Another IE Flaw Afflicts XP Users
Users got another reason to switch to Windows 7 today when Microsoft announced that a VBScript bug could be used to install malware on computers running Internet Explorer and Windows XP.
Google Chrome Grows in February Beating IE and Firefox
These first two months of 2010 may end up being the beginning of a new trend. At the start of the past month, Net Applications site revealed that the Google Chrome browser gained a minor .6% of global usage share in January. Whereas, Firefox and Internet Explorer both dropped market shares during the last month.
Windows7 – How to Install MS Security Essentials – and Warning: Watch for ScareWare
The Malware program, Security Essentials 2010, is the Trojan:Win32/Fakeinit, that infects Windows PCs, and, on the contrary it does not remove malware. In fact it truly is scareware because it not only installs the fake scanner component, then it also monitors other running processes and it attempts to terminate the ones it doesn’t like. So your malware prevention programs could be turned off.
Say ‘Ninite’ to software reinstallation woes
Installing software is always a chore, especially if you’ve recently installed a new version of Windows (or reinstalled). Now a new service called Ninite aims to take some of the pain out of the process, with free software at least.
What this service does is creates a custom installer for you that will automatically install the [...]
Intel Facing Problems Updating To Windows 7
Intel and Microsoft worked closely together when Microsoft were building Windows 7, but there is still a lot of heavy lifting involved before migrating PCs to the new OS inside Intel’s environment, wrote Intel staff engineer Roy Ubry in a blog entry.
Because Intel is such a big corporation with countless software programs and who knows what [...]
Microsoft Ending Support For Vista Sooner Rather Than Later
It seems Microsoft are just as fond of Windows Vista as we were. Microsoft have said they will end support for its unloved Windows Vista operating system a few months ahead of Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2000.
Support for Windows Vista RTM (i.e. Vista with no service packs), ends April 13. Support for Windows XP [...]
Maybe it’s a Bit Harsh — But the Two Gorillas Are at it Again
Consider how the computer market has moved in the past 25 years. Initally, the PC on the desktop was the model. Then it moved to the PC on the network model, then to the PC on the Internet model, and the next one is supposed to be the PC on the Cloud model. The Cloud model is supposed to be the future of computing. Because it will drive how information and applications get to the user. Who controls the delivery mechanism is what this fight is all about.
Is no Mobile OS good enough for 2010?
When Microsoft launched their new Windows Phone 7 Series OS a couple of weeks ago they managed to pull off something they’ve never achieved in the mobile market space, creating a buzz that’s still being talked about.
There can be no doubting that this new mobile operating system is radically different to everything we’ve seen before. [...]
Microsoft Announces Launch of MultiPoint Server
Come March 1, MultiPoint Server 2010 will be rolling out to Microsoft academic volume licensing customers. In addition, new partnerships will be created with hardware manufacturing companies that create an ecosystem that give customers a variety of choices to buy and use Windows MultiPoint Server solutions.
It’s so easy to lose a file!
“Seek and ye shall find“. This should be the motto of Windows 7 Search as this is what is does very efficiently.
Using Advanced Query Syntax
You can use Advanced Query Syntax. Now that’s a mouthful! What on earth does mean? Putting it simply it means “using certain keywords to refine the search query”.
There is a huge [...]
What Windows has Done Right
I’ll be comparing to a Mac the things that, I believe, Windows has done right, because Mac is well-known and very respected in the OS field. This doesn’t mean that I think Mac’s are useless or rough to use, but Windows 7 has done some things right and I’d like to point them out. (Warning: The following is opinionated)
I [...]
Operation B49: Waledac Botnet Take Down
After months of investigation, Microsoft filed an injunction on February 22, 2010 to ask that the Waledac Botnet be prevented from operating. The case was Microsoft Corporation v. John Does, heard in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Virginia. Following a hearing, a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order thereby cutting off 277 Internet domains believed to be run by the Waledac bot.
Windows 7 Activation Technologies Update Now Live – Hackers Beware
A while back I posted an article about the level of piracy among people installing Windows 7 in countries such as Russia and India, which you can read here. Then just a couple of days later Microsoft announced plans to release a new update to help combat pirates and people running illegal copies of Windows 7.
That update, [...]
Windows7 MS Application Virtualization for Remote Desktop Services
Application conflicts can occur in remote desktop services deployments. Servers begin to contain the applications within the servers and this may isolate and prevent the application from running as intended. To resolve that problem Microsoft has released the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) for Remote Desktop Support program.
Free PDF guide to Windows 7 Search
Yesterday I published the article Why Windows 7 search is the way it is, and what lies ahead, in which Dan Plastina, the group manager for the Find and Organise features within the Windows 7 beta explained why the search, organisation and library features in Microsoft’s latest operating system turned out the way they did.
Despite [...]
Looking for Free 64-bit Windows 7 Apps?
With the new evolution of the home PC being the convergence to 64-bit, many, including myself, have been waiting for the positive side to the switch, aside from the ability to use more memory within the OS. As we draw closer to a 64-bit-only OS world we should see the advantages and software grow as [...]
