Microsoft Personal Folders Backup (PST)
The Personal Folders Backup download creates backup copies of your .PST files at regular intervals, in Outlook 2002 and later versions, making it easy to keep all of your Outlook folders safely backed up.
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8.5.2008 Hide Folders XP 2.7 Beta 2
Hide Folders XP is a security tool for hiding your sensitive folders from other users.
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20.1.2007 Another security hole found in IE
Secunia published an advisory on Tuesday stating that an error could be exploited to fake the address bar in a browser window. This tactic could be used in phishing scams that attempt to trick people into believing they are on a legitimate site, when in fact they are viewing a fraudulent Web page. Phishing is a prevalent type of online scam that seeks to pilfer personal information from unsuspecting Internet users. The scams typically combine spam e-mail with fraudulent Web sites that appear to come from a trusted source, such as a credit card company or a bank.
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7.4.2006 Super Personal Computer
Tyan Computer has announced its latest TyanPSC T-650 series personal supercomputers powered by Intels 50-watt quad-core Xeon processors. Tyan targets the TyanPSC T-650 series towards office environments. The new TyanPSC T-650 is a 5-node cluster with 40 CPU cores per system.
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22.3.2007 Exchange Server "12" and Public Folders
A frequent topic of discussion with customers is the future of Public Folders, thus I think it would be good to capture that discussion on our blog.
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21.2.2006 Windows Live Folders beta - more info
The folks over at LiveSide have put up and detailed walkthrough of Microsoft's latest Live product, Windows Live Folders.
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15.5.2007 Second Metafile Vulnerability Found in Windows
Round two begins for Microsoft, as they are faced with yet another WMF vulnerability. A hacker who goes by the name ?concoruder? posted his two newly discovered WMF vulnerabilities on Monday, on the popular security mailing list Bugtrap.
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10.1.2006 New Vulnerability Found In Windows Vista
A security vendor based in Aliso Viejo, California has found a vulnerability with a 'medium' security rating in Microsoft's Windows Vista.
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28.2.2007 Advanced WindowsCare Personal 2.4.1 Betad
Advanced WindowsCare is a comprehensive PC care utility that takes an one-click approach to help protect, repair and optimize your computer.
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23.5.2007 First security fail found in Windows 7
The good folks at F-Secure uncover the first Windows 7 security fail and its a classic.
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5.5.2009 Recover Deleted Files or Folders in Windows Vista
The title of this article explains it all! DataRecovery is freeware and written by TOKIWA(a japanese) to undelete accidentally deleted files even from recycle bin.
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29.4.2007 Windows Live Folders beta expands tomorrow
Hot off the press is an email sent to some of those who signed up for the Windows Live Folders beta and don't yet have access.
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1.8.2007 Vista CompletePC Backup
After message from our user Roberts
we prepare this article. Windows Vista comes with a new backup utility named CompletePC Backup, which will allow you to create an image file of your partitions in case they need to be restored.
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26.2.2007 Xbox 360 crash fix found
A gamer fed up with his new Xbox 360 crashing every 20 minutes has fixed the problem by raising the power supply off the ground with some string.
Dan, from Duluth, or 'goldeneyemaster' as he is known, told the game spot forum here that he thinks the main reason that the xBox 360 freezes is because the power supply overheats. The solution is to lift the power supply off the floor and allow the air to circulate better around it.
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26.11.2005 Ad-Aware SE Personal v1.06
Whether you already have Ad-Aware or are trying it out for the first time, the latest version of this free spyware-removal tool is an essential component of any Windows system.
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DoS Flaw Found in Windows XP, Server
Security firm Secunia warned Thursday of a new flaw within Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that could cause a denial of service issue. The vulnerability can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow, which in turn would cause Windows to crash.
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3.6.2006 Avira AntiVir Personal Free 8.1.00.295
Free, effective protection against computer viruses. AntiVir Personal Edition is a software that helps you protect and monitor your PC.
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11.6.2008 Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus 8.1.0.331
AntiVir Personal Edition is a software that helps you protect and monitor your PC.
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8.10.2008 Windows Vista CompletePC Backup to VHD
Windows Vista includes a new feature called CompletePC Backup. The interesting thing is the backup file format which is VHD, the same format used by Virtual PC and Virtual Server. It will be interesting to find out whats behind this!
