Category: Microsoft
Help Microsoft Test Internet Explorer 7! (IE7)
Microsoft has just released the pre-release beta version of Windows Explorer 7 (IE7), and would like you to help them test it!
New Microsoft Update Leads to IRQL_NOT_GREATER_OR_LESS_THAN Message and Blue Screen of Death
Got an IRQL_NOT_GREATER_OR_LESS_THAN error? Plagued by Stop 0x0000000A (0xFFFFFFE8, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0x804DA07F) and a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)? Read on…
Microsoft Kills Support for Microsoft Windows ME, Windows 98, and Windows 98SE
No more support for some versions of Microsoft Windows. Microsoft has announced that they are going to cease providing support for Microsoft Windows ME, Windows 98, and Windows 98SE, effective in less than 90 days.
Search for Charity – Your MSN Searches Contribute to Children’s Charity with “Make Your Clicks Count” Campaign
MSN has partnered with London’s National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) to offer a “Make Your Clicks Count” charity search campaign.
Microsoft Issues 7 Security Updates for Windows, 2 Critical
Microsoft this week, on what has become known as “Patch Tuesday” (the second Tuesday of every month), has issued seven security updates for the Windows operating system, classifying two of them as critical updates.
New Internet Explorer Vulnerability Revealed by Microsoft
Microsoft has said this week that they are receiving reports of a newly-discovered vulnerability in some versions of Internet Explorer. According to Microsoft, the vulnerability can be exploited in one of four different ways, involving any one of WMF images, email attachments, link poisoning, or getting a user to view an email message in the Outlook Express preview pane.
Feds Demand Your Search Records from Google in Lawsuit Where Your Privacy Gives Way to Witch Hunt for Child Porn Searchers
The Feds want your search records from Google, in a lawsuit designed to prove how much searching there is being done for child pornography. Should you be worried? You bet you should. And guess what. AOL, MSN and Yahoo have already given those records up.
Microsoft WMF Patch for Windows Metafile (WMF) Issue Released Early – Get It Now!
Microsoft has released the WMF patch for the Windows Metafile WMF security issue nearly a week early. And you should get the WMF patch right now!
Microsoft and Google Settle Kai-Fu Lee Case
Microsoft and Google have settled the lawsuit which resulted from Google’s poaching of top executive Kai-Fu Lee. Is this the end of it?
Microsoft and Yahoo Announce Internet Chat Agreement
Formal Announcement of the Microsoft Instant Messenger and Yahoo IM Partnership comes from Yahoo and Microsoft.
Yahoo IM and MSN Instant Messenger Chat Programs to Talk to Each Other
Yahoo IM and MSN Instant Messenger are about to start talking to each other, so that users of one service can easily chat with their friends on the other service.
Repair Internet Explorer – Is It Possible and Is It Worth It?
Can you repair Internet Explorer? There are ways to repair Internet Explorer, however they can be tricky, and is it worth it?
Microsoft to Buy Into AOL & Time Warner!
Is Microsoft about to buy AOL? Or at least a stake in Time Warner’s AOL? That’s what the rumours are, and nobody is denying them.
Our Readers Comment on the Windows KB891711 Update Crashing Problem
We’ve had lots of interesting comments about our article Screwed If You Do, Screwed If You Don’t – Windows Update Causes Crashes (KB891711), which talks about an update to Windows released early this year which seems to be causing more problems than it’s fixing. Here are some of the comments:…
Microsoft Sues Spammer’s Web Hosting Provider
Microsoft has taken the fight against spam to the next level, by suing not the spammer, but the web hosting service which provides services to the spammers.
