BITS Repair Tool for Windows Vista Available updated
The BITS Repair Tool will help you fix a problem caused by the corruption of BITS state files. The problem stops the host process for Windows Services, which prevents you from using BITS to transfer files. Thanks to pacpis for this download.
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2.9.2007 Who wants or needs 64 bits?
It looks like the world isn't clamoring for 64-bit desktops just yet.
Nearly two and a half years have passed since 64-bit processors started going into PCs. But the software to take full advantage of these chips remains scarce, and customers aren't buying much of what's out there. The 64-bit chips provide greater performance than their older 32-bit counterparts, but that's because of speed upgrades and other architectural enhancements.
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7.3.2006 Windows Vista SP2 32 bits FREE download!
Thanks to portos for reporting this in the forum.
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25.10.2008 Microsoft mulling 128-bit versions of Windows 8, Windows 9
Microsoft is working on 128-bit architecture compatibility with the Windows 8 and Windows 9 kernels. Consequently, the company is also forming relationships with major partners, including Intel, AMD, HP, and IBM.
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7.10.2009 Microsoft To Ship All OS Bits With Every Version Of Vista
Microsoft plans to market several versions of Vista but will distribute all of the OS bits with every product shipped so users can easily unlock and step up to more full-featured versions using electronic keys, sources said.
"No matter which edition you buy you get all the bits and a key to unlock it. Everyone will have all the bits," said one source familiar with Microsoft's plans. "Right now we maintain master images for each version of Windows XP and it's a lot of work. Now there's just one master image."
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9.1.2006 Forget 128-bit Windows 8, 64-bit Windows 7 Yet to Get All the Love
Forget about the possibility of Windows 8, the next iteration of the Windows operating system planned for 2011 – 2012 getting support for 128-bit processor architectures.
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16.10.2009 Windows: 32-bit, 64-bit, 128-bit
The evolution of Windows in parallel with computing architectures can be mapped out in accordance to the following marks: 32-bit, 64-bit, 128-bit and even further along.
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1.8.2008 Windows 7 Migration Tool to Move From Windows XP to Windows 7
In past we had covered guide on upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately there is no direct upgrade path from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and you have to use Windows Easy Transfer utility if you want to move your user and program files from XP to Windows 7.
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22.11.2009 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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20.7.2009 Check for RAM Error or Defect in Windows 7 and Vista with Windows Memory Diagnostic
Memory or RAM is one of the most important electronic hardware component on a computer systems, not only in term of speed or clock frequency and size, but also the reliability of hardware ecosystem of the RAM sticks or memory modules and its subsystem.
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1.10.2009 The Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 Threat Mitigation Guide
Well, Microsoft still puts effort in old Windows versions...
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31.3.2006 Windows Vista comes with 19,500 drivers on DVD – more on Windows Update
Ever needed to find a driver for a product and wished Windows would either just have the driver in it, or that their Windows Update service could provide it? With Vista, it can – and new features and updates will be forthcoming too. It’s about time!
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20.11.2006 Windows XP Home No Longer Qualifies for Windows Vista Upgrades
Windows XP Home Edition no longer qualifies for Windows Vista Business Upgrade or Upgrade + SA through Volume Licensing.
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17.10.2007 Microsoft Offers a Complex Windows Vista vs. Windows XP Perspective
A new standard of security is an integer aspect of the evolution puzzle represented by the move from Windows XP to Windows Vista.
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3.11.2007 Windows XP SP3 to Drop Concomitantly with Windows Vista SP1?
Yes, it's time for every Windows user's favorite obsession: Windows XP Service Pack 3. The third and final service pack for Windows XP has been quite elusive for the past three years.
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25.11.2007 Windows Vista vs. Windows 9x/Me, NT Server, 2000 and XP
If at just a couple of weeks short of the first anniversary since Windows Vista hit the shelves you are still looking for reasons to upgrade to the latest Windows client, then Biplab Paul, Partner Technical Consultant with Microsoft India, has an impressive, and exhaustive list of features that are bound to tilt the balance in Vista's favor.
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14.1.2008 Free Windows Vista Business and Windows XP SP2 on Parade
Free Windows... Not a concept you would expect from Microsoft. With a business strategy focused on proprietary software, the Redmond company is by all means at the opposite technology spectrum from open source and free software.
