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Microsoft launched over the past weekend a redesigned version of the Microsoft Answers site. So far, the “new and improved” version has been largely down for the count. View the full article
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Hi, Windows Server 2008 noob. I have a basically stock Windows Server 2008 Standard standalone installation (with no domain controller), then added TFS 2010. Now, I'm running the TFS Build Service for continuous integration, which requires builds to use a UNC path-based drop folder, not a drive-letter-plus-folder path. I created a folder C:\Builds and then shared it as Builds, granting "Full Control" permissions to the account the build service runs as at both the share & NTFS permission levels. When logged in to that machine as the build server account (or any other administrator account, for that matter), start Windows Explorer and try to navigate to \\myse…
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It’s that time again. Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professionals — the company’s all-volunteer army of enthusiasts — are in Redmond for another MVP Summit. And they’re lighting up Twitter. View the full article
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Supersite This week, Apple will unveil its second generation iPad. So here's a look back to a year of iPad coverage on the SuperSite, with an eye to the future. ... View the full article
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Supersite Today: Gmail pulls a Hotmail, Google goes after content farms, Facebook needs a Dislike button, Nokia and Microsoft, what it's like being a developer at Microsoft, $9 billion in R&D and all I got was this lousy motion sensor, Microsoft Answers update, and a teaser for COD: Modern Warfare 3. ... View the full article
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Is Verizon about to launch its first WP7 handset, the HTC 7 Trophy? View the full article
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Microsoft plans to make its Windows Intune cloud-management service available for trial or purchase in 35 countries on March 23, company officials disclosed on February 28. View the full article
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Windows IT Pro Microsoft on Monday announced that its cloud-based PC management service, Windows Intune, will become available for purchase on March 23 after nearly a year-long beta cycle. ... View the full article
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Windows IT Pro In July 2010, Consumer Reports caused waves by confirming that the then-new iPhone 4 suffered from a serious hardware defect, refuting Apple's claims that the device behaved similarly to the competition. This week, the consumer advocacy group released the results of similar testing with the iPhone for Verizon. And they've got bad news, Apple fans: This version of the iPhone is just as flawed as the original. ... View the full article
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Supersite In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss the Windows Phone pre-update mess, Windows 7 Service Pack 1, my decision to use Windows Home Server 2011 "Vail", some thoughts about portability and connectivity, a Windows SDK for Kinect, and Amazon vs. Netflix in the streaming video market. ... View the full article
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Supersite This week's Windows Phone 7 app of the week is iBlast Moki, an addictive physics-based puzzle game that is an ideal time-waster. ... View the full article
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Supersite This week, Apple released a developer preview of Mac OS X 10.7 ("Lion"), the next evolutionary update to the company's desktop OS. Lion takes many design cues from iOS, and Microsoft should examine these changes to see how Windows would most benefit from some of the designs Apple is now pursuing. ... View the full article
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There’s a new Windows 7 slate coming to town (starting in April this year) that Microsoft is hoping may give the company at least a temporary answer to Apple’s iPad and the various Android slates coming to market this year. View the full article
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Server 2008 Scheduled Tasks cant run a batch file this seems a known issue, my troubleshooting doesnt work, but I find myself confused about assigning the "Full Control" permission explicitly to .bat file for the account running the task. I am logged in as administrator, when I look at permissions for the directory and the batch file I see I have full control checked. But I also note that I can change settings for User, but not for Administrator what is this telling me ? I also see two shades of gray check marks, and I cant make sense of this either. Is this the issue preventing TS from running the file ? ( I can run it manually fine) Is there a 3rd party TS…
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Microsoft has introduced a new tool for its “system builder” OEM partners to help them more quickly and preload more Microsoft software on new PCs. View the full article
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Windows IT Pro An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including some news on the widespread Windows Phone updating glitch, Google's collaborative alternative for Microsoft Office users, a Windows Phone GPL controversy, a Microsoft non-compete clause that actually worked, an extended Windows Azure free trial, a Gears of War 3 release date, and Apple underwhelms with new MacBooks. ... View the full article
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Microsoft really needed to hit a home run with WP7 to make a comeback in smartphones. So far, I’d say they’ve fallen short of what’s needed. What do you think, WP7 users and potential buyers? View the full article
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Windows IT Pro IE 9 beats Firefox and Safari and why Windows Home Server is still excellent. ... View the full article
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“Tiles” seem to be the new design metaphor — or at least the buzzword du jour — all across Microsoft as of late. View the full article
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Currently my organization has 8 satellite offices which use a terminal server (2008) located in our main office. I am attempting to make it so that a user that logs in from location B will only see printing devices located at location B, not from any other location. Curently, any user logged into our TS can see all printers and it is getting very cluttered. How can I achieve this? Thanks in advance. BSDAdmin
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Windows IT Pro If the initial Windows Phone "pre-update" is any indication, Microsoft was wise to hold off on updating its new mobile platform for so long: Some users have reported this update as having "bricked" their phone, which in some cases may require them to actually replace the devices. And Microsoft has allegedly suspended delivering the update to some users because of this issue. ... View the full article
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Supersite Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 to the public this week, two weeks after declaring it released to manufacturing (RTM) and one week after delivering the update to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Today I'd like to quickly describe a few ways in which you can snag the update and discuss a few issues to consider. ... View the full article
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Hi guys, I am running a WIN2008R2 Rootserver for my friends, mostly for Gameservers, Voiceservers etc. and I have a little problem. One of the Games I am hosting, I don't think that many are Gamers here so I might as well not mention the name of the Game, doesn't matter really, I run several Servers of. Since the Server Hardware isn't used really by the Gameservers, my problems sure don't originate in Resources. Usually one of the Servers hangs up, could be because of a wrong or broken map (Game Map) or something, but when it does, it causes all the other Servers of the same Game to also have high CPU use and of course at that point there is no getting into them any…
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I’m hearing Microsoft may be gearing up to deliver new standalone dev tools for building HTML5 client applications, and also may be adding HTML5 support to Visual Studio. Could Mix ‘11 be the launch pad for these efforts? View the full article
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Windows IT Pro As I have said (and written) repeatedly, the future of computing is both highly mobile and highly connected. This is pretty obvious, and I make no claims to the title of industry seer. This week, however, I've come to the conclusion that my prediction is already half realized: Computing today is already highly mobile. The highly connected bit is going to prove to be the tricky bit. ... View the full article
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