Not when Microsoft was founded, but when Windows was released...But what I really wanty to know is, with so many different options at the time, why would anyone go with Windows? It was the worst grapical interface of them all for IBM-compatibles.. GEM and GEOS were much more sophisticated...but also what bugs me is....why was the IBM-compatible even purchased by anyone, when you could have a computer that was better by leaps and bounds (I'm referring to the Amiga) for just about the same cost? Also related to this....
Interesting little fact: when IBM was designing the IBM-PC, the original consideration for the processor was the Motorola 68000. but was dropped in favour of the 8086 (or rather, the dummied-down version, the 8088, which was designed for an 8-bit bus). Why did IBM make this decision? They said the 68000 was too powerful.
I just read this on a different forum! What do u think will happen to Microsoft now, i wonder how
much he input into the decsions QUOTE The highlight of the event was Gates’ leaving video
speculating on what might become of him once he steps down from his full time position at Microsoft.
The video shows Gates attempting to be a star in rock, rap, movies and politics and features
numerous Hollywood stars, as well as past and present US presidential candidates. The reality is
that Gates will now concentrate his efforts on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which ....
I have problem with administrator account ... I created new administrator account with this way:
start /control panel /account users/new account and than I created a new one ; after this I turned
off computer . I wanted to have two skypes turned on and my friend suggested me to do so... when I
turned it on the second day , I coudn't enter with the first administrator ,and I entered with
the administrator that I had created . I have lost my document folder.. please help me . how can I
enter or can I enter with that first administrator account?? Can my documents be ....
Microsoft has begun patching files on Windows XP and Vista without users' knowledge, even when
the users have turned off auto-updates.
http://www.windowssecrets.com/2007/09/13/0...t-users-consent Sounds like these were updates
limited to updating Windows Update itself (I like the sound of "Windows Update is keeping its Update
system up to date"). The question is, if these were just minor changes unrelated to Windows, just
the Update application, why do it under the radar? The whole point of Windows Update is the clear
transparency of what is going on. Microsoft i....
I'm doing a task for an Assignment in Microsoft Excel. The material isn't overly helpful
and nor is there teachers lol...... The biggest problem I am facing now is working with the
VLOOKUP function and what information they want. I have been asked to use the VLOOKUP function, to
the best of my understanding to produce a percentage for calculating a discount on a fee for
materials based on a commencement date and paid date. So for example, a person's material
commences on 9th of september (they display it in excel as 9 Sep which excel converts to a format....
QUOTE At the beginning of the term our staff is busy with enrolments. Students are given a
discount if they pay the course fee in advance. The staff needs to calculate and record the course
fees paid by students. To make this task easier for our staff you will need to design a template
which can be re-used each term. Include appropriate headings. You should create and enter formulas
to calculate the No. of Days paid in Advance, the Discount and the Course Fee Paid. Use a VLOOKUP
function in your template to determine the discount rate to be used for the calcu....
Was trying to avoid this, but having worked with this user remotely for a few hours, I need another
brain here to help out /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0"
alt="biggrin.gif" /> The user was originally having problems sending emails using Outlook 2000
because it said that it couldn't find the Windows Address Book. Well, we fixed that issue but
now stumbled on another one. This one was most likely caused by changing the registry value to 0 for
IsInstalled. The error he's getting now whenever he tries to run Outlook is: QUOTE ....
Ok everyone, I looked around here on astahost and found that this isn't a subject that seems to
have been discussed at any real length, and it kinda surprised me. For one reason main reason,
personal rights and open software development. Now I won't say that I know much about it yet
but from what little I've read and researched on this subject I have found many places that say
that if there is a bill passed in the USA: QUOTE In the USA there's a planed bill, the so
called CBDPTA (Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act). First it wa....
Dear all, I wanna share a copy of Microsoft office in more than two system. What I am think is,
install microsoft Office in a Server. then other client system can run the application such Work
and Excel remotely. So that, Office suit do not required to be installed in every client system. Is
that possible? is there any other 3rd party software needed?....
Today, I saw this on winbeta.org : Microsoft Command Shell Beta 1 Released to BetaPlace The code
name of Microsoft Command Shell is Monad. This shell provide rich scripting support. It built on the
.NET Framework and fully object-oriented. "It includes many concepts from traditional UNIX shells
such as bash and ksh, delivers rich scripting support challenging languages like Perl and
Python"!!!??? /rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0"
alt="rolleyes.gif" /> This Microsoft Command Shell (MSH) can be downloaded here http://beta.mi....
Has anybody heard about Microsoft's next generation of Windows? It's named Longhall, after
the Longhall Pub under/near the main microsoft building or something like that. I saw it on the news
last night, and it looks quite spiffy, but will be (as usual) full of bugs and viruses and stuff. I
think it runs on a touch screen, and most of the functions looked similar/same, but they have given
it a major cosmetic overhaul so stuff lights up when you touch it and other spoofy stuff.. Anyway, I
tried to find out more about it, but it seems there's no info anywhere.....
For those who missed my post: http://www.astahost.com/index.php?act=ST&f...t=10#entry27941 For
those who want a free CD copy of Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies (popup blocker
and firewall) follow this link: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloa...us/default.mspx I
ordered mine about 3 months ago, received it in a within a week.....
Thursday 10 March appeared this in a computer new-paper: QUOTE Microsoft has said to the the
website MicrosoftWatch that they're considering to make their future coming filesystem also
compatible to Windows XP. Earlier the company had let known that Avalon and Indigo, the
presentation- and communicationlayer of Longhorn, would be avaible for Windows XP and Windows server
2003. WinFS is a special case, because the development of it takes so much time that it
wouldn't be a part of Longhorn, that will appear at the end of 2006. The filesystem has to run
on to....
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1767520,00.asp
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730746,00.asp miscosft has filed a patent for the
'IsNot' operator (thats the '!=' operator to c/c++/java programmers and ' '
to visual basic porgrammers.) i sometimes the the news on ani-software parent sites. Microsoft
also have patents like 1)the *nix sudo sommand (used in linux / unix for decades, but never in
windows) 2) timed double clicking. im not against real patents for real inventions.. but you should
NOT be able to patent prior art OR th....
Here's an idea. (more of a crazy dream, but its interesting) What if MS borrowed a MacOSX idea,
and dropped there current OS.. just binned it. then, took a *BSD or GNU/Linux OS, but instad of
using GNOME or KDE, ported the vurrently existing windowsXP Desktop Envodonment to run on Xorg-x11.
They could build a portage free like what Gentoo uses, except with pre-compiled binaries. Now you
would have an OS which looked and felt exactly like Windows, except running on a BSD or Linux Kenrel
and libraries. Good bye securety issues and virus scanners, hello inherrant se....
What does everyone think will happen to microsoft as Awareness of alternative operating systems
becomes greater ? True, that MS has a very strong hold on the OS market, but even the giants
fall.... remember IBM ? they were once the evil monopolisers.... but one day, somebidy cloned their
bios, and they lost there hold on the hardware monopoly... How many people here have IBM PC's ?
all of you... (except the mac users) and how many of you bought the computer from IBM ? or how many
parts of your computer were made by ibm.... almost none of them. anyways... the way i....
I have the MS media keyboard where you have volume controls, calculator, etc buttons on it. This
new version also has secondary controls for the function keys. That's fine by the function keys
are ALWAYS off by default which is an annoyance for me. It only requires me to press one key to
turn it on but if I forget to do that and start pressing buttons, all sorts of programs start
running and bad things start happening. How can I make them ON by default (like I have Num Lock on
by default)?....