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9.3.2008Windows 8 and 9 may support 128-bit architecture
With Windows 7 still not available for everyone, news has surfaced that Microsoft is already researching and working on some of the architecture for
Windows 8/9, which includes "128-bit architecture compatibility with the Windows 8 kernel." This is surprising, seeing as we're at least 3-4
years away from the next release, and still on the brink of the release of the latest version of Windows.
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08.10.2009Toshiba's 128 GB solid-state disk plays hide and seek
On Friday, Toshiba's Japanese-language Dynabook dedicated site announced a delay in availability of its 128 GB solid state drive for the SS RX model
ultra portable. Then, on the company's European site, a Portege R500 (the Dynabook's western counterpart) appeared to be configurable with a 128 GB
SSD...
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15.04.2008BITS Repair Tool for Windows Vista Available
The BITS Repair Tool will help you fix a problem caused by the corruption of BITS state files. The problem stops the host process for Windows
Services, which prevents you from using BITS to transfer files. Use this tool to resolve the corruption and re-enable BITS transfers. After you
install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
This update is provided to you and licensed under the Windows Vista
License Terms.
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01.09.2007Take two: Microsoft says business licensees to get Windows 7 bits on September 1
Last week, it seemed Microsoft was going to
make Windows 7 bits available to business customers
with volume licensees right after the product was released to manufacturing in July.
But on July 13, Microsoft officials said
business users with volume license agreements won’t be able to get the Windows 7 bits until September 1. Microsoft isn’t providing further
information as to why customers will have to wait more than a month after RTM to get the final bits.
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13.07.2009Vista SP1 gold bits on track for this week
After both public and private betas galore, Microsoft is set to make the final, gold Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 bits available, most likely
this week.
Last week, I’ve been getting reports of SP1 bits being available on torrents. I asked Microsoft earlier last week if these
builds were, as some were saying, the final Vista SP1 bits. And, as usual, the Windows client team wasn’t saying a whole lot.
On
January 29, a Microsoft spokeswoman said Vista SP1 had yet to be officially released to manufacturing. The
recent SP1 Release Candidate (RC) Refresh 2 is not the RTM build, the
spokeswoman said. “And we’re not commenting on the build number,” she said, when I asked whether the “18000″ build
number was the RTM version.
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04.02.2008Microsoft starts rolling out final Windows Server 2008 R2 bits
As promised, Microsoft has made
the final Windows Server 2008 R2 bits available on August 14
for download by Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and TechNet subscribers.
Microsoft released the final Windows Server 2008 R2
bits to manufacturing at the end of July, the same day the company RTM’d Windows 7. OEMs got the server-side complement to Windows 7 on July
29.
Microsoft posted the final Windows Server 2008 R2 code to MSDN and TechNet around 1 p.m. ET on Friday. The English, French,
German, Japanese, Italian and Spanish versions are slated to be live today, with remaining languages going live on August 21.
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15.08.2009Samsung puts 128 GB SSDs into mass-production
Samsung today said that it has begun mass producing 1.8ť and 2.5ť multi-level cell (MLC)-based solid state drives (SSD) with 64 and 128 GB storage
capacity. Samsung also promises śmore attractiveť pricing, which indicates that SSD technology will become more competitive with traditional hard
drives and be in reach for more consumers.
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09.07.2008Hackers hijack Windows Update's downloader
The Background Intelligent
Transfer Service used by
Microsoft Corporation's
operating systems to deliver
patches via Windows Update, is
being used by hackers to sneak
malware past firewalls,
according to Symantec
researchers. BITS, which
debuted in Windows XP and is
baked into Windows Server 2003
and Windows Vista, is an
asynchronous file transfer
service with automatic
throttling, meaning downloads
don't impact other network
chores. It automatically
resumes if the connection is
broken.
Elia
Florio, a researcher with
Symantec's security response
team, outlined why some Trojan
makers have started to call on
BITS to download add-on code
to an already compromised
computer. " For one simple
reason: BITS is part of the
operating system, so it's
trusted and bypasses the local
firewall while downloading
files. It's not easy to check
what BITS should download and
not download. Probably the
BITS interface should be
designed to be accessible only
with a higher level of
privilege, or the download
jobs created with BITS should
be restricted to only trusted
URLs ."
