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Posts Tagged ‘Windows’
Support End Dates: Vista, XP SP2 and windows 2000
In: Uncategorized
26 Feb 2010April 13, 2010: Windows Vista without any service packs installed will have it’s support lifecycle ended. No more security updates. (Rather quick imho)
July 13, 2010: Windows XP SP2 and every version of Windows 2000 will have it’s support lifecycle ended. Windows Server 2003 will go into the Extended Support Phase (security updates [...]
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- Tags: Windows, Windows Server, XP
changing your Terminal Server Session
In: Uncategorized
20 Jan 2010Do you ever have the problem that you take over a Windows Server with a remote desktop, you then later close the session leaving all your programs open to run for example overnight. The next time you start your remote desktop session you will enter a new session besides the one you already have running. [...]
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- Tags: Tips & Tricks, Windows
Windows 8: roadmaps
In: Windows
20 Nov 2009Windows 7 is just out, and we are talking about version 8 already.
thx to Stephen Chapman
He also quoted someone who said: ”Working on Hyper-V features for Win8 in the Platform and Management Extendability team, which is part of the Windows Core OS Kernel Group”
Quick search on who that could be. [...]
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- Tags: Microsoft, News, Windows
Which Windows 7 is right for you
21 Oct 2009A nice chart summing up al the differences between the Windows 7 versions.
Original source: here (and that one was based on a table from wikipedia)
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- Tags: Windows, Windows 7
Windows 7 Federated Search
11 Sep 2009wow, this is nice.
Windows 7 Federated Search. This Federated Search will change the scope of your search beyond your Computer. You can now search for items in remote repositories from your PC. It is based on OpenSearch and the RSS format. Since it is based on [...]
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- Tags: Windows, Windows 7
Windows 7 Ads
In: Windows 7
11 Sep 2009Nice Windows 7 advert. LOL
And another one, with the funny kid
This one is also funny.
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- Tags: Windows, Windows 7
Installed: Windows 7
In: Windows 7
7 Aug 2009After waiting a long time on august 6th, Windows 7 finally arrived. The installation was really easy, and I am surprised with the boot time, but then I always am with a freshly installed OS.
Some “nifty” things I found out:
Command Prompt Here I always had a power toy installed which [...]
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- Tags: Windows, Windows 7
IE8 Security Warning HTTPS content
22 May 2009Since I upgraded to IE8, I’ve been a bit annoyed with the this security warning:
It states: “Do you want to view only the webpage content that was delivered securely”. The first time I just pressed Yes, by pressing [Enter] on my keyboard (without reading the warning correctly), which obviously rendered me a incomplete page.
Note to [...]
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- Tags: Internet Explorer, Security, Windows
With th ecommand: rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr, you wil open up the Stored Credentials Cache of Windows.
You can now clear your stored credentials with this tool.
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- Tags: Security, Windows
Windows 7: RDP Platform Improvements
17 Apr 2009Some things in RDP that will be improved in Windows 7:
Aero Experience like translucent effects, previews
Direct 2D & Direct 3d 10.1
True MultiMon Support
RDP Core Performance Improvements
Multimedia: Media Foundation Running Audio and Video smoothly
Multimedia: DirectShow
40% gain in bandwidth reduction
I’ve seen a [...]
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- Tags: News, Windows, Windows 7