Tag: Computer World

Is Vista just Windows 7?

Paul

[ad#ad2-left]According to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols from Computer World, He talks about how Microsoft is scared on Linux and that people are flocking to remove Vista off there Machines. I say otherwise, you see according to some experts like Mark Hall from Computer World, he states Vista is better than Mac OS X. So why do people say one thing and do another?

Now I know Vista isn’t what people expected and that it had high expectations when they first released it.  I think that is due to the fact Microsoft tried so hard to make Vista seem more than it actually was.  Now According to Ina Fried from CNET her post was about Windows 7: A better Vista?. In her post she talked about the features of Windows 7, and how Windows 7 is almost like Vista. I tend to agree because of the look from screenshots I’ve seen to make me think it will be Version 2 of Vista. I don’t think it is anything that will change from Vista to Windows 7. It will however be more ready to boot up and shutdown that is according to what Microsoft said to Ina.

What is Windows 7 going to have?  Some reports are saying:

[ad#ad2-right]I did some research and everything so far is either confirmed to be in this next release of Window 7 or is speculation.  I don’t know if these are true.  I do know however everything they talked about is looking to me to be like Vista Version 2.  Nothing they’ve said so far couldn’t of been an update like a service to pack to fix all these things people are wanting right now.  Vista to be faster, have better battery life, be lean, be embedded, better Uac, and boot faster.

Now I could be wrong but that is everything Vista could of done and still is possible to do!!  If only Microsoft would do what is needed people wouldn’t be wanting Windows 7.  Although I suspect people will have there hopes broken, or complain about it when it comes out.  I suspect the ones who want Windows 7 will be saying Vista is great!!  I will just have to watch what happens in the future!!

Windows update is getting a revision!

Paul

[ad#ad2-right]According to Computer World, dated Oct 31, 2008 and I’ll quote:

“Over the next couple of months, we’ll be rolling out another infrastructure update to the Windows Update agent (client code),” said an unidentified Microsoft employee on the Windows Update team’s official blog. “This update makes it possible for users to install more than 80 updates at the same time.”

[via Computer World]

Now if your like me and have several computers who need to be updated at a given schedule, you sometimes worry about these updates that come along that might just break your system. I have been using a program call Offline Updater, which does what Autopatcher does really nicely. So why is Microsoft sending out this patch? Two reasons, one they want you to be able to update your operating System without hurting your system integrity.

Now lets talk about the integrity of having to reboot your system. You see, every time you reboot the system, it causes the system hardware some strain.  It is something like having starting up a car, sooner or later you will have the starter go out, because of to much start up.

[ad#ad2-left]Second reason for this is, basically the update software needs to be update yet again for any security flaws or features that might be exploitable.  I am sure there are some and Microsoft probably knows about that we do not.   So that is the second reason, which it is the most obvious reason yet to push out another revision of the Windows update.

What about stopping the update from effecting your system.  The only way that I know of is to prevent Windows from checking for updates.  Which is simple:

Windows XP Version:

[Category View and Classic View]

<Start> / Control Panel / Security / Click Windows Updates

For Windows Vista:

<Orb> / Control Panel/ Security Center/ Windows Update / click “change Settings”

With both ways, you will be able to control four ways to handle Windows updating and they are:

  • Automatic – Will download all necessary updates and install them without your permission or knowledge.  Note some of the updates will automatically reboot your system.  Most commonly they are set to do this every day in the 12am to 4 am period of time.   So when you wake up you would see an log in screen.

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  • Download updates but let me choice which ones to install and when –  This is most commonly used by people who don’t want to bother having to check manually.  It will check and download, then it will let you know.


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  • Check for updates but don’t Download them –  This is like the previous one but this will only tell you.  The rest of the decision is in your hands not the computer.  This is good for people who have limited system resources, like Hard drive space.  It still reminds you like the previous one but won’t download any updates.


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  • Never check for updates –  This is used for people who don’t want to be bothered with updates and have a way to update manually.  This is commonly used by businesses who have several systems on and don’t want to risk an update causing trouble or weigh down the companies internet by downloading updates un-necessarily.   This option is not to be messed with because it leaves your system with quite a lot of vulnerabilities.  You do this one if you have a set schedule to update each and everyone system. (Extremely Dangerous to do)

With what I talked about, I am hoping you find this useful and to share your discoveries with other people who might want to be able to change how Windows updates are handled on other systems.  If you have comments or questions, please post them in the comment section and someone will be more than glad to help you out.

Understanding a Bloggers Heart

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I’ve had so many people talk about why blog? I’ve seen articles about blogging being dead. I say that’s not going to happen, it is the heart of a blogger to talk about what they want to talk about. It comes from the idea that they have the understanding of the what a blogger is!

