scandalz.net
 
 
 
BETA (Google AJAX Search)

Windows Solutions

I haven't kept this as up to date as I'd like but the stuff that is here is good to know. I'm going to modify it so other people can add sections to it and it can be a living document, but until then this is all you get.

Microsoft Tweaks Browser Ballot

at 01:10 AM, 03/09/2010

Windows IT Pro
Thurrott, Paul
Responding to critics who claimed that the new browser ballot screen that it delivered to Windows XP, Vista, and 7 users in the EU was flawed, Microsoft last week quietly changed the code to be truly random.

Apple Delays iPad Release

at 01:34 AM, 03/08/2010

Windows IT Pro
Thurrott, Paul
Almost two months after promising to ship its iPad tablet device in the United States in March, Apple did what Apple so often does: It slipped on a ship-date promise. Now, the iPad will start shipping in April instead, and customers who had hoped to preorder the device have to wait until March 12.

Windows IT Pro
Thurrott, Paul
An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including massive PC sales growth for 2010, Microsoft's big bet on the cloud, a Microsoft-branded phone, Windows Phone developer dribbles, a non-surprising Apple iPad delay, and more...

Windows IT Pro
Thurrott, Paul
In a speech yesterday at the London School of Economics, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner says he sees a gradual recovery in business spending this year. But that won't dampen the prospects for the company's blockbuster new OS. According to Turner, Microsoft expects to sell over 300 million copies of Windows 7 this year alone.

Windows IT Pro
Thurrott, Paul
It doesn't sound like that dramatic of a proposal: At the RSA Conference 2010 this week in San Francisco, Microsoft corporate vice president Scott Charney followed up on comments he made at last year's show and vaguely proposed standards for more secure and private access to the Internet.

SQL Server Magazine
Delaney, Kalen
Kalen addresses the consequences that come with people referencing pirated electronic copies of SQL Server books rather than purchasing the books.

Windows IT Pro
Thurrott, Paul
Apple this week launched a proxy attack on Google's Android smart phone OS, by accusing handset maker HTC of violating 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone. HTC makes a number of popular smart phones, including the popular Nexus One, which is based on Google Android.

Windows IT Pro
Thurrott, Paul
Microsoft on Tuesday revealed that it will offer an Office 2010 Technology Guarantee Program by the end of March. Under terms of the program, users who purchase various Office 2007 versions will receive a free copy of the equivalent version of Office 2010.

Windows 7: Over 90 Million Sold

at 01:05 AM, 03/03/2010

Windows IT Pro
Thurrott, Paul
Just two months after revealing that it had sold over 60 million copies of its new Windows 7 operating system in its first quarter of availability, Microsoft this week announced that it has now sold over 90 million copies. Windows 7 continues to be the fast selling OS release in PC history.

EU: Browser Ballot to Serve 100 Million

at 01:56 AM, 03/02/2010

Windows IT Pro
Thurrott, Paul
The European Union said that over 100 million European PC users would be given the choice to switch web browsers in the coming months, a statistic it believes proves the validity of its years-long antitrust suit against Microsoft. This announcement comes in the wake of Microsoft's enabling of a so-called browser ballot screen in EU-based versions of Windows XP, Vista, and 7.

Windows IT Pro
Thurrott, Paul

Windows IT Pro
John Savill

Moving Mailboxes the Exchange 2010 Way

at 14:26 PM, 02/26/2010

Windows IT Pro
Tony Redmond
Learn how to use EMC or EMS in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 to perform online mailbox moves, as well as the background on how moves are processed, what you need to do to schedule a move, and how to get data about moves.

FBLook Brings Facebook into Outlook

at 08:26 AM, 02/26/2010

Windows IT Pro
William Lefkovics
TechHit,the company that created TwInbox, has now released a utility to incorporate Facebook into Outlook called FBLook. This little app is released without fee. It requires Office Outlook 2003 SP3 or Outlook 2007.

SQL Server Magazine
Brian Moran
Mark Souza, Microsoft’s Partner Director of the Business Platform Division Customer Experience Team, talks about the 3 SQL Server 2008 R2 features that he thinks are most important.

SQL Server Magazine
Sheila Molnar

SQL Server Magazine
Megan Keller
Quest Software's Kevin Kline, Brent Ozar, and Ari Weil lead this free day-long Dynamic Management Views training event on Wednesday, March 3rd.

With this VBScript script, you can quickly check, set, or remove the description for a remote or local computer. You can even use it to check or clear the descriptions for multiple computers.

Trying to find the reason for CPU spikes can be frustrating and time-consuming. Here are some of the tools and techniques you can use to troubleshoot performance problems in the System process.

Reader Challenge February 2010

at 01:08 AM, 02/16/2010

There's a known cause for Windows 7 ignoring changes to the UAC. Do you know what it is?

Windows 7 on a Netbook

at 01:08 AM, 01/20/2010

Use a flash drive to install Windows 7 on a netbook or laptop.

Use NTBackup to Back Up SharePoint

at 01:08 AM, 01/20/2010

Use NTBackup and the shareware application NetDrive to back up SharePoint.

Time to upgrade your Wordpress sites. A vulnerability in versions prior to 2.8.4 could let the bad guys reset passwords. And there's a nasty worm infiltrating sites based on an older vulnerability in the code.

Microsoft Releases 5 Critical Patches

at 02:08 AM, 09/09/2009

Microsoft unleashed a series of critical security patches during its September software update cycle.

If you don't have SSL available to transmit data via HTTP you can still help protect that data during transit using a little jQuery magic.

Sometimes The Cookie Doesn't Crumble

at 02:08 AM, 08/12/2009

Ever heard of Flash cookies? They're often used to track your activity. And sometimes even if you delete them they reappear.

SecureTweets for Twitter

at 02:08 AM, 08/12/2009

Since Twitter is so hugely popular it makes sense that someone would create a tool to help protect users from malicious URLs within the posts at the site.

Solutions to common Windows Problems

2008 scandalz.net
I took a course in speed reading and was able to read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It's about Russia. -- Woody Allen
CountryUS
IP Address38.107.191.97
User AgentCCBot/1.0 (+http://www.commoncrawl.org/bot.html)