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British Navy Releases "Windows For Submarines" (MSFT)
30 December 08 12:04 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  The British Royal Navy has developed a modified version of the Windows XP operating system for its warships. The first version, "Windows for...

Filed under: Hardware, Miscellaneous Nothings, Windows

What an amazing difference in computers
21 April 08 01:36 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

So, yeah...I had to rush out an buy a new computer last week due to my just-out-of-warranty laptop's hard drive locking up because of heat. If you've...

Filed under: Hardware, Office, Software, Windows

Microsoft® Windows® HPC Server 2008 Technical Overview
13 November 07 03:45 PM | rodtrent | 2 comment(s)

Windows HPC Server 2008, the successor to Windows Computer Cluster Server 2003, is based on the Windows Server 2008 operating system and is designed to...

Filed under: Hardware, Systems Management, Windows

Did you know that Microsoft has a recycling program?
09 October 07 08:23 AM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

I didn’t know it — but here it is: http://www.mar.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/

Filed under: Hardware, Windows

More Wifi woes...
14 May 07 07:03 AM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

Yep — you guessed it…I’m back to using a wired network connection. Even after Alexander’s suggestion , which seemed to work at...

Filed under: Hardware, Networking, Windows

BIOS Flashed - Wifi back on
12 May 07 09:10 AM | rodtrent | 3 comment(s)

Thanks to Alexander Larkin for suggesting I update my laptop BIOS . I had thought about doing that, but BIOS updates always scare me for some reason, so...

Filed under: Hardware, Networking, Windows

The saga continues - Wifi in Windows Vista
11 May 07 02:01 PM | rodtrent | 2 comment(s)

So — my wireless card worked for two days in a row, incidentally, after applying the recent updates from Microsoft. Today, I booted up to NO wireless...

Filed under: Hardware, Windows

Installing WinPE on a USB Device
09 May 07 07:54 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

Part I Part II

Filed under: Hardware, Windows

PMC -- we hardly knew you...
08 May 07 06:29 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

The Windows Portable Media Center is dead , Jim , so says Microsoft in a newsgroup posting . In the event the link ever disappears, here’s the message...

Filed under: Hardware, Windows, Windows Mobile

Another Firefox oddity - the scroll wheel
25 October 06 07:05 AM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

I just noticed something else that seems to work strangely within Firefox: the scroll wheel on my mouse. I love the scroll wheel and count it as one of...

Filed under: Hardware, Internet, Software, Windows

Left-On PCs Waste Energy
06 October 06 07:35 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

Workers who leave their office computers on at night are causing a huge increase in carbon dioxide emissions, new research has shown. The study reveals...

Filed under: Hardware, Software, Systems Management, Windows

Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs
22 June 06 03:47 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Currently scheduled for release in June 2006, Microsoft Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs is a Windows-based operating system designed for customers...

Filed under: Hardware, Windows

Sunbelt Software's System Admin checklists
02 June 06 02:52 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

http://www.sunbelt-software.com/stu/sysadminchecklist.htm

Filed under: Database, Hardware, Networking, Patch Management, Security, Systems Management, Windows

Conspiracy theory debunked by the truth
22 May 06 05:06 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

If only Moulder and Scully could have worked for Microsoft. Software Notebook: Mystery deal is high-security chip for 'FlexGo'

Filed under: Hardware, Windows

Just sitting here looking at my setup
09 May 05 11:13 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

Man! How many separate USB devices do I really have? I’m counting, counting, counting — OK, I give up. And, you know what? Most of the devices...

Filed under: Hardware, Windows