Windows

Problems with XP SP3

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…

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Todd Cochrane
Windows

UPnP becomes a standard

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…

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Todd Cochrane
Windows

Maybe Vista SP2?

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…

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Todd Cochrane
Windows
Finally Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin

Finally Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin

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…

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Todd Cochrane
Windows

Windows Vista Activation Workaround Demonstration

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. I will have a follow up post…

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Todd Cochrane
Crime, Microsoft, Security, Windows

Is your PC being used to Send Spam?

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…

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Todd Cochrane