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    Ballmer, Gates take on CES

    Posted January 5, 2006 - 5:36 pm

    Shortly before Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates gave the opening keynote address at the CES show Wednesday, IDG News Service Executive News Editor Marc Ferranti sat down with company Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer to explore how the software giant's new emphasis on Internet services, particularly via Windows Live, plays in the consumer market. Gates sat in and reviewed aspects of the company's Vista pitch to corporate IT.

  • Choosing Whether to Run Performance Monitor Locally or Remotely

    Posted December 27, 2005 - 10:28 pm

    The Performance Monitor is designed to measure what

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    Gartner warns of metadata troubles with Vista OS

    Posted December 23, 2005 - 9:53 am

    Microsoft does not adequately address metadata management in its upcoming Windows Vista OS, posing risks that documents with potentially embarrassing data could inadvertently be revealed to customers or partners, Gartner Inc. warned in a report.

  • Quick hits: Palm against Palm, Windows Vista, and Sun's Server Giveaway

    Posted December 21, 2005 - 11:15 am

    So much news, so little space. Here's a quick roundup on three recent stories and how they could impact solutions integrators.

  • Implementing File Screening in Windows Server 2003 R2

    Posted December 19, 2005 - 1:13 pm

    Administrators can use file screening to easily prevent users from saving audio and video files to their network folders to avoid having their folders fill up and exceed their quota and to deter employees from storing illegally copied media files on company servers. You can even configure file servers to send email notifications to administrators when users try to save files that are blocked by file screens, and you can create templates that can be used to simplify deployment and management of file screens across multiple shared volumes and folders. In short, file screening clearly is an administrator

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    Analysts: Marketing Vista key Microsoft hurdle for 2006

    Posted December 16, 2005 - 10:48 am

    A research firm has identified its top 10 concerns facing Microsoft in 2006, putting the challenge of making Windows Vista appeal to enterprise customers at the top of the list.

  • Windows earns Common Criteria certification

    Posted December 15, 2005 - 10:42 pm

    Several of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows platform products have achieved a Common Criteria certification of 4+, a rating that bolsters their profile among government and other vertical-market customers that have high-security needs for IT products, a company spokesman said Wednesday.

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    Microsoft releases Windows Server 2003 R2

    Posted December 6, 2005 - 7:28 pm

    Microsoft Tuesday released to manufacturing a long-awaited interim update to the current version of Windows Server OS, Windows Server 2003 R2.

  • Setting Up a DHCP Server for your Organization

    Posted December 2, 2005 - 12:25 pm

    One of the most basic processes on a network is that of assigning IP addresses to network clients. Although there are many different types of DHCP servers that can do the job, you can configure Windows Server 2003 to act as a DHCP server. In this article, I will show you how.

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    Microsoft under pressure for timely Vista release

    Posted December 1, 2005 - 11:16 am

    Microsoft's business customers may have come to expect delays in product releases, but the company is going to be under pressure over the next year to deliver its Vista OS on time.

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    Microsoft to test feature-complete Vista by early 2006

    Posted November 29, 2005 - 9:57 pm

    Microsoft is accelerating the development of the next version of its Windows client OS and plans to test a feature-complete version by early next year, a lead on the Windows Vista development team said Tuesday.

  • Gartner 'clarifies' its Vista upgrade advice

    Posted November 28, 2005 - 10:41 am

    Gartner has issued a "clarification" to its recent advice on Windows Vista upgrades, pointing out that, after all, it doesn't think companies should ignore the operating system until 2008.

  • Extremely critical Windows flaw code appears

    Posted November 23, 2005 - 9:33 am

    A U.K. security researcher has released exploit code for a bug in Internet Explorer that could allow a remote attacker to take over Windows systems -- even Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed, according to security experts.

