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Valentines Day is coming – IT Pro gift ideas
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I would imagine Ferrari’s aren’t selling very well right now, but hey, dreams are free. Click the pic above for the Ferrari California website , configurator, wallpapers, etc.
I guess it wasn’t last call – register those Windows Vista Promo Kit PINs
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over 4 years ago
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I would imagine some of you attended Microsoft events last year. At some of those events we handed out or raffled off NFR copies of Windows Vista Ultimate SP1. Here’s a pretty picture of the kit I grabbed from one of those events. Many of you ran...
Windows 7: To the Beta and Beyond – Springboard Virtual Roundtable
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over 4 years ago
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Join Mark Russinovich and a panel of subject matter experts for a live discussion of what's in store for IT pros with Windows® 7. Learn about the evolution of features like Group Policy, BitLocker To Go™, DirectAccess, BranchCache™, and AppLocker™ then...
Norman Gentle is the next American Idol !!!
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over 4 years ago
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ROFL !!! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you should. Too funny. This is Norman’s expression after his most excellent delivery to Simon. Ha ha ha. The expression on Ryan Seacrests face later was priceless. [UPDATE for 2/15/2009] I still can...
MIX09 Registration Discount – save $400 before February 13
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over 4 years ago
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Hyper-V Live Migration – whitepaper now available for download
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over 4 years ago
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With Hyper-V™ live migration, you can move running VMs from one Hyper-V™ physical host to another without any disruption of service or perceived downtime. Live migration is integrated with Windows Server 2008® R2 Hyper-V™ and Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server...
Internet Explorer 8 RC1 Admin Kit (IEAK) – now available for download
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over 4 years ago
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Keith Combs
The Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) 8 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) simplifies the creation, deployment and management of customized Internet Explorer 8 packages. IEAK 8 can be used to configure the out-of-box Internet Explorer 8 experience or...
“Could you give me the answer to your secret question?”
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over 4 years ago
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In the past couple of weeks I have been contacted by companies I do business with. The first was 24 Hour Fitness. The second was Sprint. In both cases, I could not really tell if they were legit telephone calls. I’m pretty sure they were, but in both...
Glass on Glass – Coding in the Virtualized World with a ThinkPad W700
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over 4 years ago
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Today I trekked down to the Microsoft Developers Conference (MDC) being held in the Dallas Westin Galleria. For this particular event I decided to bring along some Lenovo ThinkPad W700 bling. I wanted to see if a 17” laptop running the latest and greatest...
Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 – now available for download
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over 4 years ago
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Peace of Mind Stay more secure and browse with confidence Privacy With industry-leading security features like InPrivate, you can browse and shop confidently using Internet Explorer 8, wherever you go on the web, knowing you have control over...
Halo Wars has gone GOLD !!!
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over 4 years ago
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See http://www.halowars.com/default.aspx for the latest news. Congratulations Ensemble Studios.
Time is running out to download the Windows 7 Beta
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over 4 years ago
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Brandon LeBlanc posted a reminder and some information this evening you should take note of if you haven’t already downloaded the Windows 7 Beta. Here’s and excerpt: First off: thank you for your interest in beta testing Windows 7! As we near January...
The 4GB Maximum Laptop Myth
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over 4 years ago
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One of my blog readers just sent me a message about a recommendation for a machine. Let’s talk about the current state of the market. It’s a pretty interesting time to be buying a machine. Here’s the message I received: how is it going..Love...
Side-by-Side Player Comparison
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over 4 years ago
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Here’s another video test with some high bit rate video. The video data rate is just over 6MB so your internet connection is going to need to be pretty fat to play these back without stuttering or buffering. On the Silverlight 2 Standard Player with the...
Breathing life into old machines with Windows 7
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over 4 years ago
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I guess “old” is relative to many of us, but considering the processor in my Dell Latitude D820 is the T2500 Core Duo, it is positively ancient. I complained about the performance of the machine in the past with Windows Vista. Performance...
Go Eagles !!!
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over 4 years ago
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What can I say? The NFC East is still a tough neighborhood and if I am going to cheer on any team, it might as well be the Philadelphia Eagles. I mean after all, who embarrassed the Dallas Cowboys to the tune of 44-6 in their final game of...
Expression Encoder 2 has a new plug-in for Silverlight Streaming
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over 4 years ago
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Keith Combs
The Expression Encoder developers have released a new plug-in for Encoder SP1. The new Silverlight Streaming plug-in allows you to easily publish video, screencasts, etc. to the silverlight.live.net service. The plug-in is still a pre-release...
Multimon RDP sessions with Windows 7
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over 4 years ago
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Anyone looked closely at the new RDP client software in the Windows 7 Beta? Well, there’s an interesting new checkbox on the Display tab just below the screen size slider bar. My laptop technically has two monitors at the moment. It is connected to a...
Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta – download and keys
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over 4 years ago
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Keith Combs
This software is for evaluation and testing purposes. Evaluating any version of Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta software does not require product activation or entering a product key. Any edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta may be installed without activation...
Windows Server 2008 R2 DirectAccess Technical Overview – now available
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over 4 years ago
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Keith Combs
The Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2 operating systems introduce DirectAccess, a new solution that provides users with the same experience working remotely as they would have when working in the office. With DirectAccess, remote users can access...
Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) for Windows 7 Beta
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over 4 years ago
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The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is a set of tools and documentation that support the configuration and deployment of Microsoft® Windows® operating systems.. By using Windows AIK, you can automate Windows installations, capture Windows...
Silverlight 2 Template Test
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over 4 years ago
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This is a test post to confirm SL2 SP1 template playback is working.
TechNet Plus Subscribers – Windows 7 Feedback invitation
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over 4 years ago
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If you are a TechNet Plus subscriber, you may have noticed after downloading and installing the Windows 7 Beta that the “ Send Feedback ” link mechanism wasn’t working. I spotted this on Saturday and have been working on getting it fixed for you...
Virtualization Webcast Series Announced – Part 1 of 20 this week !!!
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over 4 years ago
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Click the pic or see http://blogs.technet.com/yungchou/archive/2009/01/12/20-part-webcast-series-on-microsoft-virtualization-solutions.aspx for all of the details.
Want some help piloting Microsoft technologies like Windows 7 ???
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over 4 years ago
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As Matt Hester has posted in the past, we have a great program called Momentum that will help you with piloting Microsoft Technologies. (His previous post: Looking to gain Momentum for a Pilot of Microsoft Technologies? ) Well I am going to ask the same...
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