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Microsoft warns users of coming update to Windows Update Microsoft has announced it will upgrade Windows' update mechanism later this month, a warning that comes nearly a year after the company issued a similar upgrade without informing users.Last September, reports o Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft warns of IE8 lock-in with XP SP3 Microsoft yesterday warned users of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) that they won't be able to uninstall either the service pack or Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) under some circumstances.The warning was reminiscent Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft warns businesses of impending autoupdate to IE7 Microsoft has warned corporate administrators that it will push a new version of Internet Explorer 7 their way next month, and it has posted guidelines on how to ward off the automatic update if admins want to keep the older IE6 browser on their companies' machines. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft preps Vista to thwart rogue gadgets Microsoft urged Windows Vista users to download a new security tool that automatically disables suspicious or malicious "gadgets," the small applets that mimic the "widgets" popular on Mac OS X.Dubbed "Windows S Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft warns of IE7 lock-in with XP SP3 Microsoft has warned users updating to Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3) that they won't be able to downgrade from Internet Explorer 7 to the older IE6 without uninstalling the service pack.The warning first appea Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft sets Windows XP SP3 automatic download for Thursday The vague timetable that Microsoft gave Monday for pushing out Windows XP SP3 to most users got specific Tuesday as the company quietly said it would release the upgrade on Thursday at 10 a.m. PDT.Microsoft will Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft: Here's how to stop Vista update's endless reboot Although Microsoft has yet to fix an update that sent some Windows Vista machines into endless reboots, it spelled out on Friday several workarounds users can apply to regain control of those PCs.Last week's upd Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft to resume Vista 'endless reboot' update Tuesday Microsoft Monday said it would resume automatic distribution of a Windows Vista update on Tuesday that two months ago sent some users' PCs into an endless wave of reboots.The company assured users ahead of the r Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft urges users not to misunderstand UAC, other Vista features In its continued attempt to convince business customers to adopt Vista, Microsoft has outlined and tried to explain some of what it calls the OS's most "misunderstood" features in a document posted to -- then mysteriously removed from -- its Web site last week. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft yanks Vista SP1 update causing endless reboots Responding to reports of endlessly rebooting PCs that flooded support newsgroups last week, Microsoft said on Tuesday it had pulled an update designed to prep Windows Vista for Service Pack 1.Although the updat Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Top 10: Microsoft grows hostile, Yahoo says nyah nyah We've been waiting all week for the other shoe on Microsoft's hostile takeover attempt to drop on Yahoo, which isn't waiting for that to happen and has forged an advertising agreement with Google as a way to hedge against the ongoing acquisition dispute. In other ne Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Windows XP SP3 still AWOL, but resides on Microsoft servers While Microsoft makes users wait for the official version of Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3), the update has been widely distributed on pirate sites and can still be found and downloaded from Microsoft's servers. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Top 10: Microsoft-Yahoo, XP SP3 woes, Sprint-Clearwire WiMax deal News from and about Microsoft dominated this week from start to finish. But the dire situation caused by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, where the ruling junta cares more about oppression and domination than early warning systems or getting aid to people, tended to put eve Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft confesses to posting a flawed update Microsoft Corp. re-released one of its Aug. 11 security updates yesterday, explaining that it had posted an incomplete version to its own download center last week.The admission was the third time in the past tw Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft releases massive set of security updates Microsoft released 11 security updates Tuesday to fix critical flaws in its products, including a publicly known ActiveX bug that affects users of the Visual FoxPro database.In total, 17 individual software fla Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft accidentally leaks SP1 On Thursday, some Windows Vista users began finding Service Pack 1 in Windows Update, even though the upgrade isn't supposed to be available broadly until the middle of March.Microsoft acknowledged the error. "Y Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft updates Windows Mobile, IE Mobile Responding to increasing pressure from other mobile phone platforms, Microsoft on Tuesday planned to introduce updated versions of Windows Mobile and Internet Explorer Mobile and also make its new enterprise device management software available to all medium-size and Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Symantec blames Microsoft for XP SP3 registry corruption Symantec on Thursday said it was Microsoft's code that crippled some PCs after upgrades to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) emptied Device Manager, deleted network connections, and packed the registry with thousands of bogus entries. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Windows XP SP3 to reach most users 'shortly,' says Microsoft Microsoft said Monday that it would begin pushing Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3) to most users "shortly."The announcement, made by Nick MacKechnie, a senior manager for Microsoft's New Zealand operations, was n Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft previews desktop search update Microsoft has released a preview of an update to its Windows desktop-search tool to clear out bugs and improve the performance of the current technology.Windows Search 4.0 is now available at the Microsoft Downl Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |