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In Windows 7, autorun is disabled by default for removable media.
And there's an update for Windows XP to make it have the same behavior.

Just FYI, you don't need any local software installed, in fact you don't even need windows. I have it open in a browser on my Debian laptop right now, Slashdot in another tab.

Do you have access to all functionality? If you go to Microsoft Office 365's system requirements page, it specifically lists certain versions of MS Office (and the Windows OS) as being requirements for this. At the very top of that page it states:

"To get the full Office 365 experience, we recommend that customers meet our system prerequisites. Minimum requirements for Office 365 include Office 2007+, IE 7+, Windows XP SP3+ (see full requirement list below)."

You can, but it's very hard... How do I move user folder to a different drive. I found out the hard way when I installed my brothers new gaming machine. In XP it was easy-peasy to do. I had this partitioning scheme: C: = OS, D: = Data, E: = Applications, F: = Games and G: = Temp. I have not found how to do that with 7, where I had to settle for C: = Everything except data, D: = Data.

I personally think that it is unacceptable due to the rise of using SSDs for system disks, where the C/D scheme is at least needed.

I run as non admin. Overwriting the MBR requires a handle to "\\.\PhysicalDriveX". That requires Admin rights, so malware trying to do this would fail on my machine.

This is the Windows 7 System restore option, which is as follows according to MS:
see: System Restore

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Restores your computer's system files to an earlier point in time without affecting your files, such as email, documents, or photos.

If you use System Restore from the System Recovery Options menu, you cannot undo the restore operation. However, you can run System Restore again and choose a different restore point, if one exists. For more information, see What is System Restore? and System Restore: frequently asked questions.

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-2006: Citigroup and M$ Develop a New Digital Identity Solution

-2008: Citi's Market Montage Solution Supports 200,000 Updates per Second with SQL Server 2005

- june 2011: Citigroup hacker attack affected more customers than first thought

-a week later, in the neighborhood of Redmont (about the PSN outage): "As a company, you can look back 8, 9 years ago, when Bill Gates wrote his Trustworthy Computing Memo that basically said, 'We need to change the way we architect our products and it has to be designed into the way we architect our products and services.' So it’s in our DNA, across the company. This is not just an IEB thing. So this has really been a multi-year effort for us as a company and it’ll continue to be one because this future, which we think is very much about services and very much cloud based - whether it be entertainment consumption or productivity - in order to do that, you have to have a secure environment. So we’re going to continue to do that and we don’t want to see any of our competitors hurt along the way. We think that’s bad for consumers."

-2006: Citigroup and M$ Develop a New Digital Identity Solution

-2008: Citi's Market Montage Solution Supports 200,000 Updates per Second with SQL Server 2005

- june 2011: Citigroup hacker attack affected more customers than first thought

-a week later, in the neighborhood of Redmont (about the PSN outage): "As a company, you can look back 8, 9 years ago, when Bill Gates wrote his Trustworthy Computing Memo that basically said, 'We need to change the way we architect our products and it has to be designed into the way we architect our products and services.' So it’s in our DNA, across the company. This is not just an IEB thing. So this has really been a multi-year effort for us as a company and it’ll continue to be one because this future, which we think is very much about services and very much cloud based - whether it be entertainment consumption or productivity - in order to do that, you have to have a secure environment. So we’re going to continue to do that and we don’t want to see any of our competitors hurt along the way. We think that’s bad for consumers."

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality', which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to paedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and co

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality', which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to paedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and co

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality', which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to paedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and co

I have nothing but problems with IE8. I get the "Internet Explorer Has Stopped Working" several times per day . . . mostly when working in SharePoint!

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/pc_ie_intro

I have been through each option and none of them have solved the problem. I have had to switch between FF and Chrome to accomplish various tasks in SharePoint. Each have their own unique compatibility issues with SharePoint, but I can manage having to use differents tool for various tasks. I cannot manage random crashes while I have too many time pressures to get things done.

