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Learn how to efficiently deploy Vista and Office 2007 in your business

Posted Monday, June 25, 2007 11:45 AM by James Senior
One of the things that I spend much of time talking to partners about is how to use the excellent tools and resources available to them so that they can turn their deployment of Vista and Office 2007 into a efficient, cost effective operation. IT can Read More...
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Import Outlook PST into Windows Mail

Posted Monday, June 25, 2007 9:44 AM by James Senior
I've been asked recently how to import an Outlook PST file into Windows Mail and I thought it would be worth sharing how to do this. I headed over to the Windows Mail forums (part of the Windows Vista community) to see if there were any solutions already Read More...
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Nibble on this: Blend & Silverlight Tutorials

Posted Friday, June 22, 2007 6:27 PM by James Senior
I rather like this site . Firstly, it shows a rather nice design that uses Silverlight and secondly the tutorials are bloody good. I like the way that the screenshots scale smoothly and also have nice transparencies - very sexy. I've no idea who has created Read More...
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Vista's 6 month security check-up: Bill Gates' push on security pays off

Posted Friday, June 22, 2007 1:15 PM by James Senior
Five years ago Bill Gates launched the " Trustworthy Computing Initiative " which put secure, private and reliable computing as one of the fundamental tenants of software development at Microsoft. Everything that is developed at Microsoft is exposed to Read More...
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Window Vista Upgrade offers - ends 24th June

Posted Friday, June 22, 2007 9:28 AM by James Senior
It's now 100 days since the launch of Windows Vista, and to celebrate we've rounded up the very best deals available when you upgrade. We've teamed up with our partners to bring you a great range of special offers when you upgrade to Windows Vista Premium, Read More...
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Vista Enterprise: Licensing FAQ for Virtualization

Posted Thursday, June 21, 2007 2:11 PM by James Senior
ABOUT LICENSING RIGHTS TO 4 VIRTUAL OPERATING SYSTEMS Q. What does licensing rights to 4 virtual operating systems mean and why is this valuable for customers? A. Customers who deploy Windows Vista Enterprise receive a new benefit: the ability to install Read More...
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Windows Vista Tips

Posted Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:43 AM by James Senior
The Windows Vista Help and Support team have released these great video demos which show how to get things done with Vista, make sure you check them out here . Getting started Demo: Learning to use the mouse Demo: Understanding the parts of your computer Read More...
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"We all do agree the world is not flat, right?"

Posted Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:06 AM by James Senior
At the recent BI conference that my colleague Ben has been shouting about recently , one of the Keynotes featured SQL Server 2008 and Virtual Earth. Why these two products? Well, because SQL Server 2008 will be featuring new types of data - in particular Read More...
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Word 2007 freezes after installing patch from Windows Update

Posted Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:03 AM by James Senior
Jeff from New Jersey left a comment on one of my posts telling me about a problem he was having with Word 2007 after applying a new patch which he downloaded from Windows Update. The problem was that after installing the patch he couldn't use Word - it Read More...
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Why Steve Jobs has lost his mojo

Posted Monday, June 18, 2007 11:41 AM by James Senior
Off the back of a disappointing keynote, there's been a lot of speculation as to why Jobs has lost his mojo; fortunately, Joy of Tech has the answer: Despicability Field? Sounds like something Dick Dastardly would have in Wacky Racers! Very funny though! Read More...
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Channel 9 gets a new look

Posted Monday, June 18, 2007 11:11 AM by James Senior
Channel 9 has a new look which is in beta and it is very good. They've moved away from the Lego feel and to a more clean look and feel more akin to Channel 10. Some of the banner images they've got featuring the Channel 9 guy are pretty funny including Read More...
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Cut down on your SPAM

Posted Friday, June 15, 2007 4:11 PM by James Senior
I recently moved my personal website and email hosting from a third party host to Office Live . The reason why I did this was because of the literally hundreds of spam emails I received every day. The host claimed to have recently upgraded their spam Read More...
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Where are all the WPF Applications?

Posted Friday, June 15, 2007 11:21 AM by James Senior
Whilst soaking of some Vista goodness at the last Vista Squad event one of the attendees asked where all the WPF applications were saying that he'd not heard of any "real" apps. That inspired me to write this post to let you know that WPF apps are alive Read More...
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Calling all web design and web developer students - event to learn about Microsoft's web technologies

Posted Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:15 PM by James Senior
I learnt about this particular event through Mark Johnston's blog and it's a great opportunity for students to learn about Microsoft's web technologies. It's a full day of goodness with two tracks, one for design students and the other for developers. Read More...
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Virtual Earth captures sinking ship

Posted Thursday, June 14, 2007 9:31 AM by James Senior
It really was a case of now you see it, now you don't with the "Cariddi II" - a ship that sunk recently off Sicily . I found this via VirtualGlobeTrotter and wanted to share it with you. The " Bird's Eye View ", unique to Virtual Earth, was able to capture Read More...
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Windows Vista on Windows Mobile

Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:12 PM by James Senior
Here's the Windows Mobile skin that makes your mobile phone look like Vista I was talking about the other day; Jason's got it covered on his blog and here's a screenshot: Technorati Tags: Vista , Mobile Read More...
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4 great features every user should know

Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:02 PM by James Senior
Hey Home user, were you wondering what are some of the cool features in Windows Vista that you should know about? Check these out: Stay in touch with Windows Sidebar Find what you need with Instant Search Get organized with the multi-person Windows Calendar Read More...
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How to spot a spoofed website

Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2007 10:22 AM by James Senior
You know those emails you get from banks asking you to visit their website to confirm your details? Those are phishing emails - one half of the ploy to alleviate you of your identity. The second half of the ploy which comes in the form of a spoof website, Read More...
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Hardware products: Get down the Gym

Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2007 9:59 AM by James Senior
Getting certified for Windows Vista is all about ensuring that users of hardware products and Windows Vista have an outstanding experience when put the two together. In this context, hardware products are peripheral devices like mice, keyboard, printers, Read More...
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Wait a minute, is that Office 2007 Web Edition?

