How to avoid mandatory upgrade to Windows Live Essentials 2011.

I have got Windows Live Essentials 2009 on all of my Windows Vista,Windows 7 and Windows 8 laptops. I have never upgraded to WLE 2011 version.Because I tried WLE 2011 including Messenger and I knew right away,I did not like it. I hate the Ribbon in ...

Message posted on the July 31st, 2012 - 6:24 AM ET

Phorus Extends Breakthrough ‘Hi-Fi over Wi-Fi’ Home Audio System to Windows® PC Users; Adds Internet Radio Access to Play-Fi App for Android

DTS Play-Fi™ Enabled Home Audio Systems from Phorus Can Now Stream Wirelessly from Windows® PCs; Expanded Music Choices for Play-Fi App for Android to Include Thousands of Internet Radio Stations Worldwide.

Press published on the January 7th, 2013 - 3:15 PM ET

Adobe Reader Fault: Microsoft blocks the attack

To protect Windows users from an attack via a vulnerability in Adobe Reader, Microsoft recommends their free EMET security tool.

News published on the September 14th, 2010 - 9:10 AM ET

Salesforce CEO Benioff: Win 8 is 'the end of Windows'

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/19/benioff_on_windows8/> <quote> The official launch of Windows 8 is only a week away, but Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff won't be making the upgrade, and he doesn't think most enterprise CIOs ...

Message posted on the October 19th, 2012 - 11:59 PM ET

FYI - WLE 2011 QFE3 Update - Now Mandatory

Effective June 14, 2012 the WLE 2011 QFE3 update became mandatory and applicable to anyone using a pre-WLE 2011 QFE3 version ***on Vista or Windows 7*** (i.e. if using WLE 2009 on Vista/Win7 you'll be prompted to upgrade). The loss of functionality ...

Message posted on the June 20th, 2012 - 4:12 PM ET

[Samba] Questions on running Samba with Windows 2008

HI, We currently have Samba version 3.0.7 based on HP CIFS Server A.02.01.02, and our O/S is HP/UX 11i (version 1). We are upgrading our Domain controller to a windows 2008 server. However, when we try to join to the server 2008, we are unable ...

Message posted on the September 10th, 2011 - 10:10 AM ET

[Samba] backend migration and Samba upgrade.

Short background : Due to Windows Seven deplaoyment we have to upgrade Samba 3.0 to Samba 3.4 (actually less version but I see no reason not to go directly to 3.4). And due to SQL backend support aborted we have to switch from SQL backend to LDAP ...

Message posted on the May 5th, 2010 - 10:10 AM ET

Outlook in Office Trial versions and Windows Mail

From reading the newsgroups, it is now clear that I cannot upgrade to Outlook 2007 using a trial version unless all other mail applications have been uninstalled from my machine. I have two questions issues subsequent to that: (1) when attempting to ...

Message posted on the January 7th, 2009 - 4:28 PM ET

Got it working! First post from inside Damn Small Linux! Need more help pls

OK, live and learn. Repost since my first post got lost when Firefox unexpectedly disappeared from my Linux screen. But not blaming Linux (Damn Small Linux) since I have a Pentium II with 1 GB (!) hd and a few sticks of RAM. Can't expect much. ...

Message posted on the June 8th, 2010 - 8:27 AM ET

Maya, She's great Mate!

After years of great service from Linux Mint Isadora, I finally decided to upgrade my netbook to Linux Mint Maya (MATE). I must admit that I was somewhat reticent about upgrading, as everything worked so well. Still, a change is as good as a rest. ...

Message posted on the June 3rd, 2012 - 8:19 AM ET

Re: Does Rex Ballard *Ever* Care About Facts or Accuracy?

Unfortunately I can't bold or highlight in usenet newgroups. From The Windows XP EULA Section 7 <quote *** added for emphasis**> Consent to Use of Data. You agree that Microsoft and its affiliates may collect and use technical <b> ...

Message posted on the February 7th, 2011 - 4:40 PM ET

Ext4 on Desktop Oxymoron - Ubuntu sucks

I guess coming out with a new version every 6 months, they must not finish everything. That is what they get for Open Source with FREE programmers working for nothing on their days off. Ext4 on Desktop Oxymoron What a great decision to make ...

Message posted on the October 24th, 2009 - 4:37 PM ET

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