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...and most likely impossible, impractical or just plain wrong.. but I thought i post what i was thinking about to help make things less "allow?" and more just.. allow. >>>>>>>>> I'm the first to admit I really do not have a clue how security works in Windows. Currently, it seems to be that it asks you each and every time - by dialogue - to Allow or not - confusing some users into just saying yes all the time. It also has the black screen fade - which can be jarring - or sluggish on more than one monitor or both. The Windows I remember liking the most (security/network wise) was Windows98se.* Yes it blue screened... but in general it seemed to be set up for users (everything turned on by default).* Then came the internet, viruses, trojans, worms.. so the security increased in Windows (as it should) but it seems every security measure - made it harder for uses to get stuff to run as they had in the past.* Examples like the removal of web within windows explorer, the yellow bars, the fullscreen mandatory toolbars (status / zone / close / address)... There were reasons that all of these were good (for security) but in each case it made Windows either harder to use or not as fun. So pretend for a moment - we are back at Win98se - and have to come up with a secure solution for Windows, but that preserves the ease of use and fun that 98 allowed. Again - im not sure how this works - but I've made a premise that there are 2 areas in windows: an install shell and a saferoom So below - (rough) everything behind security wall 2 is wide open / trusted / no logging in / no pop-ups to agree or allow / no notifications. http://www.channel9.ca/security/1.jpg So for example lets turn on computer - the login comes up (mandatory) sort of like now...* you log in... http://www.channel9.ca/security/2.jpg then - instead of it loading your desktop - it shows it to you within the Install Shell.*(sort of like youtube - grayed out - with play button)*This is sort of like if taskmanager and control panel combined to create a layer in front of the user experience/desktop (saferoom) If you click "Click to open".... http://www.channel9.ca/security/3.jpg ...it would open your desktop (normal like now) but in this mode there are NO pop-ups, notifications, allow, black screens, admin privilege etc.. as you've been through that area already. this is the FUN no bullcrap area of Windows http://www.channel9.ca/security/4.jpg So your working away and download a plugin let's say - or go to install and EXE...* at that point - instead of black screen / allow bla bla it just "zooms out" to here again: http://www.channel9.ca/security/3.jpg *.."showing" the user what is going on (in an environment set up to make it clear they are loading / unloading etc. After the app or plug in loads - it would say Complete.* and youd click to go back into the Saferoom (desktop) If this was set up on all the machines you have - then it would be easy for the windows network to just look for other "saferooms" - and then connect to them no holds barred* /* no per machine configuring across network as it is done already: http://www.channel9.ca/security/5.jpg So at the end of the day - while not perfect, to me it would: - create a new top level environment for security / installing / network / users * This means you dont go into windows - then look around for it in CP * It is right there - in your face - the install shell - Once saferoom is entered - it can connect to other saferooms (shares/printers etc) without interruptions and prompts >>> so does anything above make any sense at all?* There must be room for improving the usability of security - without sacrificing it ? edit: ..yes its sort of Facebook-ish.. ;) More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Hi guys, I just cannot get AJAX Update panel to perform as I expect. I am in VS2008, a new ASP.NET website, add a ScriptManager add an UpdatePanel Inside Update Panel, add a button In the buttons OnClick() event, add the following Button1.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString(); Problem: Every time I press the button, I get a full postback!!! I have tried lots of examples from the web and get full postbacks on all of them.* I am using the built in webserver with VS2008 Update:* Just noticed also, that for a micro second I get the "Done but with Errors on Page" flash in the status bar.* I can also run demo AJAX pages from websites without fault. Can anyone point me in a direction to investigate ?* Full code to webform below. DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> Untitled Page Thanks Mike More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7248875.stm Do people think this is really likely. Kind of a scary thought really. "Open the pod bay doors HAL!" More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

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Has anyone else noticed problems with sleep after installing VPC? Sleep used to work perfectly, having checked the logs the computer stopped sleeping the day I installed VPC. If I hit sleep the monitor shuts off but the computer doesn't, 5-10mins later if I hit a key the logon screen comes up, but I can't hit a key immeadiately after sleeping, that has no effect. I miss sleep :( More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

According to Reuters, Toshiba is getting ready to write off hundreds of millions of dollars to exit the HD-DVD business. As supporters fell by the wayside in quick succession, even the 'we will fight on' press statements from Tosh, were sounding less and less hopeful. Does make you think though. Sony builds a Blu-Ray drive inside the PS3 - that was pretty damn confident. Microsoft edges their bets and keeps the HD-DVD drive outside the XBox360 - that was pretty damn sensible. Any guesses as to when MS wil announce the Blu-Ray drive for the XBox that is no doubt waiting behind the curtain? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I need to store x, y, z for each user. Here's the catch : each user will have multiple x, y, z variables. What would be the recommened DB Structure for storing this? I was thinking about taking the lazy way out and doing a single cell and having the data as "x,y,z/x,y,z/" then splitting it to show it to the user. I soon found out that this would be a stupid method because it would be hard to update the variables. Now I am thinking of doing this: Username** ID** X** Y** Z dylan** ** ** * 1*** a** b** c dylan** ** ** * 2*** b** a** c The second method seems much more logical to me since I can easily retrieve the data and easily update it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I have downloaded an installed the MSN Remote Recording Service onto my Vista Ultimate PC.* (In fact, I've done this on 2 PC's, both running Vista Ultimate, to test this out.)* Then I started the process of trying and to get it to work, so I can download a TV program over the Internet and watch it later. However, here is where the problem starts.* According to the instructions when I downloaded MSN Remote Recording Service, I have to configure the TV tuner and that requires test it.* For a Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate PC the instructions to configure the TV tuner are as follows (straight off of Microsoft's website): On the Start menu, click Tasks Click Settings Click TV Click Set Up TV Signal I get stopped on step #1.* There is NO "Tasks" on any of my Vista Ultimate machines under the Start menu! * How in heck am I supposed to set anything up if the instructions are wrong???????* I can not read minds, I do not know where the Settings | TV | Set Up TV Signal dialog is supposed to be under this missing "Tasks" option under the Start menu.*I would appreciate knowing what it is these instructions are supposed to mean/say, so that I can actually setup and configure MSN Remote Recording Service and TV Tuner. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