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6.7.2006 Microsoft Releases Backup Software To Testers
Microsoft is rolling out the first release candidate for System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, the vendor's flagship backup and recovery offering.
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4.10.2007 Download Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
With the ability to scan your RAM, Registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-Aware SE easily can clean your system, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web.
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22.12.2005 The Pirate Bay found guilty, jail & $3.6 million fine
The Pirate Bay, notorious for providing BitTorrent files of all things copyrighted and illegal have lost a trial in Sweden today.
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17.4.2009 Microsoft Cuts Backup From Home Server Update
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) has quietly removed a key backup feature from an upcoming update for Windows Home Server, much to the frustration of channel partners who've been touting this particular feature of the product to customers.
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16.5.2008 Microsoft Unveils Details for Ultra-Mobile Personal Computers (Origami)
Introduced at CeBIT, the new mobile PC form factor, formerly codenamed "Origami," provides full Windows functionality with an enhanced touch screen, pen and keyboard input.
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9.3.2006 Windows Live OneCare Beta v2.0 Online Backup Today!
I was looking in my inbox tonight and I came across what I thought was just another Windows Live OneCare message.
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22.9.2007 Macrium Reflect FREE Edition - How To Create Full Windows Backup
An award winning disk imaging solution for free. With Macrium Reflect FREE Edition you can create a disk image without rebooting.
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17.6.2008 Tasty Morsels Found In Dogfood-Top 10 reasons Microsoft.com chose IIS7
Dogfood.yummmm! Yes it is true, Microsoft.com has been running Beta 3 of Windows Server 2008 in production since June 12, 2007. What does that mean?
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8.9.2007 How to Backup and Restore to Preserve OEM Offline Pre-Activation When Reinstall Windows XP
Most users of new computers with Windows XP pre-installed will notice that no activation is required after they unwrap and start up the new laptop or notebook PC, even though they need to go through the initial set up process, and a product key is found on the Certificate of Authenticity attached to the PC (COA Key). Large PC manufacturers known as Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) have the ability to pre-activate Windows XP operating system installed on new PCs via SLP (System Locked Preinstallation).
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3.9.2009 Spy The Spy - Monitor Folders For File Changes And Additions
I was always puzzled that Microsoft did not integrate a software into Windows that would monitor specific folders for file changes and list the changes in a table to provide the user with means to analyze those changes.
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14.10.2008 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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3.6.2009Outlook 2007/2003/2002 Add-in: Personal Folders Backup
Backing up your Microsoft Outlook information is quicker and easier with the Personal Folders Backup feature. Personal Folders Backup creates backup
copies of your .PST files at regular intervals, in Outlook 2002 and later versions, making it easy to keep all of your Outlook folders safely backed
up.
With Personal Folders Backup, you can choose which of your .PST files you wish to back up, and how often you wish to back
them up.
Each .PST file contains all of your Outlook folders, including the Inbox, Calendar, and Contacts. You can have a single
.PST file (usually called "Internet Folders" or "Personal Folders" in your Folder List), but you might also have an additional .PST file that you
use for archiving ("Archiving Folders"). Personal Folders Backup lets you back up any or all of these .PST files.
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08.05.2008Windows 7: Windows Backup Overview
Windows Backup Windows Backup allows you to make copies of data files and also create a system image which includes your system settings, programs
and files. In Windows 7, you can choose your custom location for the data backup and whether or not to include the system image during backup.
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18.01.2009Microsoft tees up LiveDrive hosted-storage service
For more than two
years, there've been tips
circulating that Microsoft was
readying an online storage
service, code-named LiveDrive.
Finally, the service, part of
Microsoft's hosted consumer
storage offering — Windows
Live Folders — is about to
go to beta, according to
http://www.liveside.net/blogs/
main/archive/2007/05/12/live-d
rive-is-almost-here-windows-li
ve-folders-beta.aspx>LiveSide.
net.
Microsoft's positioning
slogan for Live Folders:
"Password-protected online
file storage. Always available
where you need it."
LiveSide links to the
Windows Live Folders beta
http://folders.live.com/>home
page (not sure how long this
link will keep working, so
visit early and often).
According to that page,
Microsoft is planning to allow
users to store up to 500 MB
(initially) worth of personal,
shared and public files in the
cloud. ..
