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  1. Re:Why is Microsoft supporting hd-dvd? on In Sony's Stumble, the Ghost of Betamax · · Score: 1

    Microsoft is supporting HDDVD because HDDVD allows for managed copies. Bluray does not support managed copy.

  2. Re:necessary trolling on A .Net 2.0 Migration Strategy? · · Score: 1

    There are tons of people like you who still run on Windows NT and stuff still works. My VB app written in 1995 is still used in some organizations.

    No one is saying here that the poster's application is no longer working.
    The poster might have other consideration like to take moving to 64-bit.

  3. Re:Excellent on Google Beta Testing "Gmail For Your Domain" · · Score: 1

    You may not only be recieving spam but your domain might be used to send spam.
    Your domain doesn't even have a SPF record.

    See SPF Record Wizard and instructions on how to add SPF record to your domain.

  4. Re:So let me get this straight... on Google Beta Testing "Gmail For Your Domain" · · Score: 1

    That one of the neat features http://domains.live.com/ provides.
    I absolutely don't need setup a copy to a hotmail or a msn account with Live.com

  5. Live.com Custom Domain is great on Google Beta Testing "Gmail For Your Domain" · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have been using http://domains.live.com/ along with a Live.com mail account.
    I love the ease of use and the featuresets live.com provides.
    I am going to give gmail a spin too.
    But I believe Live.com custom domains will be hard to beat.

  6. Interetingly on Microsoft's C++/CLI Spec Has an Identity Crisis · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The prominent C++ expert Herb Sutter is the lead architect of C++/CLI.
    He also chair the ISO C++ standards committee.

  7. Also in Windows Vista on Apple Applies for a Touchscreen Gesture Patent · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Vista also has touch screen guestures in the current beta2 builds.
    Funny this article come up today. I have been playing with the touchscreen tablet UI in Vista all day.

  8. Similar experience with Ebay on How Well Do Businesses Respond to Phishing Reports? · · Score: 1

    I had 2 seperate emails to get through.
    Twice I got an 'ALERT: Your email has not been received by eBay.' email.

    Finally I figured they need 'Fw:' in the subject title.

    keybank.com was even worse they never responded back and the phishing site was available for several weeks after I submitted a report.

  9. HTML will rule for a long long time. on The Future is XHTML 2.0 · · Score: -1

    XHtml with it rigid rules is too hard for many people.
    HTML is much easier.

  10. What are the European numbers? on 360 Sells Briskly, Geometry Wars Arcade Hit · · Score: 4, Interesting

    600000 is just the numbers for U.S.
    Would be interesting to get a figure of the sales in Canada/Mexico/Europe.

  11. Re:Hundreds of administrators on Behind the Scenes at Hotmail · · Score: 1

    Nothing to do with OS. Its the complexity of the application.
    MSN Search has admin/server ratios similar to Akamai's.

  12. Re:Temporary Solution on Windows XP Flaw 'Extremely Serious' · · Score: 4, Informative

    Even better permanent solution. Turn ON DEP on all programs.

    From http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory /912840.mspx

    I have software DEP enabled on my system, does this help mitigate the vulnerability?
    Yes. Windows XP Service Pack 2 also includes software-enforced DEP that is designed to reduce exploits of exception handling mechanisms in Windows. By default software-enforced DEP applies to core operating system components and services. This vulnerability can be mitigated by enabling DEP for all programs on your computer.


  13. Re:Media Center on Microsoft Leaving MSNBC TV Partnership · · Score: 1

    Media Center was in beta until last year.
    I have been using the released version of Media Center since 2002.
    BTW, Its the best product in the market -- and I have tried every other product in the US market starting from 1997.

    Me thinks this your comment is the typical BS you read on Slashdot when it comes to MS products.

  14. Express... That's *so* 1997... on Build a Program Now · · Score: 1

    *Sigh*... Yet again Apple copies Microsoft, and as usual they are late to the game...and taking undue credit...