Anyone remember COM, VBX, and other MS-Windows technologies of yesteryear? Or the Visual Basic debacle of more recent vintage. For as long as I can remember, there's been a steady churn of Microsoft technologies, coming and going.

Well COM is still used as the basic programming interface today. Look at one of the most recent additions to the Windows UI - the Ribbon. According to the Ribbon introduction on MSDN:

"The Ribbon framework provides this flexibility by separating functionality from presentation with two distinct development structures: an Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)-based markup language to declare controls and the visual layout of a Ribbon implementation, and C++ COM-based interfaces to initialize the framework and handle events at run time."

And VBX? You want to lament a technology built for Windows 3.1 that got superceded by a technology that would be built-in to the OS for all programming languages in Windows 95, was 32 bit instead of VBX's 16 bit (did you really want Windows to stay 16 bit forever?), and is built with that the COM system that you just learnt is still actively in use 17 years later.

The difference is that Longhorn's projected API's were advanced API's built on existing languages, tools, and frameworks, whereas the JavaScript switch is an attempt to move developers to a totally different (and arguably inferior) system.

But this is not a radical switch to Javascript designed to eliminate all other development systems any more than when Microsoft used HTML and Javascript to implement the Windows Sidebar, or when they used HTML and Javascript to implement HTML Applications (HTAs), or when they used HTML and Javascript to implement Active Desktop gadgets.

This is just a continuation of their development strategy that dates back to 1997. The controversy surrounding the use of HTML5 for the interface is just stupid and unjustified angst that ignores nearly 15 years of API precedent.

The difference is that Longhorn's projected API's were advanced API's built on existing languages, tools, and frameworks, whereas the JavaScript switch is an attempt to move developers to a totally different (and arguably inferior) system.

But this is not a radical switch to Javascript designed to eliminate all other development systems any more than when Microsoft used HTML and Javascript to implement the Windows Sidebar, or when they used HTML and Javascript to implement HTML Applications (HTAs), or when they used HTML and Javascript to implement Active Desktop gadgets.

This is just a continuation of their development strategy that dates back to 1997. The controversy surrounding the use of HTML5 for the interface is just stupid and unjustified angst that ignores nearly 15 years of API precedent.

The difference is that Longhorn's projected API's were advanced API's built on existing languages, tools, and frameworks, whereas the JavaScript switch is an attempt to move developers to a totally different (and arguably inferior) system.

But this is not a radical switch to Javascript designed to eliminate all other development systems any more than when Microsoft used HTML and Javascript to implement the Windows Sidebar, or when they used HTML and Javascript to implement HTML Applications (HTAs), or when they used HTML and Javascript to implement Active Desktop gadgets.

This is just a continuation of their development strategy that dates back to 1997. The controversy surrounding the use of HTML5 for the interface is just stupid and unjustified angst that ignores nearly 15 years of API precedent.

you realize we can run x86 apps in a browser now right? we could easily have a davlik virtual machine running anything from the android market. microsoft office now runs in the browser. your myopic understanding of a browser, and use of the phrase "short sighted laziness", wins the ironic-post-of-the-week award.

They share a board member, if I remember correctly.

You remember wrong. Reed Hastings is the Netflix CEO (not board member -- big difference) -- and he serves on Microsoft's Board. In short he gets to pull Ballmer's strings, but not vice versa.

They also did so to the ire of most users. Silverlight was initially not available on all platforms, such as linux. As a linux user myself, that meant the console I built for my TV no longer worked with Netflix. That support has been added, but is still not up to par (in my opinion) to Flash for in browser viewing. It was "pushed" because the it was NOT a user driven feature. In fact, the forums were filled with anger and hate. Whether it was DRM or not, MS pushed itself as a solution.

Orthogonal issue + rambling. You claimed Microsoft *pushed* Netflix to use Silverlight. How?

When they stop using it. A better term may have been to say that they stopped eating their own dog food. They don't support it in the sense of lending it credibility, not in terms of "customer support", but more in the sense of moral support. If Google employees stopped using Gmail and instead switched to Exchange, I'd consider that dropping internal support. They would no longer support Gmail as the best option, in that case.

