Microsoft Support & Discussions

As you know when I connect a couple of WinXP (Pro/Home) computers on Workgroup base (that means there is no Win Server with a Domain controller) then the computer directory is normally established by electing a "master browser" computer which keeps all the computer node data. Ok. Now are there any alternatives to "network browsing" (without migration or installing a Win2003 server) ? Can I e.g install a little piece of server software which runs as DDNS (Dynamic DNS) in this little Workgroup network? Or is really Win2003 server installation the next big available step ? I want to avoid instabilities in the current server-less network and speed up recogniti…

AP - Kazakhstan and Georgia are among countries imposing excessive restrictions on how people use the Internet, a new report says, warning that regulations are having a chilling effect on freedom of expression. Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - Anything pretty much goes in online virtual worlds. Identities are nebulous. Online characters known as avatars chat it up, gamble or even have sex at first sight. Link To Original Article

AP - The federal agency charged with protecting consumers from Internet scams now finds itself wrapped up in one. Link To Original Article

[/url]Reuters - Billed as the biggest change in the way viewers watch television in 40 years, the BBC launched an online service on Friday that allows people to download many programs from the last week. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - With security researchers set to reveal details of a critical security flaw in the iPhone at the Black Hat 2007 conference next week, Apple Inc. now has fewer than seven days to patch a critical vulnerability in the product. Link To Original Article

PC World - Executives at Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are pursuing a new strategy to combine CPUs and graphics processors into one unit and put them into everything from workstations to HDTVs to wireless phones. Link To Original Article

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--Apparently sometimes, you just can't say no, even when you know it's going to hurt. That seems to be where AMD finds itself, as it tries to reconcile a draining price war against the high demand for its chips. Intel has been squeezing AMD's margins ... Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Popular open-source software development site SourceForge.net hosted the equivalent of the open-source Oscars on Thursday evening, billing the event as a big party, not a painfully long and formal awards ceremony. Link To Original Article

The future of AMD's asset-light manufacturing strategy remained detail-light Thursday. There's been lots of speculation about AMD's manufacturing plans this year as the company has posted heavy losses, and it has intensified since CEO Hector Ruiz made comments about possible changes to the company's strategy on ... Link To Original Article

Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie provided a fresh take of the technical components at the heart of its online services push on Thursday. Speaking at the Microsoft Financial Analysts Day, Ozzie spelled out in greatest detail yet the work he has led on "cloud" Internet services. During the next ... Link To Original Article

[/url]Reuters - Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer defended the software company's expansion beyond its Windows and office software businesses, saying Web services and consumer devices are key to the company's future. Link To Original Article

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--AMD's Fusion chip will come in two varieties, one for PCs and servers and another for consumer electronics devices. Bulldozer is the code name for the Fusion chip that will be designed for everything from servers to handhelds, said Phil Hester, AMD's chief technology officer. Bobcat ... Link To Original Article

Underscoring its commitment to the advertising business, Microsoft on Thursday announced it has bought AdECN, a company that is a technology platform for buying and selling display advertising. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Speaking at Microsoft's Financial Analysts Day, Kevin Johnson, president of Microsoft's Platform ... Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Thursday*gave journalists and analysts a peek at its road map*of upcoming processors, including more details on the company's quad-core processors and plans for a family of server chips with 16 cores. Link To Original Article

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--AMD will unveil a new chip design in 2009 for the server market and faster versions of its Barcelona quad-core chip later this year, company executives said Thursday. AMD's near-term goal is to get its Barcelona quad-core chip out into the market. The company has already said ... Link To Original Article

On Road Trip 2007, CNET News.com's Daniel Terdiman's next stop is a place Dr. Strangelove would enjoy--the Titan Missile Museum. Link To Original Article

Tim notes that Microsoft will be submitting its shared-source licenses to the OSI for approval. He calls this "huge, long-awaited,...and earthshaking." It's actually none of the above, but it is welcome. It will do little to blur the "bright line between Microsoft and the open-source community," as Tim suggests it will. That bright line is increasingly drawn by Microsoft, and not by the community. This will not erase patent FUD, for example, from the collective consciousness. But I suppose it does help Microsoft to start acting like a full participant, rather than an outsider. But this isn't the real news. ... Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - They come for anime and original comic-book art. They come for video games, collectible figurines and to show off their "Star Wars" or "Lord of the Rings" costumes. They might even come to buy a winged helmet or a suit of armor. Link To Original Article

Dear All, i'm facing a problem with my windows vista ultimate. when i click on download link or downloading any file from internet in any browser. i received an error message that "Browser stop responding" & then my browser automatically restart and loads home page not last page. i worried about my problem. i switch my browser from IE7 to FireFox 1.5 then 2.0 then AvantBrowser and finally i tried Opera 9. but my problem still as it is. please help me to resolve this problem. i think there is a bug in my windows.

After entering a command netstat -rn on my computer I am getting the following information (see bottom). Ok, I know this routing table is used to direct TCP/IP packets to their destination. But how do I interpret this table ? For example has a routing command line higher priority the lower it is listed in the table ? Assume on local computer 192.168.0.14 a TCP-IP packet is arriving with the destination 192.168.0.32 Starting with the last entry line and going higher step by step the first line which matches the destination mask of the two first columns is 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.14 192.168.0.14 30 Hmm, from my poin…

Dear all, I forget my Admin password. How do I recover it ? Thanks. Chlaris

Dear all, I forget my Admin password. How do I recover it ? Thanks. Chlaris

When I try to open a .wmv file, all I get is the audio portion. No video. Can anyone help? Ron

Hi, I'm trying to find a way to determine which drivers and which services will be started when I boot a computer in Safe Mode. So any of you know about this topic ? For example, does Windows look in the registry to determine if a driver will be loaded ? Is there a special key responsible for this ? Thank you Al