The Web Server has a Security Policy s…

I have a Web Server and an SQL server both running under Windows 2003. I want to connect to the SQL Server database from the websites on the Web Server. There is a private LAN between the two servers. They are not on the same work group but I can access shared folders across the LAN using the syntax '\\<ipaddress>\<SharedFolder>' in the Explore address. (The servers are hired from a remote Host supplier and this is the way that I have to communicate between servers). To test this, I have set up on both servers a shared folder with Everyone permissions set to 'Allow full control'. Both the servers have the Windows Firewall active. T…