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Easy blogging with Windows Live Writer

Mike has been bugging me to blog about this, and because I didn't do it immediately, he's blogged about the beta version of Live writer is now available for you to download.  I've been using Live writer to do these posts for a while now. 

Gordon Frazer: The new boss at Microsoft UK

Well the new boss at Microsoft UK has finally been announced.  Gordon Frazer will be taking over the helm on 31st July.  He seems like a really great regular guy.  He's climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, which I've always wanted to do but never

Checking for compliance

We talk a lot about compliance at Microsoft,  We throw acronyms at you like SOX, and HIPAA and expect you to nod knowledgeably about how your company is complying with the compliance regulations.  But you may not be.  You may not be all

TechNet searches change AND's to OR's

Phil got a mail from someone who was having trouble with his TechNet subscription.  If he entered two search terms in to the TechNet viewer application, then the search engine ORs the search terms rather than ANDs them.  It was driving
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SMS 2.0 SUS Feature pack

I saw this the other day, and thought it was worth reproducing to make sure that, if you're using MBSA, you can still keep yourself fully up to date... As documented in  KB895660, the MBSA 1.2.1 catalog (MSSecure.XML) that is used to provide security

Thats a pretty network diagram...

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/technet/designit/default.mspxWe were having a coffee with the Audience marketing guys a while ago, and we were talking about how we could contribute to a charity in some way.  Microsoft in the UK are sponsors of several

Learning Monad

Lee saw my entry the other week about my challenges on Monad, and asked me to have a look at his blog.  Oh wow.  Some scary stuff in there, and some cool things too (I particularly liked the fire effect gif that's all documented for you to try).
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Windows Live - and lots of gadgets

Well I've been playing around with Windows Live Messenger 8 since I downloaded it the other day and I'm really impressed with it too.  From the beta page, I've had the chance to get to other beta sites to try, and Live.com has blown me away. 

Customising your Desktop Search deployment..

I use this all the time - and use the most basic of features to find what I'm looking for - but now I've found the Desktop Search Administrators guide on Technet.  Fantastic!  This now allows you to customise how you deploy Desktop search

Technet - Whats new in December

Mike has pointed to a lst of new things that have been released in the TechNet December subscription.  I was looking for the Exchange SP2 download and documentation, but the stuff on scripting caught my eye... Advanced ScriptingThis month's subscription
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New certification structure

Oooh! now this has caught my eye!  In my dim and distant (and vaguely murky!) past, I used to be a Technical trainer.  I used to train lots of Microsoft products ( I mean most of the Back office products, networking stuff and Internet type courses. 

Geek Dinner in London - for Girls

Sarah is organising a Geek dinner - for girls in London next Tuesday evening.  You don't have to be a geek to attend though  (actually you don't even need to be a girl either) - it's just a great opportunity to network with other women in Technology

The TechNet Index

I've been sent a mail about how TechNet has been organised to make it much more easy to navigate the site.  I've had a browse during today and I'm impressed.  here are some of the features: TechNet Indexes have been placed onto http://microsoft.com/technet/index. 

New trojan - won't let you see "adult" sites

I don't normally blog about virus alerts, worms and trojans (Steve normally blogs about these) but this one this morning has caught my eye.  There's a new Trojan out there which won't let you visit sites with sex or exhibition in the title bar

Detecting Stealth Software

My blog content mole pointed me to this report which has just been released . Detecting Stealth Software with Strider GhostBuster Yi-Min Wang; Doug Beck; Binh Vo; Roussi Roussev; Chad Verbowski February 2005 Stealth malware programs that silently
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