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May 2005 - Posts

IE7 IIS7

Posted Sunday, May 29, 2005 3:50 AM by nmercer
Last week Tony on the IEBlog announced (or confirmed depending on your POV) that IE7 would have tabs There are some other interesting posts on there too about the IE7 tabbed browsing implementation and the reasons behind no IE7 on Win2000 but on WinXP Read More...
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x64

Posted Sunday, May 29, 2005 1:48 AM by nmercer
With the launch of Windows x64 at WinHEC 2005, last week I was in Auckland and Christchurch with AMD announcing Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and the Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions The most obvious and common advantage of x64 is that the OS provides Read More...
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Wellington Windows Mobile User Group meeting Thursday June 9th, 2005

Posted Saturday, May 14, 2005 6:54 PM by nmercer
Details for the next Windows Mobile User Group http://www.wmug.co.nz/ meeting have just been sent out: The next Wellington Windows Mobile User Group meeting will be held on Thursday June 9th , 2005. This is a bit sooner than our usual bi-monthly schedule Read More...
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download final version of Office Communicator 2005 (trial)

Posted Saturday, May 14, 2005 1:01 PM by nmercer
Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 is an enterprise messenger that integrates communications capabilities (including instant messaging, rich presence, PC-based voice and video, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and enterprise telephony) with productivity Read More...
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Windows OneCare

Posted Saturday, May 14, 2005 12:19 PM by nmercer
all over the web now http://news.com.com/Security+gripes+Microsoft+feels+your+pain/2100-7355_3-5705430.html?tag=nefd.top http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/technology/13soft.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1115983036-pqN6FBHCAUcJT7StfzEJWQ Read More...
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XBOX360

Posted Friday, May 13, 2005 3:17 PM by nmercer
The MTV show was broadcast about half an hour ago, now the new http://www.xbox360.com/ site is up, as well as some new content on http://www.xbox.com/en-US/default.htm too. The first site has a flash graphic that lets you view the console and controller Read More...
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Bill Gates Keynote from the Microsoft Mobile & Embedded Developers Conference in Las Vegas

Posted Wednesday, May 11, 2005 11:11 PM by nmercer
Hooray, now that the cat is out of the bag we can finally talk about Windows Mobile 5.0. That's the new OS BillG released and demoed in Las Vegas 4AM this morning NZ time If you're into Mobile Devices be sure to checkout the next Wellington Windows Mobile Read More...
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Windows Server 2003 R2 downloads

Posted Wednesday, May 11, 2005 10:37 PM by nmercer
R2? If you haven't heard of it yet, you will soon. R2 its a new interim release of Windows Server 2003, shipping around the end of this year - called Windows Server 2003 R2, based on top of Server 2003 SP1 - basically it comes on a 2nd CD (much like the Read More...
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Free desktop backgrounds and themes from Microsoft New Zealand.

Posted Wednesday, May 11, 2005 10:28 PM by nmercer
Desktop Backgrounds for Windows Free desktop backgrounds and themes from Microsoft New Zealand. Someone from MSNZ posted this for download up on the MS Download Centre They're actually pretty cool, chewing gum for the eyes. A kiwi style 'bliss' Windows Read More...
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Microsoft Connect 05

Posted Wednesday, May 11, 2005 10:02 PM by nmercer
So it's been a month or so since we did the 3-city Microsoft Connect 05 event. Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland and in that order for a change. Thanks to everyone that came along and watched a presentation, asked a question or came and said hi and had Read More...
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So who am I and I what do I do at Microsoft

Posted Wednesday, May 11, 2005 7:35 PM by nmercer
Great question Mr. Rhetorical, firstly Who am I? Nathan Mercer, I work for Microsoft New Zealand and am a 5 year Microsoft 'veteran' now. Most recently a Technology Specialist (TS) and previously (same role, different name) as a Systems Engineer. Essentially Read More...
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Post numero uno

Posted Wednesday, May 11, 2005 7:06 PM by nmercer
Hi there, welcome to post number one of my new blog on blogs.technet.com. I've finally got my act together so let the posting commence... Read More...
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