restrictions

  1. Windows 7 Deploying Group Policy without a Domain

    Hi! I've got an annoying problem. Our business has a Domain, with approx. 100 PC's. We've just recieved about 10 laptops for people to use outside of the office, so, they can't be connected to the domain. For obvious reasons, they need to be restricted. On one of the laptops, I used the Group...
  2. Microsoft Shows Off New 'Windows 8' Operating System

    Microsoft showed off a version of its next operating system at technology conferences in the United States and Taipei, as some PC makers grumbled over restrictions on their involvement in the development of the system. Link Removed
  3. Microsoft shows off new 'Windows 8' operating system

    TAIPEI/PALOS VERDES, Calif. (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp showed off a version of its next operating system at technology conferences in the United States and Taipei, as some PC makers grumbled over restrictions on their involvement in the development of the system. Source: Yahoo! News
  4. Microsoft shows off 'Windows 8'

    Microsoft has showed off a version of its next operating system at technology conferences in the United States and Taipei, as some PC makers grumbled over restrictions on their involvement in the development of the system. Link Removed
  5. Acer: Microsoft's Windows 8 tablet restrictions "troublesome"

    In an effort to avoid customer confusion caused by hardware disparities and fragmentation, Microsoft is is apparently asking chipmakers and hardware developers for forthcoming Windows 8 tablets to form one-on-one relationships, wherein chipmakers will supply one and only one tablet maker...
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    Windows 7 Can't click on links in Outlook 2007.

    Hi everyone, I am using Outlook 2007 for email. All of a sudden, I can't click on any links without getting the following message: "This operation has been canceled due to restriction in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator" I AM the sys admin! I had this...
  7. Shed a Tear: The Age of Broadband Caps Begins Monday

    Link Removed due to 404 Error Come Monday, AT&T will begin restricting more than 16 million broadband users based on the amount of data they use in a month. The No. 2 carrier’s entry into the broadband-cap club means that a majority of U.S. broadband users will now be subject to limits on how...
  8. Eh???

    "There’s no restrictions on Link Removed from April, unless you download over 300GB a month." Just had this drop in my email box from BT, and you know what, it's utter nonsense.... how is anything unlimited if theres a 300gb cap??
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    Windows 7 Can i install mutliple copies of the same OEM win7 s/n on a single computer?

    I got a HP computer that had win7prox86 on it and i want to format it and install the same copy of windows onto different partitions, are there any restrictions with that?
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    Windows 7 How to disable the hardisk drives accessing form other user account ?

    in windows 7 i hav created a new user(others) . i am the administrator and hav to restrict access of some hard drives like c:,g: from the user(others)..!! how to do tat and i had to disable the control panel,cmd prompt,run also..! 1) i went to group policies and try to disable the hard...
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    Windows 7 Outlook 2003 mail problems

    I have Windows 7 and use Explorer, my mail is Outlook 2003. Here is my problem. If I click on a highlighted line, normally blue in color, I get a box that pops up with this message, " The operation had been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system...
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    Windows 7 Printer not picking up username

    Hello, Situation: I have an HP CP3505dn network printer set up with its own IP in our lab. It has printing restrictions that are configured from the printer's web interface that uses the name of a print job's owner (the job owner's username) to see who can print and who can't. Most of our...
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    Windows 7 Disable Network Connection Properties

    Need some help with this problem and after much Googling (an awful verb) i cannot find an answer. I'm trying to stop users from changing the Properties of Network Connections - in particular the IP Address. Using Group Policy editor i can set the relevant policies to 'Enable' and in Win XP this...
  14. Missing features in Windows 7 Starter will disgruntle netbook buyers, survey says (Co

    Computerworld - Microsoft Corp. may have ditched the three application limit on the Windows 7 Starter Edition, but other restrictions on the netbook-only version of the operating system will be an unwelcome surprise for many netbook buyers, according to a survey published Monday. Link Removed -...
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    Windows 7 Selling Windows 7 on eBay

    I have a number of copies on preorder with the intention to sell on ebay. Is this a good idea? Is selling Microsoft products on ebay restricted or anything else to stop me doing it?
  16. Windows 7 CoD 5/Punkbuster hates W7. :/

    Has anyone else been seeing this message when they try to play?
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    Windows 7 Punk Buster issues

    I cannot run my games with Punkbuster turned on, If I do I get an API restriction Message. any help out there?
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    Windows 7 From WinXP to Windows 7, Via Vista. KEY HELP.

    Yesterday, I spent the whole day downloading the new Windows 7. I was completely excited. Until, I started installing it. This is my problem. None of my keys are working. AND it is asking me for the activation keys, since it says it EXPIRED. ...I JUST GOT THIS TODAY, practically. Now, I'm...