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifean45 In short, you'll hear about it from Microsoft when they decide to discontinue support. And when you hear about it, you'll have 1 year to act, from that point. And you'll have paid support options past that date if you choose to use it. Suggest you stop spreading disinformation.

Microsoft was throwing stones in a glass house. Their Siliverlight implementation has the same problem http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/676134/dos-vulnerability-in-silverlight-5s-3d-similar-to-webgl-dos-vulnerability

If you are putting binary flags in enums then you are using them wrong. And that's why you are no longer allowed to do so. It's a GOOD thing.

You want bitfields: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ewwyfdbe(v=vs.71).aspx

Mate, I'm with you. This is really funny but I'm going to quote a page from Microsoft. And it says something very interesting: Law #3: If a bad guy has unrestricted physical access to your computer, it's not your computer anymore. Now just let it make payments on you behalf and someone please explain how hell doesn't get loose.

Of course, unless you're using a Secure cryptoprocessor on your mobile phone, to encode encryption keys and so on but I really doubt it. Really. Cell phones were not designed for security. Sure, credit cards can be stolen too but: they require your signature or they require a PIN and, AFAIK, you cannot install software on your credit card...

And I'd like to add that XP support is available even today, so to imply some kind of forced upgrade is disingenuous at best.

Yeah. It is Per: here, however its supported for 1 more year at MOST. Then you're screwed if you want newer software (like tax prep software from the big companies, or use other commercial products).

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality', which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to paedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and co

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality', which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to paedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and co

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality', which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to paedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and co

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality', which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to paedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and co

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality', which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to paedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and co

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality', which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to paedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and co

Does this fall under the DOJ's antitrust oversight? If so, will Microsoft have to publish the Skype protocols as they have for their other products?

It does, but why are you worrying about trusted sandbox for a desktop app? My point was that it's not like ActiveX at all, and has nothing to do with web security. The only role browser plays here is as a client to download and install such an app, which works pretty much the same as Java Web Start and other similar technologies. This isn't really fundamentally different from downloading and running setup.exe, though at least in this case it actually tells you that what you're doing is a potential security issue (a bit like Android) - have a look at the screenshots.

Which IS what most "ignorant/unaware" OR uncaring end-users utilize typically, because they are NOT aware of anything else & typically want - "automagically done for they" (or again, just don't care)...

Now, THAT was my point!

Perhaps you missed "catching my drift" is all!

(OR perhaps I did not express myself as well as I should have & was not clear enough on that - even though my posts are VERBOSE as all "get out" admittedly, & that's why: To make points, via details & examples, usually)...

Per this:

"Security updates work fine, even if the copy of XP is pirated." - by jmottram08 (1886654) on Saturday June 18, @12:03PM (#36485614)

If applied manually... grabbing them from say, here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms11-jun.mspx

Each "Patch Tuesday"...

In that case? Yes, I may agree. Otherwise, & per MY point (which I don't think you got)?? Well... there you are.

APK

P.S.=>

" Either way, anti wirus / malware software is free." - by jmottram08 (1886654) on Saturday June 18, @12:03PM (#36485614)

Agreed, & thank goodness (alongside firewall tech as well), but... it's REACTIVE TECHNOLOGY (mostly, unless you consider heuristics "best guess" tech (ala "smells like a duck, tastes like a duck - it must be a duck") but, that opens up the possibility of FALSE POSITIVES).

Which is why I put in the part I did in my "p.s." in my last post... super-harden the OS by default, ship with anything that can be accessed remotely off by default also!

I think THAT would do a hell of a job for end-users education, security, AND for OS vendors also!

... apk

Windows was the only game in town on PCs (aside of DOS,)

Well, there was GEM first shown in 1983.

... - but I certainly saw Windows far before that, since I was setting up Windows for Workgroups in 198*.

Interesting, since Windows for Workgroups was released in 1992.

