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Microsoft 'Fix it' automates fixing Windows problems

I'm a little bit late with this but it's such a useful move by Microsoft, I figured I'd point it out for Zero Day readers. Microsoft has been adding a nifty one-click "fix it" utility to its Knowledge Base KB articles to help end users solve Windows...

Tags: Knowledge Base Article, Microsoft Corp., Knowledge Base, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-02-26

Windows DNS Server code execution hole under attack

An zero-day vulnerability in the DNS server service in Windows is under attack, Microsoft warned in a security advisory.The "limited attacks" are exploiting a stack overflow error in the Windows Domain Name System DNS Servers RPC interface implementation when processing malformed requests sent to a port between 1024 and 5000.The...

Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Pen testing, Browsers, Windows Vista, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Patch Watch, Open source, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Botnets

Blog posts 2007-04-13

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Canaware NetNotes 5.3 (Windows)

Canaware NetNotes, also known as Web page saver, Web page captor, and Web page organizer, is a handy tool, which offers you the ability to capture and save your favorite Web page into your own knowledge base. You can capture the whole Web page or the portion you like, such...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Windows, Web Page, Canaware, Channel Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-02

Ballmer: Testers didn't ring Vista warning bells; Could the same happen with Windows 7?

Your average beta tester is a power userYour average beta tester is a power user. You don't get the same feedback as you can from an average user. Therefore, you can't extrapolate how their experience would apply to the masses.Ballmer's trying to dampen expectations a bit so that when Windows...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

PC vs. Mac: It's not zero sum

Or...In 85% of cases the Mac is a secondary PC to a Windows OEM machine.And, of course, that doesn't include the Mac users who use Windows on their Macs rather than a separate Windows box. See, you can cut statistics any way you want.Macs are PC'sA better question would have...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge

Here's something for the developers to do:Spend 100% of their time on the current windows, until it is bug-free, secure, and stable.Also for the next Win, don't change the UI again. Please.TLZTLZ must be TAR with LZMA. TGZ TAR with gzip would be more useful.hot air for a doomed productIf...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Is browser speed now an irrelevant metric? No!

Do you mean Chrome 3?There's a few references to Chrome 4, but the article started out with reference to Chrome 3?Where are your facts?I have no doubt Chrome 3 is faster than Chrome 2, but in comparison to other browsers, you need to give us better information than "noticeable difference[s]".I...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Doctor Antivirus 2008 (The ultimate guide to scareware protection)

ScamsI have seen many of these screens before, on my own PC. I usually retreat to AVG, Norton, or Symantec sites to check their claims, do online scans, and Google search to find unhappy "users"RE: Doctor Antivirus 2008 The ultimate guide to scareware protectionthere ought to be laws... even so...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, antivirus, SpyBot, ultimate guide, TrendMicro RUBotted, Trend Micro Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Wikipedia: What's good for the goose?

It's extremely useful--to a pointVery useful to the extent that it gives a surprisingly deep and thorough investigation of a topic, based on the opinions of one person or a very small group of people.For many topics, that good enough. Most people will agree that the moon is made...

Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

TeamKB for Outlook 2.0 (Windows)

TeamKB for Microsoft Outlook is an enterprise-grade knowledge base, allowing you and your team to share information, reduce customer support, improve staff productivity and eliminate time wasted searching for information across disparate systems such as shared folders and paper documents, all inside Outlook. With TeamKB, your team can document best...

Tags: Knowledge, Microsoft Windows, Knowledge Base, AssistMyTeam, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Strategy, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Management

Software downloads 2009-08-29

EasyBib goes freemium!

autociteThanks for writing about EasyBib! I just wanted to add that the AutoCite feature is available to all users. :) I've always wondered which writing style drives your blog...I'd guess MLA. Though, my feeling on writing styles is they accomplish little more than teaching children highly patterned methods of writing...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Word processors, Microsoft Office, EasyBib

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Microsoft to replace Entourage with Outlook. Nice idea but kind of too late

exactly!Entourage is a really bad program compared to Apple Mail; Microsoft shot itself in the foot by forcing me to use Entourage and my response will be "see ya later!" when Snow Leopard comes out.In general, I think Office is essentially a dead program since people consumers buy it...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Groupware, Entourage, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

When will Microsoft admit the truth about software patents?

HERETIC !My patent is better than you patent!What a waste of resources!I couldn't agree with you more.Now for the sharks in the suits .... what are they to do if they have to keep their Lexus more than 6 months?Duh!I simply do not understand the warped reasoning that would make...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., Protecting intellectual property, patent, software, Donald Knuth, Newton, software patent

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Microsoft releases XML fix for Mac Office, Open XML converter tool

Microsoft on Thursday released a pair of updates to fix a problem with Open XL documents: Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.1 Update and Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter 1.1.1. According to Microsoft's Knowledge Base article of the issue,  users...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, XML, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Tool, Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2009-08-07

Aardvark: ask it anything, get an answer in 5 minutes [invites]

If you want an invite to Aardvark, click here. San-Francisco startup Mechanical Zoo is trying to build the ultimate interactive knowledge base. And it's kind of addicting. Once you get started, you will not want to stop. ...

Tags: Friend, Question, Aardvark, Jason Calacanis, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-07-30

Facing Windows 7 E browser issues head on

Facing Windows 7 E browser issues head onit is easier......when you have a browser to start with, so that you can install a browser of your choice, if you so wishJust use FTPMozilla is available from ftp servers. A small batch script to ftp get the desired copy and...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

Global Collaboration Competitive Success: Old Dogs, New Tricks & The Shift Index

Global Collaboration Competitive Success: Old Dogs, New Tricks & The Shift Indexyou forgot the parasite employees that cause the falling ROA."The paradox of falling ROA alongside growing productivity is explained at least in part by the rising total compensation of knowledge workers and other talented employees"?????!!!!!!!!you've forgot the blood sucking...

Tags: Benefits, Personal finance, ROA, Global Collaboration, New Tricks, collaboration

Discussion threads 2009-07-10

Time to Put A Stake in The Ground on Social CRM

Time to Put A Stake in The Ground on Social CRMThe clarion call it is!Paul, this certainly is the clarion call for action!Am glad you picked up the threads of this fight a couple of weeks back & hope that you have put an end to the bickering! :)I am...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise software, Social CRM

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

How-to: Reset a noisy optical drive in the Mid-2009 MacBook Pro

While playing with my new 3GHz "Mid 2009" MacBook Pro I noticed that it made that weird optical drive load/unload sound three times in a row, instead of the usual one, any time the drive was used. If you don't have a CD or DVD handy you...

Tags: Optical Drive, Apple MacBook, Disc, Apple MacBook Pro, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Apple issues "common sense" heat advice for iPhone 3G/3G S

Apple issues "common sense" heat advice for iPhone 3G/3G SJust like Apple to blame the users and not take responsibility. nt:-(RE: Apple issues My 3GS gets very hot. But am still at a loss why Apple denied this for so longto clarify:some seem to have pink discoloration on their white...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-07-02