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Microsoft Security Patch Was Seven Years in the Making
Some security patches take time.
Seven-and-a-half years, in fact, if you count the time it’s taken Microsoft to patch a security issue in its SMB (Server Message Block) service, fixed Tuesday. This software is used by Windows to share files and print documents over a network.
In a blog posting, Microsoft acknowledged that “Public tools, including a [...] -
Latest Microsoft Innovations Help Developers Build Better Applications, Faster
During the keynote address at Microsoft Tech•Ed EMEA 2008 Developers, Jason Zander, general manager of the Developer Division at Microsoft Corp., highlighted how Microsoft is dramatically simplifying everyday development tasks through recently released technologies, such as Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, and the forthcoming Visual Studio 2010 [...]
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HDTV going black when used as 2nd Monitor
Hi, I am new here and I am not sure if I am even doing this in the right spot. Anyway, I have a XPS M1210 with Windows XP. My video card is a NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400. I recently bought a LCD Samsung 42" LN40A530P1f and a VGA chord so I could use the [...]
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HDTV going black when used as 2nd Monitor
Hi, I am new here and I am not sure if I am even doing this in the right spot. Anyway, I have a XPS M1210 with Windows XP. My video card is a NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400. I recently bought a LCD Samsung 42" LN40A530P1f and a VGA chord so I could use the [...]
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Microsoft ‘interested’ in open source browser: Ballmer
Microsoft has given its most ringing endorsement of open source Web browsers to date with chief executive officer Steve Ballmer not ruling out adopting such technology as an alternative to its own popular Internet Explorer, saying it is "interesting".
In Sydney to speak at a Power to Developers event, Ballmer ignited the audience with his [...] -
ethernet problem? help guys!
hi there well i have just installed service pack 2 xp cd to clean my computer all up and whn trying to get my thomson speedtouch router set up i couldnt get it solved so i went to my computer right clicked (novice here!)and went to my computer right clicked and went to properties and [...]
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ethernet problem? help guys!
hi there well i have just installed service pack 2 xp cd to clean my computer all up and whn trying to get my thomson speedtouch router set up i couldnt get it solved so i went to my computer right clicked (novice here!)and went to my computer right clicked and went to properties and [...]
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HJT log
Hey Evil, long story short, I f’ed up my other computer for a little while and am using my old one. I just ran an HJT log on this one and wanted to be sure it was cool. It’s been spybot’ed. I’m in the Malware U course now and doing my first PL, so don’t [...]