Dapper DEP Drops In but Won't Leave
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| NX bit support is common among modern operating systems, including Linux and
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| Mac OS X (on Intel processors). On Windows Vista, Microsoft extended
| hardware-enabled DEP to Internet Explorer. In my testing, DEP-enabled IE 7 on
| Windows Vista leads to fairly frequent browser crashes, particularly with
| some plug-ins.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/dapper_dep_drops_in_but_wont_leave.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Recent:
My Lack of Confidence in Vista SP1
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| News Commentary. While troubleshooting a friend's Outlook woes, I found
| Windows Vista Service Pack 1 ready for download and installation. I couldn't
| risk it.
|
| [...]
|
| My buddy loves Microsoft, but he detests Windows Vista. On Saturday, for the
| umpteenth time, he praised Microsoft while we were driving to pick up his son
| from playing paintball. See, my bookseller friend remembers trying to
| automate his business before there was DOS—how much it cost and how little
| benefit he got from the money spent.
|
| [...]
|
| He had no idea what was there. My buddy smiled: "Hey, I just do what they
| tell me," referring to Microsoft and the Office 2007 trial conversion.
|
| The computer had more pep after the software removal, but I haven't heard
| whether or not Outlook is behaving better. My friend is ready to move to
| another e-mail program; he asked about Mozilla Thunderbird. The bookseller
| had heard of the software because of Firefox, which his son had installed on
| the computer. Apparently, IE 7 also frequently crashes.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/my_lack_of_confidence_in_vista_sp1.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/2rbmls
My Lack of Confidence in Vista SP1
,----[ Quote ]
| News Commentary. While troubleshooting a friend's Outlook woes, I found
| Windows Vista Service Pack 1 ready for download and installation. I couldn't
| risk it.
|
| [...]
|
| My buddy loves Microsoft, but he detests Windows Vista. On Saturday, for the
| umpteenth time, he praised Microsoft while we were driving to pick up his son
| from playing paintball. See, my bookseller friend remembers trying to
| automate his business before there was DOS—how much it cost and how little
| benefit he got from the money spent.
|
| [...]
|
| He had no idea what was there. My buddy smiled: "Hey, I just do what they
| tell me," referring to Microsoft and the Office 2007 trial conversion.
|
| The computer had more pep after the software removal, but I haven't heard
| whether or not Outlook is behaving better. My friend is ready to move to
| another e-mail program; he asked about Mozilla Thunderbird. The bookseller
| had heard of the software because of Firefox, which his son had installed on
| the computer. Apparently, IE 7 also frequently crashes.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/my_lack_of_confidence_in_vista_sp1.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/2rbmls
Retail Windows' Dim Vista
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| I thought I had seen the worst of the new PC-buying situation. I was wrong.
|
| On Saturday, we visited friends in Fredericksburg, Va., where I had chance to
| see, not one, but two miserable Windows Vista PC buying situations. Retailers
| share the blame with manufacturers and Microsoft, which should never have
| unleashed Windows Vista Home Basic (aka Windows Basic) on unsuspecting
| consumers.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/retail_windows_dim_vista.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Windows Me II?
,----[ Quote ]
| ...I'll say this: Over dinner last year, I told
| several Microsoft user interface designers that there were only two
| versions of Windows I liked less the more I used them: Me and Vista.
| They were mortally offended, methinks, but that remains my
| experience still.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/windows_me_ii.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
[Microsoft-watch dumps Windows for Linux]
The Dog House 205 Main St Collins IA US 50055 72.32.70.141 Linux
Apache/2.0.52 Red Hat 3-Nov-2006
The Dog House 205 Main St Collins IA US 50055 72.32.70.141 Linux
Apache/2.0.52 Red Hat 1-Nov-2006
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63.87.252.160 Windows 2000 Microsoft-IIS/5.0 3-Sep-2006
UUNET Technologies, Inc. 22001 Loudoun County Parkway Ashburn VA US 20147
63.87.252.160 Windows 2000 Microsoft-IIS/5.0 4-Jun-2006
UUNET Technologies, Inc. 22001 Loudoun County Parkway Ashburn VA US 20147
63.87.252.160 Windows 2000 Microsoft-IIS/5.0 9-Aug-2005
UUNET Technologies, Inc. 22001 Loudoun County Parkway Ashburn VA US 20147
63.87.252.160 Windows 2000 unknown 8-Aug-2005
UUNET Technologies, Inc. 22001 Loudoun County Parkway Ashburn VA US 20147
63.87.252.160 Windows 2000 Microsoft-IIS/5.0 28-May-2005
UUNET Technologies, Inc. 22001 Loudoun County Parkway Ashburn VA US 20147
63.87.252.160 unknown Microsoft-IIS/5.0 27-May-2005
UUNET Technologies, Inc. 22001 Loudoun County Parkway Ashburn VA US 20147
63.87.252.160 Windows 2000 Microsoft-IIS/5.0 8-May-2004
RealNames Corp 150 Shoreline Drive San Mateo, CA 94065 US 63.87.252.160
Windows 2000 Microsoft-IIS/5.0 14-Feb-2003
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Unimpressed by Windows Media Player 11
,----[ Bottom line ]
| ...when compared to pretty much every other media jukebox available
| today, Windows Media Player 11 is only so so.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/games_consumer/unimpressed_by_windows_media_player_11.html
http://tinyurl.com/t5gl9
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