Neowin News Feed for: Explained

The Windows Update Stealth Affair Explained

Steven Parker — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:26:44 +0000

It was widely reported last week that Microsoft had automatically updated systems that had Automatic Updates set to "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them". Nate Clinton, a Windows... Read more...

OneCare Activation Explained

Sat, 26 May 2007 17:22:13 +0000

Our customers have a lot of questions about OneCare activation and want to know exactly what it is all about. We commonly hear feedback from customers who say that activation is only for the... Read more...

The Secret Windows Vista Upgrade - Explained

Steven Parker — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:54:48 +0000

There is a well known Windows Vista Upgrade secret in the IT community. In this article I talk about it and the possible legal implications! Please take this article "as-is" I provide no warranty of... Read more...

Windows Vista Ultimate explained

Brad Wardell — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:35:11 +0000

Windows Vista comes in several different incarnations. But essentially there are two pathways -- the home user and the business user. However, at the very top of the pile is the Windows Vista... Read more...

Microsoft: Windows Server 2003 and XP x64 SP2 Explained

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:14:54 +0000

There have been a few articles floating around on the Internet since we released the private beta of Windows Server 2003 SP2 a couple of weeks ago. To remove any mystery or speculation about... Read more...

KBAlerts: WGA Explained & Certificate display in OE6 Remedy

Steven Parker — Mon, 30 May 2005 12:47:41 +0000

Thanks Scott Cate for the email alert for some new Knowledge Base articles that Microsoft have posted over the weekend. Below are two that we might find interesting; The following KB Alert applies... Read more...

Jeffrey Snover - Monad explained

Sun, 17 Oct 2004 00:57:50 +0000

If you were at the PDC last fall you might have heard about Monad. That's the code-name for a new command shell. Jason Nadal, on his blog, said he was "blown away" by what he... Read more...

The Longhorn Technologies Explained

Tom Warren — Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:05:18 +0000

Confused about Longhorn? Want to know what the various code names mean? Avalon/Indigo/Aero/WinFS/WinFX, be confused no more. I've posted 4 guides (most of which are from MS) documenting the answers to the questions... Read more...

Next-Generation Secure Computing Base Explained

Tom Warren — Fri, 06 Jun 2003 12:29:51 +0000

Learn more about Microsoft's Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB): new security technology for the Microsoft Windows platform. Explore the resources on this page to discover how NGSCB can help create a more trustworthy computing environment.... Read more...

AGP 3.0 Explained

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 10 Oct 2002 23:25:26 +0000

Planet3dnow.de have posted an In-depth guide that takes a look at the AGP 3.0 specifications! Here's a snip. AGP 3.0 is the third generation of accelerated graphics for the Intel-compatible computers... Read more...

Article: Visual Style Explained

Thu, 03 Oct 2002 11:56:54 +0000

Greetings fellow Neowinians. I've put up an article that our kind friend, Frogboy wrote on Visual Styles. I hope you would find this to be resourceful and remember, we always welcome guest writers so feel... Read more...

Neowin.net Downtimes explained

Steven Parker — Sun, 23 Dec 2001 10:38:10 +0000

Hey! as you all know we are on a new Dedicated server all by ourselves :D but we have been seeing some serious downtimes in the last week since we moved on there including... Read more...

Neowin downtime explained

Steven Parker — Sun, 09 Sep 2001 10:06:26 +0000

There has been alot of speculation as to what caused our downtime, I am posting this to end that speculation. We experienced database errors when we moved to the new server. Moving an mysql database... Read more...