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June 21st, 2008

Beautiful Model Wearing Fatal Error

I found this picture over Flickr which is a Windows Vista Fatal Error T-Shirt. Cool! and the model too!

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June 20th, 2008

Security Flaw in Safari on Vista Fixed

Apple has just released a fix for a security flaw in Safari running on Windows Vista. The flaw allows download of software from malicious sites without the knowledge of the user.
This flaw is finally fixed, almost two months after Microsoft has released a warning on it (found here).
The flaw works by luring a user to […]

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June 20th, 2008

Interesting Post on Vista and UAC

This is an interesting post on UAC wherein people of about 12% has decided to disable the feature of Windows Vista, making it behave like Windows XP. Though there are risks associated with it and Microsoft is doing things to make Vista secure even if UAC is disabled. 12% may be small, but the amount […]

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June 14th, 2008

Dell is putting pressure on the June 30 Deadline of Windows XP Support

Dell is putting pressure on Microsoft anew by publicly announcing they are selling Windows XP until 2009 even if Microsoft is only supporting the old operating system until June 30.
According to Dell they will make Windows XP OEM available for customers buying PCs. Back in April 2007, Dell extended Windows XP’s shelf life.
This should give […]

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June 14th, 2008

Video on Unpacking Asus Eee PC

I have been thinking of buying an Asus Eee PC as my tertiary computer whose ultra portability I can use with my busy moving schedule nowadays.
I found this video on unpacking Asus Eee PC and it makes me think seriously about it.
The only concern I have is whether I could load Windows Vista on […]

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June 14th, 2008

Windows Vista Ultimate on My Mac Mini!

This video shoes Vista Ultimate on a MAC (?) mini.
Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows

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June 14th, 2008

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 2008

Microsoft has released their latest security bulletin for June 2008. It includes 3 critical, 3 important, & 1 moderate. The critical updates are:
Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows

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June 13th, 2008

Windows UX Taskforce Blog for Users to Get Helpful User Interface Tips

The Windows UX Taskforce Blog is a venue for users to let Microsoft know what they think of their user interface. This is blog offers helpful tips instead of bashing Microsoft user interface.
Some of the useful posts are:
Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows

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June 13th, 2008

Top Ten Tweaks for Windows Vista

ZDnet has posted top ten tweaks for Windows Vista which include the following:
Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows

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June 13th, 2008

Charles DiBona Makes New Estimates for Windows Vista

Bernstein Research analyst Charles DiBona had very positive estimates for Windows Vista before but had to cut them because of a number of issues that held back implementations of Windows Vista as was reported from a survey conducted by Bernstein and Ziff Davis Media among 372 IT professionals. Their findings are as follows:
Tags: Microsoft, Vista, […]

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June 8th, 2008

Video on installing MAC cursors in Vista and XP.

Above is a video which teaches how to install MAC cursors in Vista/XP. Embedding is disabled, but the page is here.
Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows

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June 7th, 2008

Wordpad, blast from the past…

Remember wordpad? I must admit I am a notepad addict but I just came across a site mentioning wordpad was in Vista so I decided to run “wordpad” in the run menu and there it was. This is a blast from the past. The wordpad included in Vista contain features up to 2002 version (Word […]

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June 7th, 2008

Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK)

Have you heard of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK)? Microsoft describes this as follows:
Overview
The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is designed to help corporate IT professionals customize and deploy the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 family of operation systems. By using Windows AIK, you can perform unattended Windows installations, capture Windows […]

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June 7th, 2008

Windows XP SP3 crashes routers

APCMag report router crashing problems with Windows XP SP3. In an excerpt:
Broadband modem/router maker Billion says XP SP3 has been causing its BiPAC 5200-series routers to go into a constant crash and reboot cycle.
The company has produced firmware upgrades that solve the problem.
Although Windows XP SP3 has been available for manual download from […]

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June 7th, 2008

Find Specific information on your Cached and Cookies Folder

I needed to delete specific cached pages and cookies information in Windows Vista. I was able to do it through the following steps:
1. Type “explorer” in the run startup
2. Click explorer from the search results
3. Click “Organize” from the drop-down menu
4. Click “Folder and Search Options”
5. Click “View” tab
6. Select “Show hidden files and folders” […]

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June 7th, 2008

Using Windows 7 for choking tactics to Upgrade to Windows Vista

Microsoft VP Mike Nash has written a white paper about risks related to skipping Windows Vista and waiting for Windows 7.
The major points are as follows:
1. Implications for security, support, and regulatory compliance and reduce flexibility in the face of changing business requirements.
2. By not deploying Windows Vista, it means missing out on the proven […]

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June 7th, 2008

Windows Vista Movie Maker

Below is a video for Windows Vista Movie Maker.

Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows

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May 31st, 2008

Is Microsoft making the same mistakes with Windows 7?

This article questions whether Microsoft is making the same mistakes with Windows 7.
from the article: Apple didn’t invent touchscreen technology. In fact, Microsoft was working on the concept long before Apple publicly demonstrated its efforts. However, touchscreen technology has become almost synonymous with Apple and the iPhone, Gartenberg said, and he wonders why Microsoft is […]

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May 31st, 2008

Windows Vista Styler Video

This is a video on Windows Vista styler.
Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows

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May 31st, 2008

An Aussie’s rant on Windows 7 and Vista

This shows the rant of an Aussie on Windows 7 and Vista.
Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows

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