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Friday, February 06, 2009 7:03 PM

Time's running out to download Windows 7 Beta1 for free

If you're either a TechNet or MSDN subscriber then there's no need to rush though the sooner you start evaluating Windows 7 the sooner you can realise the benefits in your business. The public download of Windows 7 Beta 1 finishes on 10th February so
Posted by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
Friday, January 09, 2009 11:41 PM

Where can I download the public beta of Windows 7 (beta 1)?

The Windows Team Blog will be updated in the next few hours detailing when and where to download the public beta 1 of Windows 7 I've been running the PDC/WinHec build of Windows 7 since October daily as my main machine and it's worked brilliantly. James
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Monday, September 01, 2008 12:20 AM

Beware - if you install a new browser such as IE8 you'll loose your cookies

This may not be a problem for you but it's worth being aware that any websites that automatically sign you in (after you've logged in the first time and asked the browser to store your password for the site) will forget who you are - therefore make sure
Posted by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
Sunday, August 31, 2008 11:46 PM

How to uninstall Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1

If you’ve tried installing IE8 Beta 2 onto a machine that already had IE8 Beta 1 on it then you’ll have seen the following message: Install Windows Internet Explorer 8 A previous build of Internet Explorer 8 is already installed on your computer. You
Posted by Steve Lamb | 12 Comments
Sunday, August 31, 2008 10:44 PM

Where can I download Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 from: Why might you want to?

I was surprised that the download link for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 for Windows Vista wasn’t as easy to find as I’d expected hence writing this post. If you’re wondering why to give IE8 a go then you may wish to read the following sites: Internet Explorer
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Friday, August 01, 2008 5:12 AM

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 looks good – just beware that it may eat your cookies!

I’m giving Internet Explorer 8 a whirl – it’s early days as we’re only at Beta 1 and I’ve found a glitch whereby upon installing the new version I lost the cookies on my machine. I’ve fed the problem back to the product group and am confident they will
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:13 AM

Download SQL Server 2008 CTP for free

The latest Community Technology Preview (CTP) for SQL Server 2008 (formerly known as "katmai") is available for download via the Microsoft Connect website . As is mentioned on the right hand side of the download page you need to register for the CTP BEFORE
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 5:21 PM

What is TagSpace? Announcing the Beta of Microsoft Forums and Microsoft Blogs

The Microsoft Community team in corp have released betas of TagSpace, Microsoft Forums and Microsoft Blogs. The ethos is for us to provide plumbing to make it easier for communities to link up and share information. Browsing to the " Help Build Microsoft
Posted by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
Monday, November 13, 2006 4:33 PM

What is forefront client security and how will it protect my enterprise from malware?

Forefront Client Security is one of the expanding range of Microsoft Forefront Security products. It's aim is to provide enterprises with the means to centrally define and measure compliance to an anti-malware policy. Specifically Forefront Client Security
Posted by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
Friday, May 12, 2006 7:53 AM

How can I get hold of Windows Vista Beta software? How much is TechNet Plus?

Following my post about recent builds of Windows Vista I received a comment from hir8er pertaining to frustration about the cost or difficulty of getting hold of the Beta software. This is the only blog post I've written over the last couple of years
Posted by Steve Lamb | 19 Comments
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:12 AM

Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 is now available - download IE7 here

Click here to download Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 . IE 7 is nearing release bringing with it a wealth of security improvements including significant re-engineering and new features including the anti-phishing filter. Much will no doubt be made of the
Posted by Steve Lamb | 5 Comments
Monday, April 03, 2006 9:02 AM

ISA 2006 Pulic Beta together with Technical Product details and User Interface Walkthroughs

Internet Security and Acceleration Server is an established security product that's been in production environments since the year 2000. The second major release of the product was denoted "ISA 2004". ISA 2004 majors on protecting Microsoft Server applications
Posted by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
Saturday, April 01, 2006 9:01 AM

How to securely publish multiple HTTPS websites on a single port via ISA

At last week's PKI TechNet event in Reading several people asked how to get around the challenge of allowing multiple certificates to be used (corresponding to individual HTTPS web sites) in conjunction with ISA's web server publishing feature. For those
Posted by Steve Lamb | 5 Comments
Monday, March 27, 2006 5:12 PM

Windows Vista build 5342 is NOT a Community Technology Preview

There's a great deal of chatter on the web with regard to "a new CTP" (Community Technology Preview) of Windows Vista. Personally I'm participating in a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) community gathering - just like online there's a great
Posted by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
Friday, March 24, 2006 7:32 PM

Try Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 for yourself - it's really good

I've read some entertaining posts about IE 7 beta 2 comparing it to some other browsers. One in particular made me laugh though I can't post it as it included an expletive ;-( and I don't want to offend anyone. I've been surprised by the number of children
Posted by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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