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Source please? Not really-really, whatever the source of that data is, there is no way on earth *anything* can measure market share with an approximation smaller than 1 or 2 % (at the most). However, BOTH Vista and Windows 7 seemingly reduced their share , "share" is a moving target (the real numbers should take into account the new machines delivered to customers and the old machines the customers got rid off in the month), but in the hypothesis that the total numebr of PC's remained the same (new deliveries=dumped hardware), i.e. a "perfect" replacement market., those data: Windows 7 47.31% - 47.46% = -0.15% Windows Vista 3.10% - 3.30% = -0.20% Windows XP 29.53% - 29.30% = +0.23% Windows 8 6.38% - 6.62% = - 0.24 % Windows 8.1 4.30% - 3.94% = + 0,36 can also be read (since what is "mainstream" is 8.1 now) how: 0.24% of share upgraded from 8 to 8.1 actual new deliveries of 8.1 are 0.12% of share <- which makes a nice trend of an increase in share of around 1.5% per year 0.15% of share (WIndows 7 users) upgraded to XP 0.08% of share (Windows Vista users) upgraded to XP 0.12% of share (still Windows Vista users) suddenly threw their machines in the litter from sheer desperation Of course those numbers make no sense whatever, the only way to read them is as "nothing changed in market share between January and February 2014". jaclaz

Is your objection against "commercialized", "British" or "voice"? jaclaz

Some old news. December 2013 http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/greed-isnt-good-3-reasons-not-bite-bitcoin-232623 January 2014 http://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/a-new-way-to-obtain-bitcoin/4179 Same article, an indirect confirmation of Rule#34 : jaclaz

Actually yes/no. An external firewall (be it "firmware based" or a "real PC" with a "firewall oriented OS") is in any case an additional layer (unless of course you set it to be plain "pass-through") or, if you prefer a further "hop", which will at least delay or make more complex the intrusion. How much more safe it is of course depends on the settings (and quality/robustness) of the "external" device and of course on the quality/robustness of the on-PC firewall with which the setup is compared. To reply to JorgeA, there are generally speaking two different kind of attacks: the ones specifically targeting "you" that "they" will attempt the ones targeting the masses that "common" hackers performFor those of type #1, it depends greatly on who are the "they", as said a Government agency or a multinational may have means that we cannot even imagine, if "they" are after you, they ALREADY got you. For those of type #2 instead there is the good old bear strategy: http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/how-crackers-make-minced-meat-out-of-your-passwords/ http://www.forensicfocus.com/Forums/viewtopic/p=6567580/#6567580 it is not so much important that you are safe, the important thing is that you are safer than a large amount of people. jaclaz

It does suggest exactly that, but any data if treated in bulk will regress to an average, which in some cases won't be an accurate representation of reality, but in this case the numbers are grossly wrong. Let's take into account the number of apps on the store. According to this: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2043502/windows-8s-windows-store-hits-the-100-000-app-milestone-as-it-gains-momentum.html in July 2013 there were more than 100,000 apps on the Windows Store. Currently there are http://metrostorescanner.com/ So, on average, each app has been downloaded less than 30 times. No, 4 millions makes no sense whatsoever. From the same article: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2099948/windows-8-1-update-due-in-spring-with-concessions-to-mouse-and-keyboard-users.html And: http://www.tech-thoughts.net/2013/11/state-windows-8-app-ecosystem.html please note how we don't have (besides the obviously wrong 4 millions mentioned) any actual data about the number of downloads from the Windows Store, meanwhile in Cupertino with a much smaller user base, they were downloading in 2012 a slightly larger number of apps, let's re-read this (please take note of the date it was published): http://www.tech-thoughts.net/2012/09/ios-android-pc-replacement-impact.html Should we need a further proof that *any* number MS provides is random (or wrong, or both) http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/11/microsofts-windows-store-averaged-1-7m-daily-downloads-in-october-up-nearly-40-from-june/ http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-store-begins-2014-with-over-142000-windows-apps the Download from Windows Store are now a more reasonable 30 to 50 millions each month. An interesting point to ponder is the 30 to 50:1 ratio between paid and free apps. This thread is also an interesting read (for the mathematics/statistics oriented people): http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsapps/en-US/f845d222-02a7-4978-8a22-5e74dc2d26ec/how-are-your-app-sales-and-download-numbers?forum=windowsstore jaclaz

