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II have been asked what is a hard memory fault.  While using Task Manager’s "Resource Monitor", the Memory section is showing several "Hard Faults".  I assume this is not a "Page Fault" (causing a memory-disk swap) because I expect there would be thousands (not dozens) over time.  What is a memory "Hard Fault"?

A:

Apparently there are now two types of Page Faults: Hard Faults when the desired page is not in the memory cache and can be found on the hard disk and Soft Faults when the desired page is found elsewhere in memory (Ready Boost?) I found this information on MSDN at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa964785(VS.85).aspx.

I get asked a lot what operating system is most secure. There is a simple answer, The one that patched. Then they ask why is Windows have so many patches.

The true is that all operating system have issues!

I hear Linux is much more secure that windows. Not True, look at the patches for Linux and you find lot more for Linux then windows.

But most important look at there rest of your system

Have you patch your browser, QuickTime, update the firmware on your router ?

So how do you find out about all you computer equipment in one spot go to http://secunia.com/advisories and look at the products  you have.

This site will tell you that you Router, Printer,  Cell Phone has an security issue and how to fix it. Yes I said Cell Phone, if you have an Apple iPhone there are over 7 advisories and, 53 Vulnerabilities.

If you want to be secure do the following;

1. Think before you open, or download items

2. Do not login as an Administrator (Vista and UAC’s can protect you here)

3. Patch your computer

4. Patch your applications

5. Patch your hardware

6. Be careful with e-mail it  is an easy way for people to steal your identify. If you won something, or you can buy something for a lot less than any where else be very concerned. My advise if you get e-mail from someone you do not know, do not read it.

Add in your  phone the Name ICE as a contact (In Case of Emergency) with a phone number of you family member in case of emergency that the Paramedics or emergency room. This way if you are injured or incapacitated then call get you family.

To add other emergency contacts add ICE, the ICE1, ICE2 and so one.

Please spread the word and help EMS help you when you can not.

Windows 7 there will be two primary editions: Windows 7 Home Premium, and Windows 7 Professional. We think those two SKUs will meet most customers’ needs.

Windows 7 Home Premium is the recommended choice for consumers. It gives them a full-function PC experience and a visually rich environment in everything from the way they experience entertainment to the way they connect their devices.

Windows 7 Professional is the recommended choice for small businesses and for people who work at home but have to operate in an IT-managed or business environment where security and productivity are critical. For those running Windows Vista Business, it will be a very logical move to Windows 7 Professional.

to see the full article

Internet Explorer 8 RC1 makes great strides in both features and performance improvements that provide faster day-to-day browsing, and is designed for the way people really use the web. We are excited about this new release and its cool features, functionality, and partner opportunities:

•	Add Value with Web Slices Enable users to subscribe to content directly within a page, and monitor information as they browse the Web. IE8 Web Slices make it possible to integrate rich, real-time online services and content.
•	Add Functionality with Accelerators Accelerators allow you to enhance selected text on your Web pages, enabling you to map addresses, define words, add blog functionality, and share website data across the Web and e-mail.
•	Enable Quicker Results with Instant Search Help customers find the information they need, faster. Users can leverage suggested search terms to help find the data they need—without typing the entire word or phrase. Visual search functionality adds images and graphics to search results.
•	Protect Customers’ Critical Data with Built-In Functionality Inspire customers’ confidence by helping to reduce risk and protect their IT environments—on premises or hosted—from security and privacy threats. Identify malicious sites and blocks malware downloads.

We encourage you to download IE8 RC1 and if you haven’t already, install the compatibility patch on your own website today. The patch will help ensure that IE8’s advanced technology works with your site.

In my coming and goings a friend show me a new application for creating high quality panoramic images, Trevor uses a Mac and did a demo of this software ( it took about 4 Minutes to build the picture made up of over 350 megs of pictures) i decided to download the software and install it into my Windows 7 beta build. Not sure if it would work, IT did !