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13.05.2007SanDisk introduces FlashBack adapter as notebook HDD backup
SanDisk announced the availability of its FlashBack adapter as a backup storage media to protect against unexpected PC system failure or hard disk
drive (HDD) crash. The FlashBack adapter fits into the ExpressCard slot where it will automatically and continuously back up and encrypt critical data
onto a SecureDigital (SD) or SD HighCapacity (SDHC) card. With the backup card nested completely inside the notebook, the system is literally out of
sight.
Once the adapter is installed, users pre-select backup sources by individual files, folders and/or file types. The device will then
back up and encrypt data automatically and continuously from the computer's HDD to the memory card. Backup occurs as soon as there is a change to
a designated file, or when a file is added or deleted. There is no need for scheduling backups and no need for further user intervention. Also, the
application has a screen indicator to show the amount of storage available, along with a taskbar icon that displays the ongoing backup status.
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04.03.2008Hands on: More Vista mysteries
Several readers have been puzzled by Access denied messages when they try to open certain folders in Windows Vista Explorer or from an applications
File Open or Save dialogue. For example, complained E Jones, C:Documents and Settings is not accessible. I do not understand why access to my own
documents should be denied.
Another reader was frustrated by her inability to add shortcuts to the Send to folder. Ive been
using this since Windows 95 and very useful it is too but how the heck do I open it?
There are a number of these folders
around that cant be opened, and they are distinguished by faint folder icons with an arrow overlay. You only see them if you have both Show hidden
files and folders ticked and Hide protected operating system files unticked in Folder Options, View.
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02.11.2007Windows Live Folders and Photo Gallery Now Available
Well we just got the email,
and Windows Live Folders and
Windows Live Photo Gallery are
now available if you have been
invited. You should have
received an invitation to
"Windows Live Beta" a few
weeks ago, and if you
completed that, you're in!
Make sure to sign up for
Folders as early as possible:
We have
limited availability for
Windows Live Folders, so make
sure you sign up between the
hours of 10:00am and 4:00pm
PST on Wednesday, June 27th.
Also, Live Folders is
available in the United States
only at this time. You will
not be able to access the Live
Folders site if you are
outside the Unites States.
Although the Windows
Live Photo Gallery beta is a
private beta, Windows Live
folders is now up at
http://folde
rs.live.com (only in the
US) for a limited beta. (via
Dan
Crevier's MSDN Blog)
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27.06.2007Thief cops personal information from NYPD pension database
UPI reports that a civilian employee of the New York Police Department has been charged with burglary, grand larceny, and computer trespass after
disabling security cameras and stealing eight backup tapes from a warehouse on Staten Island. Anthony Borelli, the accused, is the former director of
communications for the NYPD pension fund, and the tapes found in his home contain Social Security numbers and direct-deposit information for 80,000
current and retired officers.
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06.03.2009Live Folders To Support Image Previews
Just a small
tidbit
found over at the
Live Folders
Team Blog, they have
announced that the next
release of Live Folders will
include thumbnails of any
pictures that are in your
folders.
Currently
when you have a folder open
that contains pictures you
will see the following:
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16.07.2007Windows Live Folders beta - more info
The folks over at LiveSide
have put up and detailed
walkthrough of Microsoft's
latest Live product, Windows
Live Folders.
Here's a snip:
Windows Live Folders is
(sic) not a difficult to use
service, folder creation is
straightforward, as it the
uploading of files. Microsoft
is aiming Windows Live Folders
towards a large as market as
possible, so the basic
procedures need to be simple
to promote adoption amongst
the less tech-savy. The use of
ajax to create new folders is
nice, though the rest of the
site could do with a little
too. As we've seen with
Windows Live Hotmail though,
too much of a good thing can
be bad.
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15.05.2007Backup More Than 1GB per Second Using SQL2008 Backup Compression
Backup Compression in SQL2008 performs very well and it is easy to use. You could either use With Compression along with the Backup command or
simply enable default backup compression through sp_configure by setting backup compression default value to 1. It is very convenient for backups of
large databases in our customer lab environment.
A few things you could do to make the backup compression perform better. The
hardware we used is 32way HP
Superdome and
StorageWorks
XP12000 disk
array.
