http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/microsoft/ en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:38:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050160/posts BERKELEY, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- The latest thinking in the Silicon Valley scene regarding the Microsoft-Yahoo-Carl Icahn Saga, which is not going away, might be about some sort of killer patent owned by Yahoo. Right now financial researchers everywhere are trying to figure out what exactly the patent is. The blogosphere has been abuzz with various notions that the real reason Microsoft Corp. wants Yahoo Inc. has to do with a patent that Microsoft needs to implement its future money making philosophies. One of the hot articles with the most details regarding these possibilities is written by blogger-essayist Usman Latif, who... MarketWatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050160/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:38:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2048999/posts The solution to what is apparently a common problem ("Wizard Was Interrupted Before [program name] could be installed") seems to involve "Impersonate a client after authentication" The following worked for us, although we are not computer professionals and results are not guaranteed. You need ntrights.exe (downloadable from Microsoft as part of the Windows tools resource kit). ntrights.exe -u ADMINISTRATOR +r SeImpersonatePrivilege ntrights.exe -u ADMINISTRATORS +r SeImpersonatePrivilege ntrights.exe -u Everyone +r SeImpersonatePrivilege You must restart your computer for the changes to take effect. Then the installation should work. (We don’t know which of the above three did it, we enabled all... The Husaria: For Our Freedom and Yours http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2048999/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:34:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2047966/posts You may never think of hospitals quite the same way again, but it turns out that quite a lot of patient-care medical equipment sold these days is based on Windows. And this Windows-based equipment, whether it be cancer-care, EKG or ultrasound machines, is prone to getting hit by computer worms and viruses like any other Microsoft-based machine sitting on a corporate LAN.Hospital IT administrators want to ensure this equipment is kept up to date on security software patches in order to prevent infestation by worms that may invade hospital LANs. But as our story on this describes, patching medical devices... NetworkWorld http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2047966/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:56:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046823/posts As Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) pursuit of Internet portal Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) drags on, Wall Street analysts are increasingly speculating the software giant may be focusing on a Plan B: Tying up with internet service provider AOL. The speculation was revived on Wednesday when The Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft executives met with representatives of Time Warner Inc. (TWX), AOL's parent company, to discuss a possible union. Microsoft has reportedly been in informal discussions in recent months to explore an AOL deal, which the Redmond, Wash.-based company sees as a potential way to boost its Internet presence. The talks come against... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046823/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:15:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046517/posts The war between Google and Microsoft spilled over on to Capitol Hill on Tuesday as the internet and software groups staked out their rival positions over the future of Yahoo at separate Senate and House hearings. The committee hearings, called to consider a proposed advertising alliance between Google and Yahoo that was struck last month, marked the most direct showdown yet in the political battle between the two companies. With Microsoft angling to secure a deal of its own with Yahoo, the hearings quickly turned into an argument over whether Yahoo’s users and advertisers would be better served by a... FT.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046517/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:25:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045381/posts Windows Vista, the OS that everyone loves to hate. Despite its enhanced security, improved CPU scheduler and excellent stability, it’s still the flawed gem in many critics’ eyes. But can Microsoft win back the XP crowd with its upcoming Windows 7 offering? The fact is, they have to. Being that gadget zone is still a fan of the Redmond, Washington, company (although we like Apple too), gadget zone contributor and computer expert, Vito Cassisi, has come up with the 20 Microsoft must do's to ensure the success of Windows 7. Gadget Zone http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045381/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:30:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044586/posts A software update for the Windows operating system has left hundreds and thousands of computer users unable to access the internet. The update, known as a "patch", conflicts with another piece of software, the Zone Alarms firewall, that many people use to protect their computers from hackers and viruses. The patch, codenamed MS08-037, was designed to fix a security loophole in the way Windows handles website addresses. It was discovered that there was a weakness with the operating system that could allow hackers to re-route legitimate web pages to malicious websites instead, and leave internet users open to fraud... telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044586/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:16:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2044455/posts SYMPTOMS In Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008, when you check the spelling of English language text in an application that uses the English dictionary, all the following words cannot be recognized and are flagged as being misspelled: • Friendster • Klum • Nazr • Obama • Racicot One example of an application that uses the English dictionary is Windows Mail. Consider the following example scenario:• You