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Gigabyte's M912 mini convertible tablet gets priced engadget, CA - 12 minutes ago Based on information from a Taiwanese poster over at UMPC Fever, the M912V, which arrives with Windows Vista, 1GB of RAM, WiFi and Bluetooth, ... More...

Dear Reader, Designing for Detection ---------------------------- - Get the right equipment from the start. Make sure all of the features you need, or will need, are available from the start. - Know your environment. Identify potential physical barriers and possible sources of interference. - If possible, integrate security monitoring and intrusion detection in your network from its inception. Defensive Monitoring Considerations ------------------------------------------ - Define your wireless network boundaries, and monitor to know if they’re being exceeded. - Limit signal strength to contain your network. - Make a list of all authorized wireles…

Is there a way to look up the port number for eSATA ports, how do I go about doing this?

wen i burn music it says writting files all them get done...but wen i put it in a cd player it says 1 song only! then after that song plays the next one plays....i have to hear the whole cd first to be able to change them.. i dont kno if the files are wrong or wat i dont know ....it sucks. help please

In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss discuss iPhone 3G's MobileMe, 2.0 and App Store, Live Mesh, The New Xbox Experience, the Microsoft-Yahoo mess, and why Twitter is important! More...

I was able to get a successful install of the subject framework. After about eight hours of frustration, I went part way with a possible route given by http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923100. First, I deleted .NET Framework 1.1 software via "Add & Remove" in Control Panel. I restarted the system and re-installed 1.1 with no difficulty. Second, I then tried to re-install SP 1 via Windows Update. It took me two separate occasions, but the basic 1.1 update took first. Finally, I again restarted and checked Windows Update again. I was presented with the Security Update for 1.1, SP 1 and it also installed without a hitch for me. How was that for dumb l…

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I just finished setting up and installing programs in a new PC running windows XP. Something must have happened and the monitor screen went black. If I try to hit "reset" I can nothing seems to happen. I think the computer shuts down and restarts but the screen remains black The only way I can get the monitor to work (if it is the monitor) is to unplug the PC (when the screen is blank) and plug it back in. Once I have a screen and shut down normally using the start menu, the next time I try to start it up I get nothing but a black screen. I can't even tell if the PC is booting up or getting past the cmos boot up as the screen is black. I have tried a different…

I found that Supplemental Language Support (files for complex script and right-to-left languages, and files for East Asian languages) and Input Method Editors (IME) were causing problems on one laptop here, so I uninstalled them via Control Panel: Regional and Language Options: Languages: clear the check-boxes for those two options. But today I found that the laptop was having problems again, and I found that the Supplemental Language Support had been reinstalled! I don't know how that happened, but how can I block/prevent a future reinstallation? --John Hupp

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Microsoft's Xbox 360 offers first-rate Media Center Extender functionality, but do its many faults undermine the experience? Find out in Part 2 of my Windows Media Center Extender review! More...

Linux Needs More Haters Slashdot - 47 minutes ago Virtual desktops, I dunno about OS X, but he suggests VirtuaWin for windows. UGH! It's incredibly slow, it doesn't guarantee the order of windows after a ... More...

I recently had to reinstall windows xp, now the add/remove programs and hardware won't work. It just sits there and says please wait while the list is being populated. I have let it sit for like 20 minutes but it does nothing. Is there a way to fix this? TIA

Linux Needs More Haters Slashdot - 16 minutes ago Virtual desktops, I dunno about OS X, but he suggests VirtuaWin for windows. UGH! It's incredibly slow, it doesn't guarantee the order of windows after a ... More...

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What computer preparations are needed before installing Vista SP1? I have... Vista Business Office 2007 Norton Internet Security 2007 TIA Ron

OCZ Core SSD vs WD VelociRaptor: the early performance numbers are in engadget, CA - 1 hour ago In Windows Defender, gaming, photo import, and Vista startup tests, the SSD was getting things done at as much as 5 times the speed of the VelociRaptor. ... More...

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:21:07 +0100, Homer wrote: > Verily I say unto thee, that Phil Da Lick! spake thusly: >> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote: > >>> You Linux loons are the ones who think you are doing something that >>> matters. >>> >>> LIEing for LIEnix it's called. >>> >> >> I'll take that as a "no" then. And yet here you still are. I wonder >> why. > > At a wild guess I'd say it's because he's paid by Microsoft to sabotage > COLA, just as he has been for years, just as Microsoft paid Munchkins to > sabotage OS/2 years ago. Prove anyone is being paid by Microsoft to …

Hi please can some one help me I have had a new lap top for a couple of month now and all of a sudden when i download a file, the window pops up asking where i want to save the file. then the downloads goes and once it reaches the end (finished) the window disappears and the file hasnt been downloaded. this happens irrespective of where i save it or whether i press save or run. please can someone smarter than me help? -- Geemansa

Apologies if this has been discussed before, but I've only just joined this group. I have a problem on two different PCs running XP home with the latest patches and updates, but with quite different specifications and different software in daily use, by and large. On boot-up, XP runs as far as the splash screen. The progress indicator runs for a while and then XP locks up. The only thing that will clear it is turning off the power and re-starting. The machines then show the page offering to start from safe mode etc. - if I select start in normal mode, the machine takes the last good configuration and starts just fine. I've done this countless times, and…

I have some other problems associated with the screen blacking out after I've typed in my password on the welcome screen and entered it. It then brings me to my account, but if I don't start clicking on icons (I usually click on Mozilla Firefox) to get the computer going, the screen blacks out on me. Why does this happen? It's not a hibernation problem, I don't think, because I've set up the power options so that the computer hibernates after 15 min of idleness, but I haven't even been on the computer for 15 min, and the computer shuts off. The screen goes black, but the light bulb and battery meter lights are still on green. Another problem I have is that i…

Hello, how does the Desktop Cleanup wizzard in Windows work? I don't mean how to use it or what its function is. I mean how does it know when I used the shortcuts the last time? Where does it store that information? Thank you. Regards. Uwe Braunholz