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There have been a few reports of people having reboots after upgrading their XP systems to SP3. Considering the frequency with which this occurance seems to be observed, particularly amongst those with AMD processors it does beg the question whether Microsoft applied the proper rigor to their pre-release testing. While we have come to expect that new software releases from
Ars Technica reports today that UPnP has been approved by the easy to remember ISO/IEC JTC 1 (International Standards Organization/International Electrotechnical Commission Joint Technical Committee 1 in case you were wondering) as an official standard. As part of the article they discuss how Microsoft has addressed some of the “security flaws” that were in the original implementation.
I have been ignoring Vista as a possibility for my home. My experiences with it at work and with firends and family that have used it have been frustrating. From troubles with getting an ADSL modem working reliably, to the amount of resources the thing seemed to chew. I was waiting for Vista SP1 before I even considered installing it on one of my home machines. The latest news on SP1 though makes me rethink this timing as well.
It took a long time for this to happen but finally their is a WMP plugin for Firefox. Why it took so long I am not sure but I am really happy that the open source lab at Microsoft put it together.
It seems that bypassing Windows Vista activation is a very simple task. Tomorrow I will attend a demonstration that show shows the simple process. Brian Livingston from WindowsSecret.com will be presenting the workaround.
Sadly it may be and you don’t even know it. A in-depth report on the lengths spammers are going to is amazing. A unknown Russian group has control of about 70,000 computers worldwide and this is only one of many botnets that are being used to send spam or do task that their masters want them to.
I hear about people from time to time that have troubles with Windows Genuine Advantage, yet I am not sure how widespread the problem is. Have you run into this trouble or have first hand knowledge of someone else that has a Genuine copy of Windows only to be labeled by the application as having a Pirated versions? [www.microsoft-watch.com]