March 2009 - Posts

April 1st comes… are you prepared?
30 March 09 09:05 PM | Mauricio Tamayo Ortega | 0 Comments   

No, you don't have to be prepared to enjoy making treats to your friends and family (in some English-speaking countries this is the way they celebrate the Fool's Day). I'm talking about preparedness about the upcoming explosion of the Conficker.D virus, Read More...

Filed under: updates, security, advice, April 1st, Conficker, virus

Internet Explorer 8 with Windows Vista
24 March 09 04:58 PM | Mauricio Tamayo Ortega | 0 Comments   

& One of the biggest complains coming from many of my customers when talking about Windows Vista has been the way the browser works. Indeed, Internet Explorer 7 does not feel as stable as Internet Explorer 6 did. The problem with Windows Vista is Read More...

Filed under: Internet Explorer 8, IE8, Internet Explorer, tips, WAIK, imagex, setup, tricks, install

We got it! You got it! IE8 is ready to download
19 March 09 07:04 PM | Mauricio Tamayo Ortega | 0 Comments   

Hi everybody. Today at 9 a.m. (an hour ago) PST Microsoft delivered to the web the final version of Internet Explorer 8. I'm not going to dig into the details of it, better than that, I'm going to give you several pointers to key information about it: Read More...

Filed under: Microsoft, Internet Explorer 8, IE8, IE, browser, browser wars, Internet Explorer

Customized product use rights document for Microsoft Volume Licensing
19 March 09 01:09 PM | Mauricio Tamayo Ortega | 0 Comments   

You might or might not know already what the Product Use Rights are. Anyway, I'm going to explain it very easily so you might not need any further explanation . When you buy Microsoft licensing in a volume program (i.e. Select, Enterprise ) you're bound Read More...

Filed under: Licensing, Microsoft, PUR, MVL, Tools

The new iPhone 3.0... A good attempt
18 March 09 07:32 PM | Mauricio Tamayo Ortega | 2 Comments   

There seems to be a new version of the iPhone software for this summer out in the stores ( http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10198292-37.html ). The good news is that it's going to be free for those who afforded buying an expensive touch phone with half Read More...

Filed under: Windows Mobile, phones, mobility, Apple, iPhone, GPS, ActiveSync

Welcome to my TechNet blog!
18 March 09 01:06 AM | Mauricio Tamayo Ortega | 0 Comments   

This will sound funny, but in this blog, even being in TechNet, will not only talk about technical issues, even though most of it will be technical, I will sometimes be touching other topics, such as licensing, end-user tools, discussing news around technology Read More...

Filed under: Welcome, Mauricio, TechNet, Thank you, About, Blog