Microsoft Urges Users Stop Using Safari In Windows Platform
Microsoft's security team is advising users to stop using Apple's Safari browser pending investigation into a quirk that allows miscreants to litter their desktop with hundreds of executable files.
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2.6.2008 Fix Windows 7 Hibernation Error STOP 0×000000A0 INTERNAL_POWER_ERROR
There is still time for official Windows 7 release but bugs and system crash are already started appearing.
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9.9.2009 Stop the Windows Vista Features and Services Harvesting User Data for Microsoft
There is a constant flow of communication between Windows Vista and Microsoft. A collection of features and services across Microsoft's latest desktop operating system exchange data with locations on the Internet, including those belonging to the Redmond company.
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19.8.2007 Warner To YouTube: Stop The Music!
As the battle between YouTube and publishers such as Warner Music Group heats up, increasing numbers of video content publishers are finding that their videos have been stripped of their background music--or they've been removed entirely from the site.
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24.3.2009 Could a Patent Lawsuit Stop the Xbox 360?
An injunction that could disrupt the distribution of the Xbox 360 game console is possible because of a patent suit that Lucent Technologies has filed against Microsoft, according to attorneys who practice intellectual property (IP) law.
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15.4.2006 Microsoft Seeks to Stop Search Spam
Microsoft Research has embarked on a new project to automatically seek out search engine spam before it can be used to defraud advertisers on MSN, Yahoo and Google. Called Strider Search Defender, the tool combines two other projects from MSR: Strider Honey Monkey and URL Tracer.
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14.7.2006 Intel orders rival to stop making CPUs
Giant CPU maker Intel is pressuring smaller rival Via Technologies to exit the CPU market, industry sources in Taiwan claim.
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24.11.2006 SP1 Won't Stop IT Execs From Closing Door on Vista
Microsoft Corp. says it has sold 42 million volume licenses of Windows since it released Windows Vista to enterprise customers last November. But the company claims to have no statistics on how many of the corporate users who are eligible to move to Vista have actually done so.
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11.9.2007 Microsoft tries to stop more ‘Vista-capable’ e-mails from going public
Microsoft is trying to put the kibosh on more of its internal (and embarassing) e-mail messages around its Vista marketing plans going public.
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10.3.2008 How to Clear & Stop Displaying Windows Media Player 12 Frequent List in Windows 7
Windows 7 Start Menu is almost similar to Windows Vista however Windows 7 Taskbar aka superbar is way different from Vista & XP Taskbar. In Windows 7 Taskbar you have access to jump list and recently opened document list of Office word and for Windows Media Player you will get frequently played video list.
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20.7.2009 Vista Aims to Stop Hackers Social Engineering Ploys
Microsoft maintains that by addressing the social aspect of IT attacks, the portion that can dupe even the smartest users into launching malware-laden attachments or clicking unknown URLs, Vista will improve PC security significantly.
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17.1.2007 Prevent 1.0 - Stop Unauthorized Copy, Delete, Move & Change of Settings
I am sure everyone has faced the situation where either their friends, colleagues, family member of kids renaming, deleting important files or changing settings like wallpaper, screen resolution etc. this is typical with younger sibling.
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17.9.2009 Microsoft Suggests XP SP3 RC2 the Final Pit Stop – RTM Next
Release Candidate 2 could very well be the final beta stage of the Windows XP Service Pack 3.
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14.3.2008 Microsoft Suggests XP SP3 RC2 the Final Pit Stop – RTM Next
Release Candidate 2 could very well be the final beta stage of the Windows XP Service Pack 3. At least this is what Microsoft is indicating.
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16.3.2008 Windows Vista Stop Time Crack + Genuine file NEW CRACK
zapp2 report this next Windows Vista Stop Time Crack and Vista Genuine file NEW CRACK in
our forum. This is first Vista WGA crack.
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12.2.2007 Windows 7 Just a Pit Stop to Windows 8?
With Windows Vista barely one year out the door and onto the shelves, and with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service pack 3 and Windows Server 2008 still in the oven, Microsoft is also focusing on building Windows 7.
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23.1.2008 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 – 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008 Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008 Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008 Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008 Windows Fiji Has RTMd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing.
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18.7.2008 Windows 7 Beta Doesn't Play Nice with Windows Azure Cloud OS Tools
The promise for Windows 7 is that it will deliver an evolution when it will come down to stretching into the Cloud compared to its precursor, Windows Vista.
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16.1.2009 Internet Explorer 8 MUI packs for Windows XP, Windows Server 03
As detailed in our previous blog post, the following Internet Explorer MUI packs shipped today.
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17.5.2009 Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta adds Windows 7 support
Microsoft announced the release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta, along with news that it will feature Windows 7 support.
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20.7.2009Fixed Windows 2000 Update
Released
Microsoft issued an update to
its final Update Rollup for
Windows 2000 on Tuesday,
correcting issues with the
initial release. While there
seems to be yet more glitches
still not fixed, the company
says those will be addressed
in individual patches...
