Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Microsoft reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for its own purposes (suspect for updates and interrogating your machine etc..) Here's how to get it back:Click Start > Run and type gpedit.msc
This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:
Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Network > ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
A contest to see who could first get Windows XP working on an Intel Mac has been won, according to the contest's coordinator, Colin Nederkoorn. The "Windows XP on an Intel Mac" page provides a link to a download that includes software and instructions for use.
Nederkoorn first put the contest ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Microsoft has officially verified the editions for Windows Vista a week after the information leaked when it prematurely appeared on the company's Web site.
Vista will have six core editions, four aimed at consumers and two aimed at the enterprise, says Neil Charney, Microsoft's director of Windows product management. The consumer ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Exploit code was published on Friday for a Windows flaw similar to the vulnerability that led to the Zotob worm that wreaked havoc in August.
The code takes advantage of a bug related to plug-and-play technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Microsoft provided a patch for the flaw on 11 ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Unfortunately, ActiveX controls are ideal tools for those who would attack your computer. Over the years, Internet Explorer has been their favored vehicle. It was built to take advantage of ActiveX controls.
These controls pose a serious security threat that outweighs their benefits. So it's important to take steps to protect ...
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