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Interesting solution. Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. This means that you can install...
The Microsoft RDP Client for Mac update went official today. Download here .
Garth mentioned that he was running Vista 64 on his laptop. I've been running it on my Latitude D531 for the last month or so with few issues. I had some initial touchpad driver issues, but I found...
I was having this problem on my home computer. Yeah. that's it. SYMPTOMS Consider the following scenario: • You have a multiprocessor computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows XP. • The computer...
In case you missed it, a Vista roundtable hosted by Mark Russinovich. I'm most of the way through it. It's good, but not terribly surprising. Still undecided about Windows Vista? Join Mark Russinovich...
From bink.nu I found out that the problem is when you do the XP Sp3 slipstream process on a WIndows Vista machine, the API gives a different response and screws up the PID process. This is a bug and Microsoft...
Presented by Jason Leznek and Lilia Gutnik. Props to Lilia for mentioning XKCD . She seems almost as sarcastic as the comic. Not that I know anything about sarcasm. What are group policy preferences? Acquired...
Presented by Johan Arwidmark. This session was very lite-touch deploy focused. The previous content from the Advanced OS Deployment sessions might be of more value to you. No technical reason for having...
Get your downloaders ready. [From Neowin.net - Windows XP SP3 Release Dates ]
Microsoft has posted the Readiness Toolkit for IE8 . The Developer Toolbar is a part of the kit!
Microsoft recently published a set of Interoperability Principles. Thinking about IE8’s behavior with these principles in mind, interpreting web content in the most standards compliant way possible is...
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator is an agentless tool that will find computers on a network and perform a detailed inventory of the computers using Windows Management Instrumentation...
I just finished pulling down ISO images of the SP1 upgrade for Vista and a slipstreamed version of the base installation. Hit licensing.microsoft.com if you have an account.
Interesting summary of capabilities and limitations.
This article gives the availability dates of various Windows Vista-compatible virtual private network (VPN) clients.Back to the top via Windows Vista-compatible third-party virtual private network (VPN...
One of my coworkers spent way too much time trying to figure this one out. It would be nice if this was pointed out in the download from the licensing site. Too funny. SYMPTOMS Consider the following scenario...
Mary Jo Foley has confirmed that Microsoft is still planning to release Windows XP SP3. I would be sorely disappointed if we just got a security rollup. The install base for Windows XP is huge. It should...
GParted is a Linux-based alternative to the commercial disk partitioning softwares out there. It works extremely well, works with NTFS partitions, and is generally very cool. And free. Its a must-have...
So you just came back from MMS and your stuck in the middle of nowhere. What do you do? Well, I'm reading the documentation for Zero Touch Installation that is a part of the BDD Solution Accelerator ....
Google announced that they are changing to servers featuring AMD processors for most new purchases according to Morgan Stanley. AMD had made a lot of headway into the market in the last several years,...
for free! Thank goodness. Windows Media Player for the Mac is really mediocre, so this should help, at least a little bit. Microsoft offers Flip4Mac for free - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) : Flip4Mac...
I laughed out loud when I read this. For the record, it appears that Apple's choice to use EFI instead of a BIOS makes the new Intel-based Macs incompatible with 32-bit Windows versions. The 64-bit versions...
So Google is jumping into the content business? Huh? I love Google and all, but how many content providers do we need? I was afraid of this scenario. Not only do we have at least two ways of (legally)...
We ran into this problem with the latest Intel Extreme Graphics driver on the HP Compaq NC6120. The article below corrected the issue. Windows XP Setup program may stop responding during video driver installation...
This is a great thing. As I’ve become more interested in other platforms and browsers, it gets a bit frustrating when basic things don’t work. It’s great to see Microsoft working toward...
I thought I would give Firefox another try. I used it a year ago or so, back when everyone was trying it. I got a little irritated with some things and switched back. Since I’ve been spending a lot...
I was unaware that Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson have a security podcast. Well, they do. This week they discuss WPA and best practices for wireless security. Its a pretty informative discussion if you want...
Thank goodness. Sony pulls XCP CDs, offers to replace bought copies with regular CDs - Engadget - www.engadget.com pull the freaking CDs, and offer to replace them with regular CDs for those who’ve...
I found a list of a good majority of the Ads affected by Sony’s foray into DRM. I strongly believe Sony will pay dearly for what they decided to do. Consumer’s rights have been eroded substantially...
This has been talked about extensively, so I won’t rehash what has already been said. Check out the page below if your interesting in Windows Live. There are links to the blogs about the individual...
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