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A pair of Linksys Digital Media Extenders will hit stores in November. (Credit: Linksys) Linksys is tossing its hat into the 2007 Media Center Extender ring with not one but two models. The DMA2100 is a small form factor MCE, while the larger DMA2200 offers a built-in upconverting DVD player. ... Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Matsu****a Electric Industrial Co. (Panasonic) is refreshing its*Toughbook rugged laptop PC line*and aiming for a big jump in international sales of the computers over the next three years. Link To Original Article

The three antennas should help guarantee smooth audio and video streaming. (Credit: D-Link) Networking companies are beginning to deliver the new Vista-friendly Media Center Extenders that Microsoft outlined earlier this month. D-Link's entry in the race is the DSM-750. Like competing models, the DSM-750 attaches to a TV (standard ... Link To Original Article

TechWeb - More than 40% of those surveyed by Evans Data said they won't ever publish their work under Version 3 of the General Public License. Link To Original Article

Halo 3, the much-anticipated Xbox 360 game that launched Tuesday, set the all-time record for most revenue earned in a single day by any entertainment property, Microsoft said Wednesday. The company said that Halo 3, the third and final episode in the hugely popular franchise, netted $170 million in sales ... Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - The City of Chicago is developing a futuristic video surveillance system designed to scan city streets looking for everything from bombs to traffic jams. Link To Original Article

Also: AOL's mobile ambitions. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra. Link To Original Article

I'm sitting here at Microsoft's "Searchification" event in Mountain View, Calif., but I can't tell you any of the news because it's all embargoed until tonight at 9 p.m. PT. Check back then for the full story. In the meantime, you can get a mini preview leaked by a Microsoft employee last week. ... Link To Original Article

USATODAY.com - Facebook, the second-largest social-networking site, must respond within "a few weeks" to requests by state attorneys general that it do more to protect kids from sexual predators, says Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. Link To Original Article

Canadian privacy authorities say the retailer failed to put adequate security measures in place. Link To Original Article

The Microsoft albatross (Credit: Microsoft) While Vista was originally touted by Microsoft as the operating system savior we've all been waiting for, it has turned out to be one of the biggest blunders in technology. With a host of issues that are inexcusable and features that are taken from the Mac OS X and Linux playbook, Microsoft has once again lost sight of what we really want. As we're more than aware, Vista Ultimate comes at a premium. For an additional $160 over the Premium SKU price, Ultimate gives you a complete backup and restore option, BitLocker Drive encryption, the ever so popular Windows Fax & Scan, and the "Ultimate Extras." But what started…

PC World - Microsoft Corp.'s alien-killer gaming thrill, "Halo 3," has broken the U.S. sales record for a new video game by garnering an estimated US$170 million in its first 24-hours on sale, the company said late Wednesday. Link To Original Article

We have a server running windows server 2003 and exchange server 2003. We have 77 CAL's for each product for our users. We want to set up another server for Disaster Recovery purposes, and purchase another instance of windows server 2003 and exchange server 2003. My question is, do we have to buy another 77 CALs for each product on this new server, or can they be "transferred" over. The CAL's would only ever be used on one server at once.

We have a server running windows server 2003 and exchange server 2003. We have 77 CAL's for each product for our users. We want to set up another server for Disaster Recovery purposes, and purchase another instance of windows server 2003 and exchange server 2003. My question is, do we have to buy another 77 CALs for each product on this new server, or can they be "transferred" over. The CAL's would only ever be used on one server at once.

Didn't work for me, same error over and over, but you were a little unclear on one thing: "The Box that you first opened the one I said not to exit from (1) all the files that are in that box must be taken frome the folder last opened and transferred to the temp folder on your desktop. (2) make sure you transfer only the files stated in the first box." First you suggest to copy ALL the files (1) later you tell only to transfer only the files stated in the first box (2). Also, what box? Frans.

