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Ed Bott from ZDNet has outlined five things that Steve Ballmer wouldn’t tell about Windows 7 and they are: 1. “Some of you are going to hate our new OS, no matter what we do.†– I agree on this and there would always be detractors no matter what. Who cares? Microsoft is still going to [...] More...

We believe IE8 helps make browsing the web faster, easier, safer and more reliable. To help our users be more secure and up-to-date, we will distribute IE8 via Automatic Update (AU) and the Windows Update (WU) and Microsoft Update (MU) sites much like we did for IE7. We know that in a corporate environment, the IT organization will often want to delay the introduction of a new browser until they have tested compatibility with internal applications and sites. We’ve done a lot of work in IE8 to maintain compatibility with sites designed for Internet Explorer 7, for example compatibility view and the compatibility meta tag. However we know many IT organizations will stil…

2009: The Year Ahead – Mobile LiveSide - 38 minutes ago In fact, a post today on the Windows Mobile team blog, while playing up the 3rd party opportunities for Windows Mobile, pointedly shows the lack of a ... More...

Microsoft Certification Exam discounts (New Zealand only) Geekzone, New Zealand - 1 hour ago It's an award for my participation in user groups and communities. laurie on Free Microsoft Windows Vista Professional and Micr: i have a macbook and i ... More...

Instant-on for your PC Sync, Canada - 36 minutes ago Not a bad collection of features - I was excited to try it until I realized that you need Windows Vista 32 or 64 bit versions, or Windows XP Pro SP3 in ... More...

Big tech trends will make for a year to watch Houston Chronicle, United States - 17 hours ago Apple will do its best to get Snow Leopard out the door before Microsoft launches its next operating system, Windows 7. I’m betting on a first-quarter ... More...

Best blog posts '08 On Line opinion, Australia - 28 minutes ago A good rant about overzealous bureaucrats, iniquitous developers or Windows Vista well probably do well too, as will a thorough book or movie review. ... More...

More evidence Windows 7 will ship in 2009 Computerworld, MA - 17 minutes ago Users will get free upgrades to their Vista equivalent version of Windows 7. In other words, Windows Vista Home Premium customers get an upgrade to Windows ... More...

How to be less stupid in 2009 ZDNet Blogs - 2 minutes ago ... I think Jason is right when he says: …or all of its performance improvements and bling, is essentially one big service deluxe pack for Windows Vista. ... More...

Thanks for finding this - I confirm I wrote it some three years ago. It eventually led to me being banned by Annexcafe.com. I wonder why Peter foldes has posted it again now. Maybe he'll answer this time, eh? BD "Peter Foldes" wrote in message news:%23cpn3GsbJHA.1916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > From 2005 month/guess day/middle of week > > Hello xxxxxxx. (hidden for atanomy) > > To begin, I would like to thank you for your support - So Thanks > Mate! > > You aren't quite on target though! Whilst serving in HMS Ark Royal > during the early 1970's, before our visits to Fort Lauderdale and > Jacksonville in the Stat…

Seattle Post Intelligencer Microsoft: Losing Market Share in a Non-Existent Browser Market? Seeking Alpha, NY - Jan 5, 2009 ... Apache HTTP server, and not because of anything Microsoft did. But, that's a blog post I already wrote, sometime before I even knew what a blog post was.) Microsoft still pushing 'Apple tax' notion ZDNet Asia all 56 news articles More...

Troubleshoot driver problems in Vista with the Driver Verifier Manager TechRepublic, KY - 2 minutes ago If you are encountering unpredictable errors, lockups, or BSODs in Windows Vista, chances are that you’re system is suffering from the effects of a faulty ... More...

Editor's Blog: CIO Insights Silicon.com, UK - 4 minutes ago ... about subjects as wide ranging as women in IT, Windows Vista, the Facebook generation and open source - and those were only in the last few months. ... More...

Seattle Post Intelligencer Apple shows us how to compete with Microsoft CNET News, CA - 37 minutes ago The media is fond of calling out the Mac's rising fortunes against Windows, but many apparently forget that a little over 11 years ago Apple was on the ... Memo to Vendors: Here's How to Build a Winner PC World Four Things Microsoft Got Right in 2008 CIO Magazine Windows 7 leaked on torrent sites - so what's the good news? Telegraph.co.uk Redmondmag.com - Seeking Alpha all 183 news articles More...

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Job axe fears amid Microsoft rumours Reading Evening Post, UK - 24 minutes ago Speculation was sparked by a report from respected US-based technology blog Fudzilla last Friday, which claimed thousands of workers have been told they ... More...

Some very interesting posts from MSDN Blog re:Engineering Windows ... Brian Madden, MD - 29 minutes ago Some very interesting posts from MSDN Blog re:Engineering Windows 7 that gives a clear indication of what post-Vista might be like? by TechAgility I was ... Windows Longhorn Castle Evolves into Windows 7 HomeGroup Softpedia all 2 news articles More...

Hi, I have 2 DCs that are running Windows 2000 Server. Both have Windows Server SP4 and one has Exchange 2000 SP3 running on it. The one that has Exchange holds the schema FSMO role. I added a 3rd server to the domain running Windows Server 2008 as a member server and I wanted to make it a DC, so I tried running adprep/forestprep command on the server that is running Exchange and received this error: Adprep was unable to extend the schema. [status/Consequence] There is a schema conflict with Exchange 2000. The schema is not upgraded. [user Action] The schema conflict must be resolved before running adprep. Resolve the schema conflict, allow the change to replic…

The wonders of Windows: worms, worms, worms iTWire, Australia - 30 minutes ago by Sam Varghese There are times when this blog makes a foray into the wonderful world of Windows to examine some of the reasons why people delight in ... More...

I have a requirement to set up a firewall rule, so that all access to the internet is forced via a VPN connection, such that it goes via a managed proxy. I'm struggling to work of the settings for this! Can someone point me in the right direction please? To elaborate further: A home PC with a broadband connection. Set up a firewall rule, so that all networking establishes an IPSEC connection to a VPN server, after which all HTTP and HTTPS traffic is directed via a proxy server on the network into which the VPN connects. There must be no way to disconnect the VPN and gain 'direct' access to the internet. Thanks in antici Martin.

CIO has listed four things that Microsoft has correctly done in 2008 and they are: Windows 7 Buzz - I agree with this. The hundreds of millions of dollars spent on advertisement to boost Windows Vista image was not paying off and announcing a next operating system running on netbooks is the next best thing. Forget [...] More...

Microsoft restructure rumours abound VNUNet.com, UK - 1 hour ago Rumours began early last week when US blog Fudzilla claimed that Microsoft was planning large-scale redundancies of up to 17 per cent of its global ... More...

Hmmm! Watch this, Peter Foldes http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/middleeas...Middle_East.asp Dave PS Why, oh why, did you not answer my questions 3 years ago? (You say below ........ hidden for ...... ? autonomy, perhaps?) "Peter Foldes" wrote in message news:%23cpn3GsbJHA.1916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > From 2005 month/guess day/middle of week > > Hello xxxxxxx. (hidden for atanomy) > > To begin, I would like to thank you for your support - So Thanks > Mate! > > You aren't quite on target though! Whilst serving in HMS Ark Royal > during the early 1970's, before our visits to Fort Lauderdale and > Jacksonvi…