When things go wrong with Office, do you blame it or Windows? Bill G writes: ” I read an article which quoted a Microsoft executive saying that they didn’t know if problems with Office where the fault of Office or Windows. Are they kidding – if Microsoft doesn’t know where problems are with Microsoft software […]
While installing Vista SP1 isn’t always easy, the final result is worth the trouble. In our test Vista SP1 is noticeably more stable than the version previously foisted on the public. Unlike Office 2007 Service Pack 1, the Windows Vista service pack is undergoing much wider testing before public release. Anyone brave enough can now […]
Since Vista Service Pack won’t have a ‘kill switch’ what does that mean for Office? Microsoft has announced that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will not have the despised ‘kill switch’ – the ability for Microsoft to disable Vista remotely if they beleive the software is stolen, even after the activation is completed. That system raised […]
Microsoft updates their PDA range to support Office 2007 documents – and not before time. At long last, Microsoft has made some of their Windows Mobile (aka Pocket PC) devices compatible with Office 2007 documents (.docx xlsx pptx etc.) – Windows Mobile 6.1 is now available. It’s been a year since Office 2007 was available […]
Telling someone they owe trillions of dollars is blamed on a word-processor WSB-TV in Atlanta has the story of a bank letter that would worry anyone – it said the customer owed over $211 Trillion US dollars. That’s more than the cost of the Iraq War (in fact 70 times the US Federal budget). Wachovia […]