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I am here to tell you how to upgrade to IE8 Beta 2. IE8 Beta 2 system requirements are the same as IE8 Beta 1 and it’s currently available in English, Chinese Simplified, German and Japanese. Stay tuned for more localized IE8 Beta 2 versions to be available shortly. Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Getting Ready Before you start IE8 Beta 2 installation, there are a couple of things to keep in mind: [*]Uninstalling IE8 Beta 1 If you have Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 installed, the IE8 installer will automatically uninstall any earlier versions and then install the latest version of IE8 Beta2 for you. You will be prompted to reboot twice. The first reboot is t…

At the start of the Internet Explorer 8 project we made a commitment to great website compatibility. It’s worth noting that this commitment hasn’t changed, even given the short-term impact of our announcement to better align with Microsoft’s interoperability principles. In other words, compatibility has been and continues to be a very important part of the Internet Explorer 8 feature set. With Beta 2 we’re announcing a brand new feature known as Compatibility View. In a nutshell, Compatibility View allows content designed for older web browsers to still work well in Internet Explorer 8. Compatibility View and End Users When a web site says that it suppor…

We’re excited to release IE8 Beta 2 today for public download. You can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8. Please try it out! You’ll find versions for 32- and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. In addition to English, IE8 Beta 2 is available in Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), and German. Additional languages will be available soon. While Beta 1 was for developers, we think that anyone who browses or works on the web will enjoy IE8 Beta 2. Before the team blogs about our Beta 2 in detail, here’s an overview of what you’ll find in IE8. We focused our work around three themes: everyday browsing …

Hi all this may be really basic but my team and i are totally stumped.. (Im posting here first but it could be an XL issue as it appears thus far only to affect XL docs..) Users are randomly experiencing the message on their own documents when attempting a rename or delete. "Cannot delete file: It is being used by another person or program." Normally we would just find the thread/open file and close them on the server, EXCEPT they are not listed NOR does any unlock software report them as currently in use. A reboot of the server resolves the issue but after the first rename the issue then re-occours. Domain admins and the relavent users hav…

Check out the install process and new features in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 in these two screenshot galleries, one for Windows Vista, and one for Windows XP! More...

You've probably seen the Mojave Experiment, part of Microsoft's efforts at fighting the bad news surrounding Windows Vista. Now find out how the Mojave Experiment came to be in this interview with Microsoft's David Webster! More...

Windows XP Piracy Badgering Set To Begin CRN, NY - 31 minutes ago ... as they are for Windows Vista service pack 1, said Alex Kochis, senior product manager in the Windows Genuine Advantage group, in a Tuesday blog post. ... Microsoft Tweaks Anti-piracy Check for Windows XP PC World Microsoft to tweak WGA Notifications on Windows XP ZDNet Microsoft readies new Windows XP Pro anti-piracy nag Computerworld Yahoo! Tech - ZDNet Blogs all 35 news articles More...

Canada.com Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available Bink.nu, Netherlands - 1 hour ago You’ll find versions for 32- and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. In addition to English, ... Internet Explorer 8 Catches Up, Shows Improvements, With Beta 2 Webmonkey IE8 will feature privacy envelope, Microsoft confirms BetaNews InPrivate IE 8 Confirmed By Microsoft TopNews all 173 news articles More...

Our print server, hosting 300+ printers, host a very full system event log, and there isn't much longitudinal information there. Is it possible to create a different event log and configure the print service to log information there? --Geoff

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available Bink.nu, Netherlands - 32 minutes ago You’ll find versions for 32- and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. In addition to English, ... More...

Improve performance and productivity with these Vista tricks TechRepublic, KY - 14 minutes ago Over the last week, I’ve encountered some interesting Vista tricks and wanted to share them with you in this edition of the Windows Vista Report. This blog ... More...

Dell OEM 64 Bit Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack One Is Just Completely Awesome, Just FYI. No Product Activation Required, Just FYI. Sorry Alias, But I Am Done Using Linux.

Microsoft Mojave Creator: People Actually Like Vista CRN, NY - 20 minutes ago Later, users were informed that the OS they'd just seen was actually Windows Vista. In a Tuesday post to the Windows Vista team blog, David Webster, ... More...

