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Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (KB110806) failed - fix

Well I got the same error with my TURBO TAX and installing Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 from the microsoft site would not work. SO HERE IS A LITTLE PATCH “SEE LINK BELOW” THAT WILL CLEAN UP YOUR .NET FRAMEWORK FOR YOU then it will work. ..... more »


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Live Messenger Error code 80070005

I have vista home premium, newly bought laptop came with this OS.Live messenger worked fne for a day or two then suddenly started this error messaging: 80070005 telling me that the service is unavailable.... I searched the net and tried ..... more »


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Microsoft in Live Search deal with HP

Microsoft announced a major distribution deal with Hewlett Packard (HP) today. From January 2009, Microsoft’s Live Search will be the default search engine on Hewlett Packard PCs manufactured for sale in the US and Canada, ..... more »


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5 things you should know about Windows 7

Microsoft has decided not to release a lot of information on Windows 7 for a reason. It was one of the mistakes admitted with Windows Vista. Some features (like WinFS) got dropped totally, while other features (like Palladium) were ..... more »


Microsoft, the Supreme Court rejects the appeal

Microsoft sees rejected from the Supreme Court just the appeal against the Novell denunciation. The group avails again would have attacked politics of Microsoft clogging in the comparisons of a software like WordPerfect, aimed action to ..... more »


Microsoft look likely to buy Yahoo!

The stand off has lasted 6 weeks since the world’s largest software maker went public about its proposal to purchase Yahoo! The pioneering search company originally rejected Microsoft’s offer, which was valued at $41.4 Billion, ..... more »


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Microsoft’s UltimatePC Site

A website called AppScout has posted an article about a problem on Microsoft’s webs site for Windows Vista Ultimate Extras called UltimatePC. The problem is that when users connect to the Ziff-Davis VPN software, they will be redirected ..... more »


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A future for Microsoft Windows

Why is it that people both inside and outside of Microsoft seem to think of the company as incompatible with free software? Here are a few crazy thoughts on how a next version of Windows could be free-software powered. ..... more »


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Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo!: perfect ingredients?

Social networking site Facebook may prove the perfect councillor in the on-again, off-again relationship between Microsoft and Yahoo!. Original post by SiliconRepublic.com... more »


Vista users: "You Already Have MinWin" (neowin)

We have learnt quite a lot about Windows 7 this week, and one of the things was that Windows 7 would not get a new kernel. The call for a new kernel has been made a few times on the internet, but anyone with a bit more insight into ..... more »


Ballmer: Microsoft ‘trying’ to speak with Yahoo!

(NASDAQ:YHOO) - Microsoft (NASDAQ::MSFT) saga is going to play out. After all, it’s been more than three months since Yahoo! first stated “thanks but no thanks” to Microsoft and its $31 a share, or $44.6 billion, acquisition offer. ..... more »


Enable/Disable Hibernation in Vista

This tells how you can enable and disable hibernation on a vista machine... more »


SkyDrive - making the sky better

The cool SkyDrive site has been upgraded with some new features. The first big feature, which to be honest about is something I am not too bothered about as I won't use it, is the ability to add captions to files. ..... more »


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Windows Vista Google Alerts for 05 April 2008

In response to an inquiry from InformationWeek, Microsoft said in a statement that Windows 7 is “scoped to three years from Windows Vista Consumer GA. As is standard with the release of a new product, we will be releasing early builds … ..... more »


Software: Windows Live FolderShare updated

Windows Live FolderShare Beta refreshed to fix a bunch of problems - LiveSide - News blog Annotated tags: live, sharing, software, windows the team has dropped a refreshed build (14.0.1329.0317) on to the web that fixes a bunch of. ..... more »


Microsoft Word Under Attack

Microsoft has confirmed reports of vulnerability in Word that allows an attacker to exploit a system via the Microsoft Jet Database Engine, which shares data with Access, Visual Basic and third party applications. ..... more »


OSBC: What Red Hat, Microsoft, CBS Do for Open Source

Roundup: Coverage from yesterday's speakers at the Open Source Business Conference includes how Red Hat wants to lead, how CBS Interactive uses, and what Microsoft's relationship to open source is (both from Redmond's and the Linux ..... more »


How Microsoft IT Uses Forefront Client Security - Webcast!

For those using Forefront or wanting more information on the product, the below WebCast will provide some great insight on how Microsoft deployed and uses Forefront Security. Ø When: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:30 AM Pacific Time (US . ..... more »


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Xbox 360 Review: Devil May Cry 4

If you like videogames you must play this game. Back in the days of the PlayStation 2, all of my friends owned one, but I did not. I was kicking it on the GameCube and the original Xbox. My friends were absolutely in love with the Devil ..... more »


OCS 2007 Standard Edition - 10 insights from the field

Office Communicator 2.0, Office Communicator Mobile 2.0, Microsoft Tanjay/Catalina phones and Communicator Web Access are all good ways of using OCS. Most people will be happy with MOC (Microsoft Office Communicator 2.0), yet one should ..... more »


Microsoft Office 2007 OEM version

Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 includes: • Access 2007 • Communicator 2007 • Excel 2007 • Groove 2007 • InfoPath 2007 • OneNote 2007 • Outlook 2007 • PowerPoint 2007 • Publisher 2007 • Word 2007. http://grugrogru.com ..... more »


Why Google Apps Worries Microsoft

Out of all other Google services, Google Apps is the product with the most potential to put a dent in Microsoft’s earnings if it ever took off. As we’ve seen in the recent past, both companies will do almost anything to one-up the other ..... more »


CeBIT Went Green — But Did Anybody Care?

... official publication of the fair, on Wednesday, which recognized that “green IT” was a trend that was impossible to ignore as both energy costs and climate-altering carbon emissions soar. Steve Ballmer, the chief executive of Microsoft….. more »


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Trojan on Windows Moblie

McAfee has unearthed a Windows Mobile PocketPC Trojan that disables security, installs via a memory card, can’t be uninstalled and makes itself your home page. According McAfee’s Avert Labs blog, the Trojan has been discovered in China. ..... more »


Deployment for Office SharePoint Server 2007

This book provides deployment instructions for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The audiences for this book include application specialists, line-of-business application specialists, and IT administrators who are ready to deploy ..... more »


Microsoft’s interoperability illusion

Microsoft’s newfound enthusiasm for interoperability adds up to largely hot air and a poorly-concealed upgrade pitch, and as such doesn’t represent any sort of victory for the open source community. read more | digg story... more »


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Microsoft rolls out Zune 2.3 software update with fixes aplenty

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video Not to be confused with the Zune 2.3 firmware update, Microsoft is today pushing out the Zune 2.3 software update, which brings with it a whole slew of fixes but no real new features. ..... more »


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DirectX 10 for Windows XP - 2008

The current preview allows you to run a number of examples from the DirectX SDK on Windows XP. They're not the greatest thing since sliced bread, but we want to whet your appetite. We hope to release builds in the coming months ..... more »


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Firewall management in Server Core, Part 2

First of all there is a new rules-based firewall which has pieces of Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server thrown in. (mind you: ISA Server 2000-style, no ISA Server 2004/2006 rule ordering stuff) There's also the IPSec ..... more »


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