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/122586.asp?source=rss 'Stealth' Windows updates may do harm, says newsletter Fixes made by Microsoft to installed copies of Windows without the user's knowledge or permission -- detailed here earlier this month -- at first seemed alarming but harmless. A story set to appear Thursday in Windows Secrets newsletter says that's not so. "We have tested and confirmed that the silent updates actually prevent a repaired copy of Windows XP from loading the latest patches," Scott Dunn, associate editor of the weekly e-mailed publication, writes in the article. Nate Clinton, Microsoft's program manager for the Wind…

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/122586.asp?source=rss 'Stealth' Windows updates may do harm, says newsletter Fixes made by Microsoft to installed copies of Windows without the user's knowledge or permission -- detailed here earlier this month -- at first seemed alarming but harmless. A story set to appear Thursday in Windows Secrets newsletter says that's not so. "We have tested and confirmed that the silent updates actually prevent a repaired copy of Windows XP from loading the latest patches," Scott Dunn, associate editor of the weekly e-mailed publication, writes in the article. Nate Clinton, Microsoft's program manager for the …

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/122586.asp?source=rss 'Stealth' Windows updates may do harm, says newsletter Fixes made by Microsoft to installed copies of Windows without the user's knowledge or permission -- detailed here earlier this month -- at first seemed alarming but harmless. A story set to appear Thursday in Windows Secrets newsletter says that's not so. "We have tested and confirmed that the silent updates actually prevent a repaired copy of Windows XP from loading the latest patches," Scott Dunn, associate editor of the weekly e-mailed publication, writes in the article. Nate Clinton, Microsoft's program manager for the …

Hi, I bought brand new notebook HP nx6325 with preinstalled Windows XP Professional. There's this problem when i go to power options and select when i close the lid of my computer: DO NOTHING it just simply DOESN'T SAVE settings. Then when computer is running few hours i go back to check settings and settings are back as they were at the begining: when i close the lid of my computer: Stand by I've tryed everything .. and it doesn't help even recovering windows from HP recovery CD. So now i am asking you if you have any suggestions what shall i do. THANK YOU.

Hi, I bought brand new notebook HP nx6325 with preinstalled Windows XP Professional. There's this problem when i go to power options and select when i close the lid of my computer: DO NOTHING it just simply DOESN'T SAVE settings. Then when computer is running few hours i go back to check settings and settings are back as they were at the begining: when i close the lid of my computer: Stand by I've tryed everything .. and it doesn't help even recovering windows from HP recovery CD. So now i am asking you if you have any suggestions what shall i do. THANK YOU.

Any ideas please? I have an HP AMD x64 dual proc. running XP Prof. x64. I do not use automatic updates so I have just run the updater but one update, Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 and Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 Service Pack 1 (KB933579), keeps failing with the following error: Error Code: 0x643 I have tried the update manually from the MS download centre but it still will not update. Regards, David

Hello, I have an NT4 domain with primarily Windows 2003 Member servers, in the last few days we have experienced several issues with loss of Netbios connectivity on some servers. The first issue seemed to be related to the browse list. Servers on one VLAN disappeared from the domain browse list and could not contact a master or backup browser. Rebooting the server acting which they thought was the master browser resolved the issue and the servers all appeared in the browse list again. The second issue occured with one server, it was still available in the browse list but could not be connected to via netbios. Net view command generated a system error 6…

Hello, I have an NT4 domain with primarily Windows 2003 Member servers, in the last few days we have experienced several issues with loss of Netbios connectivity on some servers. The first issue seemed to be related to the browse list. Servers on one VLAN disappeared from the domain browse list and could not contact a master or backup browser. Rebooting the server acting which they thought was the master browser resolved the issue and the servers all appeared in the browse list again. The second issue occured with one server, it was still available in the browse list but could not be connected to via netbios. Net view command generated a system …

Hi all, I've a domain controller Windows 2003 Server R2 Standard Edition (english) on wich are stored useres' profiles. All client computers are Windows XP Professional SP2 (italian). When I've started to deploy the roaming profiles, I've experienced on some client computers (not all, only a few) a very strange behaviour: Into the document and settings -> user.domain folder I've system subfolders in two different leanguages (english and italian) like: Local settings, I've also "Impostazioni locali" My documents, I've also "Documenti" the trouble is that the original (profile before implementing roaming use) files are into the Italian foleders, but when…

Hi all, I've a domain controller Windows 2003 Server R2 Standard Edition (english) on wich are stored useres' profiles. All client computers are Windows XP Professional SP2 (italian). When I've started to deploy the roaming profiles, I've experienced on some client computers (not all, only a few) a very strange behaviour: Into the document and settings -> user.domain folder I've system subfolders in two different leanguages (english and italian) like: Local settings, I've also "Impostazioni locali" My documents, I've also "Documenti" the trouble is that the original (profile before implementing roaming use) files are into the Italian foleders, bu…