    Frontpage Express (1997)

  15. Re:It's not the coding that you need a book for... on Build a Program Now · · Score: 1

    I find the the deployment projects included in Visual Studio very easy to use.
    Creating a msi for deployment/upgrades/patches is a complete nobrainer.

  16. Re:Customer Perceptions May be Different on IE Flaw Utilizes Google Desktop Search · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Looks like the issue here is that IE tries to cleanup any bad html code.
    In a way this is good because IE can render a page properly even if it has unclosed tags or as in this case incorrectly rendered CSS braces.
    On the otherhand, this had led to web designers getting away with crappy html pages.

    In this case, Looks like Google is properly sanitizing the url parameters on all their sites except news.google.com
    This is a classic cross-site scripting attack.
    In my opinion, Google should fix the news.google implementation rather than passing on the blame and exposing their customers to risk.

  17. Re:It's all about "cute" data structures on Why Can't Microsoft Just Patch Everything? · · Score: 1

    In this case, thats ok if that someone else was responsible for allocating & owns the struct.
    You see this type of allocations in other operating systems too.

  18. Aren't these guys using Windows CE? on Diebold Threatens to Pull Out of North Carolina · · Score: 5, Informative

    Windows CE source code is available
    http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/Li censing/WindowsCE.mspx

    With Windows CE, "OEM customers worldwide can create and distribute commercial derivatives of the Windows CE 5.0 operating system source code for shipping in commercial devices without notifying Microsoft or sharing their derivative works with the embedded community."

  19. How about disclosing circuit designs for the chip? on Diebold Threatens to Pull Out of North Carolina · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Afterall regardless of the software used,
    the hardware might be designed to ignore software instructions
    and give a different set of voting results.

  20. Re:Temp Fix on Unpatched IE Flaw Extremely Critical · · Score: 1

    Weirdly, DEP isn't ON for IE7 beta, Windows Messenger & Media Center on my system.
    Its ON for other Microsoft programs.

  21. Re:HDTV, and how I helped MS lose money on Run Windows MCE Applications on Xbox 360 · · Score: 1

    Have you tried Neowin.net or Microsoft newsgroups?

    I don't have any problems recording HBO shows.

    I believe you are effected by the issue described in http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=891664

  22. Re:Yay! on Microsoft Proposes RSS Extension · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The RSS standard itself allows for extensions.
    The extensions themselves can be standardized.

  23. Re:"That amount of data was impossible to analyze? on Microsoft's Vigilante Investigation of Zombies · · Score: 1

    Go ahead and write a script to reverse DNS and calculate routes for 18 million messages and see if you can complete processing it in a few years.

  24. Re:Windows Media? Over Corp LAN on Webcasting, Windows Media or Quicktime? · · Score: 1

    Your primary costs will be the hardware to host the media server and the time of atleast one person who will manage this infrastructure. The server is simple enough to not require a dedicated team.

    If you have all Win computers, chances are you already have a licences for Window 2003 Enterprise server for domain management etc.
    Window Media Encoder itself is free.

    You can get great quality even with low bit rate if you choose the right encoder options. The defaults in Windows Media Encoder give less than satisfying results -- make sure you don't use defaults settings.

  25. Re:Windows Media? Over Corp LAN on Webcasting, Windows Media or Quicktime? · · Score: 1

    To stream video you will need Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.
    If you are streaming live you save tremendous bandwidth by multicasting.
    For non-streaming scenarios you can control the bandwidth by selecting the appropriate bitrate.

    Windows Media Encoder will let you select the peak bitrate when encoding video.
    If your clients are regular computers (no mobile devices),
    you can dramatically improve quality of you streams by selecting 'Best Quality' under Tools->Options->Performance and using the 'Advanced Profile' codec.
    Also set the decoder complexity to 'Complex' when using 'Bit Rate VBR' mode.

    For server setup, checkout the help documentation on Window Enterprise Server its the best resource for information.