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There's nothing wrong with Vista – it's all in your head Contractor UK, UK - Aug 5, 2008 ... in his blog, Microsoft product “evangelist†James O’Neill wrote: "Unless this is the first post you've read here, you'll know that I like Windows Vista, ... More...

Why Switch to the Mac? Five Top Reasons WebWorkerDaily, CA - 17 hours ago WinFS, which was supposed to be a Mac-like, robust file system was planned for Windows Vista, but then shelved. The speed with which I can retrieve anything ... More...

Clever iPhone Tricks PC World - 10 minutes ago For more on that, see my blog. This week I'd like to share with you three benefits to iPhone ownership you might not have considered. ... More...

Why Switch to the Mac? Five Top Reasons WebWorkerDaily, CA - 16 hours ago WinFS, which was supposed to be a Mac-like, robust file system was planned for Windows Vista, but then shelved. The speed with which I can retrieve anything ... More...

I'm running XP pro. At times I have problems getting the DVD drive to update its directory. I try all sorts of refreshing but ending up booting my machine. This is kind of over kill. What simplier way is there to force an update? I do not have any sort of auto play turned on. (DVDs were burned as data DVDs with Nero.) Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Employees becoming central to brand creation, evangelization Livemint, India - 54 minutes ago Robert Scoble was a Microsoft Corp. employee overseas and technical evangelist who promoted products such as Windows Vista in blogs, but also criticized his ... More...

I have discovered several things about this LLTD situation. 1. the v5 version of the file will only install on SP2. 2. if you have LLTD installed before you apply SP3 the LLTD files are updated to the SP3 versions. 3. there is a v6 installer for XP SP3, but you have to request it from Microsoft. 4. if you need LLTD on XP x64 or Server 2k3 x64, get the files off a Vista x64 system and install them as noted in the link for installing the v5 package on SP2. Spread the word. I don't understand why Microsoft is making it so difficult for people to get LLTD on XP, 32-bit & 64-bit, and server 2003.

Hi, I have been tasked with installing Synctoy at about 100 laptops throughout our organization. I would like to write a vbscript to install the software, create the necessary pairings, and then perform a sync. I have found some command line commands to do the sync but does anyone know if there is a way to do the pairings? Thanks. Kevin

There's nothing wrong with Vista – it's all in your head Contractor UK, UK - Aug 5, 2008 ... in his blog, Microsoft product “evangelist†James O’Neill wrote: "Unless this is the first post you've read here, you'll know that I like Windows Vista, ... More...

Experts, I am running Windows 2003 Server SP2, and on this machine, I cannot get the Workstation service to start automatically (thoug the service is set to start automatically). Once the machine boots up, I can log in and start the service from the services panel manually without any problems. I checked the dependencies, and this service is not dependent on any other service. Understandably, other services that are dependent on Workstation do not start up either. The Error log lists the following two entries: Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7009 Date: 8/6/2008 Time: 10:12:12 AM User: N/A C…

In part two of my MobileMe review, I examine what it's like to use MobileMe on the PC via local applications and MobileMe sync! More...

Microsoft released a document a week ago about Windows Vista Performance and Tuning. The document is about educating the user on configuring their Vista to meet the balance between speed and responsiveness. In an excerpt:Windows Vista and SP1 focus on delivering greater performance and overall system responsiveness. By striking a balance between speed and responsiveness, [...] More...

Is Cloud Computing Changing the World? (Techticles.com)Stylishly small PCs could be a perfect fit for that extra desktop (NWSource)Debunking Common Windows Performance Tweaking Myths (LifeHacker)Microsoft: Adoption of 64-bit Windows Vista increasing (DallasNews)Could 64-bit Windows finally be taking off? (CNet)Tags: Microsoft, Vista, WindowsShare This More...