compose an e-mail message in Windows Mail. • In the Options dialog box, on the Spelling tab, under Language, you select English. • You type a word that appears in the previous... Microsoft Update http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2044455/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:13:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2044081/posts In my little house we have an HP desktop and an ARCHOS 605 wifi (amongh other things) and for the longest time they worked perfectly together. Then one day they were no longer on speaking terms. Though each by itself worked out-- and checked out-- AOK. So, after some very careful investigation -- and a $$ an hour computer guy -- the problem almost certainly is a virus, or what have you. So, can anyone recommand a good de-bugging program? We just have the plain-vanilla AOL virus protection (quit snickering) and so...well...any recommandations? Thanks http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2044081/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:05:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043045/posts We are investigating the issue with the MS update KB951748. For the time being we suggest you uninstall KB951748 until the issue has been resolved. We will post when we have more information Best regards, Forum Moderator ZoneAlarm forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043045/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:29:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2042624/posts Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is now acknowledging it screwed up with its initial launch of Windows Vista, and is ready to try again. "We broke a lot of things. We know that, and we know it caused you a lot of pain. It got customers thinking, hey, is Windows Vista a generation we want to get invested in?" So Brad Brooks, Microsoft's VP of Windows Vista consumer marketing, fessed up publicly this week. Speaking at a keynote address at Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference, Brooks signified that Microsoft was ready to admit mistakes and reposition itself to tell a better story... InformationWeek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2042624/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 22:41:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040259/posts Microsoft has given its new Office-based software-plus-service bundle a new name — “Equipt” — and a due date (mid-July), company officials said on July 2. Equipt is the product/service that was formerly codenamed “Albany” (and inside Microsoft, known as “ValueBox”). Equipt, which Microsoft describes as its “essential set of software and services for consumers,” includes a version of Office Home and Student 2007; Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft’s PC management/security bundle; a few Windows Live communication/collaboration services; and Office Live Workspace, Microsoft’s online-collaboration add-on to Office. Equipt will cost $69.99 annually (for a license that can be installed on three PCs... ZDNet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040259/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:41:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2037550/posts Excerpt - Redmond, WA (AHN) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is pulling the XP operating system from its product line come Monday. The move comes 18 months after the company launched the Vista operating system. Although Microsoft will not sell the XP program any longer, they will still generate revenue from providing support for the software as it will no longer be free. Microsoft will offer extended support packages for XP until at least 2014. ~ snip ~ AllHeadlineNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2037550/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:03:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037139/posts A video spoof shown during the CES 2008 keynote by Bill Gates about his last full day at Microsoft in July starring himself, Brian Williams, Steve Ballmer, Matthew McConaugheyr, Robbie Bach, Jay-Z, Bono, Steven Spielberg, George Clooney, Jon Stewart, Kevin Turner, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037139/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:54:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2036450/posts Et Tu, Intel? Chip Giant Won’t Embrace Microsoft’s Windows Vista By Steve Lohr Intel, the giant chip maker and longtime partner of Microsoft, has decided against upgrading the computers of its own 80,000 employees to Microsoft’s Vista operating system, a person with direct knowledge of the company’s plans said. The person, who has been briefed on the situation but requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of Intel’s relationship with Microsoft, said the company made its decision after a lengthy analysis by its internal technology staff of the costs and potential benefits of moving to Windows Vista, which has drawn fire... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2036450/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:51:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2036240/posts "For the opening piece in our series on Gates leaving daily life at Microsoft, one goal was to give a clear picture of the Microsoft co-founder's role inside the company, as a gauge of the impact his departure will have," Todd Bishop writes for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Microsoft Blog. "As part of that, I went back through the internal e-mails turned over in the antitrust suits against the company, looking for new insights into his personality." Bishop found a doozy, which also happens to illustrate perfectly why Mac users have such disdain for the "Windows experience." If you've ever... MacDailyNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2036240/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:56:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035462/posts That photo of 11 weirdos in '70s clothes you may have seen on the Internet really is the original Microsoft team, snapped Dec. 7, 1978, on the eve of the company's move from Albuquerque, N.M., to Seattle. Almost 30 years later, a few weeks before Bill Gates's departure from Microsoft, the group (looking better) reconvened. Bob Greenberg (center of old photo, in red sweater), then a programmer and now a tech and financial consultant, had won a photo portrait in a contest and used it to commemorate the soon-to-be disrupted group. The picture was shot in a shopping mall. ... