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• Microsoft Security Essentials Update

  Microsoft previously reported that its new Security Essentials anti-malware solution ( see my review ) had garnered 1.5 million downloads in its first week of availability. Well, the numbers keep going up: After two weeks, the download total stood at... Posted Oct 19 2009, 09:03 PM by pthurrott with | with 20 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, x64, Security, Vista

• Microsoft Security Essentials Beta updated

  If you're using the Microsoft Security Essentials Beta, you'll notice an update in Windows Update this morning. It's unclear what's changed under the hood (the referenced KB article below doesn't yet exist), but there's a new tray... Posted Aug 20 2009, 11:42 AM by pthurrott with | with 43 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, x64, Security, Cloud computing, Vista

• Don't forget: Today's the day for Morro

  If you're looking to snag the initial beta version of Microsoft Security Essentials from the source, here are a few things to be aware of: US, Israel, and Brazil only (China in 30 days) Public downloads will be capped at 75,000 Download will be made... Posted Jun 23 2009, 11:10 AM by pthurrott with | with 61 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, x64, Security, Vista

• Early Morro shots leak

  Neowin has posted a couple of shots of an older Morro build . Again, I can't really comment except to note that this build is already out of date. Posted Jun 16 2009, 03:36 PM by pthurrott with | with 61 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, x64, Security, Vista

• Microsoft will soon unveil free virus software

  So this puts me in an awkward spot. I can't really discuss this too much further at the moment, but since Reuters dropped the ball … * Microsoft getting ready to unveil free anti-virus service * Software maker says will soon put beta version on website... Posted Jun 10 2009, 04:17 PM by pthurrott with | with 78 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, x64, Security, Vista

• IE 8 RC1 is imminent

  In a post to the IE Blog yesterday, Microsoft confirmed that it is about to release the curious long-in-the-coming Release Candidate version of Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8)... The version of IE8 in Windows 7 Beta is somewhat older than the Internet Explorer... Posted Jan 22 2009, 07:38 PM by pthurrott with | with 22 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, Internet, Internet Explorer, x64, Vista

• Compatibility View Improvements to come in IE8

  No word yet on whether the default rendering mode will be improved as well, but Microsoft program manager Scott Dickens provides some details about the final IE 8 beta on the IE Blog: The next public update of IE8 includes improvements to Compatibility... Posted Dec 08 2008, 11:14 AM by pthurrott with | with 65 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, Internet, Internet Explorer, x64, Vista

• Now *that’s* a computer

  That Lenovo has been on a roll lately is an understatement of epic proportions, but their latest computer, the ThinkPad W Series mobile workstation is … I mean, wow. Yeah, it’s a big boy. It’s got a 17-inch screen and a power adapter that would have a... Posted Oct 14 2008, 11:02 AM by pthurrott with | with 35 comment(s) Filed under: x64, Mobile, Vista

• Norton Takes on Vista's User Account Control

  So this is interesting . I can’t stand Norton, for whatever that’s worth, but they’ve shipped a User Account Control tool that seeks to replace the one that’s in Windows Vista (!). Yikes. User Account Control (UAC) is a new security feature in Microsoft... Posted Oct 10 2008, 10:57 AM by pthurrott with | with 20 comment(s) Filed under: x64, Security, Vista

• MDOP 2008 R2 now available

  Microsoft’s centralized desktop management tool has been updated to R2 and is now available to SA customers: Just a week after my colleague Shanen Boettcher wrote about virtualization and its role in the Optimized Desktop, specifically announcing the... Posted Oct 06 2008, 11:44 AM by pthurrott with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Server 2008, x64, Vista, Virtualization

• The great virtualization experiment

  I just purchased a Dell Optiplex 755 PC to use as a server in my home environment. This was necessitated by a few things, including the need to test Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 (see my recent screenshot gallery ), Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Small... Posted Oct 04 2008, 12:05 PM by pthurrott with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Server 2008, x64, Vista, Virtualization

• Picking a Microsoft document sync solution

  Obviously this is fodder for a future article, but here's a mile-high view of Microsoft's three document sync solutions. Right now, the company makes three: Live Mesh (pre-beta "technical preview") Windows Live FolderShare Beta SyncToy... Posted Sep 14 2008, 06:09 PM by pthurrott with | with 15 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Home Server, Windows Live, Personal, x64, Cloud computing, Vista, Commentary

• Apple fixes BSOD problem it caused with iTunes 8

  I love the advice on this one: " If you installed iTunes 8 on Windows Vista and if you experienced a blue screen of death (BSOD) crash, then you may want this update . Yeah, you might. :) Symptoms After installing iTunes 8 for Windows, some users... Posted Sep 12 2008, 08:19 AM by pthurrott with | with 37 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, iTunes, iPod, x64, Vista

• There's a Velociraptor in my PC

  A Western Digital VelociRaptor , that is. My desktop PC is almost two years old now. (I purchased it back in October 2006.) It's an HP Pavilion m7690y tower machine with a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo E6600 processor, so it's getting a bit long in the tooth... Posted Aug 31 2008, 04:45 PM by pthurrott with | with 46 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Home Server, Green computing, Personal, Digital media, x64, Cloud computing, Vista, Commentary

• SyncToy v2.0

  I've been using and recommending SyncToy 2.0 Beta for a while now, but I just noticed it went final a few weeks back: Brief Description SyncToy helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly and easily. Overview... Posted Aug 28 2008, 05:47 PM by pthurrott with | with 14 comment(s) Filed under: XP, x64, Vista