NT Compatible - General (Page 31)

Microsoft combats "Love" bug with email upgrades

General 8068 Published 2000-05-15 23:25 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft will offer two new security features to help prevent computer viruses from using its popular Outlook email program to infect computer networks and spread to other users.

Microsoft will soon provide Outlook upgrades that will prevent a piece of "executable code" from coming attached to email. The recent "love bug" virus, which spread via Microsoft software and infected more than 45 million computers included code attached to emails that destroyed files when opened, or executed.

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Beta of MS Office 10 on the way

General 8068 Published 2000-05-15 23:19 by Philipp Esselbach 0

On the heels of showing off a preview of Office 2001 for the Macintosh, Microsoft has begun soliciting beta testers for Office 10, the next release of the Windows version of its flagship desktop office suite.

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) is telling testers the first beta of Office 10 will debut in July. In the interim, the company is fixing and patching Office 2000 and its individual components, such as Outlook 2000.

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Bug testers get hands on Windows 2000 service pack

General 8068 Published 2000-05-15 23:18 by Philipp Esselbach 0

The Windows 2000 Service Pack, which is a 190MB file, includes a wide array of bug fixes and feature enhancements, according to WinInfo. The release mainly targets improving the reliability of the operating system by reducing data loss and corruption issues, fixing bugs associated with the startup of the computer, improving reliability with third-party applications and hardware and adding new security features.

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Building an all-purpose PC

General 8068 Published 2000-05-15 22:57 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Dan´s Data has posted a guide to building an all-purpose PC. Here a snippet:

FAQ on Celeron II with BX board

General 8068 Published 2000-05-15 22:55 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Overclockers´ Workbench has posted a Coppermine 128 (celeron II) 533A and your old BX chipset FAQ.

Q1: Do you need to use a new converter card for the Celeron533A or we can stick with the old converter card?

A1: You will need a new converter card. This is in line with P3 (FC-PGA). It is necessary to purchase a converter card which supports the P3 (FC-PGA), then it will definitely support the new Celeron.

Q2: They are so many different brands of converters card. Are there any differences ? Which is a better one?

A2: According to my experiences, there aren´t much differences in most of the converter cards, you just go out and buy your favourite brand card. One thing to note is that you need to buy those converter cards that support modificatoin of the Vcore.

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MSI K7 Pro Review

General 8068 Published 2000-05-15 22:52 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Hardware-One has posted a MSI K7 Pro review.

ELSA Gladiac review

General 8068 Published 2000-05-15 22:50 by Philipp Esselbach 0

VIAHardware has posted a review on the ELSA Gladiac review. Here a clip:

E3 2000 Day 1

General 8068 Published 2000-05-14 20:56 by Philipp Esselbach 0

FiringSquad has posted their day 1 report from the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

Win 2000: Lost somewhere in time

General 8068 Published 2000-05-14 20:51 by Philipp Esselbach 0

What does Greenwich mean to you? If you have mixed Windows NT and Windows 2000 servers on your network, it may have just become a whole lot more important to you. BugNet testing verified a bug in Windows 2000 servers that incrementally miscalculates time restrictions based on Greenwich Mean Time.

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PowerStrip 2.66 update

General 8068 Published 2000-05-14 14:00 by Philipp Esselbach 0

The PowerStrip has been updated to 2.66, to keep up with some of the new drivers, and cards, that have been released over the last month. Nothing new in the way of features, but as usual they are always some minor improvements and bug fixes here and there that make the latest release worth downloading.

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PC Magazine names Windows 2000 Advanced Server an Editors Pick as Web pla

General 8068 Published 2000-05-13 14:45 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Picking a platform is a critical step in launching a business onto the Web.

And according to PC Magazine, businesses get a strong Web platform with Microsoft

Windows

2000 Advanced Server. In a review of leading Web platforms in its May 23 issue, PC Magazine named Windows 2000 Advanced Server as one of its Editors´ Picks. The magazine praised the platform´s integration, manageability, performance and reliability, saying the platform is "suitable for almost any size and type of site."

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MS readies first Windows 2000 update

General 8068 Published 2000-05-13 14:43 by Philipp Esselbach 0

A number of major corporations have held off from implementing Microsoft´s latest business OS until the company made available its first collection of fixes and patches for it. Indeed, market-analyst firms such as Gartner Group and The Meta Group have advised their clients to wait for Service Pack 1 or 2 before moving to the product in order to minimize migration headaches.

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New Abit BE6-II Bios

General 8068 Published 2000-05-13 14:42 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Abit has posted a new BIOS for the BE6-II. Thanks Tom.

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Juster SP-691 speakers review

General 8068 Published 2000-05-13 14:30 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Dan´s Data has posted a review on Juster´s SP-691 speakers. Here a clip:

VIA Windows 2000 drivers

General 8068 Published 2000-05-13 14:28 by Philipp Esselbach 0

VIA has posted Windows 2000 drivers for their chipsets.

Latest Update:
AGP Driver 4.02 - May 12/00
This Driver has not yet been integrated into the 4-in-1 Driver. If you have the 4-in-1 driver 4.20 installed, you should also install the individual AGP Driver 4.02. The new 4-in-1 driver with AGP Driver 4.02 included, will be released by May 19 2000.

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Office 2000 Service Release 1a

General 8068 Published 2000-05-13 14:23 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft has released Office 2000 Service Release 1a.

Service Pack 1 beta on MSDN

General 8068 Published 2000-05-12 12:42 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Service Pack 1 beta for Windows 2000 is now also available on MSDN subscriber downloads (Professional or Universal subscribers only). A list of fixes is here available.

New Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 transforms Web audio, video experien

General 8068 Published 2000-05-12 12:30 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft has released another hit.

Microsoft

Windows Media Player 7 beta offers new features and other improvements designed to transform users´ experience with digital media. Consumers can enjoy the player´s breakthrough audio and video quality, ease-of-use features and customizable interface. They can also use the player to do everything from playing CDs to watching videos to listening to Internet radio. The beta version of Windows Media Player 7 is available for download, and the final release is scheduled to be available later this year.

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Abit KA7 review

General 8068 Published 2000-05-12 12:26 by Philipp Esselbach 0

VIA Hardware.com has posted a review on the Abit KA7 motherboard. Here a snippet:

Microsoft to discuss the future of Windows on June 1

General 8068 Published 2000-05-12 12:23 by Philipp Esselbach 0

AFTER MONTHS OF delay, Microsoft on Thursday announced that it would hold Forum 2000 -- where it will detail Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS) -- on June 1 on its Redmond, Wash. campus.

NGWS will be Microsoft´s move to keep its Windows operating system relevant in a high-tech world that increasingly is moving away from desktop computing in favor of alternatives, such as wireless devices.

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