Today’s incomprehensible Windows security warning
Windows, posted: 29-OCT-2009 08:47
Not enough caffeine in bloodstream this morning, and I fat-finger an Excel 2010 formula. Can't see what I've done wrong so click on "Get help with this error." Watch a window pop up with this warning: Wait. "Microsoft Office" from "Microsoft Corpor
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Today's strange Internet Explorer 8 error message
Windows, posted: 2-JUN-2009 10:04
Windows 7 x64 is great but I'm not totally convinced about Internet Explorer 8. Of all the browsers I've tried - IE6/7, Opera 9.x, Safari 3/beta 4, Chrome 1.x/2.x, Firefox 3.x and betas - IE8 is the only one to choke on Gmail's Javascript (read the entire post)...
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Microsoft takes the wind out of Windows 7's sails
Windows, posted: 4-FEB-2009 10:07
Microsoft operates in mysterious ways, there's no doubt about that. While I expected there to be multiple versions of Windows 7, I thought Microsoft had listened to customers and would take the opportunity to weed out some of less than useful S (read the entire post)...
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Windows Vista and Server 2008 SP2 out Dec 2
Windows, posted: 2-DEC-2008 22:47
MSDN and Technet subscribers will have access to Windows Vista and Server 2008 Service Pack 2 on Dec 2 US time, Microsoft tells me in an email from the local office.
Hang on... isn't Vista SP2 due to be publicly released in February next y (read the entire post)...
Hang on... isn't Vista SP2 due to be publicly released in February next y (read the entire post)...
On Radio Wammo this morning, about Windows 7
Windows, posted: 13-NOV-2008 12:54
Glenn Williams, a.k.a. Wammo, asked me say a few words about Windows 7 on his programme on Kiwi FM, so I did. Click on the Winver image below to listen to the recording, in MP3 format. (Next time, I won't call on a mobile phone, as the sound quality
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Microsoft's Bill Hilf says Linux doesn't exist any more
Windows, posted: 15-MAY-2007 15:49
Microsoft has fired new shots in its war of attrition against the Open Source Movement, the latest being Bill Hilf declaring that Linux is dead:
"They are full-time employees, with 401K stock options. Some work for IBM or Oracle. What doe (read the entire post)...
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Microsoft hacked
Windows, posted: 29-APR-2007 19:38
Looks like someone got through at Microsoft:
That URL doesn't load anymore - it looks like Microsoft has pulled the host from the DNS completely. Looks like it was for the Internet Explorer Administration Kit site o (read the entire post)...
That URL doesn't load anymore - it looks like Microsoft has pulled the host from the DNS completely. Looks like it was for the Internet Explorer Administration Kit site o (read the entire post)...
Windows Vista finally working
Windows, posted: 21-APR-2007 09:12
I am posting this blog entry from Vista, using Firefox 2.0.0.3. Before that, I read email with Thunderbird 2.0.0.0. The Dell Photo 926 printer now prints, and Joost works great.
What did I do? Well, after upgrading the BIOS on my Intel 975 (read the entire post)...
What did I do? Well, after upgrading the BIOS on my Intel 975 (read the entire post)...
Caption contest: Helen Clark meets Steve Ballmer
Windows, posted: 26-MAR-2007 08:02
I wonder what the PM's looking at on the tablet PC? Not Ian Wishart's site or Kiwiblog I hope.
According to the press release I got, it was a warm and cosy moment in Redmond, like this...
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Ack, Vista removes XP F8 boot options
Windows, posted: 17-MAR-2007 13:52
No news probably, but I just noticed as I was trying to restore XP on a dual-boot installation with Vista installed that while you can do the F8 options for the latter, they're no longer there for the former. Pain.
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