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Thursday, November 20, 2008 4:22 PM

Happy Birthday to Windows!

Windows 1.0 was released on 20th November 1985 hence it's twenty three years old today! There's a great write up on TheRegister which includes a link to the pcmuseum - it's a third party site which runs through a summary of the releases of Windows incuding
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Sunday, October 26, 2008 6:14 PM

It's not what you know, it's when can you talk about it that matters

I love working at Microsoft as I get to work on cool new technologies that can be used to help people be more effective. I am lucky to be able to work with fascinating people from all walks of life. I've been quieter than usual on my blog over the last
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:15 PM

How can I join the VistaSquad meeting remotely?

A couple of people have asked me this very question as they live too far away from London to be there in person. The sessions are not yet streamed though the community leaders have thoughfully recorded every session and published them to Vimeo - click
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:45 PM

Join the VistaSquad to learn about being a Geek 2.0 and WPF/Silverlight applications

The VistaSquad are meeting again tomorrow night – Wednesday 17th September at Microsoft’s office in London. To sign up (for free) simply head on over to the VistaSquad event page here . Topics this month: WPF/Silverlight Application Deep Dive (Richard
Posted by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:37 AM

How can Public Key Infrastructure technologies improve your information security posture?

There’s a really good (free) TechNet webcast coming up on the 17th September which will be a great resource for those of you who’d like to learn how to take advantage of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in your organisation. The full details of the event
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:02 PM

Alexander Sotirov speaks out following wild spin on his talk about Windows Vista Security

Credit to Ed Bott from ZDNet who interviewed Alexander Sotirov to get his perspective on the stories that have circulated in the press following the talk he gave with Mark Dowd at the recent BlackHat Securit conference. The talk was titled "How to Impress
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Thursday, August 07, 2008 11:35 AM

What Virtual Private Networking software would I recommend for Windows and how to set it up?

I was recently asked this very question and I responded with "Windows Server 2008/2003/2000 and Windows Vista/XP" provide excellent built-in Virtual Private Networking features that are standards compliant and assuming they are correctly configured can
Posted by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
Friday, August 01, 2008 5:05 AM

Is perception reality? The Mojave Experiment sheds some light

If you think Windows Vista sucks then I suggest you take a moment to view the recordings on the Mojave Experiment’s website – it’s where a large number of people who hadn’t tried Windows Vista for themselves were shown a sneak preview of a “brand new
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Friday, July 18, 2008 12:01 PM

180 million copies of Windows Vista have been purchased

I'm not shy about my enthusiasm for Windows Vista. I have run it on a wide range of machines - old and new, big and small. I was impressed by Vista's performance on my five year old laptop - the Operating System automatically measured the hardware performance
Posted by Steve Lamb | 7 Comments
Tuesday, July 08, 2008 3:43 PM

How to re-partition a hard disk under Vista or Server 2008 without having to re-install

Following my earlier post How to run Small Business Server (SBS) 2008 on a machie that's already running Vista/XP I thought it worthwhile to explain a nice feature of Vista and Server 2008 which enables you to dynamically resize disk partitions without
Posted by Steve Lamb | 7 Comments
Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:24 AM

VistaSquad: The Fellowship of the Ring! Join them on the 16th July in London

I really like the way that the VistaSquad User Group comprises both IT Pros and Developers - it makes for a really interesting mix of people and conversations. Following last month's excellent VistaSquad user group meeting they've already scheduled the
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 1:32 PM

VistaSquad: Join us tonight in London for a live Network Access Protection demo on Server 2008 and Vista

You can read the full details here - it's free, technical and should be fun too - just add a comment to their post if you're coming along The agenda is as follows: 6pm - 6.30pm: Arrive and introductions 6.30pm - 7:30pm: Building RIA Apps 7.30pm - 8:15:
Posted by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
Saturday, May 31, 2008 10:33 PM

Bitlocker: what happens if someone leaves the company or locks themselves out?

Many of the questions I've been asked recently regarding Bitlocker are covered on the excellent Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Freuqently Asked Questions . For me the most important thing to consider is how on Earth to deal with the "the dog ate the
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:25 PM

Thanks to everyone who joined us @ today's Server Launch event in Cardiff

It was great to see so many enthusiastic people @ today's HeroesHappenHere Launch tour event in Cardiff. We received great questions and I was really amused by the wonderful spoof film titles the audience came up with for the IT Pros Film Club! I have
Posted by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 2:00 PM

My talk on Windows 2008 Security Technologies from the UK Launch is available for replay *updated with link to slides*

Chris Dalby kindly streamed my session from the Microsoft UK's Heroes Happen Here Launch event . If you'd like to watch the recording then simply browse to YellowPark TV and you'll see it listed on the right hand side. There are some other excellent recordings
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