Feb 1, 2008 | business, Microsoft
Microsoft has made an unsolicited bid to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion. Yahoo has been struggling to find a place in a world dominated by Google; it just spent a year analyzing its position and coming up without any particularly strong ideas to turn things around. In...
Jan 25, 2008 | Microsoft, software, Vista
The hostility toward Vista is almost palpable now. Support representatives sigh deeply when customers say they’re running Vista. Computer magazines and tech web sites proudly trash it as the worst product of the year. The word of mouth that I overhear is...
Jan 18, 2008 | business, hardware, Microsoft, network, SBS
Next month Microsoft will release Windows Server 2008, a dramatically improved product over its predecessor, Windows Server 2003. It is one of the more important releases in Microsoft’s history; Microsoft and many other vendors will use it as a platform to...
Jan 16, 2008 | Microsoft, OneCare, security
Windows Live OneCare 2.0 upgrade tips Windows Live OneCare 2.0 troubleshootingI have championed Windows Live OneCare since its release in November 2005. It arrived when Norton and Mcafee were disgracing themselves with increasingly poor security suites and took over...
Jan 16, 2008 | Microsoft, OneCare, security
After the upgrade to version 2.0 is installed, OneCare will demand answers to a number of questions. These steps will get you through with a minimum of fuss, and return you to the simplest setup.If you are asked for a Windows Live ID name and password to activate the...
Jan 16, 2008 | Microsoft, OneCare, security
Here are some Microsoft support documents for specific OneCare problems.Windows Live OneCare Firewall Repair Tool – The OneCare firewall reports that it cannot install a required upgrade or cannot turn on the firewall. “Antivirus service could not...
