Windows Live Messenger Review

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In my Windows Live Messenger Review, I examine some new Messenger features like PC-to-PC calling, PC-to-phone calls and text messaging, Bots, and Yahoo Messenger compatibility!

Clear Description of WEI Rating for Windows Vista

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Inside the upcoming Windows Vista, Microsoft has introduced a Windows System Performance Rating tool, which aims to assess the capability of a computer to run Vista?s new feature. Scoring from 1 to 5, however their meaning haven?t been revealed until a new guideline has given to PC market. In addition, the tool was revamped to be Windows Experience Index.

Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 7

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To help our customers become more secure and up-to-date, Microsoft will distribute Internet Explorer 7 as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 soon after the final version of the browser is released (planned for fourth quarter 2006). Microsoft is making a non-expiring Blocker Toolkit available for those organizations that would like to block automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 7 to machines in environments where Automatic Updates is enabled.

Upgrade Planning For Microsoft Windows Vista

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You can upgrade from your current edition of Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 to a corresponding or better edition of Windows Vista by purchasing and installing an upgrade copy of Windows Vista. Depending on which edition of Windows you are running and the edition of Windows Vista you would like to install, you have two options for the installation process:

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Windows Genuine Advantage: When a 'False Positive' isn't a false positive

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Recently I've been hearing questions from journalists, other bloggers and customers about what exactly makes systems fail validation. Specifically, I have been asked for two things. First, a breakdown of the kinds of piracy that are detected by WGA and which are the most common. And second, what is the rate of ?false positives? with WGA (falsely identifying a copy of Windows as counterfeit)?

The People Behind DirectX 10: Part 4?Game Developers

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New graphics standards are useless if developers don't make use of them, though. In our final installment on the people behind DirectX 10, we speak with the developers of Hellgate: London, Crysis, Flight Simulator X, and Age of Conan.