I then ran the application and  and under 1 Minute had the same Picture.Trevor was impressed.

The software is PTGui is panoramic stitching software for Windows and Mac OSX. Originally developed as a Graphical User Interface for Panorama Tools (hence the name), PTGui now is a full featured photo stitching application.

PTGui can stitch multiple rows of images

Create 360 degree cylindrical panoramas, ‘flat’ partial panoramas and even spherical 360×180 degree panoramas

No need to keep the camera level: PTGui can stitch rotated and tilted images

Virtually unlimited output size: create Gigapixel panoramas from hundreds of images!

Layered output allows full control over the final stitched result

PTGui stitches most panoramas fully automatically, but at the same time provides full manual control over every single parameter. This enables stitching of ‘difficult’ scenes, where other programs fail.

Full 16 bit workflow for best image quality

To see some great pictures go here http://www.trevorcurtis.com/

Aero Snap is a new feature which was added to Windows 7, where in you can drag any window to the top of your screen to maximize it or take it to the left or right to snap it to the side and re-size by 50 per cent and when you drag it back to the last position, the window size will be restored. This feature is now available for XP and Vista. AeroSnap is a simple but powerful application that allows you to resize, arrange or maximize your desktop windows with just drag and drop. Aero Snap supports both Windows XP as well as Vista.

Aero Shake allows user to quickly and instantly minimize all other non-active windows that sit in the background by just shaking the application window, and at the same time experiencing a seizure in your hand. To bring back the desktop to previous state with windows open back, shake the sole window again. To use Aero Shake to minimize all inactive windows to Taskbar (or Superbar), user can click and hold on to a window’s title bar that he or she wants to continue work on, and then move the window to left and to right (shake) a few times (two times or move). The feature is probably one of the feature to support mouse gesture by Microsoft.

Aero Peek improves on Windows 7 Superbar thumbnail previews, and allows user to quickly preview the desktop by making all other opened active and inactive windows transparent by just using mouse to hover over the far right end of Taskbar. Aero Peek also support full screen view preview of any open windows on desktop while temporarily hiding all other open windows by mouse over the taskbar button for an open application or window. A new graphical thumbnail appears, previewing the window in a small glass frame. It also allows users to pin program to Taskbar permanently, with a mini-Start Menus for all pinned items or most common destination and most common tasks, dubbed as Jump Lists

With the increase in popularity of laptops, it is very common for users to frequently reconnect to a previously visited network. In order to improve user experience in roaming scenarios, where the user connects back to a previously visited network where the user had a valid DHCP lease, DHCP network hint has been implemented in Windows 7 OS. DHCP network hint helps in identifying the correct DHCP configuration for a previously visited network and then using the configuration opportunistically. Network hint used in order to uniquely identify different network is SSID (Service Set Identifier) of a network

I spend a lot of time traveling between my office and hotels and i hat that my computer takes time to find a DHCP address, with Windows 7 connecting to the network is fast and quick, to learn more go to this location

Microsoft Windows DHCP Team Blog

 

Do you use SharePoint and need to look at site from your phone. Well you can use the browser and wait and download all the graphics or you can do the following go to you went SharePoint and at end or url add /m

 

example SharePoint/mycompanyxxx.com/default.aspx change to

SharePoint/mycompanyxxx.com/default.aspx/m (the /M is the secret)

(This is not a real site)

There are 2 ways to stop applications that auto-start when you login to Windows Vista. You can either use the System Configuration Utility or the new Software Explorer in Windows Defender:

Method 1: System Configuration Utility
1. Click on the Start Button, enter msconfig and hit Enter.
2. Click on the Startup tab.
3. Uncheck items that you do want to auto-start and click OK.

 

Method 2: Windows Defender
1. Click on the Start Button, enter Windows Defender and hit Enter.
2. Click on the Tools from the top menu bar.
3. Click on Software Explorer and select Show for All Users.
4. Select an application to either Remove or Disable.