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June 2006 - Posts

Demystifying the MS Stance on BitTorrents

Posted Friday, June 30, 2006 12:04 PM by Winblog
What’s the deal with the BitTorrent sites springing up to mirror the Beta 2 release of Windows Vista? As you’re probably aware from reading this blog, we ran into some issues delivering the download of Windows Vista Beta 2 to everyone who wanted to test Read More...
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Windows Vista CPP Closure Looms

Posted Friday, June 30, 2006 11:53 AM by Winblog
Now that most of you have had the opportunity to request a PID for Windows Vista Beta 2 and download the image itself, it’s time to learn from you what works and what doesn’t work for you in this release. (You have requested your PID already, haven’t Read More...
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Beta Release: BDD 2007 for Windows Vista and the 2007 Office system

Posted Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:20 PM by Winblog
Good news on the Windows Vista deployment front for all you IT professionals... Many things have changed in Windows Vista that will significantly help ease the deployment processes. These include the new out-of-the-box imaging technologies, the XML-based Read More...
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Launch Notice: Windows Defender Beta 2 Worldwide Sites

Posted Wednesday, June 21, 2006 10:19 AM by Winblog
Microsoft just launched 24 local sites in 16 languages describing our Windows Defender Beta 2 anti-spyware product. These sites allow people around the world to learn about Windows Defender in their native language and offer downloads of Windows Defender Read More...
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DVD Burning in Windows Vista Beta 2 CPP

Posted Tuesday, June 20, 2006 11:05 AM by Winblog
We've learned that some of you are experiencing problems successfully burning Windows Vista to DVD. It turns out that this is most likely due to the fact that, in your haste to install Windows Vista, some of you are burning the DVD at faster rates than Read More...
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IE Team Heats It Up at TechEd

Posted Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:41 PM by Winblog
The IE7 Team is really going all-out at TechEd in Boston this week to make an impression: From: Matt <snip> To: <snip> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 9:40 PM Subject: TechEd, Day 2 Another great day. We were on fire...literally. Someone left Read More...
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Be Sure to Activate Your Copy of Windows Vista Beta2 !

Posted Monday, June 12, 2006 1:58 PM by Winblog
Please let us underscore a very important point surrounding Windows Vista Beta2 that can be easily overlooked in all the excitement to download and install the code: it is very important that every user activate Windows Vista Beta2 within the first 14 Read More...
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Introducing Windows Mobile Device Center for Windows Vista

Posted Monday, June 12, 2006 10:00 AM by Winblog
Windows Vista Beta 2 features built-in support for Windows Mobile-powered devices for the very first time with the new Windows Mobile Device Center. Instead of installing ActiveSync to use our devices, our device drivers are now part of Windows Vista. Read More...
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Windows Vista Beta2 Download Experience: An Update

Posted Friday, June 09, 2006 5:01 PM by Winblog
There has been much discussion on this blog and others as to how tech enthusiasts can get their hands on the Windows Vista Beta2 release, given the traffic that the download site is experiencing. We want to let you know that we are pumping out bits as Read More...
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Windows Vista Beta2: Tell Us What You Think !

Posted Friday, June 09, 2006 7:02 AM by Winblog
To help you explore Windows Vista, we have created a list of tasks for you to try. To access the list and provide feedback on your experience, visit the Windows Vista Scenario Voting site. And if there's something that you like or dislike in this pre-release Read More...
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Windows Vista Beta 2 Public Release

Posted Thursday, June 08, 2006 10:48 AM by Winblog
Today Microsoft Windows formally announced public availability of Windows Vista Beta 2. In a nod to community and blogs, Windows announced it first on The Hive : “As members of The Hive, you are some of Microsoft’s most technically-savvy and enthusiastic Read More...
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Download Windows Media Center SDK Beta 2

Posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 3:25 PM by Winblog
Our Windows Media Center team has announced that the Beta 2 version of Windows Media Center SDK has been released; you can get this Beta 2 SDK at connect.microsoft.com or on MSDN currently. The Beta 2 SDK marks a huge jump in quality and usability for Read More...
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