Tag: Microsoft

Windows Service Pack 2 features wireless configuration tools that can cure IT headaches—if SP2 doesn't break your applications. Via [eweek.com]

Kevin Gilmore is a network administrator at MicroDisplay, a small company in San Pablo, California, that uses several Wi-Fi access points to give employees the freedom to roam around the office with their laptops while remaining connected to the Internet. Via [wired.com]

Opinion: Microsoft's forgettable foray into 802.11 hardware sales demonstrates the power of management guru Tom Peters' principle: stick to the knitting. Via [eweek.com]

Despite quickly becoming one of the leading sellers of wireless networking products, Microsoft has decided to discontinue its entire line of Wi-Fi gear, CNET News.com has learned. Via [news.com.com]

Hardware and software players are positioning themselves to combine two of the Internet's success stories -- Wi-Fi and VoIP -- onto one hardware platform. Via [internetnews.com]

Fast and easy is what you want when you're setting up a wireless home networking system. And Microsoft's Wireless-G networking products come close to delivering just that. Via [usatoday.com]

If you're ready to take your Xbox gaming console online, but you're unwilling to string an ethernet cable from your home office to your living room, Microsoft's new Xbox Wireless Adapter (MN-740) may be your ticket to play. Via [pcworld.com]

Microsoft and Cisco this week are expected to detail how they will support an emerging IETF wireless security standard for authentication that could quash a competing standards effort. Via [nwfusion.com]

Microsoft plans to release new wired and wireless networking products Thursday into the crowded and hypercompetitive consumer hardware market. Via [news.com.com]

Microsoft is expected to present its take next week on "soft Wi-Fi," a new idea in wireless networking for homes and offices. Via [news.com.com]

When you start Windows NT, NTDETECT searches for the pointing device (usually a mouse). In the course of this process, data is sent to the serial (COM) ports. If a serial mouse is detected, Windows NT disables the port so a device driver for the mouse can load instead. If a device is not detected,...