- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC
- The User Account Control feature in Windows Vista has been known to drive normally level-headed people over the edge with frustration. If you find it annoying, you might be tempted to turn it off. According to Microsoft research, somewhere between 12 and 16 percent of all Windows Vista users do...
- Tags: Program, Account, Microsoft Windows Vista, UAC, Dialog Box, OK, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- It's official! Windows XP SP3 goes RTM today
- The moment that Windows XP users have been waiting for. Today Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) goes RTM. What's in SP3? Here's what you can expect from XP SP3: All previously released Windows XP updates, including security updates and hotfixes....
- Tags: Windows XP SP3, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Microsoft XP SP3 on track to RTM on April 21
- Microsoft XP SP3 on track to RTM on April 21Will IE7 have to be reinstalled?[i]...and doesn’t include Internet Explorer 7 (it comes with IE 6, like the original XP did).[/i]So, will IE6 from SP3 overwrite IE7, thus requiring a re-insall of IE7?Inquiring minds wanna know. MGPMS isn't that dumbIf...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, SP3, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-20
- Microsoft XP SP3 on track to RTM on April 21
- Even though I vowed I was getting out of the date-prediction business -- at least when it came to Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 -- I'm breaking my promise. I am hearing from reliable sources that Microsoft is planning to announce the release to manufacturing (RTM) of XP SP3...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-20
- PayPal may ban Safari for being unsafe (updated)
- Online payment giant PayPal said yesterday that they're going to block Web browsers they deem unsafe from accessing their Web site. At issue are browsers that don't have strong anti-phishing protection. We are in the process of reimplementing controls which will first warn our customers when logging in to...
- Tags: Apple Safari, Web Browser, PayPal, Phishing Protection, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Web Browsers, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- Phoenix DoSS (msi)
- Phoenix DoSS is a file-streaming/downloading program that finds the files using well-known search engines Google and Yahoo!. It is not the same as other programs because it runs through these engines, which is safer than downloading via P2P. It uses an Internet Explorer core with auto-proxy support. Phoenix DoSS is...
- Tags: Phoenix Technologies, Doss, Phoenix DoSS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-04-08
- Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 - Fastest browser yet!
- I've had a little hands-on time with Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 now and initial testing shows it to be the fastest browser available. Over the past few weeks I've carried out a number of browser benchmark tests using the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark and I've now added Firefox...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Beta, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
- Government Agency Delivers Mobility, Improves Security With New Operating System
- The Ministry of Justice and the Police is responsible for law enforcement in Norway. In order to enable its 400 employees to deliver on its mission, the Ministry wanted to improve productivity by providing users with flexible mobility options. At the same time, the Ministry wanted to enhance security. The...
- Tags: Security, Agency, Operating System, Government, Mobility, Microsoft Corp., Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2008-04-01
- Report: Mozilla enterprise browser share hits 18 percent
- On the same day that Mozilla is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its Mozilla source code release, Forrester Research analysts have released a new study that shows that Firefox's market share among business users has doubled in the past year, and is now at 18 percent. Forrester...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Forrester Research Inc., IE 8 Beta 2, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Analyzing 3 months of Vista reliability data
- A Windows Vista feature which I make use of regularly is the Reliability Monitor. While being far from an ideal metric for measuring reliability, it does offer users a simple way to tell if their system is behaving or misbehaving. The other day I looked at the data I have...
- Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Safari 3.1 is fast ... but so is Firefox 3.0 Beta 4
- A little over a week ago I took a look at Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 and I benchmarked this latest release against the current browser lineup. Yesterday Apple released Safari 3.1 so the browser landscape has now changed. It's time to see how Apple's latest browser fits into the big...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Benchmarking, Beta, Web Browser, Safari 3.1, iBench 5.0, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked
- And it's out! Mozilla release Beta 4 of Firefox 3.0. This latest beta refresh includes includes over 900 additional improvements related to the previous Beta 3 release. At this stage most of the improvements concentrate on areas such as security, plugging memory leaks, improving performance and tidying...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Beta, Memory Usage, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- PayPal: If a browser doesn't have anti-phishing technology (like Safari) ditch it
- A PayPal executive last week recommended that its users ditch Apple's Safari browser since it doesn't have anti-phishing technology. If other phishing targets--banks, brokers and such--follow suit it could make anti-phishing technology the price of admission to recommend browsers. Infoworld last week quoted Michael Barrett, PayPal's CIO,...
- Tags: Apple Safari, Web Browser, PayPal, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- My 10 favorite Windows programs of all time
- I've been using Windows for nearly two decades, and during that time I've tried hundreds of programs. Most come and go, but a handful have stood the test of time for me by solving a particular problem particularly well. In this article and accompanying gallery, I list...
- Tags: Program, Folder, Password, Page, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Product, Microsoft Windows Vista, Search Technology, Microsoft Corp., Requirement, RoboForm, FeedDemon, FinePrint Software, Process Explorer, Clipboard, Updates, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Professor Teaches Internet Explorer 7.0 (EXE)
- Professor Teaches, the leading brand of training, provides realistic, interactive, and complete training for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. Build your skills and learn everything you need, from beginning to advanced topics. Learn how to use the new features of Internet Explorer, from tabbed browsing and toolbar searches to advanced printing...
- Tags: Professor, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Training, Printing, Individual Software, Web Browsers, Document Management, Workforce Management, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2008-03-03
- Internet Explorer 7 for ebay.com (exe)
- Internet Explorer 7 provided by eBay includes useful links to eBay, an RSS feeds to the latest eBay news and the eBay Toolbar. eBay Toolbar with Account Guard is a free program that gives you quick access to eBay from anywhere on the Web. eBay buyers and sellers leverage the...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, eBay Inc., Account Guard, RSS, Web Browsers, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-02-12
- Internet Explorer 7 for ebay.co.uk (exe)
- Internet Explorer 7 provided by eBay includes useful links to eBay, an RSS feeds to the latest eBay news and the eBay Toolbar. eBay Toolbar with Account Guard is a free program that gives you quick access to eBay from anywhere on the Web. eBay buyers and sellers leverage the...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, eBay Inc., Account Guard, RSS, Web Browsers, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-02-12
- Reminder: Microsoft to push Silverlight to business users this week
- There are still two more weeks until Microsoft pushes its latest Internet Explorer 7 update to corporate users via its Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) patch mechanism. But this week -- specifically on January 22 -- Microsoft will make its Adobe-Flash-alternative Silverlight available via WSUS, as well...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-01-21
- PimpFish 2007 (msi)
- Grab, download, share, and organize Flash, Quicktime or any other video, pictures or files you find on Web sites with a single click. Use this Download Manager, Internet Explorer, or Firefox toolbar to grab pictures and movies, zoom pictures in your browser, and share stuff. PimpFish also brings back the...
- Tags: Web, Video, Web Site, Movies, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Marketing, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-01-16
- Microsoft to push WGA-free IE 7 update to corporate users in February
- Microsoft to push WGA-free IE 7 update to corporate users in FebruaryGotta give em some creditMS appears to be rolling back WGA capabilities across the board. It would appear they are listening to their customers. Without fanfare, or lame spin like Sony (touting themselves as champions of DRM...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, MSFT, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Silverlight
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
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