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Best deals, warranties, durability on laptops?
I’m buying a laptop that is just going to be used to surf the net, and maybe listen to music. Don’t need anything fancy, just something that will work, and work for years to come. Most of the computers I have are custom builds and the brand name ones I’ve bought always end up broken [...]
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Video demoes latest beta build of Windows Live Messenger
Ever since the first leaks of the next version of Windows Live Messenger in September 2007, screenshots have been past back and forth between IM users eager to see what’s new. Almost a year later in August, Microsoft made it clear that a new Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) based GUI was on the way. The [...]
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HVRemote"…., a tool to "automagically" configure Hyper-V Remote Management.
What does the tool do: It reduces the manual configuration steps needed for Hyper-V Remote Management that I blogged about back in March this year 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 down to one or two commands.
It can configure Full installations and Server Core Installations of Windows Server 2008 with the Hyper-V role enabled, plus configure Microsoft [...]
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DVD/CD-RW drive troubles… please help!!!
Hi guys, I seem to be having trouble with my disk drive.. Ive had my computer for a couple of years now and Ive never had a problem with it until today. I got Call of Duty World at War and went to install it but the autorun didnt work, so I went into my [...]
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DVD/CD-RW drive troubles… please help!!!
Hi guys, I seem to be having trouble with my disk drive.. Ive had my computer for a couple of years now and Ive never had a problem with it until today. I got Call of Duty World at War and went to install it but the autorun didnt work, so I went into my [...]
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Windows 7 no threat to netbook Linux
Henry Kingman: I’ve been nonplussed the last few weeks as ordinarily sane compu-journalists opine that Windows 7 will somehow kill Linux on netbooks. This weekend, I had a chance to actually see XP running on an EEE 900, and I can tell you, Linux has nothing to fear from Redmond.
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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 [...] -
DNSSEC in Windows 7
Shyam Seshadri, Program Manager Windows Core Networking: I’m excited that I finally get to talk about what the DNS team has been working on for over a year. That’s right – DNSSEC. It’s in Windows, and it’s on its way.
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DNSSEC is a suite of security extensions to the DNS which provide origin authority, [...]