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Monday, November 02, 2009 4:44 PM

RDP 7 for Windows XP and Windows Vista - now available for download

Now that we have released Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2 to manufacturing, we wanted to share our plans to make the Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 7.0 client available to Windows XP and Windows Vista. RDC 7 will ensure that when connecting to
Posted by Keith Combs | 6 Comments
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:03 PM

Windows XP and Windows 7 Migration and Coexistence

What do you need to consider when making the move to Windows 7?  If you are running Windows XP there are a number of items to worry about.  How do you migrate applications, personal data, etc.?  We often focus our attention on the enterprise
Posted by Keith Combs | 8 Comments
Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:01 AM

Windows 7 Virtual PC and XP Mode RTM - now available for download

  Go get it @ http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx .
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 7:57 PM

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 RTM – now available for download

Deploy Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with the newly released Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010. MDT is the recommended process and toolset for automating desktop and server deployment. MDT provides you with the following benefits: Unified tools
Posted by Keith Combs | 1 Comments
Monday, September 07, 2009 8:51 PM

TechNet Plus Direct 25% Discount Code – Use TMSAM07

Now is a really good time to purchase the TechNet Plus Direct subscription.  Think about it for a second, Windows 7 is already on the download area.  So is Windows Server 2008 R2.  Exchange 20101, Office 2010 and many others are on the
Posted by Keith Combs | 5 Comments
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:02 PM

Windows Virtual PC and Win XP Mode RC - now available

Microsoft is pleased to announce   the availability of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode Release Candidate. RC is an important milestone in our path to final delivery of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode. Please make sure to read the Release
Posted by Keith Combs | 15 Comments
Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:21 AM

What is a “experience-targeted cloud OS” anyway???

According to Dell’s Doug Anston , his group is researching an “experience-targeted cloud OS” like Google Chrome OS for their line of products. Go for it Doug, I would expect you to. He also goes on to say “alternative operating systems continue to evolve,
Posted by Keith Combs | 2 Comments
Monday, June 22, 2009 8:16 PM

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta Now Available!

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be available in the near future. Are you thinking about deploying these new operating systems? Get a head start with Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta . Over 680,000 Microsoft customers and partners
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Saturday, June 13, 2009 10:01 AM

Want to do a Windows 7 Loadfest? Contact me today !!!

If you are in Austin, San Antonio, Houston or Louisiana and want to do a Windows 7 Loadfest at your user group meeting, please contact me for scheduling the event.  I’ll bring a stack of Windows 7 RC disks and we’ll go through the process of installing
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Thursday, February 26, 2009 9:00 AM

What is the best developer laptop on the planet, and why?

I’ve been discussing various aspects of the developer world with Andrew Kass lately and as you know I am not short on opinion. So I thought I would ask you a couple of questions. I know a lot of you are either developers, used to be developers, or know
Posted by Keith Combs | 18 Comments
Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:14 PM

What happened to OneCare?

OneCare subscribers currently enjoy the benefits of always-on virus, spyware and malware protection, centralized backup to keep personal information safe, and management features to keep PC’s optimized and running smoothly. But a majority of consumers
Posted by Keith Combs | 3 Comments
Saturday, September 27, 2008 2:47 PM

UCLA group discovers massive prime number with Windows XP

LOS ANGELES - Mathematicians at UCLA have discovered a 13-million-digit prime number, a long-sought milestone that makes them eligible for a $100,000 prize. The group found the 46th known Mersenne prime last month on a network of 75 computers running
Posted by Keith Combs | 5 Comments
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Saturday, September 27, 2008 12:01 AM

Springboard Series – Windows Vista Performance

WARNING – this is a progressive download video. It is not streamed. Therefore the entire 400MB video is downloaded and played if you click the big START button above. What’d you expect for 60 minutes of video? If you want to download the video and play
Posted by Keith Combs | 3 Comments
Saturday, September 20, 2008 10:58 AM

Halo Wars – still planning to ship

In case you haven’t heard, Ensemble Studios is shutting down after they ship Halo Wars .  This is a sad development for gamers everywhere but I guess it underscores the dominance of the special purpose gaming consoles over the desktop computer and
Posted by Keith Combs | 12 Comments
Saturday, September 20, 2008 12:31 AM

Cool Windows vs Walls Wallpapers

See http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2008/09/18/life-without-walls-wallpapers-for-your-pc.aspx for some cool wallpapers to cover your desktop. Seems a bit ironic to me.
Posted by Keith Combs | 1 Comments
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