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I case you missed the news today , we delayed the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 due to a compatibility issue we found with Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management as Chris Keroack noted on the TechNet Forums ... "In the last few days, we have uncovered
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Dell joins Lenovo in allowing customers to 'downgrade' to Windows XP. Of interest from the Detroit Free Press, Dell joins Lenovo in allowing customers to 'downgrade' to Windows XP ... "Dell says that even though Microsoft will officially retire XP on
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Questions on deploying Vista? See the first Springboard Live clip using Silverlight, presented by our own Mark Russinovich... Join Mark Russinovich and a panel of experts for a discussion on adopting Windows Vista into a desktop infrastructure. The panel
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I was asked last week (again) for guidance I could give (being involved in time in one way or another, in addition to my day job) on how Microsoft products may be impacted by the 2038 issue . As I noted in January , the Year 2038 problem (as defined by
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Maybe this is more appropriate for TechNet and the IT Pro community, but here's an interesting upcoming eSeminars with Aaron Goldberg . Aaron was at the research firm IDC for many years 15 years, most recently as SVP of Desktop Computing Group . The eSeminar
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So, the controversy is nothing new, and nearly as old as the as Apple 1984 commercial . I've posted previously at Mac and PC Security and noted that -- no matter what connected platform you use -- there's no immunity from security vulnerabilities . And
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I woke up today and logged on to mail to find not one or two messages, but more than a few questions about support from Microsoft on SP1... "Is Microsoft helping customers with SP1 installations?" "If someone went to [Windows Update] last week and downloaded
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Now it's really official. And not just on Amazon.com... ;) As noted this morning by Nick on the Windows Vista Team Blog, Windows Vista SP1 has been released to Windows Update ... "Today, you can now download Windows Vista SP1 via Windows Update. For those
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Thanks to a confirmation on Computerworld , Gregg Keizer writes that the release of Windows Vista SP1 will be out tomorrow ... "In an e-mail meant to clarify when Amazon.com could begin shipping retail copies of Vista SP1, a company spokeswoman noted
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Last year I posted an entry on how to choose the best computer which included an article by Mike Himowitz , columnist at the Baltimore Sun. Himowitz wrote the article " Sticker tells shopper key parts of a laptop " which covers "the specific components
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As noted on the MSDN Subscriptions WebLog and TechNet Plus ... the Windows Vista SP1 update is now available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Proof that Microsoft does listen and respond. ;) MSDN ... We heard you. Look for it in the Top Downloads list
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I get the question a lot on sleep vs. hibernate (and as noted in a recent post ), and it came up today in a discussion. "I'm confused by the different selections I have in the Start menu... when should I use Sleep and Hibernate to turn off my computer?"
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You may be used to seeing the Windows Vista user experience in a shade of blue. (Well, it looks blue.) Now it comes in red. Nick on the Windows Vista blog has a post on an announcement with Dell and (RED), to be made this at Davos. You can see for yourself
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This weekend will mark another interesting milestone in Time and Date, oone that actually doesn't occur for thirty more years, in 2038. Also known as the 'Friday the 13th' bug, the 2038 issue is due to the way 32-bit systems note time in seconds rather
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OK, lots of feedback (generally positive) from folks on my post from yesterday, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh is publicly available. Should you install it- Depends . I guess that yesterday's game in Green Bay had folks in a bad mood... One of
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