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Windows 7 – Slow Logon

Windows 7 is undoubtedly Microsoft’s best desktop operating system to date, a much needed boost following the somewhat disappointing release of the Vista OS.
A common problem with Windows 7, recently picked up by Acorn’s Hertfordshire IT consultants, is that after joining it to a domain logons suddenly become painfully slow.  There are a number of [...]

Exchange Store Fragmentation

In a previous post we spoke about increasing the size of an SBS Exchange mail store with a registy change.  The problem with an Exchange mail store is that once it reaches its maximum size, even if data is removed from it the store cannot shrink back down again without manual intervention.  If a store [...]

Internet Explorer

Earlier this month, Microsoft announced yet another bug in Internet Explorer affecting versions 6 and 7 which could potentially allow attackers to gain full control over an unsuspecting user’s machine.  This bug is particularly serious and as yet Microsoft have not released a fix.  Upgrading to IE 8 however, solves the problem.  This is a [...]

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