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SkyDrive originally gave 25 GB of free storage. Microsoft is changing all that, unless you claim that 25 GB of free storage. The new SkyDrive gives 7 GB of free storage. Existing SkyDrive users can keep the 25 GB of free storage by opting in; simply login to your SkyDrive account.
It’s leap day 2012 Microsoft released Windows 8 Consumer Preview.
I’m downloading it using a convertible Tablet PC running Windows 8 Developer Preview.
Sometimes people ask what an IT person do and one of the answers is removing malware from computers.
Three Microsoft programs were used along with ComboFix, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and SpyBot – Search and Destroy!.
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool:
Microsoft Security Essentials:
Microsoft Safety Scanner:
I’ve been getting a lot of calls regarding unresponsive Microsoft Outlook. After a few troubleshooting, I found out two of the callers have a 19GB .pst file. So what I’m doing right now is archiving the folders based on the date.
After the archiving done, it is necessary to compact the current working folder. It will reduce the size of the .pst file.
When running windows on virtual machine is not enough, I fired up Boot Camp on the Mac mini to install Windows 7.
Previously I was running Windows in Parallels 7, unfortunately there are some hardware that wouldn’t interface correctly in the virtual machine.
I spent the whole morning restoring Google Chrome on numbers of computers at the office after it was flagged as Password Stealer PWS:Win32/Zbot and forcibly removed by Microsoft Security Essentials. As I was working to get this problem straighten out, I discovered other people are having the same problem.
Interestingly, Microsoft Security Essentials did not flag Google Chrome Dev release as malware. It only affects the release version on the computers I have in the office.
I was unable to reinstall Google Chrome even after updating Microsoft Security Essentials. So I disabled Microsoft Security Essentials before started re-installing Google Chrome.
If you were still having problems re-installing Google Chrome with Microsoft Security Essentials disabled, try uninstalling Google Chrome from the Control Panel.
Microsoft announces it has signed agreement with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.:
Microsoft announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., to cross-license the patent portfolios of both companies, providing broad coverage for each company’s products. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will receive royalties for Samsung’s mobile phones and tablets running the Android mobile platform. In addition, the companies agreed to cooperate in the development and marketing of Windows Phone.
It is interesting that Samsung signs a cross-licensing deal with Microsoft while fiercely fighting Apple in court over patents and other things.
Well, Samsung already licensed Windows OS for its portable computer in addition to producing Windows Phone 7-based devices.
In related news, Google says that Microsoft-Samsung license deal is “extortion”.
I wonder what Google said about the deals Microsoft made with HTC over Android licensing?
Related read:
Samsung takes Android patent license from Microsoft rather than wait for Motorola
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What if Apple asked Samsung to pay royalties for every Android devices sold? Would Samsung take that deal? That’s exactly what Samsung is doing with regard to the deal with Microsoft.