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03.03.2008Windows Vista Makes Backup and
Recovery Simple
Columnist Mitch Tulloch
explains the new and improved
backup and restore
capabilities in Windows Vista...
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15.08.2006Whats new with backup and Restore on Vista SP1
Christine Fok: Vista SP1 Backup & Restore contains many updates that improve reliability. Great effort has been put into improving the overall quality
of File Backup, Complete PC Backup and System Restore.
Many of those important changes may not be visible to users, but if you
run Backup and Restore tools, you can see some functionality improvements that many users had asked for:
Backing-up EFS
files
File Backup now backs up EFS (Encrypting File System) encrypted files. For those concerned with security, the encryption on
those files are kept throughout the process. So dont worry, you wont compromise your documents security by using our Vista SP1 backup tool.
Restoring Complete PC to a new motherboard
With SP1, you can use Complete PC Restore to a new motherboard that uses
previously absent disk controller. That means, if the new hardware requires an inbox driver that was previously disabled when the Complete PC backup
was taken, the required critical driver will be enabled in the last stage of the restore to ensure the machine will be bootable.
OTS credentials for scheduling Backup
In Vista (pre-SP1), only someone logged in as administrator could configure backup.
Now, its possible for standard users to configure a backup. When scheduling a backup, standard users will be asked to supply administrator
credentials. That is what we call over-the-shoulder (OTS) credentials. That is because well, if the user doesnt know the credentials, the
administrator usually type it over the users shoulder :-)
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10.03.2008Verizon Wireless Offers EV-DO as Backup
Verizon Wireless said
Wednesday it has begun
offering a service which
allows businesses to use its
high-speed data network as a
backup to standard Internet
connections or when more
bandwidth is needed...
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11.04.2007Preview of 160 GB ClickFree backup drive
At the Digital Experience show last night, Storage Appliance Corp. previewed a new 160 GB ClickFree Automated Backup device, not set for official
announcement until July 3...
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27.06.2008Windows Live Folder Beta transforms into Live Skydrive Beta
Good News! Windows Live
Skydrive (formerly Windows
Live Folders) is now available
in the United States in
English and Spanish, Great
Britain, and India! You will
not be able to access the Live
Skydrive site if you are
outside these markets. We look
forward to growing into
further markets in the
future!
When you
sign in to Windows Live
Skydrive, you're in charge.
For each folder you create,
you choose who has access to
it. Add new folders, rename
them, or change who has access
at any time.
Always where you need
them
- 500 MB of free
online storage, available from
any computer with Internet
access.
- Create
personal, shared, and public
folders -- you decide who has
access to each
folder.
- Skydrive work
well on any Windows or
Macintosh computer with
Firefox 1.5 or higher, or
Internet Explorer 6.0 or
higher.
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10.08.2007Symantec enters crowded online data backup market
Symantec has acquired online backup company SwapDrive for an estimated $123m (£63m), say reports. SwapDrive offers a secure online service
to consumers and small businesses that want to upload and store information which can be retrieved at any time from any device.
Many
companies already offer online backup services, including EMC (which acquired online backup provider Mozy last year), HP, IBM and Microsoft, as well
as dedicated online backup providers such as Iron Mountain.
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12.06.2008Windows Home Server Technical Brief for User Accounts and Shared Folders
You can use the Shared Folders and User Accounts features in Windows Home Server to centrally store, protect and access your data on your home server.
Files can be accessed from both within your home network and remotely from the web.
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16.09.2008Flaw Found in Symantec Backup Tool
Symantec has released a patch
for its Veritas NetBackup
software, saying it had
discovered a buffer overflow
vulnerability in the
application. The flaw exists
in the web programming
language PHP used within
NetBackup...
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30.11.2006Fastback backup service to move beyond Windows, says IBM
IBM will also offer its FastBack enterprise-class backup service not for just Windows for other operating environments over time, according to a
company product manager in an interview with BetaNews...
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05.08.2008Windows Live Folders Now 'SkyDrive'
Microsoft has renamed its
online storage service from
Windows Live Folders to
Windows Live SkyDrive,
concurrently adding support
for those in the United
Kingdom and India. The
"SkyDrive" name is
designed to indicate that
stored files exist in the
"cloud" of the
Internet...
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