A very good example of a hacking attack to a firewall protected PC. jaclaz

Good. So next question is WHY THE HECK would you want/need to know whether Office 2013 is faster installin than Office 2010 (or viceversa)? I mean, one would choose (if he/she is going to spend big bucks for an Office Suite) Office 2013 over Office 2010 (which I assume you already have) for *any* among the features that it has (or that it lacks) when compared to Office 2010. Of all these features (or lack thereof) the one that surely has NO meaning whatsoever is install time. You install once and then use a software daily, for hours at stretch, every working day, for months or years before actually re-installing it (or very often never re-installing it). If you are out of primary school you should have normally lost interest in common questions of the type: Who is stronger, Thor or The Hulk or Superman? or : Which is faster, a gazelle or a lion? of which the question you asked is a "technical" version, PC related. jaclaz

Question is, can someone actually live without having ever seen any of the Star Wars movie? And the answer is yes. http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/03/04/big-hoss-loses-his-star-wars-virginity-on-pawn-stars/ In the immortal words of Chumlee jaclaz

Just to show how/what is real money/value (and appreciate the difference), recent story: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/calif-couple-strike-10-million-gold-coin-bonanza-22667087 jaclaz

And what would be the needed idea? It seems to me like you are asking someone else to do your homework. Idea: make a new, clean install of 7 (or whatever) make an image of it install to it Office 2010 (take the time it is needed) restore the previously taken image Install to it Office 2013 (take the time it is needed) compare the time recorded in #3 with time recorded in #5 congratulations, now you know which one is faster jaclaz

Yes and no. Meaning that while undoubtedly he was one of the critics of Windows 8, he did not actually criticize directly and flatly the UI and it's nonsenses, he stated (and he was one of the few ones at the time) that "power users" would have not liked it (which is a different thing). Also he is much more "democratic" than Thurrott, I.e. he seemingly allows readers to have a different opinion than his. Recent article: http://www.infoworld.com/t/technology-business/microsofts-aha-ui-engineer-julie-larson-green-should-engineer-uis-237109 Basically (if you look carefully between the lines you can see the bit of saliva drooling at the corner of his mouth) Julie Larson-Green is the best ever designer of UI, a goddess of usability and interfaces that we were gifted with: http://www.infoworld.com/t/technology-business/microsofts-aha-ui-engineer-julie-larson-green-should-engineer-uis-237109 read it attentively, whatever Julie does is good, innovative and a perfect example of UI engineering (she is GOOD at it), the fact that some people may not like that senseless §hit that was forced upon them starting with the ribbon is recorded in passing by. and the funny part is that once set apart the basic adoration for Julie as UI engineer and the usual bad-mouthing of everyone else at MS, the actual theme seems to be: Well, I have rarely seen such crowning examples of editor/journalist double-talk as Woody's articles. In any case, these whole kind of supposedly technical journalism that relies on petty-talking, bad-mouthing (or exalting) people and corporate gossip is something I could well live without. It's hard to defend the guy, but though obviously the main responsible for the fail is Sinofsky, I find it very bad taste (besides being unfair) that he is held as the one and only culprit of everything, MS is well structured, has zillions of top level managers, it is not plausible that they are all (or were all turned by Sinofsky) into yes-men/yes-women, the (BIG) fail is a corporate fail. jaclaz

I will have to correct you. It's Google that started giving you issues with Opera 10.63, the effect is the same , but the cause (and culprit) is different. jaclaz

I don't get it. You asked for one such batch converter. At least TWO possible solutions were provided (one surely working but complex, and one very simple but that needs to be tested). Have you tested the latter? http://wincvt.sourceforge.net/ It does provide .rtf conversion to any .doc format for which a MS conevrter is available (please read as "all .doc formats"). jaclaz

