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
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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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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 28, 2009, 7:00 am
When any flavor of Windows is booted up, there are many programs vying for the attention of your system resources. In addition to the Windows system files, many other programs you’ve installed are a...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 28, 2009, 1:33 am
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 25, 2009, 10:26 pm
Upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista is pretty well drop dead simple but when it comes to upgrading from XP it isn’t so simple apparently. Given the number of people who are still running XP though Mic...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 25, 2009, 6:49 pm
Enduserblog has a collection of some new Windows 7 video ads that are actually pretty good, not that they have much competition consider past efforts. Here are three of my favorites.
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 25, 2009, 5:24 pm
One of the trickiest parts of the job for web developers is testing their work in all the different browsers. It is especially tricky when it comes to Internet Explorer given that to be able to run al...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 17, 2009, 6:10 pm
Looking to backup all those DVD’s of yours? Then act real quick and head over WinX DVD and grab yourself a free copy of their Platinum version of WinX DVD Ripper. This is the full version folks w...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 17, 2009, 4:48 pm
In a recent study security vendor Trusteer found 10,000 PCs are infected with a trojan that goes by the name of Zeus or Zbot. In of itself this wouldn’t seem like all that much of a news flash to an...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 14, 2009, 6:02 pm
Here’s another installment in our round-up of Windows 7 oriented tips as discovered by people on Twitter. Have a tip we haven’t covered follow @winextra on Twitter and let us know about it. As I s...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 12, 2009, 6:09 pm
Sure, sure, Microsoft get a lot of flack for being big, mean, nasty, and money grubbing but recently the company has been doing a whole bunch of things differently. Among these changes are some excell...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 10, 2009, 10:05 pm
Of all the times I have written about keyboards they have been about the thin low profile type. I don’t like the old IBM “you can’t kill it with a sledgehammer” type of keyboards – never hav...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 9, 2009, 10:25 pm
I have several complaints with iTunes of which the ever increasing size of the program as well as its hogging of resources are at the top of the list. Devin Coldewey over at TechCrunch has an excellen...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 7, 2009, 11:00 am
In a business environment, be that working for yourself in a home office or in the cubicle jungle of a multi-national conglomerate, productivity and efficiency can mean the difference between failure ...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 7, 2009, 11:00 am
In a business environment, be that working for yourself in a home office or in the cubicle jungle of a multi-national conglomerate, productivity and efficiency can mean the difference between failure ...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 6, 2009, 2:08 pm
Just as there are the drive by installations of malware there are ‘legit’ looking applications out there that reassure you that they’ll detect all the baddies on your system and help protect you...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 6, 2009, 1:09 pm
One of my major complaints when it comes to things like Windows Live Mail and other programs in the Live family of applications is that Microsoft provided no way to create backups of their data. This ...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 5, 2009, 6:37 pm
While Microsoft may not have made a big use of social media networks during the development of Windows 7 in the same way that they did with Longhorn/Vista they aren’t holding back as we head to the ...
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Steven H. posted an article on WinExtra - Sep 1, 2009, 5:21 pm
If there is one thing you can say about malware authors it is that they are almost as quick at Twitter is capitalizing on bad news and disasters. The lastest case is the wildfires creating havoc in C...
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