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Sandro Villinger
Member since: June 2011
Sandro Villinger is a Germany-based editor for several computer magazines, such as ComputerBILD and PC Praxis. He has several online blogs, has written books for MS Press on Windows, and was involved in many projects with Microsoft, including community projects, operating system feedback programs, and official Windows blogs.
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Sandro Villinger has been running Windows Blue productively since it leaked over the weekend and dug up some yet-to-be unveiled facts and hints about what's coming to the Windows ecosystem in late 2013.
5 weeks 6 days ago
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If you dismissed update utilities as something only for home users (as I did until recently), now might be the time to take a second look.
8 weeks 2 days ago
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Setting up Amazon's consumption device as a productive Android tablet isn't for the faint of heart.
12 weeks 2 days ago
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As solid-state drives (SSDs) are becoming more and more mainstream, with 64GB-128GB models well below the $100 price point, it's time to go behind the scenes, solve some mysteries, and give you some answers on how to treat SSDs right. Here, in no particular order, are answers to your burning questions around flash storage.
29 weeks 5 days ago
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Cookies were originally used to make logging into websites easier and make the day-to-day browsing experience more convenient for users. These days, only a fraction of the cookies stored inside your browser's cache are used for logons or your convenience.
31 weeks 2 days ago
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When I attended TechEd 2012 in Amsterdam at the end of June, the Windows To Go session was likely the most attended session all day. And it's easy to see why.
39 weeks 1 day ago
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[chunklet] Don't be caught like this guy. Know where you're vulnerable.
40 weeks 5 days ago
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Can a Windows 8 tablet really be the one machine that does it all? We spent 7 days putting the Samsung Series 7 through its paces.
41 weeks 2 days ago
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Windows 8 RTM is around the corner -- and for all you early adopters this means that you won't be able to play your DVD collection on your PC or laptop. Yes, with Windows 8, Microsoft decided to remove DVD playback functionality from Windows Media Player and instead move it to the optional Windows Media Center program.
42 weeks 5 days ago
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Mark Russinovich, Windows icon, Sysinternals creator, and technical fellow at Microsoft, went on stage at TechEd Europe to a crammed full hall. In this session, Russinovich explained his best practices for removing malware manually -- using just a few Sysinternals tools.
44 weeks 6 days ago
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At Microsoft TechEd 2012 Europe, Bill Karagounis, Group Program Manager, Windows Performance, took the stage and explained why not just businesses or
44 weeks 6 days ago
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Just a quick note here from the Windows 8 reviewers workshop
45 weeks 20 hours ago
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Far outside the RAI convention center and apart from Microsoft TechEd 2012 Europe, MS organized a Windows 8 workshop -- and while they didn't reveal anything new (contrary to my expectation), they did put more serious effort into explaining how Windows 8 and the ARM-based Wndows RT will fit the enterprise.
45 weeks 20 hours ago
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In one of the last sessions on day 1 of TechEd Europe, Microsoft presented us with a list of 20 free tools that we apparently didn't know existed. Let's jump right in.
45 weeks 1 day ago
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Just got a fleet of OEM PCs for your company or just a single PC for your home? Confused by what you can (and can't) do with your license or installation media? We've got answers to some of the most common questions, traps and gotchas around Windows XP and 7 OEM keys.
47 weeks 1 day ago
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