Let's talk for a moment about the three most notable security features introduced with Vista or post-Vista. They are: UAC - User Account ControlDEP - Data execution PreventionASLR - Address Space Layout RandomizationUAC is (mostly) "common sense", it is very little more than inducing/forcing the user to run the system as it should in normal operation (i.e. NOT as Admin). DEP is a "smart" feature, simple and - in theory - effective, in practice not so much ASLR, notwithstanding it pompous name is a nice technique but - again - in practice it's effectiveness is limited Each of these features one by one or all together have been "sold" to us as very relevant increases in security, papers ans papers have been written about them, conferences held and what is the practical result? There is no statistically measurable increase in security (or reduction of insecurity). Imagine that you want to secure your house against intrusions. You change your front door with a "safe" door, steel, reinforced hinges, with a mindboggingly complex lock. Then you brag about for months with your friends about how safe is your front door and how smart you are at having it fitted, until a burglar, a kid which left high school early because he was too d@mn dumb to follow the lessons enters your house and steals your beloved big screen TV (yes he used a street cleaner bristle he found casually on the road in front of your house to open the basement door in no time). jaclaz

I will translate that article for you. The interesting part is that Mary Jo Foley (in her "update" to the article) downright cites Paul Thurrott as (a reliable) source: http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/further-changes-coming-windows-threshold and concludes by saying how welcome are these changes (that will hopefully lead to Windows 9 being an astounding success on mobiles, touch and traditional desktops) Paul Thurrott of course cites Mary Jo Foley as "base source", and concludes that the big news such as the return of the Start Menu and Metro NCI apps runnning in windows on the desktop, cannot but lead to Windows 9 being an astounding success on mobiles, touch and traditional desktops. Not only they are BORG , but they want to appear as wise ones (you know like each of them had not already at the time already praised the Windows 8 as the best third thing in life after sliced bread and ice-cream, and now claim to have always hated the new interface and design and predicted it's failure). jaclaz

salim , I tried (vainly) to have some clarifying info from you here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/171142-sediv/ I am starting to think that you are spamming on MSFN.ORG. Please, tell me this is not the case. jaclaz

This thread is NOT about the LP model and NOT about ANY other problem but the two specific ones mentioned and it is related ONLY to the 7200.11 model. It makes NO sense WHATEVER: to post about your issue on this thread to even think that something that may work for ANOTHER issue on ANOTHER model may be of any use for your issue (which is NOT BTW the BSY/busy state)jaclaz

[1] In theory. In practice, with the notable exception of Clamwin (and possibly a few others) each and every AntiVirus will want to install and then attempt to take full control of your machine, installing to it any among a zillion services, most of which unneeded, not useful or related to Real Time scanning and/or botching any concurrent similar services and/or botching your OS install for good. So you actually need "portable" versions of these AV's that you are going to use on demand only. Good luck if you are going to attempt taming bloatmasters® like Panda or Norton (only to name a few, not that other brands are much better). jaclaz

Maybe, just maybe, you can try this approach here ("downgrading" the .inf): http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/intelr-management-enginge-interface/9273a27f-b8b9-4989-9dfc-1ed6cc2fea37 jaclaz

Hmmm, wouldn't this do? http://thatsportsgamer.com/tt-esports-meka-g-unit-keyboard-review/ jaclaz

For NO apparent reason, if not to post this info so I can find it again if needed. Is it a keyboard? Is it a mouse? Naah, it's a keyboard mouse : http://www.kemice.com/ and another one: http://www.combimouse.com/index.htm jaclaz

The "wick effect" is actually real, replicable and explicable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wick_effect http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/158853.stm The "spontaneity" of human combustion much less so, IMHO (excluding pyrotrons, I mean ). jaclaz

Wait, are you telling me that you ever trusted anything on TV? But yes, the mermaids (and to a lesser extent the megalodon) stuff is a good example of BAD entertainment (only because it was misrepresented as being documentary, not by itself if seen - as it is - as science fiction). HECK! Gotta go, my phoenix just started spreading pyrotrons like mad: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion#Unverified_natural_phenomena and they are d@mn dangerous particles to have around jaclaz

Just for the record (and FYI) on "particular" setups (like "Kiosk" or similar) a keyboard terminator has been widely (and traditionally) in use to avoid the "Missing Keyboard, press F1 to resume" error or some of the similar ones: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=22422 jaclaz :

Sure, no offence whatever intended to duffy98 , some serious offence intended for the group of demented people (that call themselves, respectively, journalists and editors) that do publish this kind of bull§hit on seemingly respectable sites. The actual scientists involved in the research/paper should be anyway crucified: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079470/quotes?item=qt0471984 for talking about the experiment without exactly clearing the limits and real nature of the experiment. In any case the paper in itself is mostly "fluff". jaclaz