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IT Dojo video: Restore the Address toolbar removed by Windows XP SP3

IT Dojo video: Restore the Address toolbar removed by Windows XP SP3No desirable changes in browseui.dll?When you downgrade to the pre-SP3 version of browseui.dll, I wonder if there are fixes you're losing or are you just restoring the feature?I used to use the address toolbar, but when it went away,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SP3, CTRL+ESC, toolbar, Windows XP SP3, IT Dojo, video, Microsoft Windows XP, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Hot off the wire: Windows XP SP3 available from Windows Update

Hot off the wire: Windows XP SP3 available from Windows UpdateI will compare it to XP SP2I will test it on a Virtual machine today along with different software and then compare with the same virtual machine with only XP SP2.More secret updates?Maybe "forced" secret updates?I'd be surprised if it...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP, Windows XP SP3, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Update

Discussion threads 2008-05-07

Microsoft releases Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center

Microsoft releases Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update and Microsoft Download CenterGood Man!Adrian;Downloading as I speak. Thank's for the hard work and personal drive in technology, Dude!

Tags: Microsoft Download Center, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-05-06

It's official! Windows XP SP3 goes RTM today

It's official! Windows XP SP3 goes RTM todayKB unavailableThe link to the MS KB does not work. More precisely, the KB "is currently unavailable."RE: It's official! Windows XP SP3 goes RTM todayI expect that the KB will go live in the next hour or so. If not, I'll check with...

Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Winduhs, Windows XP SP3, Linix, RTM, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-04-21

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

Windows XP SP3 release dates

Windows XP SP3 release datesXP Service Pack 3Guess I must be doing something wrong. I downloaded and installed SP3 a while back.Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3, v.3264 Build 2600Check with Mary Jo!ntXP Service Pack 3No, you didn't do anything wrong. What you have is a Release Candidate (RC #1) that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Build 2600, XP Service Pack 3, Windows XP SP3, Release Candidate, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-04-15

Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate goes to MSDN, TechNet testers

Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate goes to MSDN, TechNet testersHaven't even installed SP/2And wouldn't touch SP/3 with a flag pole.Plenty of spyware, rootkits, and DRM without their SP's to update it.Yeah your right.. no tin hatsYeah your right.. no tin hats ... just 5 times longer to figure out...

Tags: Operating systems, SP-3, TechNet tester, Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate, Windows XP SP3, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-12-03

Additional Resources

Averatec D1130 All-in-One

The Averatec D1130 All-In-One is a stripped-down version of the D1133 we reviewed last month, and while this version cuts the price down to only $399, it also strips away many of the features that gave the higher-end model some value. With its puny 1.6GHz Intel Atom chip, 1GB of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Monitors & displays, Averatec Inc., D1133

Product reviews 2009-10-30

Acer Aspire Revo AR1600-U910H

Typically our challenges with the emergent Nettop category have been that real budget PCs cost just a little bit more and provide a dramatic performance uptick, and similarly priced Netbooks offer equivalent performance with the added benefit of portability. The Aspire Revo 1600's price tag alone answers those issues. ...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Performance management, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Wireless and Mobility, Semiconductors, Acer Inc., wireless networking

Product reviews 2009-10-30

Buy Windows 7, download now!

Oboma wrote the codeHe heard about Windows 7 so he is winningthe Nobel peace prize and he is also takingover the Internet people do not need accessto information he needs to 'control' it..;)They really are trying!!Boy, MS is really trying in every way to push the product though it has...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Vista SP3, Microsoft Windows Vista, SP3, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows, Linux Distro

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Windows 7 in action: a closer look at Windows XP Mode

Now that's coolSo XP apps can be run directly on the desktop? Now that's cool :).How is this different than Virtual PC?Ed, I have XP running under MS Virtual PC 2007 on my Vista Business x64 machine. How is this different? I know that I had to supply...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows XP Mode, virtualization, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

First Look: Ubuntu 9.10 beta "Karmic Koala"

wow... seriously?NOTE: This was supposed to be in response to the "good for poor people" comment, but I screwed up:Do you have any basis for your claims? Have you even used Linux, let alone this version of Ubuntu which is still just a Beta? Why does cost/money...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Apple up to its old tricks, pushing unwanted software onto PCs

I've experienced exactly what Ed described.I get it every time iTunes is updated.No. A PC running Windows XP.I need iTunes for my iPhone.Hmmm ...Hmmm, I've had several APPL updates come in on several systems, and I've not seen that ... odd. Tried replicating on another system?I've even checked for .........

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, software, Apple iTunes, Apple Inc., iTunes 9, old trick, Apple iPhone, PC

Discussion threads 2009-09-27

Google gets more aggressive than Microsoft at moving users off IE 6

Could be a great product, and a great way for companies to keep IE6 forcompatibility reasons, but, pack a modern browser for modern websites. And, for all those users that still think that IE is the Internet, adding a Google plugin might just be the easiest way to get them...

Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE8

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Yukyung Viliv X70EX

In a world of ever-multiplying Netbooks and increasingly more versatile smartphones, it seems like there's been no better time than the present for ultraportable computing devices. Amid a landscape of larger, full-keyboard devices and smaller, pocket-size touch phones, the only question is whether there is room for the UMPC (or...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, ultramobile PC, netbook, Viliv X70EX

Product reviews 2009-09-17

Details on HP's Ion-powered netbook, Windows XP not dead yet

Almost nine months to the day after Nvidia announced its Ion Platform, the first real netbook to make use of the technology has finally shipped. HP announced the Mini 311, an 11.6-inch netbook that pairs Intel's Atom processor with Ion, which is based on the GeForce 9400M GPU. Ion should...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows XP, NVidia Corp., Netbook, HP Mini 311, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-09-15

Windows XP SP3 services that can be disabled

This updated reference sheet lists all the Windows XP SP3 services, describes each one's function, specifies whether you can safely disable it, and outlines what will happen if you do. This version of the list also includes the Windows XP SP3 default setting for each service as well as information...

Tags: SP3, Service, Scott Lowe, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2009-09-11

Google Desktop 5.9.909.2235 (Windows)

Google Desktop will offer full text search over your email, computer files, chats, and the web pages you've viewed. By making your computer searchable, it puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails, and bookmarks. It introduces new ways to...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Desktop, Microsoft Windows, Search Result, Computer, E-mail, Productivity, Search, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-09-04

Samsung Go N310 (sunset orange)

We've gotten to the point where mainstream Netbooks are a fairly rigid format. Slap together an Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and a copy of Windows XP, and you've got your hands on essentially the same product sold by PC makers such as Dell,...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, netbook, N310, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-09-03

Microsoft to add more anti-piracy features to Office 2010

It's been said before, but it bears repeatingIf Microsoft spent anywhere near the time it spends policing piracy on feature correctness, and bug squashing, there would be much less need to worry about piracy.Most people know that there are many ways to get Office cheaply and legitimately, and no one...

Tags: Piracy, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., antipiracy

Discussion threads 2009-08-27