What’s a blogger?

It’s in the wikapedia as this : “A blog (a contraction of the term web log) is a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.”  So what does that say about me? Well let us talk about this in terms we can understand. Having been blogging for the last few months or I should say year(s). I’ve got some things to say about this. Not all bloggers are bad and not all bloggers are professional. I hate to say this but it is the truth some bloggers have never went to school for writing class or other such education. We saw this as a way to talk about what we are passionate about and want to educate others. It comes from a desire to socialize with people who have the same interest and to be part of a greater plan.

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How do you find a good blogger?

Looking for good service is essential to finding the bloggers that have the best content. They want you to return to there site to see what else is going on. They want you to tell people to go check this site out. They post regularly and have a conversation with the readers. Having been thinking to myself, how to better make my blog accessibility is the hardest thing with an aging blog. It’s really hard for us to ask for help. Sometimes a blog goes in the wrong direction and we as readers need to tell the blog author what you think by leaving a comment.

Why comment on a blog entry?

It’s not that a comment makes or breaks a blog. It’s the communication from the reader to the author of the blog. You can tell the blog owner or author what you think when it comes to a particular idea or particular way of thinking. Sometimes it is good to say you liked the blog entry or say where we missed it. It’s the idea of washing the feet of the blogger. Yes you sometimes have to wash the feet of the blogger because if he is dirty, you can clean the feet of the blogger. By doing this you make it possible for the blogger to become better on his blog entries.

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How to not hurt the blogger feelings!

Even though you’ve not seen a blogger, they do have feelings and want to keep blogging. You can hurt the blogger’s feelings by saying mean comments on the blog or talking bad about a blogger’s website. Most blogs want to make money and I also know how hard it is to keep my blog going. I am playing 2nd Fiddle with my blog and others blog. I want it to be that way to better help my readers.

Is playing 2nd Fiddle as good as 1st Fiddle?

I wonder how many of you play 2nd Fiddle to produce harmony with blogging. I want my blog to be an outlet to better harmonize with other blogs that I read or help out. I am sacrificing a lot to better create a blog that people will come to my site. How have you created harmony with other bloggers? Most of the time we want to be better than others. Guess what? Being 2nd is better than being first in the blog, in my opinion. I can do more and say more than being on top. I don’t have to try to make come up with the hard articles or the ones that are Hot Topics articles. I can say it’s good being 2nd Fiddle and love it from time to time.

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You can’t be an executive blogger without first learning to blog!

You have to learn to become a blogger before you can have a successful blog. It’s teaching a child they can do anything they want with-in reason. That’s like a newly created blog, they can do anything if they put there mind to it. That’s why I’ve decided to talk about this topic. I want the bloggers who read this to come back with even more questions or suggest ideas. I find sometimes having questions is sometimes the way to make my blogger better. I throw out questions to get my juices flowing per say. I want to be a better blog and I need you to direct me and encourage me. So I throw this out at you, you want more stuff like this, please feel free to comment. If you want to see something on my blog, Leave a comment.

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Microsoft security update cripples IE

Paul

Users started posting messages to multiple Microsoft support newsgroups almost immediately after Microsoft released the MS07-069 security bulletin on Dec. 11, saying that they were unable to connect to the Internet, either because IE refused to open or because when it did open, it could not reach various sites.

“About 60% of the time, I would get an ‘Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and must close’ dialog,” reported Bill Drake on the Windows Update newsgroup. Others echoed those comments on IE-specific forums, noting that both IE6 and IE7 balked at loading, or while loading, some pages, particularly home pages, on both Windows XP and Windows Vista machines.

ther users on the support forums weren’t much help, except to suggest uninstalling last Tuesday’s security update. That’s what Decker did. “We uninstalled [MS07-069] and have had no problems since then,” he said.

[Via ComputerWorld]

With Vista, I do think the reason I’ve not had any problems is I don’t use IE. LOL I use Firefox but another reason is that I’ve also installed the SP1 RC1 on my system. That also might fix the problem could someone check it out and let me know!!

Free software from Microsoft are stopped!!

Paul
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Remember yesterday when I told you that you could get a boatload of free software from Microsoft, including Vista and Office, for allowing them to track your computer usage for a few months? Well, apparently a lot of you jumped on it, as Microsoft shut down the offer yesterday afternoon. Too slow? Sorry pal, I’d be happy to spy on your computer usage, but I’m not promising any free software for the honor. [ComputerWorld]

[Via Gizmodo]

Goodness, I didn’t think people would jump on the Vista bandwagon. If anything they just want to sell it for some money!!