As publicized in the article "Delayed Deployment of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (WinXP SP2)" ( Network Computing, Issue 41 - September 2004), WinXP SP2 is more than just a series of bug fixes but significant changes to the security protection mechanism. These changes can affect both existing ...

Due to continuous increase in student numbers and demand for Teaching Studios with larger capacity, the CSC has doubled the number of PC workstations in Room L making it possible to support 60 students doing computer practical exercises simultaneously. After this renovation, the room has the ...

X-Win32 (X-Server for PC) is a Microsoft Windows program that will turn a PC into an X Window System server. It will allow X client programs located on other computers (usually UNIX) to display the output at your PC using the MIT X11 protocol. The software offers a broad range of features and ...

In addition to a collection of all the security fixes to date, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) contains major improvements in network protection, memory protection, email security and browser security to effectively guard against hackers, viruses, and worms. Indeed, SP2 seems to provide an operating ...

In recent years, most computers connect to external devices in a new way, known as Universal Serial Bus (USB). USB is an easy way to connect to numerous types of devices including printers, digital cameras, game pads, joysticks, keyboards, mouse devices, and storage devices etc. As USB is a very ...

In the past, when people need to transfer files from PC to PC, the type of portable data storage media that first come in their minds are floppies, CDs and Zip disks. Floppy disks are the least expensive of the three but they only provide about a megabyte (MB) of storage. What's more, floppy disks ...

As part of the computer provision, 300 new notebook computers have been purchased for loan to students for on-campus use. These new machines, featuring Pentium M 1.4GHz (Centrino) CPU, 256MB RAM, built-in wireless LAN card, light weight (5.4lb w/ battery), and ease of use, were put into service on ...

The new Microsoft Office System 2003, which was released to the general public in October 2003, consists of the latest versions of traditional Office programs such as Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint and with new tools added, such as a note-taking application called OneNote and an XML data tool ...

Network security is of great importance when information exchange is concerned. For public machines like the Express Terminals that are easily reached by outsiders, system logon is a must to safeguard the users, and that was why it was introduced several years ago. However, it seems that this ...

When we talk about Chinese input method in the subject of "Chinese Computing", you will immediately relate this to the "Chang Jie ", "Pinyin ", "Quick " etc. input methods. Then, you might also have experienced the hardship when you start to learn using the keyboard and memorize keystroke ...