Posted Tuesday, June 12, 2007 11:42 AM by James Senior
I nearly did a back flip this morning when I was visiting MSN.co.uk and saw the page layout below. I thought we'd pushed out Office 2007 Web Edition too early or something ;-) But no, I was taken in by this rather clever advertisement for Office on our Read More...
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Silverlight on Windows Mobile

Posted Tuesday, June 12, 2007 9:24 AM by James Senior
Love it, love it, love it!!! Now, from Steve's reports with the HTC Touch the serious drawback is the lack of keyboard so texting or writing email is a right royal pain in the backside ( as I predicted ). If there was going to be a killer Silverlight Read More...
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Chat to the team who created backup in Windows Vista

Posted Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:56 AM by James Senior
Have you got a burning question about anything related to the backup technologies in Windows Vista? Perhaps you've got some feedback you would like to share? Well, if so, mark the 10th and 11th July in your calendar because the team who brought you Backup Read More...
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Importing Outlook Express DBX files into Windows Vista

Posted Friday, June 08, 2007 11:06 AM by James Senior
I received a question from a user who had recently upgraded from XP and they wanted to know how to import their Outlook Express DBX files into the Vista and the new email client called Windows Mail. The Outlook Express files in question are DBX files Read More...
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HTC Touch - anything you can do, iPhone can do better?

Posted Friday, June 08, 2007 10:03 AM by James Senior
Not to be out done by Apple, HTC have released their Touch phone based on Windows Mobile with an interesting way of navigating the phone using your finger and small "gestures" on the screen. The timing of this is poignant - a couple weeks ahead of the Read More...
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What is MDOP and what's the big deal?

Posted Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:38 AM by James Senior
We've sold 1,000,000 licenses for MDOP since October 2006 - so it must be pretty important right? So what is it? Well, it stands for Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack (you'll need to use Optimization if you want to Live it) and is a set of desktop management Read More...
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Windows Home Server add-ins: come get some

Posted Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:45 AM by James Senior
We showed off Windows Home Server at the Vista After hours sessions last month and there was much interest. What you get out of the box is very exciting, but with any Microsoft platform you come to expect cool things to build on top of it too. This is Read More...
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News from TechEd; free evaluation of Vista

Posted Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:35 AM by James Senior
Want to try Vista? Now you can with these free trials. Here's the news from Dave Kim . Recently we released two images in virtual formats of Windows Vista which will give you a 30 days hands-on experience to play with both a Windows Vista 30-Day Enterprise Read More...
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How to save $1,000,000 on your IT deployment and support with application virtualisation

Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2007 2:58 PM by James Senior
Well, it depends a lot on your individual circumstances as a organisation but the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle have managed to do save $1,000,000. Their IT is quite big with 500 applications across 4,500 desktops and 150 thin desktops and they have Read More...
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Open XML gets an SDK

Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2007 7:53 AM by James Senior
Yesterday Microsoft announced a SDK (Software Development Kit) for SDK which allows developers to create code which works well with the Open XML thanks to the libraries, samples and documentation provided by the SDK. You can download the SDK here . Channel Read More...
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Britain gets the Photosynth treatment thanks to the BBC

Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2007 7:44 AM by James Senior
The BBC have been working with the Live Labs team to bring five famous British landmarks into the Photosynth world and to you at home. If the word Photosynth is unfamiliar to you then I would recommend watching it's creator demoing it at the recent TED Read More...
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Tip for posting Silverlight

Posted Monday, June 04, 2007 5:56 PM by James Senior
As I learnt in my recent Silverlight post, it's best to include the required script in your blog header so it won't show up in the RSS feed as I found :-) Technorati Tags: Silverlight Read More...
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Bursting the Web 2.0 Bubble

Posted Monday, June 04, 2007 3:10 PM by James Senior
Jack writes on the Guardian technology blog about the fear in the industry about the impending bursting of the Web bubble. I've been thinking about this too and I have been worried too I have to say - going so far as to say that it was inevitable. After Read More...
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Blogging using Silverlight and JetFuel plugin for Live Writer

Posted Monday, June 04, 2007 2:43 PM by James Senior
var AppNameWrappere9c95cb4c315436d9acfa44b37f163d2 = document.getElementById("AppNameWrappere9c95cb4c315436d9acfa44b37f163d2"); CreateSilverlighte9c95cb4c315436d9acfa44b37f163d2(); I'm now down with the Silverlight video publishing thanks to the excellent Read More...
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Upgrading from XP 32bit to Vista 64bit

Posted Monday, June 04, 2007 11:13 AM by James Senior
From the Vista ask the experts session Matt and I did this morning we had a question about upgrading from 32 bit XP running on 64bit hardware and the ability to upgrade the OS to 64bit Vista Business. The answer to this question is that you can upgrade Read More...
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Games for Windows Demo

Posted Friday, June 01, 2007 1:51 PM by James Senior
Dan's posted a great video of Games for Windows featuring some of the Games available and the benefits of running Games on Vista, including Games Rating system & Parental controls and using an Xbox 360 controller in Vista. He's also got a home cinema Read More...
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