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New Windows Ad

Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 4:17 PM by James Senior
So it was finally released in the US, the TV ad that features Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld. Mixed reactions on the blogosphere some people confused , some excited and some slating it .  Point is, it’s just the start and kicks off the conversation Read More...
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New Look and Feel for Mojave Experiment

Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 4:42 PM by James Senior
Gone is the dark and mysterious backdrop to the Mojave Experiment, now there is a fresh and light look and feel to www.mojaveexperiment.com . The “deep zoom” navigation is also really cool and I love the way everything falls into a 3D world with depth Read More...
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Mojave Experiment is go

Posted Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:54 PM by James Senior
The Mojave Experiment is now live at http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/ and I love it.  As someone who launched Vista in the UK and evangelised, enthused and talked about it from day 1 I’ve had to deal with the whole perception vs. reality thing.  Read More...
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Vista Small Business Scenario Videos

Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:49 AM by James Senior
The marketing guys in the UK recently put together some nice scenario videos last month showing the many different uses of Vista and other software and services like those included in Live. You can visit the micro site here. I also asked them if they Read More...
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Lost your laptop at the airport? You’re not alone!

Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:07 AM by James Senior
Came across this interesting article in ComputerWorld that says that in the US alone, more than 10,000 laptops go missing every week! I’ll be watching mine closely whilst I’m travelling in July – I recommend you do the same.  The funny thing in the Read More...
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Media Center University

Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 5:33 PM by James Senior
Following the Vista After Hours events we did last year, it's great to see some training being put in place for partners looking to seize upon the opportunity in the consumer market.  Look out for some interesting developments in the consumer space Read More...
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Good news for Scanners on Vista

Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 10:54 AM by James Senior
Scanners are quite unique pieces of hardware in that people tend to hoard them and keep them for ever and ever.  The trouble is that over time, manufacturers of those scanners come and go, end support for older devices etc which means that on newer Read More...
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Vista UAC helps to stop rootkits

Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:32 AM by James Senior
An interesting article in TechWorld last week about how UAC - which is the Marmite of Vista features (you either love it or you hate it) - is very effective for stopping rootkits (bad bad things) from installing on your PC.  It even beats some of Read More...
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Focus on your business, not IT Security

Posted Thursday, May 08, 2008 4:42 PM by James Senior
The Smart Business Newsletter is full of useful tidbits this month!  I've been having internal conversations with people at Microsoft arguing that small businesses can have mature IT practices and fit on the IO model - in addition to using Small Read More...
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Vista Incentive for Partners

Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 1:23 PM by James Senior
We've just launched a great incentive for our partners to drive the conversations with their customers on the business value of Windows Vista.  Using the Windows Vista Business Value Assessment tool you can build a really good case for upgrading Read More...
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Vista Power saving stats

Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 1:12 PM by James Senior
Andrew in my team forwarded an interesting article from Infoweek which has the following nuggets of information relating to the power savings of Vista.  For companies that are looking to be more "green" and environmentally conscious this Read More...
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Make sure Vista can install future updates and service packs

Posted Thursday, April 17, 2008 9:10 AM by James Senior
System Update Readiness Tool (KB947821) When SP1 came out some people experienced issues with installing it with problems like looping reboots.  This tool that was released Tuesday checks to make sure that your copy of Vista is susceptible to such Read More...
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MDOP Training - Configuring and Supporting MDOP for Medium Sized Companies

Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:29 PM by James Senior
Summary This Microsoft® Desktop Optimization Pack training is a two-day course to provide an in-depth Instructor Led Training environment for IT professionals to become capable of successfully engaging mid-size organizations (50-500 pcs) in projects Read More...
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Vista bonuses for Partners

Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:18 PM by James Senior
The sales opportunity – Customers who purchased OEM XP and Vista in 2007 Where you have customers who have purchase new PCs with OEM XP or Vista in 2007, for a limited period, you can attach SA to these licences (The usual limit is 90 days after Read More...
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EasyBCD 1.7.2 Released

Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:11 PM by James Senior
I noticed via the Neosmart blog that a new version of EasyBCD is available.  EasyBCD allows you to edit setup the boot options for Windows Vista (and other OS) very easily without having to modify any text files etc. Get the latest version here Read More...
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