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Hi everyone. There is another thread describing my exact scenario, although there appears to have been no attempt offer any suggestions since it was initially posted over two months ago: Contacting Server for Information When Printing Email in Outlook 2010. So I thought I would phrase the question differently and see what anyone might have to say about it. It appears that on our PCs with Windows 7 Professional and MS Office 2010, when a user attempts to print an Email with a web page embedded in the body of the message, a message about "contacting the server for information" appears for upwards of 45 seconds, and then after another two or three minutes, the messa…
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Russian website WZOR has somehow acquired an internal Microsoft roadmap/documentation that reveals the Redmond company's plans for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2008. Based on the "leaked" information, consumers may see Windows 8 in early January 2013. According to the roadmap. Microsoft will commence development of Windows 8 Milestone 3 (M3) in March. Following M3, the company will release two public beta milestone builds in Windows 8's development. Microsoft will then develop and distribute the Release Candidate (RC) followed by the Release To Manufacturing (RTM) build reportedly three months later. Finally, as previously stated, Windows 8 will reac…
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Only Microsoft knows how the next version of its Windows operating system will look and what it will be called, but big changes could be ahead for the OS observers refer to as "Windows 8." At this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced that Windows 8 will support system-on-a-chip architectures using ARM processors. Unlike the x86 architecture that today's Windows laptops and desktops work with, ARM-based chips tend to run such low-power devices as tablets and smartphones. In his CES keynote speech, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said, "This announcement is really all about enabling a new class of hardware, and new silicon partners fo…
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Supersite In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss Paul's controversial advice for Microsoft, Windows Phone sales, Microsoft's laughable iPad response, Microsoft is suing TiVo, some early 2011 video game shooters, and of course, weight loss. ... View the full article
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Microsoft is still saying very little publicly about Office 15. But officials did share some of the priorities that are affecting their thinking in the creation of the next version during a day-long “Future of Productivity” event for press and analysts on January 28. View the full article
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Another day, another Microsoft executive departure. The latest to go is Dave Thompson, the Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Online Services. Microsoft is planning to move Corporate VP Lee Nackman into Thompson’s job later this year. View the full article
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Supersite Today: It turns out the autistic kid really was cheating, Netflix is up, Hulu Plus is down, digital music will never save the music industry, AT&T is on the way down, and the next PSP looks like a winner for shooter fans. ... View the full article
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Supersite Sometimes you run into a mobile app that is so useful yet so simple in purpose and so elegant in implementation. Shazam is such an app. ... View the full article
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Windows IT Pro An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including a ton of news around Microsoft's quarterly earnings and a farewell to Microsoft legend Dave Thompson. ... View the full article
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Supersite Sometime in the coming days--perhaps even today--Microsoft will officially issue its near-final Release Candidate (RC) version of Internet Explorer (IE) 9 to the public. But before that release, a so-called "escrow" build of the IE 9 RC has leaked onto file sharing sites. So here's a quick look at this release in anticipation of a wider review of the actual RC. ... View the full article
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Microsoft has sold 300 million copies of Windows 7 to date, officials said on January 27, the day the company is reporting its Q2 FY11 earnings. View the full article
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Late last year, Microsoft officials said that the latest version of its Windows Embedded Compact 7 operating system was running slightly behind schedule and would be out in the first quarter of 2011. It looks like like that date might be pushed back again, based on some updated information. View the full article
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Microsoft Research has made available for download a developer preview of its Windows Phone 7 + Cloud Services Software Development Kit (SDK).The new SDK is related to Project Hawaii, a research initiative which I’ve blogged about before. View the full article
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Windows IT Pro This week, Microsoft revealed that it has sold more than 2 million units of its Windows Phone 7 OS to hardware makers, a significant increase over the 1.5 million figure that the company supplied December 21. ... View the full article
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Supersite Today: Another snowstorm, Microsoft's new support lifecycle for online services, Microsoft's Mac Office trial, more bad news for Yahoo!, Facebook founder gets hacked ... on Facebook, low-end Android phones, Google's hiring binge, and Verizon's iPhone pricing revealed. ... View the full article
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Supersite Please join Sean Deuby and I today for a live Twitterview at 11 am ET. We'll be discussing cloud computing, and participants will be entered in a drawing to win a Windows Phone 7 device! ... View the full article
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Windows IT Pro In an internal December 2010 Microsoft presentation, the software giant is relying on a familiar, if tired, message to counter iPad mania: Windows-based tablets offer better security, and compatibility with familiar enterprise applications. Microsoft, I'd like to introduce you to reality. ... View the full article
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Microsoft has opened registration, as of January 25, for its Mix ‘11 conference. It’s looking like a Silverlight vs. HTML5 show-down could be in the cards. View the full article
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Rome, Taos, Monaco — the Microsoft Mediaroom-related codenames are multiplying like rabbits. What’s going on with Redmond’s lackluster IPTV platform? View the full article
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Supersite Today: Google implements Do Not Track as a Chrome add-in, Apple opens App Store Twitter account, a telling documentary about how Apple's products are made in sweatshops, how Apple could dominate the car audio market, a Crysis 2 demo, Microsoft's CES presence as misdirection, Microsoft quarterly results this week, and Microsoft's iPad compete strategy laid bare (hint: There isn't one). ... View the full article
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Windows IT Pro In early July 2010, I received a Windows Phone 7 prototype phone so I could write my latest book, Windows Phone Secrets. Since that day, a Windows Phone has been my primary phone, really my only phone, and I've never once considered switching over to an iPhone or Android device. ... View the full article
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Windows IT Pro Microsoft sued DVR firm TiVo, alleging that the company infringes on several of the software giant's patents. ... View the full article
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Even though Microsoft’s public stance, when asked about the impact of Apple’s slate is “iPad? What iPad?”, the Redmondians are preparing the company’s partners for battle in 2011. View the full article
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Supersite Today: A small site update, several Windows Phone posts, Eric Schmidt's reward, Gary Reback is, um, back, Bing + ESPN, whether Tim Cook is Apple's Steve Ballmer, Do Not Track is a non-starter in today's web browsers, iPad 2 display disappointment, Motorola Xoom availability, and whether SSDs really make a difference (hint: yes). ... View the full article
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Supersite This week on Tech News Weekly: Special Guest Host Paul Thurrott discusses what the new year means for Microsoft. What will the next gen of Windows be like? Is Windows Phone 7 living up to consumers expectations? Also Andrew rants about the Android Market Place, and where technology is heading. ... View the full article
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