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There have been many bugs, issues, and design flaws in Microsoft Windows over the years. Many of them have been chased out of the operating system. Others did not exist in earlier versions only to pop up later, typically as a new "feature" that nobody wanted. However, the most annoying Windows flaw still exists in [...]

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As regular readers know, I have been the unfortunate participant in a continuing issue with wireless networks randomly disconnecting in Windows XP and now with wireless network disconnects in Windows 7. Over that time, I’ve come to understand a lot about how Microsoft networking functions and how wireless networks work in general. I’ve also become [...]

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As long time readers of Best Hubris know, I have had a running battle with Microsoft operating systems and wireless networking problems. Yes, by now I may have spent less time and energy by running out and buying a bunch of brand new hardware, but I don’t think that I should have to buy all [...]

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WGHubris on February 1st, 2010

Plenty of people downloaded the Windows 7 Release Candidate over the last six months or so. It made plenty of sense, of course. Since so many people hated Vista, there were not really any options for those looking to upgrade from Windows XP. That, plus the fact that Windows 7 RC was free to use [...]

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It looks like Microsoft has every intention of releasing Windows 7.0 in time for the Christmas holiday shopping season this year.  While that means December for you and me, it means something closer to September or October for retailers who build and ship their PCs into the channel long before the arrive in the store.  [...]

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Finally, a solution to the problem of Windows randomly disconnecting from wireless networks after connecting just fine. And don’t worry, this isn’t some dumb answer like, check your WEP settings.

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WGHubris on January 15th, 2009

Some things people never give you the straight answer to even though there is one. Here is the first of many answers we hope to bring you. What schedule to use for your automatic Windows updates.

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