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Microsoft reveals how to avoid forced IE7 upgrade
News Microsoft has released instructions for administrators who want to avoid a forced upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer, version 7, due to occur on February 12. Users of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) — Microsoft's software...
[January 22, 2008, 13:23]
Businesses may be forced to fund e-crime unit
News Businesses would be forced to contribute to the funding of a national police e-crime unit under the current proposal being considered by the Home Office. But the private sector has hit back, saying the core funding for a dedicated police unit to...
[March 18, 2008, 7:24]
BT: We weren't forced to play fair
News BT launched its Openreach access division on Wednesday with a bullish denial that it had been forced into the move because of pressure from regulators and rivals. I'm always asked by people whether it's true that we were forced to do this [by Ofcom...
[January 12, 2006, 9:25]
Robotics enthusiast forced to pull Aibo-altering code
News Sony has forced a programmer to remove code from his Web site that changed the behaviour of its Aibo robot dog. According to a report in New Scientist, the programs gave Aibo new functionality. One, called DiscoAibo, made the robotic canine dance...
[November 1, 2001, 13:27]
Exclusive: BT forced to offer better unmetered solution for ISPs
News ZDNet UK News has learned that BT (quote: BT) has been forced to rewrite its Friaco unmetered offering following intense negotiations with WorldCom, the network carrier that complained about BT following the announcement of SurfTime.
[July 19, 2000, 15:31]
Sprint forced to sell Nextel assets, cut costs
News Sprint continues to be haunted by its $35bn acquisition of Nextel Communications in 2005 as the company is forced to sell some of its Nextel network and is still struggling to get its finances back on track.
[November 14, 2008, 8:20]
ISPs may be forced to keep tabs on customers
News Civil liberties group Electronic Frontiers Australia has spoken out against recommendations that could see Internet service providers forced to put their customers under constant surveillance. They're very cautious with words but they're basically...
[August 29, 2001, 14:26]
Kumar forced to relinquish golden parachute
News Sanjay Kumar, former chief executive of Computer Associates, was forced to give back over $8m (£4.4m) in restricted stock and other forms of compensation when he exited the company last month. According to financial documents filed by CA with the...
[August 2, 2004, 14:50]
SP2 to be forced out
Talkback Shame nobody forced Microsoft to write good code in the first place.
[February 28, 2005, 13:19]
No Forced Reboots for Any User
Talkback No user should be forced to reboot at an inconvenient or critical moment. I do not agree with David Berlind's conclusion. The ability to delay a reboot at least long enough to conclude, and save if necessary, the current activity should be...
[August 20, 2007, 14:10]
SP2 to be forced out
Talkback In response to Peter Mitchell's comments about microsoft SP2. I also have a Mesh AMD64 PC and will be effected. Howeer was told around september last year Microsoft was aware of the problem and dealing with it.
[March 14, 2005, 18:04]
SP2 to be forced out
Talkback I personally beleive that this is yet another move of the MICROSOFT corporation to strengthen their Monopolisitic position in the Industry. Many of us know that SP2 has a lot of issues and it does not allow many softwares to be installed etc.
[April 8, 2005, 7:53]
SP2 to be forced out
News Microsoft is alerting customers that it will soon start delivering Windows XP Service Pack 2 to all customers using Automatic Update, whether they want it or not. In response to requests from businesses, Microsoft last year released a tool that...
[February 28, 2005, 8:50]
SP2 to be forced out
Talkback Whether it be an American business or French or whatever country the business belongs to, it's being forced upon all of us and there is little to nothing we can do about it. I response to Roberto. We americans are stuck with this too.
[March 26, 2005, 22:18]
SP2 to be forced out
Talkback I think Microsoft forget to mention putting users under its iron grip. As those who have to have a copy of Windows XP may lose out.
[February 28, 2005, 9:07]
SP2 to be forced out
Talkback Mcrosoft still have that arrogant action that they have ALL the answers. Why remove SP2 ? I and so many others have had no problems with it. Why issue it in the first place, if they have NO confidence in their own products.
[February 28, 2005, 10:46]
Time collapse support site forced offline
Talkback -------------- http://tinycon.com/ Unfortunately due to defamatory posts being made on this site, the site has had to close down. Defamatory comments and statements were made on the site in relation to Granville Technology Group Limited (now in...
[October 20, 2005, 11:19]
SP2 to be forced out
Talkback SP2 is not compatable with my Mesh AMD64 system. I hope I am not affected by this as my system will become totaly unusable.
[February 28, 2005, 11:32]
SP2 to be forced out
Talkback SP2 also will not work on any Emachines or Gateway notebooks running AMD or mobile P4 processors. You have to reinstall from the restore disk.of course Microsoft says it's Gateway's fault, and Gateway says the opposite.
[March 11, 2005, 22:09]
SP2 to be forced out
Talkback I installed SP2 on my home built machine (XP Pro), restarted and locked up. All I had was the screen that said windows and a blue bar that was supposed to move across the screen, not moving at all. I tried starting in safe mode, by disk and any...
[March 4, 2005, 10:18]