I've built a Domain Admin User acct in my W2K8 DC (DAUser) for the purpose of installing software other than using the Domain Administrator or local administrator accts. When I use this acct to log onto a different W2K8 server (who is a member of the domain), this server does not see this acct as a DA or even an administrator acct. I've ensured the DA group is in the local administrators group. (I've even tried adding the acct DAUser directly into the local administrators group too)

TECH BLOG One Less Windows User LinuxInsider.com, CA - 7 hours ago Rather than buy a new machine running Windows Vista or take the Mac plunge, I decided to walk the open source walk. As editor for LinuxInsider for more than ... Dell intros 15.6in Vostro notebook, Atom-based tower Electronista all 4 news articles More...

When I start Internet Explorer 7 from an internet shortcut on the desktop, Windows Explorer hangs and I get a "Windows Explorer is not responding" dialog box. If I start IE from its icon and subsequently select the same desktop shortcut, everything is fine. If I change the default browser to something like Opera, the desktop shortcuts work fine. In Internet Explorer I have disabled all Add-ons and third-party browser extensions, and neither has helped . I am running Vista Ultimate 32bit. Any ideas other than breaking out the OEM disks and doing as repair installation of IE? This has been a subtle problem for awhile, so I do not have an easy restore poin…

My desktop wallpaper disappeared ... I had a picture up for several days and the desktop just turned black ... all icons are still there, just the picture is gone ... when I go to Display Properties/Desktop, it shows the picture that used to be there ... I tried changing to a different picture, and nothing happened ... About twelve hours later, the picture reappeared ... but only for an hour or so ... now the desktop is black again ... Does anyone know how I can troubleshoot/fix this ...?? Thanks much ... CJ

Hi I'm recording a talking book audio cassette into my computer using line-in from the headphone plug on a cassette player into Adobe Audition 1.5 The wave track is recording fine into adobe, and the playback is fine too. However, I can't hear the cassette playing in the PC's speakers when recording. This used to work fine I have checked my recording & playback settings and they seem fine Tried different tapes & cassette players Would anyone know what is wrong & how to fix please? I have moved to Vista since the last time this worked if that helps -- Martin ©¿©¬

Microsoft revamps scary WGA notifications again Yahoo! Tech, CA - 6 minutes ago Microsoft is also "increasing the effectiveness of notifications and aligning experiences across Windows XP and Windows Vista," which is a long way of ... More...

I have Googled extensively for help on this, but although there are many, many reports of this problem, none of the solutions work for me, and no one has offered an explanation for the problem. All was well with my recently re-installed Windows XP SP3 set-up. I used Acronis Disk Director 10 to move some partitions around and resize them. Later, when I rebooted, all seemed fine, but when I started Disk Director again it hung on one drive. I left it for a while (10 minutes) and noticed that it had moved to another drive and hung there. Eventually, having left it for an hour or more, it showed the GUI, but doing anything with the problem drives caused another hang…

Hi guys, we have a stand-alone CA for deploy EFS certificates for users, these certificates will expire soon and i would like to know if the directories encrypted from users with current certificates will become not accessible when it expires. And same question is for revoked certificates. Thanks very much Andrea

Recently I was unstalling some programs from my computer and I accidently deleted the SQL Dumper. Is there any way to reinstall without completely reinstalling the entire disk?

Just installed a program called TimeClock Plus which uses the MSDE 2000 function and also it has to have a com port in the TCP/IP area. Default is 1430 but we had to use 1555 because there default settings uses 1430 and this caused the database on the TimeClock plus program not to work. Shadow copy will not run when the TimeClock SQL manager is running. If I stop the SQL server program and run the Shadow Copy again it works. I need some help on this. I called Time Clock Plus and they had me change the ports from 1555 to a few others but this has not worked. I also have heard if I set the loop back in the firewall settings this will fix the problem. I cannot…

Signs of life emerge on the Vista marketing front ZDNet - 10 minutes ago The Vista Team Blog used to be a blog in name only (and a place for Microsoft to house regurgitated press releases, in reality). But last month, Windows ... More...