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| Thread ID: 37143 | 2003-08-29 13:00:00 | A little Microsoft news from around the globe... | Mike (15) | Press F1 |
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| 171653 | 2003-08-29 13:00:00 | Just been browsing a few sites I had in my Favourites - they've offered some news I seem to have missed recently. Microsoft kills off Outlook Express "It might be the world's most widely distributed e-mail client, but Microsoft has confirmed that it has no intention of further developing Outlook Express..." Read about it here. Microsoft agrees to remove XP activation, slashes price to bone In Thailand Microsoft has slashed the price of some of its products to compete with a massive drive to sell really cheap Linux systems... on top of that it's removed the need to activate XP in Thai versions. Read a little more here. Longhorn likely to ship late 2005 I've heard that Longhorn (the next desktop version of Windows, ie Windows v6) has been delayed even more and isn't likely to ship until late 2005, with the Server version (possibly Blackcomb?) likely sometime 2006. Microsoft Research preps Usenet analysis tool "Microsoft researchers are working on technology that makes it easier to navigate Usenet news groups, and which could help clear clutter in e-mail inboxes..." Read it all here. The first "2004" product released? Money 2004. I think this might be the first "2004" version released by Microsoft... correct me if I'm wrong :) More here. Microsoft Releases New TweakUI Microsoft have released a new version of TweakUI which will run with XP SP1 and Windows Server 2003. It has additional IE customizations, a new Access Control section for setting network permissions, and other improvements. Ummm... can't be bothered writing much else about it, but it can be downloaded from this link (links directly to the file). This one has probably been announced on here as it seems to have been available for a couple of months now, but I missed it if it has :) Have a good weekend, Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 171654 | 2003-08-29 13:19:00 | > Microsoft Releases New TweakUI > Microsoft have released a new version of TweakUI > which will run with XP SP1 and Windows Server 2003. I should probably add - I think it requires either XP SP1 or Win Server 2003. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 171655 | 2003-08-29 13:26:00 | as a funny side note: I heard a discussion about a virus spreding (SoBig.F) and one man said "the way Outlook Express spreads a virus makes it a lot like 'Typhoid Mary' " I thought that was one of the funniest things I have heard in days. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 171656 | 2003-08-29 14:23:00 | Who else has heard that MS will be couter-sued by Lindows if they try suing them for the use of that name... MS will sue coz Lindows it too close to Windows Lindows will counter-sue coz Windows is a Generic computing term that was around much before Doze was... I think I'll create an OS and call it: Scroll-Bar! How do you like it?? What??? You're gonna use Scroll-Bar in an app of yours???? Fork out millions to me or I get nasty...! ;-) lol |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 171657 | 2003-08-29 20:41:00 | MSis not going to release "Stand Alone" Outlook Express. This buggy program is still going to be part of IE. Patch those systems folks!! | mark.p (383) | ||
| 171658 | 2003-08-29 23:03:00 | And another piece of Microsoft news: Microsoft explores automatic patching (www.computerworld.com). | Susan B (19) | ||
| 171659 | 2003-08-30 01:09:00 | Automatic patching... I thought I already had that :) It's a good idea, I think, for people who don't know what they're doing (and who rarely patch their machines), but they do need to leave the option there for people to turn it off if they want to. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 171660 | 2003-08-30 01:12:00 | > MSis not going to release "Stand Alone" Outlook > Express. This buggy program is still going to be part > of IE. Patch those systems folks!! I don't think it will continue to be a part of IE - MS are going to stop releasing Stand Alone IE, but I think they're pulling the plug on OE altogether. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 171661 | 2003-08-30 02:01:00 | > Automatic patching . . . I thought I already had that :) So did I . :-) > It's a good idea, I think, for people who don't know > what they're doing (and who rarely patch their > machines), Definitely . > but they do need to leave the option there for people to turn it off if they want to . Yes, and we have that choice now but people still complain that it is on by default and they have to go and switch it off . Damned if they do and damned if they don't is the usual story . But at least they are trying . :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 171662 | 2003-08-30 03:32:00 | Personnaly i think MS are going about it the wrong way altogether(but hey,what do i knowmim dirt poor and bill is the richest man on the planet) Imo these exploits all use services and what not that most of us would never used,I would like to see a series of configuration choices when a os is installed,where we can pick and choose right down to the last nut and bolt what we want on a machine,The full install of os files would need to sit on the harddrive for quick install later on if the user was trying to use a feature that wasn't installed when the os was loaded....but still that aint no chore. Ms should make a streamlined solid os,where things get added as we go,not just dump 1.2 gigs of crap on a system where everything is all going full steam ahead,Faults and all,this is what brings on the need for there 900000 patches. Even if this makes the first install a bit much for the casual user,tough,i would imagine 4 options on install,full,streamlined,streamlined with networking,custom. The idea of ms to put everything possible on at once,then to lock the user out is bull***t,automatic updates on unneeded crap that will never get used untill someone releases a virus for it then ms release a patch for it.That is the height of stupidity. Metla has spoken . |
metla (154) | ||
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