Symantec first caught
chatter about BITS on Russian
hacker message boards late
last year and has been on the
lookout for it since. A Trojan
spammed in March was one of
the first to put the technique
into practice. " It's free
and reliable, and they don't
have to write their own
download code ," said
Oliver Friedrichs, director of
Symantec's security response
group. Although BITS powers
the downloads delivered by
Microsoft's Windows Update
service, Friedrichs reassured
users that there was no risk
to the service itself.
" There's no evidence to
suspect that Windows Update
can be compromised. If it has
a weakness, someone would have
found it by now. But this does
show how attackers are
leveraging components and
becoming more and more modular
in how they create
software ."
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11.05.2007Motorola introduces a phone made from recycled water bottles
Motorola has officially jumped onto the eco-friendly bandwagon, though this bandwagon is a good one. The struggling mobile phone manufacturer has
introduced the Moto W233 Renew and is hoping people, especially environmentalists, take notice. While the Renew, as a phone, isn't that
impressive, sporting GSM connectivity and a small 1.6" screen with a 128 x 128 resolution, it's the housing that should catch your attention. The
plastics that comprise the shell of the phone are made entirely from plastics produced from recycled water bottles. This use of recycled materials
means that the manufacturing process uses 20% less energy and that the outer shell of the phone is 100% recyclable.
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07.01.2009Microsoft Mobile 10.7 Beta Refresh
Hello everyone,
After months of waiting the
new G2 bits are here for both
Smartphone and Pocket PC
devices!
Before
installing the new bits you
will need to uninstall the
current build from your device
(if you haven't already done
so). To uninstall the old bits
go to the Start Menu |
Settings | Remove programs.
The uninstall process may take
several minutes, and does
require that your device be
rebooted.
The
install process is the same as
before, depending on if you
have XP or Vista.
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07.11.2006Nvidia: Graphics is dead? Yeah right.
For the last several weeks, Nvidia has been
at war with Intel over a
statement of one of Intels engineers made at IDF suggesting that GPUs could soon be
obsolete. There is a fundamental difference in the opinion how visual computing will evolve between graphics companies and Intel: Nvidias latest
graphics card announcement is
a clear statement that the company plans to aggressively raise the performance bar and remain in the lead in this segment come Intel or high water.
As the battleground shapes up right now, the visual computing battle will be fought on three fronts - gaming, productivity,
and physics. Nvidia has moved the bar in all three fronts. The areas that are most likely to reveal interesting trends are productivity and
physics. So lets have a look at those two.
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18.06.2008128 GB memory cards possible with first 30 nm flash chips
While its possible successor technologies have been discussed for years, flash continues to scale extremely well: Samsung says it has developed the
first 30 nm chip, providing a 64 Gb capacity “ four times of what is being offered by the highest capacity mass-production chips today.
The companies latest flash chips are claimed to be the first multi-level cell (MLC) 64 Gbit NAND flash chips. Using a 30 nm production
technology, one of these chips represents a capacity of 8 GB, while a memory card (such as SD or CF-II) using 16 of these MLC chips can store a
whopping 128 GB of data. 1.8ť solid state disks using 64 of the 30 nm chips could store 512 GB.
128 GB memory cards are not
just impressive because they would provide enough room for 32,000 music files or 80 DVD movies, it is also beyond what is currently considered to be
the mainstream of hard drive storage capacity in notebooks - 80 GB. Even more interesting: According to Samsung, this technology isnt science-fiction.
The company plans to put these 64 Gb chips into mass production by 2009.
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23.10.2007Dell, Alienware offer expensive 64 GB SSD
Samsung has begun shipping 64 GB SATA in a 2.5" form factor. The NAND flash-based hard drives are expected to become available as storage options for
Dell and Alienware consumer notebooks.
According to Samsung, Alienware will be offering 64 GB and a 128 GB configuration (dual 64
GB RAID 0) as well as a single 64 GB SSD combined with a 200 GB 7200 rpm hard drive for its Area-51 m9750 notebook. Dell will be selling the SSD as an
option for the XPS M1330 notebook.
At the time of this writing, only Alienware was offering the new SSD “ as a single-drive 64 GB
option for the m9750. Customers will have to reach deep into their pockets to be able to enjoy the 64 GB SSD, as it comes at an additional cost of
$1100, which is more than twice what the vendor charges for the 32 GB model ($500). The 128 GB option will cost another $300.