  • Configuring Windows Server 2003 to act as a NAT router

    Posted November 18, 2005 - 12:11 pm

    More years ago than I care to think about, IP addresses were handed out to companies on an indiscriminant basis. As the popularity of the Internet increased, IP addresses soon grew to be a scarce commodity. Internet service providers began to strictly limit the number of IP addresses that they would lease to companies. This presented an interesting challenge. A PC has to have an IP address in order to communicate with the Internet, but there weren

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    Microsoft strikes deal for cable-ready Media Center PCs

    Posted November 16, 2005 - 5:56 pm

    Microsoft Wednesday edged one step closer to its vision of offering a complete home digital entertainment system through PCs running Windows XP Media Center Edition OS. The company revealed a deal with a cable television consortium that will allow PC vendors to offer digital-cable-ready Windows Media Center PCs by next December.

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    Gartner: Proceed with caution on Vista upgrade

    Posted November 16, 2005 - 10:35 am

    A new research report by Gartner advises customers that they likely won't complete a full migration to Windows Vista until 2008, even though the next version of Microsoft's Windows client OS is scheduled to ship at the end of 2006.

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    Microsoft brings XP Starter Edition to new markets

    Posted November 15, 2005 - 12:09 pm

    Microsoft will introduce versions of Windows XP Starter Edition in two additional languages, Arabic and Turkish, the company announced on Tuesday. The stripped-down version of its PC operating system is one of three Microsoft initiatives aimed at PC users in developing markets.

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    Microsoft settles with Daum for US$30M

    Posted November 11, 2005 - 9:18 am

    Microsoft moved a step closer to clearing up its legal problems in South Korea on Friday when local Internet portal operator Daum Communications Corp. agreed to accept a package worth US$30 million from Microsoft in settlement of its antitrust complaints, the two companies said Friday. However, the agreement won't necessarily end an investigation into Microsoft by Korea's Fair Trade Commission that began in April 2004.

  • Slipstreaming Windows Service Packs

    Posted November 10, 2005 - 4:10 pm

    Have you ever had to reinstall Windows in an effort to fix a malfunctioning machine? Performing a clean install of Windows is no big deal, but reinstalling a non service packed version of Windows on top of a copy of Windows that does contain a service pack can cause some major problems. One solution to this dilemma is to create a Windows installation CD that already contains the service pack. That way, when you install Windows, you are installing the correct version. In this article, I will show you how to create such a CD.

  • Windows bug allows repeat invasions

    Posted November 10, 2005 - 2:56 pm

    A Microsoft Advisory warns an "unexpected behavior" in Windows Firewall could allow attackers to leave back doors once they gain entry to your PC. Only PCs running either XP with SP2 or Windows Server 2003 are susceptible.

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    Analyst: One million Windows users switch to Mac

    Posted November 8, 2005 - 12:20 pm

    As many as one million Windows users may have switched to Macs this year as the iPod halo transforms Apple into a technology industry "darling", an analyst said Monday.

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    Linspire offers to license all Korean PCs for $5M

    Posted November 8, 2005 - 12:05 pm

    Following a warning from Microsoft that it may stop selling Windows in South Korea, Linspire head Kevin Carmony has offered to license his company's distribution of Linux and basic office productivity software for use on every computer in the country for US$5 million.

  • Active Directory Design Considerations for Small Networks

    Posted October 27, 2005 - 2:32 pm

    A lot of people who are new to networking or who work primarily on larger networks seem to underestimate the design considerations for small networks. It kind of makes sense when you think about it though. From an Active Directory standpoint, what

  • Microsoft patch problems continue

    Posted October 21, 2005 - 3:54 pm

    Windows users are continuing to experience problems with Microsoft Corp.'s latest round of security patches. This time a problem with a critical patch relating to Microsoft's DirectShow streaming media software is leaving some Windows 2000 users unprotected, even after they've installed a patch.

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    Ballmer eyes Linux, Google users for growth

    Posted October 19, 2005 - 2:03 pm

    Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer believes the company has ironed out all of the security problems in its forthcoming Windows Vista operating system so that users can consider adopting it the first day it is released. For the most part.
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