June 2008 - Posts
KB949545 (Install this update to show new error codes provided for WUSAS for update detection vendors.): Vista x86 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=84ce38ad-094c-42af-98b5-93497ff0f4fa&displaylang=en&tm Vista x64 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1071a865-f9b4-4c93-8088-81f06f2e14dc&displaylang=en&tm
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Hyper-V, Microsoft's hypervisor based virtualization product that is part of Windows Server 2008 went RTM today. In terms of public availability, it sould be available for download later today (12pm PST), with availability via Windows Update scheduled
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This guide describes important tuning parameters and settings that can result in improved performance for the Windows Server 2008 operating system. Each setting and its potential effect are described to help you make an informed judgment about its relevance
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KB951978 (Resolves an issue in VBScript/JScript scripts from CScript\WScript hosts, certain built-ins may not function correctly when “Standards and Formats” in “Regional Settings” is changed): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=705e21de-f7dc-4d19-aafc-f22d3fca772f&DisplayLang=en
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For those of you who have begun working with Hyper-V, it's important to understand the changes from other, non-hypervisor based solutions like Virtual Server. Ben Armstrong has posted a nice walkthrough on his blog: Understanding Networking with Hyper-V
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The goal of this new Solution Accelerator is to provide additional process guidance and tools to help customers understand where they stand with server and desktop security hardening. It leverages the Desired Configuration Management functionality in
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One of the areas I always get a lot of questions on when talking about Hyper-v is in the area of device drivers. Specifically, how we have opted for a micro-kernelized approach to hypervisor design. This has a direct impact on where we store our device
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The Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of Hyper-V is now available as a optional update on Windows Update. Optional updates are not installed automatically by default. To install the update open the Windows Update control panel and click “ View available updates
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June 2008 Security Releases ISO Image: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0b6c5f73-e661-4b2f-8aca-d90f4179f39f&displaylang=en&tm Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (KB950795): IE 7 on XP - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=fbc31bde-0bf5-490c-96a8-071310d9464a&displaylang=en&tm
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Well its almost that time when we (your New York Metro Area Core Infrastructure team) will start up our bi-weekly Wednesday Webcasts. Every other Wednesday from noon till 1pm (eastern) we will present on topics related to the products we cover. Here's
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Are you looking for easier ways to search TechNet's online product documentation for System Center products? Well if you are running Windows Vista, there is a new sidebar gadget available which allows you to easily search those docs. Here's a link to
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On June 18 th at 9AM Pacific Time (Noon Eastern Time), Microsoft Technical Fellow and desktop guru Mark Russinovich will again be hosting a live, interactive Springboard Series virtual roundtable—this time on the topic of Windows Vista security. You will
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Windows Desktop Search 4.0: Vista x86 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bc28ed7f-c51b-49cd-b505-95b91b453284&DisplayLang=en Vista x64 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d45e9b5e-b52a-489c-a935-172f0002c492&DisplayLang=en
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Many of you attended my Hyper-v presentations and saw the virtualization demos running from my Lenovo T60p laptop (yes, my laptop..:)). Check out the out the Windows Server catalog for more hyper-v hardware choices. And for staying up with Microsoft virtualization
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