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035462/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:19:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035170/posts In an attempt to game Microsoft's new Live Search Cashback program, an eBayer has put a $714 price tag on $630 in cash. Here's the listing in all its glory: Pay cash for cash That's right, $630 in cash can be yours for $714. But if you access the page through a Live Search ad link that returns 35 per cent of the purchase price, you can make up the difference. And then some. So you make a profit, and so does the seller. At the expense of Microsoft and eBay. That's the theory, anyway. It's unclear whether this actually... The Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035170/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:16:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2034944/posts Steve Ballmer must be on crack. Or something. In a fascinating interview with the Financial Times, Ballmer has the cheek to call Google a one-trick pony (this from the company that has only managed two break-out successes so far), can't seem to come to grips with the fact that he hasn't budged his stock price in eight years, and takes solace in the fact that the company only has "one way to go, and it's up, baby, up, up, up, up, up!" Please pass the vial, Ballmer. One place where he comes down to earth is in his admission that... CNET http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2034944/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:47:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034874/posts A Harvard University dropout who ushered in the home computer age and made billions of dollars along the way will have his last official day of work at Microsoft on June 27. Three people will essentially fill the void left behind when Bill Gates retires from the company he and friend Paul Allen co-founded in 1975. Since Gate's began his transition from leading Microsoft to heading his personally-bankrolled charity, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , his job as chief software architect has been handled by Ray Ozzie. Craig Mundie inherited Gate's chief research and strategy officer duties, while former... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034874/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:33:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2034413/posts SEATTLE — A group of prominent local businessmen, including an attorney representing this city, discussed a "poisoned well” plan aimed partly at forcing the Oklahoma City-based owners of the SuperSonics to sell the NBA team rather than move it to their hometown. 'Poisoned Well' strategy sought to bleed... Sonics cite struggles in Seattle Plan hatched to keep Sonics in Seattle ... Testimony in federal court here Friday also revealed that Wally Walker, a former star player and executive for the team, was given the duty of driving a "wedge” between the NBA and the Sonics' owners before a critical vote... NEWS OKLAHOMA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2034413/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:01:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034386/posts Microsoft Not Under Investigation In China--Yet Shu-Ching Jean Chen, 06.20.08, 2:26 AM ET hong kong - China’s intellectual property bureau issued a formal denial Friday of press reports that asserted it was conducting an anti-monopoly probe of Microsoft. But it is likely only a temporary reprieve for the global software giant. A new anti-monopoly law will take effect Aug. 1 that has a loosely defined and seemingly low threshold for the government to initiate an official investigation: upon receipt of a complaint from an institution or a lone individual. Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034386/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:44:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033556/posts IBM has obliterated the competition in the supercomputing stakes with the top 10 of the top 500 supercomputers in the world, but Microsoft has surprisingly scraped in at number 23 with its Windows HPC Server system. While Microsoft is an unlucky 13 numbers away from the top 10, does the wow start now? Microsoft can’t claim any particular ‘wow’ with its results until it can wrest a top 10 position, let alone the No.1 position away from IBM, but 23 isn’t too bad when we’re talking about a list of 500. But the real news isn’t about Microsoft, it’s about... ITWire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033556/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:13:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2032113/posts And to think Microsoft used to be popular with the developer crowd... Not anymore. A recent report from Evans Data shows fewer than one in 10 software developers writing applications for Windows Vista this year. Eight percent. This is perhaps made even worse by the corresponding data that shows 49 percent of developers writing applications for Windows XP. Such appreciation for history is not likely to warm the cockles of Microsoft's heart, especially when Linux is getting lots of love from developers (13 percent writing apps for it this year and 15.5 percent in 2009). The Mac? I don't have... Cnet.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2032113/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:39:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031674/posts Joining the online outsourcing trend, Microsoft puts it hand out to grab a piece or perhaps all of the outsourcing pie. Together, Microsoft Research Asia (Beijing, China) and Microsoft Office Labs have launched Task Market. Task Market is an online marketplace for jobs where freelancers make themselves available to assist in their area of expertise. And buyers looking for a little extra help on a project post their job descriptions and await bids. Chinese fans of Microsoft will instantly recognize the design and concept of the “technical preview” site featuring colors, style and sections for ‘BuyersÂ’ (Business) and ‘ProvidersÂ’ (Freelancers)... myTino http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031674/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:45:29 GMT