Tag Archives: Windows Vista

Microsoft releases another emergency update

Posted on 28 July 2009 | by Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES | 1 comment

Image via CrunchBase Last October, we shot out a heads-up regarding an out-of-band update from Microsoft. An out-of-band update is one that is released outside of the patch Tuesday update schedule, the well-known pattern Microsoft has established for releasing updates … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 is a faster Vista

Posted on 13 January 2009 | by Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES | 4 comments

We got our hands on a copy of the public beta of Microsoft Windows 7, the planned successor to Windows Vista. From what we can see so far, it’s very fast on our test system, though we haven’t tested it … Continue reading →

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Critical Windows update released today

Posted on 23 October 2008 | by Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES | Comments Off on Critical Windows update released today

Microsoft a few hours ago released an unscheduled update for pretty much all versions of Windows. They normally release updates once a month, but today they released an out-of-band updated because of the severity of the attack vector. It’s pretty … Continue reading →

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Synergy uses one keyboard and mouse for multiple computers, displays

Posted on 5 October 2008 | by Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES | 3 comments

I use several computers simultaneously during day-to-day operation. While it’s easy to connect multiple displays to one computer, the ability to use the best features of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux simultaneously is much more valuable than having additional … Continue reading →

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Vista external monitor flash and flicker problem solved

Posted on 2 October 2008 | by Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES | 11 comments

One of the first pieces of auction technology adopted by an auctioneer augmenting his business processes is a projection system. I was at an auction in Denton, Texas, where there were more than 30 large plasma and LCD TVs – … Continue reading →

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