SG IT Pro Mania : Windows Vista

Jeff Jones Security Blog : Download: H1 2008 Desktop OS Vendor Report - Vulnerabilities and Days-of-Risk

The Platform and the Hardman — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:21:45 GMT

Jeff Jones has released his six monthly report on desktop OS security vulnerabilities and Days-Of-Risk. One highlight was the pie chart on security vulnerabilities in the different OSes. This certainly is in contrast to what a lot people are saying...(read more)

Windows Media Center Sandbox - Screencast: Creating A Simple Media Center Application

The Platform and the Hardman — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:58:54 GMT

Just wanted to point you all to two great screencasts on how you can develop applications on Windows Media Center. Personally I love Windows Media Center, it is the center of my entire home entertainment experience, it is networked and streamed all around...(read more)

Learning to Love UAC...

The Platform and the Hardman — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:45:16 GMT

I know a lot of people get annoyed by the UAC feature in Windows Vista, but here is a reason to inspire new love for this protective prompt. " Love or hate its nagging prompts, Vista 's Account Control feature (UAC) has a security feature that marks...(read more)

Springboard Series: all the Vista content you could ask for

mariaj — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:45:00 GMT

Thinking about deploying Vista or in the middle of it? Or maybe you want to find a reason for deploying? Then the Springboard Series is a great resource for you. This is a newly launched site on TechNet where you can find content and fact depending on where you are in the cycle; Discover, Explore, Pilot or Rollout. Except for the content that is already in there the site will have a theme every month, this month it is: How (and why) to get going on Windows Vista adoption?

On the site you also find virtual hands-on labs and links to managed and 3^rd party forums.

Singapore Community Technology Update 2007

yasmeensg — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:40:00 GMT

The Singapore Windows User Group and SGDOTNET User Group are organising the Community Technology Update 2007 on Nov 3 at Microsoft Auditorium.

Come meet the Influencer army of internal and external Microsoft experts who will share the latest on Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Office Communications Server 2007, Sharepoint and LINQ with you. There will also be a Halo3 Xbox 360 competition. Find out more here.

News on Vista Service Pack 1

mariaj — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:34:00 GMT

There have been lots of rumors around Windows Vista Service Pack 1; when will it be released, what it will contain etc but now the Vista team tries to answer all these questions in this blog post. What is interesting to see is that for Vista they try to release updates through Windows Update as soon as they are ready instead of waiting for a service pack to be released. This is better for you because you get the improvements earlier and it will not be such a big deal with a service pack unless there are specific new features in it.

The release of Service Pack 1 is targeted for the first quarter of 2008. More information about what it contains is to be found in a whitepaper

//Maria