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:24:23 -0400, DFS wrote: > Psyc Geek (TAB) wrote: >> On Aug 6, 8:00 am, "DFS" <nospam@dfs_.com> wrote: >>> Roy Schestowitz wrote: >>>> There are fewer article about Vista these days. Nobody cares about >>>> it. >>> >>> Vista: 17% (1 in 6 users) market share after 18 months of >>> availability Linux: 1% (1 in 100 users) market share after 17 years >>> of availability >>> >>> Linux is an enormous failure as a consumer product, and would have >>> been killed off years ago if a return on investment was required. >> >> …

On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:06:50 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote: > Nothing to see here really. Timmy and Microsoft are still fighting against ODF. > I've heard things about their recent ODF 'meeting'... how they try to ruin ODF > (negative changes) and issue lots of warning message to scare people who wish > to use it. What a total ass you are Schestowitz. It's difficult to believe that you are any kind of scientist because your level of proof of your conclusions and your reasoning in general is just so pathetic. "I've heard things about ...." Sure you have, Roy Schestowitz. Are those voices in your head yelling again? Only in this twisted …

The truth is Ringmaster is a disgusting lowlife retarded shit stains that squat on this newsgroup using it as his personal toilet. This fool has no morals or principles and reside at the bottom of the gutter having no inclination to help anyone, Ringmaster offers nothing of substance and engage only in endless personal attacks using the most foul language and vulgar references invading nearly every thread. Ringmaster the misfit constantly shift where he posts from, post under multiple names to attempt avoiding being caught by various filtering methods knowing full well the majority of people following this newsgroup find them revolting, disgusting and infantile…

It's free. http://www.sysresccd.org And you *really* insane enough to give your credit card to the Ukrainians after that story about 40 million credit card numbers being hacked and sold by Eastern Europeans (Ukraine)?? Read the story here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26041151/ - Thee Chicago Wolf

I am just setting up a new windows 2008 domain with vista clients. Just doing a bit of work getting the roamin profiles up and running. I have redirected all of the folders to the network shares: \\servername\home$\ and they seem to be running ok. The problem I am having it that when the user logs in a folder is on the desktop with their username on. So when bob smith logs in there is a folder called bob smith. All of the folders inside this seem to be redirecting to the network drives ok. How can i go about disabling this from the desktop? I have had a look in the group policy but i cannot see what it is called. I have found the option in the group p…

Protect your mobile devices in any location ZDNet UK, UK - 1 hour ago Personal firewalls are free on laptops running Windows XP or Vista. These solutions provide minimal protection against intruder compromise of your mobile ... More...

China Daily Mozilla Unveils Aurora Concept Browser Slashdot - 1 hour ago I mean, OS X is a better looky feely version of Windows, and Vista is trying to be OS X. Firefox and Safari are trying to be a better IE. ... Mozilla: Tell us how you see the future of Web browsing BetaNews all 29 news articles More...

Ok my default selected power plan is balanced and for some reason it keep changing to high performance my guess would be either when i shut down the computer or when i log on/log off. I have this issue for so long now and it's really getting annoying specially when it has to do with energy. I join the customer experience since i got Windows Vista hopefully someone is checking this issues. Is anyone having the same problem that I'm experiencing right now?

Although only an annoyance, when users print on my network I get an error event ID 560 in the Security log. I audit for print success/Failure and failure to delete print jobs using the 'everyone' group. Can someone shed some light on this and what I can do to get rid of these events. The users all are allowed to print to these printers, and I get the usual print event in the system log.

Although only an annoyance, when users print on my network I get an error event ID 560 in the Security log. I audit for print success/Failure and failure to delete print jobs using the 'everyone' group. Can someone shed some light on this and what I can do to get rid of these events. The users all are allowed to print to these printers, and I get the usual print event in the system log.

Protect your mobile devices in any location ZDNet UK, UK - 11 minutes ago Personal firewalls are free on laptops running Windows XP or Vista. These solutions provide minimal protection against intruder compromise of your mobile ... More...