http://www.winextra.com/forums/forum/10 Bring back the eXtra in Windows en-US Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:34:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.winextra.com/forums/search.php http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10731#post-53761 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:28:33 +0000 Billy 53761@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.silicon.com/technology/software/2011/12/16/come-in-internet-explorer-6-your-time-is-up-39748349/#comments" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.silicon.com/technology/software/2011/12/16/come-in-internet-explorer-6-your-time-is-up-39748349/#comments</a></p> <p>Microsoft to push IE8 (win XP) and IE9 (Win Vista) via Windows Update eliminating most consumer IE6 and 7 users. </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10706#post-53609 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:57:37 +0000 Pierre 53609@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>…For XP pre-installation customization. Then there was vLite for Vista cutomization. Well, now there's <a href="http://www.rt7lite.com/" target="_blank">RT7Lite</a> for Windows 7. </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10686#post-53525 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:53:56 +0000 Pierre 53525@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/putting-registry-system-cleanup-apps-to-the-test/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/putting-registry-system-cleanup-apps-to-the-test/</a> </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10625#post-53138 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:24:22 +0000 moosepucky 53138@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>This is just coming out...</p> <p><a href="http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/MySQL-com-hacked-to-serve-malware-1350358.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/MySQL-com-hacked-to-serve-malware-1350358.html</a></p> <p><em>Security firm Armorize reports that Oracle's MySQL.com web site was hacked to serve Windows malware on 26 September. The attackers modified the JavaScript file "common/js/s_code_remote.js" on the server; this file is downloaded with all pages on MySQL.com. The modified version created an iFrame which then loaded the "Blackhole exploit pack". The exploit pack in turn uses vulnerabilities in older browsers or unpatched versions of Flash Reader and Java to compromise Windows systems and allow the installation of back-doors, bots and other contaminants. </em> </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10594#post-53003 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 06:34:41 +0000 Pierre 53003@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>Download the Windows 8 <a href="http://www.winbeta.org/?q=news/download-windows-8-developer-preview" target="_blank">Developer preview</a>. </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10588#post-52976 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:11:23 +0000 Pierre 52976@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>For the past two days, I've been warned by Windows Update of 4 "important" updates in 3 different batches. Fortunately none of these updates required a reboot, but so many patches off schedule is becoming bothersome… </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10552#post-52829 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:30:23 +0000 Pierre 52829@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>Version 2012 just came out. If you purchased Acronis True Image Home 2011 within the last 30 days, you’re eligible for a free upgrade – except in Germany : there are no free upgrades from Acronis in Germany. </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10543#post-52785 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:33:45 +0000 Pierre 52785@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>It's only been a few weeks since Microsoft acquired <a href="http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/homepage" target="_blank">Skype</a>, and already Skype is misbehaving in an uncorrectable and irritating manner. The Skype forums are rife with protests from users about the "Skype Home" pop-up when Skype starts.</p> <p>If you set Skype to display its "compact" window, upon startup the latest Skype version (5.5) will display both its main window and its "Skype Home" window, <strong><em>even if you set Skype to start minimized as a tray icon</em></strong>, and you have to close those two windows manually or use some risky workarounds involving kludgy apps written by irate users.</p> <p>In spite of the Beta testers telling the developers about this problem, it has not been corrected in the final version, and there is currently no option in the Skype settings to disable the "Skype Home" pop-up, nor is there any plan to add one, apparently.</p> <p>Apparently the "Skype Home" window is only useful if you have a Facebook account and FB "friends". Presumably it can also be used to display some ads, but currently it isn't. If they don't correct this behavior by adding an option to disable the "Skype Home" pop-up, I'll seriously consider switching to <a href="http://www.oovoo.com/home.aspx" target="_blank">ooVoo</a> – which, in addition, allows 3-way video calls for free, unlike Skype. You may remember ooVoo as the video conferencing and recording software Steven and Paul used for the last few Daily Brief video blogs. </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10545#post-52793 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 06:46:12 +0000 ChadMan 52793@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>Everything search engine<br /> <a href="http://www.voidtools.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.voidtools.com/</a></p> <p>I searched for *.jpg<br /> Pretty damn fast. I think I like it very much! Mean and lean. A keeper! &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.winextra.com/forums/my-plugins/smiley-choice/Default Smiley/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:-)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; <br /> Give a try guys. </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10491#post-52486 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:14:07 +0000 Pierre 52486@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/236413/add_an_uninstall_option_to_windows_context_menu.html#tk.hp_new" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.pcworld.com/article/236413/add_an_uninstall_option_to_windows_context_menu.html#tk.hp_new</a> </p>