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15.09.2005Microsoft to Fix Critical Vista Flaw Early
Microsoft confirmed Sunday
that it would not wait until
April's "Patch
Tuesday" to release a fix
correcting a critical flaw in
Windows Animated Cursor
Handling, which affects most
supported versions of the
company's operating systems.
Instead, an update is coming
Tuesday...
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02.04.2007Apple Patches 13 Security Flaws
Apple released its fifth
security update of 2007 on
Friday, correcting 13 bugs in
both client and server
versions of its Mac OS X
operating system. The most
serious security hole could
lead to arbitrary code
execution or a denial of
service attack, although most
require local access to the
Mac...
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29.05.2007Office Upgrade Guarantee Hits Snags
Customers who purchased Office
Student and Teacher 2003 after
October 26, 2006 planning to
take advantage of the
"Technology Guarantee
Program" that offered a
free upgrade to Office 2007
have found themselves missing
Outlook due to a packaging
change. Microsoft says it is
correcting the problem...
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31.03.2007Apple Plugs 18 Security Holes in Tiger
Apple on Tuesday released its
seventh security update this
year for Mac OS X, correcting
22 vulnerabilities in total -
18 of which affect the
company's latest 10.4.8
version of Tiger. Among the
list of fixes is a buffer
overflow in the Airport
drivers, and four updates to
the system's Security
Framework...
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29.11.2006Two timesavers when Windows misbehaves
Windows occasionally gets into a weird state where, well, things just stop working - the start menu doesn't launch some apps anymore, clicking links
in Internet Explorer doesn't work, context menus stop working, etc.*
Instead of rebooting Windows to get things working again,
try logging out and logging back in. When Windows (and the apps that plug into the Windows shell) get into some weird state, you don't need to
reboot; a logoff shuts down the Windows Explorer, and a logon loads it again.
The system services in Windows generally don't get
into too weird a state. So they can just keep on running during your logoff/logon.
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22.01.2008Microsoft Issues 5 Critical Patches
November's Patch Tuesday has
brought with it five
"critical" patches
correcting 11 security
vulnerabilities, along with an
"important" fix for
two vulnerabilities related to
Novell's NetWare. Among the
list of patches is one for a
highly publicized flaw in
Microsoft's XML Core Services
component...
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15.11.2006FTC Asked to Stop Microsoft's AdCenter
A pair of consumer advocacy
groups yesterday petitioned
the US Federal Trade
Commission for "injunctive
relief" - in effect, for
an order to stop Microsoft
from developing technology for
its AdCenter online
advertising platform, that
they claim invades the privacy
of unsuspecting users...
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03.11.2006Japanese group wants Google to stop Street View
Google received another request on Friday to stop its Street View service, this time from a group of Japanese lawyers and professors who say the
service violates their right to privacy. Talking to Reuters, Yasuhiko Tajima, a professor of constitutional law at Sophia University in Tokyo, said,
"We strongly suspect that what Google has been doing deeply violates a basic right that humans have. It is necessary to warn society that an IT giant
is openly violating privacy rights, which are important rights that the citizens have, through this service." Tajima heads the Campaign Against
Surveillance Society, a Japanese civilian group that wants Google to stop providing its Japanese Street View service and to delete all saved images.
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19.12.2008Microsoft Pledges Windows XP Support Until 2014
Although it may be moving down in availability with computer manufacturers it looks like Microsoft is going to be standing by Windows XP for a good
while yet. The company has pledged to keep supporting the OS until 2014. According to Microsoft senior VP Bill Veghte, the support will include
security patches and "other critical updates," and he adds that "customers who still need Windows XP will be able to get it," despite plans to
stop selling a retail product and stop licensing it directly to PC manufacturers after June 30th of this year. This extension means that Microsoft
will be supporting the OS for 13 years since its initial release.
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25.06.2008OEMs to Continue Shipping XP
If you already own an XP license and are still hesitant to switch to Vista, Microsoft's "downgrade rights" policy, which initially began to be
exercised in 2001, may be in your favor if you would still like to purchase a machine running Windows XP after the June 30, 2008 deadline when
Microsoft will stop offering the operating system. OEMs such as Dell have said that they still have no plans to stop offering XP as an option:
"Dell has the ability to exercise 'Windows Vista downgrade rights' on your behalf in the factory if your business is still reliant upon
Windows XP and you'd prefer to have Windows XP Professional preinstalled on your PCs," according to their new downgrade policy section for XP.
"Downgrade Rights means that anyone with a Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate operating system can downgrade to Windows XP
Professional provided they have the media for Windows XP Professional."
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27.04.2008RealPlayer flaw: Stop using Internet Explorer
Security experts are warning RealPlayer users to stop using Internet Explorer until a patch is released for a flaw researchers discovered which could
allow code execution. Researcher Elazar Broad has posted to the Full Disclosure mailing list a so-called heap overflow vulnerability that makes it
possible for an attacker to modify heap blocks after they are freed and overwrite certain registers.
This could allow code execution on a
compromised machine. The vulnerability affects all versions of RealPlayer running under Internet Explorer. Exploit code for this flaw has not yet been
made public.
