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  1. Windows IT Pro If you still thought software piracy was a minor issue, consider this accusation: Microsoft late last week said that the drug cartel called La Familia was selling counterfeit copies of the software giant's products on the streets of Mexico. ... View the full article
  2. Supersite In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Tom Merritt and I discuss the sort-of resolution of the Windows Phone data leak controversy, the Colorado servers release candidates, Google vs. Microsoft on search copying charges, IE and 8 usage up in January. Plus, we have a special guest: Microsoft chief technology strategist, who discusses the Microsoft Signature program and the company's retail store strategy. ... View the full article
  3. Supersite This week's Windows Phone 7 app of the week, Flickr, is a no-brainer for digital photo fans. It provides a great way to upload and manage photos while you're on the go. ... View the full article
  4. Supersite In this week's mailbag: Moving from Windows 7 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit, editing Halo: Reach Theater videos on the PC, whether you can upgrade from the Colorado server beta to the RC, why not just provide Drive Extender on Windows Home Server 2011 only, using RAID with WHS 2011, and the only social networking connection I'm willing to make. ... View the full article
  5. I would go with a quad core cpu 8 gigs of ram 40 gig ssd for OS boot second sata 3 had 1 tb That should do it and be way under $2000 for hardware.
  6. Supersite The release candidate (RC) version of Windows Home Server 2011 (Vail) arrived this week, providing a near-final look at Microsoft's Drive-Extender-less solution for home users. ... View the full article
  7. Here’s a round-up of Microsoft news from the week, ranging from a coming Windows Phone SDK update, to a rumored Nokia-Microsoft alliance … and more. View the full article
  8. As much as some may wish for Microsoft to abandon the consumer market and refocus on its enterprise business, that’s not going to happen. Instead, what is increasingly happening is business-focused products and groups at Microsoft are integrating more and more concepts and features that many consider “consumer”-oriented rather than “business”-focused. View the full article
  9. We don't delete accounts. We can make yours inactive if you like.
  10. Windows IT Pro An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including Nokia's cry for help, the Colorado RCs, Google's embarrassing copying accusations prove how clueless they really are, Office Web Apps going global, Microsoft's implicit entry in social networking, Hotmail alias support, Verizon Wireless' plan to cut off bandwidth hogs, Google's $20,000 Chrome hack bounty, some seriously bad news for Xbox 360 fan boys, a misguided digital magazine, and yet another delay for Firefox 4. ... View the full article
  11. Look through the Windows Power Shell documentation. It should help you.
  12. There’s a lot of unrest in the Windows Home Server ‘Vail’ community right now, with a number of enthusiasts and testers wondering aloud whether their feedback means anything any more. And they’re not the only ones asking. View the full article
  13. For those Windows Home Server (WHS) loyalists hoping against hope that Microsoft might reconsider its decision to cut Drive Extender from the coming ‘Vail’ release, your prayers have NOT been answered. But the RCs of Vail and Aurora are out, as of February 3. View the full article
  14. Microsoft is full of incubators designed to more quickly transfer research projects to the product groups. Thanks to a tipster, I just learned this week of another of these labs: Microsoft’s Healthcare Innovation Lab. View the full article
  15. Supersite David Pogue slips up in his review of the Verizon iPhone, noting that the antenna redesign doesn't do anything to fix the infamous iPhone "Death Grip" issue, despite the fact that he actually couldn't reproduce this issue at all. So how does he know that? ... View the full article
  16. Supersite Microsoft's Colorado servers--Windows Home Server 2011 (Vail), Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials (Aurora), and Windows Storage Server 2011 Essentials (Breckenridge)--hit the Release Candidate (RC) milestone. Here's a quick peek at what's new, including Microsoft's answer to the cancellation of Drive Extender. ... View the full article
  17. Windows IT Pro In the year since Apple introduced its trend-setting iPad device, the company's would-be challengers have bumbled around like Moe, Larry, and Curly in a "Three Stooges" skit, bouncing off of each other and ultimately releasing little in the way of credible competition. This week, however, a legitimately credible challenger emerges. ... View the full article
  18. What are the logs saying? What error is produced? A 500 error is generic so you need to look in the logs to see what the exact error was. Without that kind of information we more than likely would never be able to figure out the problem. Have you considered using asp.net and System.Web.Mail?
  19. Remote desktop services is terminal services in 2008 R2. So they are the same just renamed is all.
  20. I haven’t written much about longer-term Azure futures. Until this week, which just so happens to be the one-year anniversary of Microsoft’s cloud platform. View the full article
  21. Supersite With Google recently announcing plans to remove support for H.264 video playback in its Chrome web browser, Microsoft has decided to release its own H.264 extension for Chrome. Dubbed the Windows Media Player HTML5 Extension for Chrome, this extension enables Chrome users to play H.264-encoded videos (aka MP4) on HTML5 pages by using the built-in capabilities found in Windows 7. ... View the full article
  22. Windows IT Pro At an industry conference on Internet search, Google and Microsoft engaged in a bizarre series of competitive barbs in which each accused the other various indiscretions. But Google's claim was clearly the craziest: It says that Microsoft's Bing service is copying the top search results on Google Search, and it recently underwent a "sting operation" to prove it. ... View the full article
  23. Windows IT Pro Apple this week revealed that it was willing to prevent competitors from providing apps on its iPhone and iPad devices unless, of course, they're willing to engage in a revenue-sharing scheme with Apple. It's the type of behavior that landed Microsoft in antitrust courts around the world, and one has to think that regulators everywhere are turning their attention to this matter right now. ... View the full article
  24. To those wondering why Microsoft has become increasingly cautious about acquisitions, here’s another morsel for thought. Microsoft is shuttering its AdECN ad-exchange purchase. View the full article
  25. On February 1, Google went public (via SearchEngineLand.com) with claims that Microsoft is copying Google search results with Bing. Microsoft is denying the charge, but has yet to provide specifics in its own defense. View the full article
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