Contents tagged with Hardware
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Microsoft Windows Internals Review
I’ve always been a bit twiddler – whether it’s doing machine code on an 8-bit RCA COSMAC microprocessor or writing 16-bit drivers for Windows 3.1 or doing Windows Server 2003 storage related development, I’ve never shied away from getting into the meat of the system.
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Windows Server 2003 SP1 notes
I just installed the new Release Candidate for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. Superfically, it appears to have most of the security features from Windows XP Service Pack 2. So far no problems with the install or interaction with anything I previous had running.
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Show all in Device Manager
The Windows registry keeps track of all hardware devices that have been installed on the machine. The Device Manager only displays the hardware devices that are currently connected to the machine. Hardware that is not currently connected, such as a USB device, or a Firewire hard disk is not shown. Over time, a lot of devices can be registered, particularly if you connect the same device to different USB ports.
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New Microsoft Mouse by Philippe Starck
Noted designer Philippe Starck who works under the name of S+ARCK has designed a new mouse for Microsoft. Inspired by the two hemispheres of the brain, the mouse is divided down the center by a glowing strip. In the pictures on Microsoft's web site, the glow is a soft blue surrounded by a white shell.
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Intel's PCI Vender ID
Each vendor of hardware that is designed for the PCI bus is assigned a identification number for their products.