November 2008

In Stormy Economy Comes Yahoo Deals 0

In Stormy Economy Comes Yahoo Deals

The news of the American (and worldwide) economy continues to get worse and worse. Now that October numbers are in for major retailers, we’re beginning to see the inevitable – consumers are tightening up...

Use old printers in Vista 20

How to Use Your Old Printers in Vista

Do we throw away our old printers when we can no longer use them with a new operating system? Replace them with a compatible printer with active support? If the old printer is working fine, then preferably not of course. Even if no driver for Vista is available, we can tell Vista to install it anyway and hope everything works!

Microsoft and Sun Team Up For Web Search 0

Microsoft and Sun Team Up For Web Search

Information Weekly is reporting that Microsoft and Sun Microsystems have reached an agreement “under which the software maker will bundle its search technology and other content alongside Sun’s widely used Java software environment.” Internet...

Microsoft Says Malware Up 43% 0

Microsoft Says Malware Up 43%

According to Information Weekly, Microsoft has recently stated that the threat of harmful viruses and malware than can destroy a PC is definitely on the rise, as much as 43%. Some analysts believe this...

Solve Runonce Page Always Showing in IE7 10

Solve Runonce Page Always Showing in IE7

If you install a new application, it often shows something special the first time you start it. This is handy for users to see special features, or trigger the user to do some setup or configuration. Microsoft does the same with Internet Explorer 7. The first time it is executed, it redirects to a “runonce.msn….” web page, which shows you information on Internet Explorer 7. It should only show once, but sometimes things go wrong.