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13.03.2008RIAA to stop suing users, cuts them off instead
RIAA has reached an agreement to stop suing individuals who continue to share music illegally, but will cut your internet connection off instead. The
decision was reached with ISP's to send a warning letter to individuals who have been suspected or caught by the RIAA, who will set up P2P
listening posts to catch individuals and submit their information to their ISP. After 2 or 3 warnings, your ISP will slow your internet connection,
and if a user continues to share music illegally, they will be shut off for good. RIAA has sued more than 35,000 people since they began operations
in 2003, which was very costly to the music industry and time consuming.
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19.12.2008x64 Kernel patch causes random restarts, fix on the way
Microsoft has disclosed that
update 932596, a patch released for the Kernel Patch Protection
feature that is included with x64 versions of Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008, seems to be causing random restarts on
certain machines. A Stop error is then generated (error code 0x0000001E, 0x000000D1, or another Stop error code). x86 versions of Windows are not
affected since they do not include the Kernel Patch Protection feature (also known as PatchGuard), a technology that is meant to prevent third-party
interventions into the core of the operating system.
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02.07.2008Ten New Years Resolutions for the PC Industry
Happy New Years folks and that means it's time for New Years resolutions. We have some suggested resolutions for the PC Industry that will
help them...and us!
#1 To the PC Makers: Stop pre-loading shareware. Nothing is more annoying than getting a new PC loaded with "trial
versions" of programs. Just stop it.
#2 To Microsoft: Get Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista out there ASAP and make sure IE 7 doesn't
hang anymore for no apparent reason.
#3 To Apple: Get that 3G iPhone out the door sooner rather than later. GPS on it would be nice too.
#4 To the RIAA: Just stop it. I mean, seriously, just stop.
#5 To Jack Thompson: Get a new hobby. Better yet, get a life. In a
world in which one can't escape "The Girls Next Door" on TV are video games really a threat?
#6 To Google: Please make a Project
Management extension to Google Calendar!
#7 To the BluRay and HD-DVD consortiums, please find a way to work together. You're just
slowing down adoption (massively).
#8 To Amazon: Just because you think it might be patentable doesn't mean you should try to patent
it.
#9 To Bloggers: This year is the US Presidential Election. Just remember, just because someone doesn't agree with your political
opinion doesn't mean they're a bunch of sub-human monsters who eat babies.
#10 To Internet Users: Just remember that there is
another person on the other side of that screen. Just because they aren't there to punch you in the nose doesn't mean you should surrender any
semblance of civility on-line.
Have a Happy New Year!
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02.01.2008Windows Vista Shutdown Fix
The Vista™ Operating system can experience delays during shutdown if running a managed service that was designed with a ServiceBase.OnShutdown
method that does not explicitly call the ServiceBase Stop() method on system shutdown. This update facilitates quicker system shutdown by explicitly
setting the service state to stopped after calling their OnShutdown, if the service has not already called the Stop() method.
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15.11.2007Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word
On Tuesday, a judge ordered Microsoft to stop selling Word, its flagship word processing software and one of the main components of the Microsoft
Office System - namely part of Word 2003 and Word 2007. This also now extends to Word 2010 which contains the same feature set. Judge Leonard Davis
of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a permanent injunction that "prohibits Microsoft from selling or importing to the
United States any Microsoft Word products that have the capability of opening .XML, .DOCX or DOCM files (XML files) containing custom XML," according
to a statement released by attorneys for the plantiff, i4i, CNET reports. Microsoft stated that it planned to appeal the verdict.
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12.08.2009Windows Vista Performance, Responsiveness, and Reliability Update Available (KB943899 v2)
This update improves performance, responsiveness, and reliability of Windows Vista in various scenarios. This update resolves the following issues on
a Windows Vista-based computer:
- You receive a "Stop 0x000000A0" error when you try to switch the computer to the hibernate state.
- You receive a "Stop 0x0000009f" error when you switch the computer to the hibernate state or to the standby state. Or, you receive this
Stop error when you resume the computer from the hibernate state or from the standby state. This problem occurs on a computer that has a wireless
network connection.
- The disk does not spin down after a specified time of inactivity.
Additionally, this update can help
improve performance when you perform operations that are related to large disk I/O. After you apply this update, you may notice up to a 15 percent
performance improvement in some copying operations and when moving some large files.
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12.02.2008IBM VP urges open source devs to make Linux less like Windows
If Linux is going to make bigger inroads on the desktop, developers need to stop cloning Microsoft Windows and instead produce more unique user
interface designs, according to Bob Sutor, IBM's VP of open source and standards...
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08.08.2008Windows XP may get another reprieve
Ina Fried: With deference to my colleague (and boss),
not ALL roads lead to Vista.
Although Microsoft is pushing hard to
move everyone to the latest version of Windows, there are some market realities that are going to keep Windows XP around for some time--likely well
beyond the current June deadline for large computer makers to stop selling the older operating system.
Microsoft has already
extended the deadline once (XP was originally supposed
to stop showing up on big-name PCs in January) and I would expect another extension to be announced soon.
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