When configured with the 64 GB SSD, the notebooks checks in at $3200; while it is already equipped with a 512 GB Geforce graphics chip, the
upgrade from a Core 2 Duo T5500 processor and from 1 GB memory, a DVD burner and a sound card will elevate the price to almost $4500 or $4800, if you
are interested in the 128 SSD model.
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11.09.2007Windows 7: Beta 1 tracking for mid-December
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is on tap to talk publicly about and show off Windows 7 at two of its upcoming tech conferences this fall. But that does not
mean the Windows team necessarily will be distributing bits at those shows.
Along with many other Microsoft watchers, developers
and customers, I have been assuming Microsoft was going to provide attendees of its
late October
Professional Developers Conference (PDC) – or at least its
early November Windows Hardware Engineering
Conference (WinHEC) with early Windows 7 bits. But according to new information I’ve received from sources that have asked not to be named,
Microsoft is not planning to make Beta 1 of Windows 7 available until mid-December.
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11.09.2008Office 2007 Is Running Late,
Too
Just like Windows Vista,
Office 2007 is now
officially a 2007
product . Sure,
Microsoft is still going to
release to manufacturing (RTM)
the Office 2007 bits in
calendar 2006 (although a bit
later than it expected). But
only volume licensees will
actually be able to get the
Office 2007 bits in 2006;
everyone else will have to
wait until January 2007.
Sounds like Microsoft is now
planning a double-header
product launch to start the
new year. The news of Office
2007 new rollout schedule
comes the same day that
Microsoft appointed Office
chief Steven Sinofsky to move
to Windows to get the trains
running on time.
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24.03.2006How to get the Win 7 public Beta bits
Mary Jo Foley: Based on all the queries I’m getting this morning, Microsoft might not have a problem getting the
up-to 2.5 million public testers for the Windows 7 Beta release they are allowing. But the testers might find themselves having a heck
of a time getting the bits, which are due out on Friday, January 9.
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09.01.2009Toshiba's SSD-based notebooks double their capacity
In a move to bolster its Portege notebook lineup, Toshiba today introduced a new notebook that features a single 128 GB solid-state drive...
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18.06.2008Symantec: Windows Update Downloader Can Spread Malware
Researchers at Symantec have
published a report
highlighting how the
Background Intelligent
Transfer Service (BITS) -- a
main component of Windows
Update -- is being used by
Trojans to download malware
that bypasses firewalls and
security controls...
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15.05.2007Intel moves closer to flash memory replacement
Intel has been tinkering with
a concept of a phase change
memory device chip for nearly
30 years. Intel CTO Justin
Rattner demonstrated a 128-bit
sample of code-name Alverston
at the Intel Developer Forum
in Beijing and will start
sending samples to customers
in the first half of this
year. Intel is working on the
project with ST
Microelectronics. The chip,
made of a material similar to
the material that makes up CD
ROM discs, is divided up into
tiny bits.
When
heated, the material inside a
single bit turns crystalline.
As a light is shined on the
bit, the reflected image is
registered as a binary value
of "1". When reheated and
cooled, the same bit becomes
amorphous and becomes a "0".
Phase-change memory is seen as
a replacement for flash memory
but it could also factor in
the type of memory inserted
into computers. Although
manufacturers have been
shrinking the size of flash
memory chips rapidly and
steadily over the past several
years, the inherent properties
and structure of flash have
led many to believe that
progress will begin to slow in
the coming decade.
Manufacturers have been
scrambling to craft
alternatives out of such
technologies as nanocrystals,
magnetic memory and
spintronics.
Intel
co-founder Gordon Moore talked
up the potential for Ovonics
memory, a variant of phase
change memory, in a September
1970 article for Electronics
magazine. In 2001, the company
touted it as a possible flash
replacement and analysts
predicted it could hit the
market by ~2003. Phase change
memory consumes little power,
lasts far longer than
conventional memory, and can
hold large amounts of data in
a small space. The bits also
can't flip or get corrupted
easily. However, switching a
bit from crystalline to
amorphous requires pulsing it
with an electronic charge or
heating it up rapidly to 600
degrees Celsius without
flipping the neighbouring
bits.
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18.04.2007MS: Want Windows Live
Messenger? Pay.
The only thing hotter than the
Xbox 360 this holiday season
may be invites to join the
Windows Live Messenger beta
test. Thankfully, Microsoft
has a recommendation for those
who can't wait for access to
the latest bits: pay for an
invitation on eBay...
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