Yes, it is a security problem. So why is this OK: https://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/future/#graphics (specificially: "Immediate mode graphics API allows direct rendering to the GPU").

It isn't a security vulnerability when Silverlight gains access to the GPU. Hhmmm.

It says "immedate mode graphics", it doesn't say "thin wrapper around DirectX" or "you can run shader code directly".

It's very possible it might in fact be a thing wrapper around DX, in which case I'd be the first to cry bloody murder... but you can't deduce much from just that statement.

All of these are only permitted for out-of-browser (i.e. effectively desktop) Silverlight applications. The kind that runs as a plugin in a browser cannot do any of that.

Yes, it is a security problem. So why is this OK: https://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/future/#graphics (specificially: "Immediate mode graphics API allows direct rendering to the GPU").

It isn't a security vulnerability when Silverlight gains access to the GPU. Hhmmm.

I am relieved that sliverlight will never support such harmful technology!

Install http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-cpp-express first.

It comes in two varieties - .NET for use with C# and other managed languages, and a native C++ API. Here (PDF) is the detailed programming guide.

I noticed that the license terms for the Microsoft Kinect device allow the use of the device with the Xbox 360 and Xbox 360 S game consoles only. How can I use the Kinect device with the SDK Beta?

Even though the warranty and software license terms for the Kinect device prohibit the use of the device with any platform other than Xbox 360 and Xbox 360 S, the license agreement for the SDK Beta supplements the Kinect device warranty and software license terms to allow your use of the device with the SDK Beta on Windows computers as well.

I know that other drivers and development software for Kinect are available on the Web. Can I use the Kinect sensor device with these other drivers or software instead of the SDK Beta?

No. Use of the Kinect sensor device is subject to its own warranty and software license agreement that allow you to use it solely in connection with an Xbox 360 or Xbox 360 S console. Only Microsoft can grant you the additional rights that you need to use the Kinect sensor device with a personal computer. Microsoft grants these additional rights in the SDK Beta license, but only for uses of the Kinect sensor device in connection with the SDK Beta. If you use the Kinect sensor with a platform other than Xbox 360, Xbox 360 S, or Windows (with the SDK Beta), you void the warranty you received when you purchased the Kinect sensor device.

So, Even though you saw all those cool demos a few months ago using 'unlicensed' software, you're not allowed to run them, and they could be punished for software licence violations.

A hardware device requires a software license?

The blog post must have been written in a hurry by someone whose native language is not English.

Here is the link to the actual Microsoft SDK:

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/kinectsdk/

Direct link: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/kinectsdk/

There are two possible reactions to telling the IT guys about the exploit: (1) you give them enough information to harden their systems proactively (adobe flash scripting has a problem when dealing with flibberjabber elements) or (2) you give them vague information (there's a bug in flash somewhere).

The first is probably enough to give the bad guys enough of a clue for them to figure out the vulnerability and you've just created a 0day. The second isn't enough information for the IT guy to figure out how to protect their systems.

If there was a way for a vendor to tell only their customers about an upcoming issue, without letting the bad guys know, that's another thing. It's exactly why Microsoft created the MAPP which lets antimalware firms know about upcoming patches before they're released.

In Java there's no way to automate this process (no equivalent to C++ stack unwinding) so every time you use a non-RAM resource you have to type out a load of try ... finally blocks by hand.

And this is precisely why Microsoft's (former) Java clone, C#, has a using block which automatically frees the object you create at the start of the block.

Of course C++ is faster. Just write all of your code in hand-tuned assembler disguised as a C++ application.

(1) I didn't build it "for Windows 7". I built a machine using fairly modern hardware and it Just Worked[tm] with Windows 7. This is one of the great things about Windows: there's no it's-your-fault-you-aren't-using-company-approved-hardware or it's-your-fault-you-write-your-own-driver dogma. Instead, Microsoft just kicks manufacturers into writing drivers and manufacturers are interested in having their hardware supported. The goal is simply to get shit working.

(2) Look at the lifecycles for Microsoft products. XP is slightly longer than usual and part of the reason may be as you say, but a good decade is common for Microsoft.

