by wwarren | Nov 30, 2009 | Microsoft, SBS 2008, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
Microsoft looking into Windows ‘black screen of death’ problem. I have not run into this with any of my clients. Will keep a lookout though and will update this if things change. *UPDATE* The black screens are caused by the machines already being...
by wwarren | Nov 30, 2009 | Hardware
SemiAccurate :: Nvidia G310 spotted, just a renamed G210.
by wwarren | Nov 29, 2009 | Microsoft, Open Source, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
Windows 7 – Performance Improvements. Wayne gets overenthusiastic though saying it’s faster than XP. There’s no way that’s true as i have run both on my notebook and my quad core desktop. XP is still quicker than 7 but ANYTHING is faster than...
by wwarren | Nov 24, 2009 | Microsoft, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
Windows 8 by 2012 as Shown on Microsoft Slide – Tom’s Hardware. Otherwise there would be no need for another “major release” in 2012. Which means now I am going to be holding off on buying new operating systems until that if my clients...
by wwarren | Nov 22, 2009 | Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts, Windows
New Zero-Day Flaw Discovered in IE7 | threatpost.
by wwarren | Nov 20, 2009 | Apple, Microsoft, Windows
This is a spoof of the Vista Choices ad in the long running mac vs poc series of ads from Apple. I ran across this one as a link. YouTube – UNRELEASED Mac vs. PC AD for iPhone and iPod Touch SPOOF.
by wwarren | Nov 12, 2009 | Microsoft, SBS 2008, Security, Security Alerts, Windows, Windows 7
Laurent Gaffié blog: Windows 7 / Server 2008R2 Remote Kernel Crash. notice this is only in the two major operating systems that use the new smb protocol by Microsoft? Vista isn’t mentioned but i bet this will kill Vista as well.
by wwarren | Nov 11, 2009 | Microsoft, Open Source, Security
Bing hit by costly security loophole | Technology | guardian.co.uk. Whoopsie so now it’s pushed into the underground who are most assuredly taking advantage of it. Sorry MS your usual security by obscurity failed many years ago.
by wwarren | Nov 9, 2009 | Microsoft, Security, Windows
AP IMPACT: Framed for child porn — by a PC virus by AP: Yahoo! Tech. Anti-virus isn’t enough. I have posted before on the security flaws inherent to IE, ActiveX and by extension Windows. Why it may not be a valid defense for all in many cases it purely is a...
by wwarren | Nov 2, 2009 | Hardware, Open Source, Storage
I reccommended to my Mother in Law that a netbook would be perfect for her based on her needs. It IS perfect except she is running out of room on the 8 gig SSD. I went to find an upgrade for her SSD and found one by a company called Runcore. Let’s jsut say...
