NT Compatible - General (Page 125)

Stratus To Release Fault-Tolerant Servers For W2K, Look For Channel Partners

General 8066 Published 2001-05-15 23:39 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Stratus Technologies is bringing the concept of fault-tolerant servers down to the volume Windows 2000 server market, and is planning a pitch for new channel partners, company officials say.

Next month, the Swiss company whose U.S. operations are based here, is expected to unveil the first customer shipments of its ftServer 5200, says David Fleck, director of channel sales for North America.

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How to Enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows 2000 Service

General 8066 Published 2001-05-15 13:58 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Thanks to Lemmi for this one:

Compatibility mode provides an environment for running programs that more closely reflects the behavior of either Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. These modes resolve several of the most common issues that prohibit older programs from working correctly with Windows 2000. Programs that experience issues after migration may benefit from being started in one of these compatibility environments.

The Compatibility-mode technology is currently used by Windows 2000 to ensure built-in compatibility for many popular programs. With Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2), administrators can manually enable and use this technology to provide solutions for their own programs. Only administrators can enable this technology for users.

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April 2001 3Digest

General 8066 Published 2001-05-15 13:28 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Digit-Life has posted their April 2001 3D Digest

Hardware Analysis Update: Athlon 4, AMD puts the pressure on

General 8066 Published 2001-05-14 21:18 by Philipp Esselbach 0

AMD introduced their mobile Athlon 4 CPU today, a CPU that has been know as ´Palomino´ for the past few months. Although this introduction might cut into Intel´s share of the mobile performance segment, there´s much more to it than just that.

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BlackICE Defender 2.5.ci for Win2K SP2

General 8066 Published 2001-05-14 21:06 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Thanks to Dr. Romeo for informing me that Network ICE Corporation has released a Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 compatible version of BlackICE Defender.

Rivals Upset at Windows XP Features

General 8066 Published 2001-05-14 14:53 by Philipp Esselbach 0

When computer users install the next generation of Microsoft´s Windows operating system this fall, they will get an Internet chat program automatically. Plus a new security program, a DVD player and software to make personal CDs.

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WinXP to get USB 2.0 support after all

General 8066 Published 2001-05-14 14:49 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft is to supply USB 2.0 drivers for Windows XP after all.

Earlier this year, the software giant said XP would not support the next generation serial connectivity system, preferring instead to focus on IEEE 1394 as the OS´ high speed peripherals interface

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Top 30 USB products on EverythingUSB

General 8066 Published 2001-05-14 14:27 by Philipp Esselbach 0

EverythingUSB has updated their Top 30 USB products list

Windows 2000 Customer Support Diagnostics

General 8066 Published 2001-05-14 12:18 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Thanks to Mark for informing me that Microsoft has released a updated Windows 2000 Customer Support Diagnostics for Service Pack 2.

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Tyan Thunder K7 Spec Sheet

General 8066 Published 2001-05-14 03:23 by Philipp Esselbach 0

VIA Hardware has posted the preliminary specs for Tyan´s upcoming Dual Athlon board, the Thunder K7.

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Leaked Login Spreads XP, Floods MS Network

General 8066 Published 2001-05-13 21:14 by Philipp Esselbach 0

After Windows XP interim build 2469 arrived Friday, more than just testers were able to experience the beta. A leaked login to the tester-only Windows Beta Web site quickly surfaced, and spread like wild fire throughout IRC and over instant messenger. Sources confirmed the breached account was active for approximately seven hours, resulting in mass unauthorized downloads of private beta releases. The bandwidth strain is said to have crippled Redmond, forcing Microsoft to shut down the beta site and other services.

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Microsoft posts Windows 2000 update

General 8066 Published 2001-05-13 21:12 by Philipp Esselbach 0

CNET News.com early Sunday downloaded the 101MB file from a Microsoft Web site. The service pack installed without incident on a MicronPC TransPort GX+ Plus notebook with 850MHz Pentium III processor and 256MB of RAM.

Overall, Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 appeared to modestly boost system performance, while adding several new features.
New features included in the update, which will most likely be labled Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, enhanced security and--borrowing from the forthcoming Windows XP--better compatibility with older software applications. The latter could be important to spurring Windows 2000 sales.

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Microsoft, Tivoli readying Windows 2000 management tools

General 8066 Published 2001-05-12 21:56 by Philipp Esselbach 0

For midsize to large companies, managing networks of Windows 2000-based systems should grow easier with the scheduled releases of two upcoming products.

Microsoft Corp. next week plans to make available a Windows 2000 version of its Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) software, a move that´s due to be followed next month by the shipment of Version 4.1 of Tivoli Systems Inc.´s change configuration management tools for the Microsoft operating system.

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Windows XP Build 2469

General 8066 Published 2001-05-11 21:40 by Philipp Esselbach 0

ActiveWin report that Microsoft has released a new build of Windows XP to the beta testers.

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Worm hit thousands of Solaris and IIS servers

General 8066 Published 2001-05-11 20:03 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Thousands of servers connected to the Internet have been compromised by a recently discovered worm, the Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (CERT) and security Web site Attrition.org said Thursday.

"We´ve received reports from over 100 sites. These indicate that several thousand Web sites running (Microsoft Corp.´s) Internet Information Server (IIS) software were defaced and that over 200 Solaris machines were compromised," CERT Internet Security Analyst Chad Dougherty said.

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Upgrading to Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 Is the Best Bet

General 8066 Published 2001-05-11 19:49 by Philipp Esselbach 0

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Commerce Server 2000, the successor to Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition, is the best bet for building today´s agile e-business solutions. Since 1998, Site Server helped more companies create leading e-business solutions than any other software. Today, building on that success, Commerce Server 2000´s new and enhanced features make upgrading a simple decision.

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Microsoft´s license shift may boost Linux

General 8066 Published 2001-05-11 19:45 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Earlier in the day, Microsoft told customers it would revamp its licensing program. Among the changes, the Redmond, Wash.-based giant is selling optional "software assurance" contracts that commit customers to annual upgrades for a fee. Some customers will also have the option of buying software through subscription services.

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