Microsoft's financials stayed positive during its fiscal second-quarter, based on earnings results published today.
A "secure boot" feature that Microsoft will require of computer makers with Windows 8 continues to draw controversy.
In this first of a series on Hyper-V, Paul looks at squeezing the best performance out of the hypervisor through the right mix of processing power both virtual and physical.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 01/12/2012
As expected, Microsoft released seven security bulletins for this month.
Microsoft revealed that Windows 8 will have a sophisticated "storage spaces" feature that works with NTFS.
January's Security Update from Microsoft will feature six fixes for Windows and one fix for Microsoft developer tools, according to the company's advance notice.
Rumors have Acer, Lenovo planning tablets running Windows 8 on Intel's x86 "Clover Trail" system-on-chip silicon, which may be available as early as June.
Windows Update didn't update my Windows servers like it's supposed to, so here's the process I went through to get my servers back up to speed.
- By Zubair Alexander
- 12/23/2011
December's security update comes with 13 bulletins fixing a range of Microsoft products. The good news? Only three are rated critical.
Microsoft released 14 bulletins previewing fixes for a range of remote code execution and elevation of privilege exploits.
Microsoft said it will release the beta of Windows 8 in late February. The company also plans to debut its Windows Store, for selling Windows apps online.
Plus: Mobile attacks still in a learning curve, Facebook hole exposes private photos of members.
Sometimes the standby command-line or resource kit tools work best. Still, there is a way to use information from those tools with further processing in PowerShell and this command helps.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 12/06/2011
Microsoft released the fourth preview of its Internet Explorer 10 for more testing.
Windows 8 will arrive with a promise to minimize the amount of mandatory restarts after the installation of monthly and out-of-band updates.