All previously opened folders are gone. Why not reopen those folders? Explorer crashes fairly regularly, but happily restarts - except without the previous session folders. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

From a conversation with Sven: http://ms-os.com/Themes/AlmostGlass/images/icon-quote.gif Messenger Conversation wrote:[David] hey [sven]* hi [David] I think I've stumbled upon an idea, can I gauge your opinion? [sven]* sure [David] a "Contact Me" service. Say you want someone to email you, but you don't want them having your email address. So you register with this service which records your email address, it then gives you a unique URL you can pass to the other person so they can send you the message via a contact form that URL points to [sven]* The only problem I see is that those people probably don't want to give their address to your site either.* [David] not necessarily [David] say you want people to contact you, but you don't want to put your email address up for fear of spambots [sven]* What's to prevent spambots (or human spammers) from using your form? [David] a math captcha [David] well, for human spammers you would set a "message limit" [David] so each URL can only be used x number of times [David] and of course a maximum of n messages per hour [sven]* In theory it sounds nice, but I have no idea whether people would use that. [David] I could also put out a javascript which auto-inserts a Contact Me form on someone's website [David] so people who want "contact me" on their homepages, but don't know PHP or whatever could get it [sven]* If you do, please make it compatible with XHTML. :) [David] naturally I could easily build a service like this in a couple of days, complete with authentic web 2.0-ish look. But would you use it? What would make you use it? Oh, and the following are a-given: Monetarily free One text-mode Google ad banner somewhere Email address database totally separate complete with enforced expiriry Transparency with internal affairs More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I have had this off for a while - mainly because i forgot to check it - so I turned it on ( as I do web work and should be aware of any errors) .. thing is - the web is almost unusable in ie7 with this notification turned on do you - by default - keep "Display a notification for every script error" on or off? with it on - im getting errors everywhere.. http://slashdot.org/** http://www.windows-now.com/blogs/ are just two...* food network .. etc etc it also seems to be the same or close to same error line 2 character (7 or 1)** invalid character ? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

In Windows VIsta Rober Fripp sound OK !! In next version of Windows who would appeal to you ??? i Vote for Carlos Santana your candidate?? THX More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

What's up with this? http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5861/capturewu3.png * It's rather annoying - I'm logged in, but it keeps asking me for username and password every time I open*new page. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Mine is: What was before the big bang? Your's? Disclaimer: this thread is not about religion, so please leave that out. Also, this thread is not about bashing other people or ideas, so please leave that out too! More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> test blog, Windows Vista ZDNet UK, UK - 18 hours ago Windows Vista (pronounced /'v?st?/) is a line of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

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Microsoft announced a number of people departing from Microsoft including Michael Sievert, who was responsible for marketing Windows Vista.Top executive of Microsoft’s mobile phone software business, Pieter Knook is also leaving along with Steve Berkowitz who is the senior vice-president of Microsoft’s online business group. Steve will hand his duties to three people: Satya Nadella, [...] More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Microsoft Battles Vista Perception With Prizes (Slashdot)The slow road to Windows Vista (ITWeek)Microsoft Replaces Windows Vista Kernel In SP1 (DABCC)Windows Vista Service Pack 1 available for MSDN and Technet subscribers (Heise)Tags: Microsoft, Vista, WindowsShare This More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

There are days when I don’t want to see the System Tray in Vista especially when a lot of applications have littered on it. You can hide the system tray in the Vista Registry through the following steps:1. Click on Start Orb2. Type Regedit.exe on the search box3. Go to the path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer4. Create a [...] More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Flipss is a utility that quickly enables or disables you Screensaver. This is best used when viewing a video or doing a presentation. Instead of going through the motion of opening Control Panel and enabling/disabling your screensaver, flippss could just be a click away when placed in a shortcut menu.These are the steps:1. Download Flipss [...] More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

WhatsNext.Ru has posted a series of leaked Windows 7 screenshots. From the looks of it, it seems Windows 7 is a boosted Windows Vista.Tags: Microsoft, Vista, WindowsShare This More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Patch Tuesday fixes include Vista SP1 prerequisites InfoWorld, CA - Feb 12, 2008 By Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service Microsoft is including a set of nonsecurity updates that prepare customers to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://ms-os.com/Themes/AlmostGlass/images/icon-quote.gif Computerworld wrote:February 15, 2008 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp.on Friday said it has made technical information about all of itsOffice binary file formats openly available to outside softwaredevelopers, while promising never to sue them for patent violations. The specifications for the binary formats used by Word, Excel and PowerPoint files will be made available under Microsoft's Open Specification Promise (OSP) program, which the software vendor has used to publicly release a variety of its technical specifications. Article Finally, OpenOffice and other suits will have the assurance they need to seamlessly interop with older Office file formats--figure proper margins, font attributes, and other formatting, which until now often appears mangled when accessing documents between office suits. Good deal. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

The Beatles-All You Need Is Love* :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzJ2NKp23WU The Beatles - Imagine :D* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMrktcgAmcU&NR=1 [H] More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds