This article looks at what the top 9 PC makers say publicly about Windows XP, and then explains what happened when the writer tried to order a PC with XP pre-installed...

 

Problems and solutions with Norton anti-malware products explained:

 

 

The exploit mentioned in this article applies to HTTPS connections made over a wireless network.  Companies with proper GPO settings can block it, but on personal computers with wireless access, things are not nearly so safe ...

 

 

 

Although there are many ways to hack into a computer when you have physical access, this particular method can be done in a matter of seconds.  It uses a vulnerability of the Firewire port.

Glynn, thanks for posting this.

 

We need more people to write MS and tell them to continue supporting, and selling as OEM, XP until they have developed a system which is as stable and can be accommodated by the already generous resources we have installed.

I wrote previously that Vista Home licenscees copuld now run second copies of their license inside virtual machines.  That is wrong.  I was guilty of inferring what I wanted to happen instead of reading what ws actually written.

 

Vist Home users now have the right to run their existing, single license as the guest OS in a virtual mcahine, instead of being solely...

How does one turn off the Vista's real time Seach Scanning? 

 

Thanks

To customize the search feature, right-click on the Start button and select Properties, then click Customize. From there you'll be able to select what the search feature searches.

 

To help speed up the search facility, consider unchecking the Search Communications checkbox, and under the Search files list, select Don't search for files. This will limit searches to programs and not other file...

I think you will find this article to be a well-informed discussion of the on-going Vista vs. XP debate:

 

Based on the feedback at the December meeting, I'll post links to flash drive reviews as I encounter them.  Like these ...

 

 

 

 

 

FYI, saw this today.