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Microsoft-hosted Online security-service for business users due in 2010
Microsoft’s just-announced free anti-virus/anti-malware service, codenamed Morro, isn’t the only new Microsoft security service in the works.
Company officials made a passing reference at their SharePoint Online/Exchange Online launch earlier this week to a new Microsoft-hosted service that will be part of the Online family. A Microsoft blog posting on November 18 shed a bit more [...] -
Pushing the Limits of Windows: Virtual Memory
Mark Russinovich: In my first Pushing the Limits of Windows post, I discussed physical memory limits, including the limits imposed by licensing, implementation, and driver compatibility. This time I’m turning my attention to another fundamental resource, virtual memory. Virtual memory separates a program’s view of memory from the system’s physical memory, so an operating system [...]
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Microsoft Demos New SQL Server Features at PASS
Microsoft today previewed the ability to centrally manage applications and resources in the planned upgrade of SQL Server, code-named "Kilimanjaro."
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The company introduced the centralized app and system management capability at the annual Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Conference, being held this week in Seattle. Though PASS is an independent user association, Microsoft typically has [...] -
need help with 790i ultra sli motherboard with ddr 3 memory
I bought a xfx nforce 790i ultra sli motherboard and 4 "corsair xms3 – 2048 mb 1600mhz" memory stick. the system will run fine with 2 memory sticks in DIMM Slott 0 and DIMM Slot 1. Place all 4 memory sticks in the the computer and the system wont start. When I power up I [...]
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need help with 790i ultra sli motherboard with ddr 3 memory
I bought a xfx nforce 790i ultra sli motherboard and 4 "corsair xms3 – 2048 mb 1600mhz" memory stick. the system will run fine with 2 memory sticks in DIMM Slott 0 and DIMM Slot 1. Place all 4 memory sticks in the the computer and the system wont start. When I power up I [...]
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Microsoft Announces Plans for No-Cost Consumer Security Offering
REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 18, 2008 — To address the growing need for a PC security solution tailored to the demands of emerging markets, smaller PC form factors and rapid increases in the incidence of malware, Microsoft Corp. plans to offer a new consumer security offering focused on core anti-malware protection.
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A deep dive into Windows 7 (build 6801)
Ed Bott: Microsoft took the wraps off Windows 7 for the first time at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles three weeks ago. That public unveiling and the widespread availability of a pre-beta release of the Windows 7 code (build 6801) inspired a slew of first looks (including mine). But after that initial flurry [...]
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Sound has stopped working
My sound has stopped working, there is a red cross throught the sound icon. This has happened since my windows update has an error code and says it can’t update windows because of this. The error code is 80070490. The sound driver I have is Realtek.