Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Dec 11, 2009, 3:53 pm
Tom Kelcher over at the Sunbelt Software blog has a great post up that shows how quickly some of these malware delivering rogue security programs clone themselves into new products. Leading the charg...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Dec 10, 2009, 8:23 pm
If you want a full breakdown of what went into creating the new boot screen for Windows 7 head over to Channel 9 for an interview with Rolf Ebling, the man behind to boot screen, or head over to the E...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Dec 8, 2009, 9:33 pm
I realize that everyone has their own ways of rating what makes programs useful to them and it is no different when it comes to something as simple as screen capture programs. Many will like SnagIt, o...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Dec 8, 2009, 4:26 am
In spite of all the opposition and through political shenanigans that would do credit to the Iranian President Ahmadinejad, the French government managed to have the “HADOPI” (no, I don’t know w...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Dec 5, 2009, 4:12 pm
When the launch of Windows 7 was announce Microsoft for the first time decided to offer a Family Pack deal. What the deal consisted of was three upgrade licenses for Windows 7 Home Premium edition for...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Dec 4, 2009, 5:29 pm
A lot of people I know as a result of blogging are big time tech conference goers and one of the most popular ones for most people are the ones put on by Microsoft. Recently Microsoft held a seven-ci...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Dec 3, 2009, 5:20 pm
When the news of a system killing virus/trojan for Windows first hit just before the tech world took a holiday in light of the American Thanksgiving long weekend I was reluctant to comment on it. The ...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Dec 1, 2009, 3:23 am
If you’ve been using windows for a while, you will no doubt be aware of all the home networking goodness that Windows 7 promises.
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 30, 2009, 9:36 pm
So Windows 7 has shipped and sales apparently are giving Ballmer the only joy he’s probably had for some time. I know I’m getting ready to plunk down my hard earned money for the Family Pack of Ho...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 24, 2009, 9:45 pm
If there is one thing you can be sure of when it comes to software it is that they will all have the most mind-numbing and totally useless bunch of text called the End Users License Agreement – othe...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 22, 2009, 2:59 pm
Well it took a little longer than I thought it might but step one of my plan to concentrate more of this blog went live during the night (just after 3AM EST) and on the whole I’m very happy with the...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 22, 2009, 10:07 am
I just came across an interesting tidbit of information: the Finnish government wishes to make access to the Internet a “basic right”, enforceable by law, just like electricity and land telephone ...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 18, 2009, 8:00 pm
For those of you that might have missed the news Microsoft is throwing its annual Professional Developer Conference (PDC), which is where they trot out new additions or upgrades to their various platf...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 18, 2009, 4:13 pm
Anti-virus software is a requirement for anyone running a Windows machine (don’t worry that day will come as well the Mac world) with it often being one of the first things installed on a new machin...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 17, 2009, 5:07 pm
There’s more than a few tweaking programs or registry edit tips out there to add the option of opening the selected folder (directory) in Explorer within the Command Prompt window but there is a muc...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 16, 2009, 1:50 pm
Last article was a brief introduction.  Lets start with protecting your phone.  Screen Protectors. One of the very last things you want to happen to your phone is  to damage the lcd screen.  So a...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 16, 2009, 10:48 am
“Traduttore, traditore”. It’s Italian, and it can be translated into English as “translator, betrayer” – but it loses the pun, which is the whole point of its meaning. As you all know by ...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 9, 2009, 8:47 pm
For those not familiar with the term ransomware trojans basically infect your computer and in the process encrypt your files, change extensions and several types of nasty tricks to them. When done the...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 7, 2009, 12:35 pm
For the past 12 years or so, Paris, France, has been the location of a unique phenomenon (unique in Europe, at least): within a radius of 150 meters (about 500 ft), you can find over 60 shops selling ...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 6, 2009, 3:54 pm
The registry has – in my opinion – always been the Achilles Heel for Windows. When first conceived it was only meant to be used by Windows and other Microsoft specific software. It was never meant...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 5, 2009, 6:15 pm
You ever read those EULA (End User Licensing Agreement) that comes with the software we use everyday? Well I would imagine that like most people, myself included, we tend to click the Next button dur...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 2, 2009, 11:10 pm
Here’s a screen that will bring back memories for those of us old enough to remember DOS and VGA monitors. The only problem is that this is a fake online scanner virus warning notice being displ...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 2, 2009, 5:34 pm
You’re quietly working away minding your own business when you start to find that programs are taking a coffee break amount of time to open and everything seems to be taking forever to complete (nev...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 1, 2009, 6:45 pm
For the last 6 weeks or so, Windows 7 has been available for the MSDN and TechNet subscribers, and I have played with it since then. Since last week (October 22nd), it has been available on the shelve...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Nov 1, 2009, 5:00 pm
I will admit to being a stats junkie when it comes to traffic on both my various blogs as well as our Community Forums here at WinExtra. What I really don’t like is having to use different stats pac...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 31, 2009, 9:58 pm
The other day I wrote and talked about the idea of Microsoft getting into building their retail chain computers. Well today Alex over at the Sunbelt Software blog has a post about how the Microsoft br...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 31, 2009, 1:24 pm
There are a lot of people out there who decided to never make the jump from XP to Vista for a myriad of reasons. Instead they decided to stick with a good rock solid version of Windows which is fine e...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 30, 2009, 9:40 pm
Earlier today I wrote up a post over at The Inquisitr where I asked this question and provided some reasons as to why this might be something for them to think about. Then this evening on the Cynical ...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 29, 2009, 6:11 pm
The common consensus seems to be that when it comes to Microsoft’s competition it’s biggest threat isn’t from Apple and Linux but rather from Google. There doesn’t seem to a single front on wh...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 28, 2009, 6:40 pm
For much of the past year I have been concentrating on my other blog, Shooting at Bubbles, where I talk about social media and Web 2.0 and as result WinExtra has taken a kind of back seat. Well that w...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 28, 2009, 4:20 am
Il s’agit d’un billet temporaire qui n’a pas été supprimé. Supprimez-le manuellement. (72cd0c51-1b2d-4101-8b99-a434e39689cb – 3bfe001a-32de-4114-a6b4-4005b770f6d7)
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 27, 2009, 5:00 pm
This post is courtesy of one of WinExtra Forums longest standing members, and friend, Pierre. When I heard that Microsoft would be opening a Windows Cafe in Paris I jokingly asked Pierre if he could g...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 26, 2009, 11:03 pm
Most folks who are familiar with FeedDemon, an RSS client, will remember when Newsgator originally bought it from its author Nick Bradbury and brought him on board as part of the package to keep worki...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 23, 2009, 10:40 pm
It never fails but at some point our hard drives become littered with empty folders. Whether it be because of lazy developers who don’t take the time to properly code their uninstaller routines to r...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 23, 2009, 5:52 pm
One of the other little tidbits in a recent post by Mini-Microsoft that really caught my eye was where he suggested that Microsoft consider taking their OneNote application out of the Office suite and...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 22, 2009, 4:52 pm
Had your fill of the Windows 7 launch day hype yet? Well with out testing your patience any further I thought I would pass this along quickly and get on to other other things. One of the nice things ...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 21, 2009, 6:08 pm
Not even an hour ago I wrote about the possibility that one best blog editors may be closed down. The assumption came as a result of a post by Mini-Microsoft where in it was suggested the Live Writer ...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 21, 2009, 4:17 pm
I originally missed this little tidbit yesterday in Mini-Microsoft’s post but was brought up short when reading Kip Kniskern’s reaction to the following regarding Windows Live Writer mention in Mi...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 14, 2009, 8:22 pm
It’s getting to be that time folks. Windows 7 will soon be available for you to get in your grimy paws and while it won’t be much of a problem to upgrade from Vista the same path from XP isn’t ...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 13, 2009, 2:18 pm
Back in February of this year I wrote over at my other blog, Shooting at Bubbles, that if Windows 7 had one killer feature it had to be its Search, primarily its Federated Search options I also predi...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 12, 2009, 5:09 pm
Looking for some deals on computer goodies and want to help support WinExtra? Well now you’ll have your chance as long as you don’t mind clicking on affiliate links because starting today I’ll ...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 12, 2009, 4:40 pm
Skydrive is Microsoft`s attempt to bring cloud storage to Windows users desktop with 25GB of free online storage. As well the company is integrating the service into just about everything as evidenced...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 11, 2009, 12:48 pm
The idea of social media within the corporate world just got a great big shot in the arm with the announcement from Ray Ozzie about the creation of Future Social Experience (FUSE) Labs. Headed by Lill...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 10, 2009, 8:28 pm
I have stated for a long time now – even before Bill retired – that until Steve Ballmer decides to finally take his billions made while at Microsoft and disappear to some deserted island Microsoft...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 7, 2009, 9:46 pm
This isn’t something that I would ever see but Walt Mossberg, the perennial Apple fan, has given the thumbs up to Windows 7. Not only a thumbs up but says choosing an OS now is more of a toss-up: N...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 7, 2009, 2:10 pm
Multi-touch is a hot topic these days when it comes to user input and while Windows 7 has been built with multi-touch burned into it being able to use it means having to upgrade your monitors to those...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Oct 3, 2009, 5:13 pm
Lately Microsoft seems to have been making all kinds of right moves when it comes to their software. Windows 7 is taking on the shine of a winner and programs that even a couple of years ago they woul...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 29, 2009, 2:04 pm
Microsoft gets a lot of flack for its software but as with Windows 7 their newly released Microsoft Security Essentials is in my opinion a great product. I have been using it since the first beta came...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 28, 2009, 10:20 pm
Okay … I want this – hear that Santa Claus? What you are looking at is the high-end case from Thermaltake that had help from BMW DesignWorks. The case has 6 hot-swappable SATA drives, 3 optica...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 28, 2009, 4:51 pm
I have been using Microsoft’s Security Essentials since it first went into beta and have been quite pleased with it. Word out today via Mary Jo Foley at her All About Microsoft blog suggests tha...
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