The reports of Windows XP's death are greatly exaggerated

Windows XP has officially received a stay of execution. You will still be able to purchase XP home and professional until June 30, 2008. OEM's and system builders will be able to keep bundling Microsoft's best OS until January 30, 2009.

So does this mean that Vista is a flop? Well, I can tell you that I get people asking me the question whether they should downgrade to XP, as they are having issues with Vista. Time will tell if Vista really is "ME2" or not.

Where's my RAM? or How I learned to work in 64 Bits Part 1

I built a new computer this month. It's got the most RAM of any system that I've personally owned. Here's the specs:

Amd Athlon 64 X2 4600+
4 Gigs Ram DDR2 800(4x1Gig)
gigabyte motherboard
PCI Express GeForce 8500GT 512 Meg
Misc hard drives I have laying around that I will be swapping out

I first installed Windows XP(32bit) Professional. I could only see 3.5 Gigs of ram, give or take a couple hundred meg. I was aware of this limitation, but it got me thinking about really wanting that extra RAM available. I am testing out some different Server Operating Systems on both VMWare Server and MS Virtual Server. So I decided to install Windows XP Profesional x64 Edition, the 64 bit version of Windows.

To be continued...

Windows Networking Tip - Enable NetBIOS

No, the Better Business Bureau is not emailing you

Be aware, there's another phishing type email that is gaining momentum. It claims to come from the Better Business Bureau and advises you that there is a dispute involving YOUR business. So what's different about that? This phishing email is customized and actually targets your business by name and address. About 1400 people so far have taken the bait and gotten hit.

So NO, the BBB isn't emailing you so delete that email!

Read more details over at this article at SecurityFocus