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  • MSN Messenger update ... just give me the software please....

    Yes, it is a change of focus for me to turn my attention to Windows Messenger instead of Messenger Plus! Yesterday I was alerted to a new build of MSN Messenger via auto-update so of course I installed it. This screen made me grumpy - all of the options were enabled by default: Fine, ask me about the...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Thu, Aug 24 2006
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  • Lucky Japan - they get Jesper

    That's right folks. Jesper will be presenting in Japan at TechEd. http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_johansson/archive/2006/08/16/447195.aspx
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Wed, Aug 16 2006
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  • Jesper has announced his new blog's home

    Yay - Jesper's has announced his new blog http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/ Susan Bradley, aka Mom, aka SBS Diva, who is the force behind msmvps.com, is also the force behind the new msinfluentials.com blog site. Gaining a berth at msinfluentials will be by invitation only, so you can expect that...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Sun, Aug 13 2006
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  • Interesting (yes, really) post to Tech Talk Blog

    I'll be honest.. ever since Rocky handed over the reins of the Tech Talk Group Blog I have found it to be boring and, if I am honest, it feels like it has swung too far towards being a marketing tool. Too many interviews about Technet and how wonderful Vista is going to be. That being said, there is...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Tue, Aug 8 2006
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  • IT Goddess calendar...

    The IT Goddess calendar is to be "officially" released on August 11 and has picked up a new sponsor, AAPT - you may recall the Australian Computer Society withdrew its sponsorship in somewhat controversial circumstances. The calendar will be unveiled by Queensland IT Minister, Chris Cummins at Warner...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Sun, Aug 6 2006
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  • New Judge to be assigned to EOLAS lawsuit appeal

    http://www.out-law.com/page-7160 The EOLAS lawsuit has a long history, and was the reason behind the changes MS made to the way Internet Explorer handles embedded active content (update 912945): http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/using/techinfo/activexupdate.mspx In 2003, a jury ruled that Microsoft...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Thu, Aug 3 2006
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  • Acronis backup issue.

    Thanks Susan.. I have rolled out Acronis at home and at work and appreciate the heads up: http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2006/07/27/106033.aspx
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Fri, Jul 28 2006
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  • Kazaa settles, and is $115 million poorer

    The company behind Kazaa has signed on the dotted line and will pay $115 million to music companies and some movie studios to finally settle the epic battle between it and the RIAA: http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;779551434;fp;16;fpid;0 I'm not sure how much this will help Kazaa in Australia...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Thu, Jul 27 2006
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  • 80% of new malware defeats antivirus...

    Ok, so tell me something I *don't* know: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Eighty_percent_of_new_malware_defeats_antivirus/0,2000061744,39263949,00.htm The time is long past that I have depended on any antivirus or antispyware product to clean a system properly, or detect all malware files. Instead...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Thu, Jul 20 2006
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  • Microsoft acquires Wininternals (and by extension, Sysinternals)

    Already there are rumblings of fear that the free sysinternals tools are going to disappear, or available only after successfully completing the WGA procedure: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jul06/07-18WinternalsPR.mspx For some the Sysinternals site is proving to be very slow to load...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Tue, Jul 18 2006
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  • See, they *do* have fun at MS sometimes...

    http://livesearch.spaces.msn.com/Blog/cns!8560B877FE8E9138!355.entry It is not the best "wrap the office cubicle in alfoil (or cling wrap)" effort that I've seen, but still, its nice to know they have fun. BTW, my apologies for that damned tendency of MSN Spaces to try and run the "Windows Messenger...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Mon, Jul 17 2006
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  • Alun says....

    ...I like Alun, he actually *reads* my blog, and even comments sometimes... Anyways, Alun doesn't like some systray icons http://msmvps.com/blogs/alunj/archive/2005/12/22/79670.aspx Nor does Susan, for that matter: http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2006/07/15/104829.aspx I love this play with Alun...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Mon, Jul 17 2006
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  • Wow .. missed this one... MS and Yahoo build a bridge between their IM clients

    Edit: Be careful with this one; I'm hearing reports of users losing their contact lists, and problems when logging in. Export your contacts before trying out this product. That's right - beta "interoperability" software has been released that allows the MSN and Yahoo IM clients to talk to each other...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Mon, Jul 17 2006
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  • Two new Internet Explorer KB articles

    When you try to open an .msg file in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 opens a window that contains the following error message: No Page to display / Action Cancelled. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;920982&sd=rss&spid=20 On a computer that is...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Thu, Jul 13 2006
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  • HP and the non-functioning wireless network card in an nx6120

    You know, when the HP technician tells you that your laptop's problems with wireless network speeds are caused by "the web sites you are visiting" you know its time to give up and go elsewhere. I fire up my laptop, it sits at 54mbps then slowly falls away to 1mbps... I don't even have IE open!! I repair...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Thu, Jul 13 2006
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  • Off topic: NitroPDF

    I encountered an interesting site recently - imagine this - a supposedly "professional" IT company installed an off-the-shelf copy of Adobe Acrobat Professional on a terminal server for use by over 20 people, and then registered the copy of Adobe Acrobat Professional using a single user licence key....
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Wed, Jul 12 2006
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  • Remember the IT Goddess calendar? Things have gone sour...

    The Australian Computer Society has withdrawn its support of the IT Goddess calendar . http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19751811-29157,00.html Great going gang - let me know when y'all turn the focus away from whether or not the girl on the cover used enough rose petals and whether the pose was ...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Mon, Jul 10 2006
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  • A new slant on IT career promotion ... the IT Goddess calendar

    The thinking behind the calendar is "to smash through the perception of the geeky technologist" and "raise awareness of the diversity of women in IT, and raise money for non-profit groups that run initiatives to encourage females to take up technology studies". (Catherine Jaktman, Australian Computer...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Fri, Jul 7 2006
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  • Won't get my laptop back before Monday.

    What a pain
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Fri, Jul 7 2006
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  • My laptop is in hospital again :(

    Maybe this time when I get it back it will be fixed. Its *so* frustrating when you put something in for repair, and it comes back with a note saying they can't find anything wrong, I turn it on and {bang} there it goes again. This time the laptop has been returned to HP with an *.avi on the desktop recording...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Mon, Jul 3 2006
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