(3) If my 2006 iMac Core 2 Duo was only partly supported by early 2009 (e.g. Bootcamp drivers), as well as being a less than stellar experience when contrasted with Tiger, I can't imagine how badly a 10 year old machine suffers. TBH I think there was some watershed on the 10.4 to 10.5 transition - up to 10.4, OS X really did get faster with each release, as I would confirm with XPostFacto on my should-have-been-retired-far-earlier Wallstreet G3. After that, it was about writing just efficiently enough for the latest hardware.

  My first guess is SQL injection".

Yours In Samarqand,
Kilgore T.

Here's the trace: System Error.

Enjoy.

Yours In Osh,
K. Trout

I think the funniest part about all this is that Javascript/HTML 5 apps can be done now.
Windows has had this capability as early as Windows 98, and it's in wide use. It's called a hypertext application or HTA.

Sure, this is the first time MS has allowed you to build OS widgets with it, but the technology has been around since the earth cooled.

Over the years, I've written some huge hta apps.
It's documented pretty well now, but when I was doing it the docs just didn't exist.

I found myself referring to the SunOne ASP documentation for ideas on how to get Javascript to work with activeX.

Jscript.net has also been around for awhile. Jscript.net ties Javascript directly into the .Net framework.

Anyway, it's not a bad way to write apps.
As a Javascript developer, my biggest complaint with Microsoft over this is that they've created this amazing interface for building apps that they themselves don't even take seriously.

Now they're taking it seriously, and the silver light developers are screaming because they're afraid that Microsoft will deprecate them the way they did the old VB developers? Well, that was a given. If it doesn't happen today, it'll happen tomorrow. .Net will eventually (probably not soon) be replaced with something new just like COM was. These are things we know and understand. Backwards compatibility and logical progression are not in the interests of a company that has to produce the latest greatest thing in order to get by. I don't know why people find this so shocking.

Anyway, bully for them on finally promoting this thing that's existed in Windows forever.
In my view, this has been a long time coming.

For useful information on how to develop Javascript apps that have full run of the windows system, check out Microsoft HTA over at technet.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd742317

Regards,
-Me

How are you going to write the note to explain what the USB stick is about? Worse, how are you going to disguise your editing traces on the Word documents? (A procedure is described at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=834427.) Or the serial numbers of the USB stick and purchasing records? Cash is useful, but many stores have video monitors in place now.

The "somewhat different file" trick that you describe is an old one, and remains popular.

The whole thing is a non-story. Tiles are the new Gadgets. Anyone remember those? You know those things on the side of stock Vista installs?

Anyway time for a refresher course since evidently everyone forgot:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163370.aspx

What Is a Sidebar Gadget?
A Sidebar gadget can be a powerful and handy little tool. So you might be surprised by how easy they are to create. In fact, if you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (and I suspect many of you already do), youâ(TM)re well on your way.

HTML + CSS and Javascript running lightweight little desktop apps... it all sounds so familiar....

Well, Microsoft never really pushed VB6

Really? Visual Basic 6 was around for 5 years before it was replaced by VB.NET. Do you really think that Microsoft kept quiet about it for all that time and still somehow had it become an annoying popular development product?

and IMO they bought FoxPro just so they COULD kill it.

They aquired FoxPro in 1992, sold it through six versions and it is still available and supported today. They will not be releasing another version after the current one, but they have still sold it for over 20 years.

Microsoft Bob.

Yay! A truely failed and discontinued product. You finally found a technology that they killed off, which must have annoyed both of the users of MS Bob.

Zune.

You can still buy this today. It also still lives on in software form with the XBox360 and Windows Phone 7.

XENIX

Got sold off and transformed into SCO UNIX.

Personally, I feel absolutely no sympathy to anyone who's hitched his wagon to a company that only provides a development environment because they use illegal monopoly tactics to ruin their competition.

You don't have to feel sorry for them. Just let them wallow in their filthy money that they earned by choosing the most popular computing platform.