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Windows Vista in Action

There's a new website going live today where you can see more about Windows Vista and the possibilities that are possible with the platform through demonstrations of how partners and customers are using it. Read More
posted Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:00 AM by jhoward | 0 Comments
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Cleartype Tuner

One of these always useful links to have - I just changed to a new laptop a couple of weeks before Christmas, and the default LCD display was somewhat fuzzy even with ClearType turned on. If you didn't know, you can use an online tool to optimise the Read More
posted Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:27 AM by jhoward | 0 Comments
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HMV Case Study

There's an interesting case study recently published on the Microsoft UK web-site for HMV who are using Microsoft Technologies to support both their physical stores and  online store. You can read more here. (Just also noticed it was Read More
posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:51 AM by jhoward | 1 Comments
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TechNet Magazine - you can now read it online for free.

As I mentioned a little while ago, TechNet Magazine subscriptions were free (to US based people though). Although there's something in the pipeline to make the magazine available in the UK, the good news is that you can read the full content online now Read More
posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 12:29 PM by jhoward | 0 Comments
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Singularity Operating System - another use for virtualisation?

I've always had an interest in Operating System internals, and have just finished reading the in-progress research document on a new operating system called "Singularity". The research work is being done by Microsoft Research, and the aim of this OS is Read More
posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:16 AM by jhoward | 0 Comments
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Online Labs

Just got news in my inbox that all the US Virtual Labs for both Technet and MSDN are running on Virtual Server 2005 R2 which I thought was kind of cool. If you haven't had a chance to play with the online labs - you should. There's lots of labs which Read More
posted Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:13 AM by jhoward | 4 Comments
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Get TechNet Plus for half price

Thought you'd like this one if you live in the UK at least. Check out this page on microsoft.com, where there is a huge pricing discount for TechNet Plus subscriptions. If you purchase TechNet Plus directly through that site (ie not through a partner) Read More
posted Monday, October 10, 2005 3:09 PM by jhoward | 5 Comments
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Cheaper Windows Server solution for mid-sized businesses

Just noticed a promotional combination offer running in the UK for a Windows Server System Solution aimed at mid-sized businesses, combining a number of core technology components including Window Server 2003 Standard Edition,  Exchange 2003 Standard Read More
posted Friday, September 23, 2005 7:44 AM by jhoward | 0 Comments
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Proxy server configuration

Always a co-incidence. I was writing a script a few days ago which essentially is a Technorati "pinger" for blog updates. I was writing it at home, and it was working fine. I forwarded it to a few colleagues, and wasn't expecting them to tell me that Read More
posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:38 PM by jhoward | 0 Comments
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TechNet improvements

Just came across this yesterday. If you are a TechNet subscriber, changes to the online site have been made which makes organising your subscription much easier through the introduction of the TechNet indexes. You can find this at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/index. Read More
posted Friday, September 09, 2005 10:22 AM by jhoward | 2 Comments
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Business Desktop Deployment

I was following up a couple of queries with people about desktop deployment last week, and noticed that the Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment was updated a few weeks ago to version 2.5. Rather than re-gurgitate info that other people Read More
posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 4:18 PM by jhoward | 0 Comments
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Edit VHD, VUD and VFD files directly

Gilles Vollant of WinImage fame contacted me a few weeks ago to have a look at the latest beta of WinImage. I've been playing with it for a while now and it's been acting flawlessly. Why would this be of particular interest to me? One very good reason Read More
posted Wednesday, August 31, 2005 3:26 PM by jhoward | 3 Comments
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Vista Beta 1 Internet Explorer 7 problems with some sites

This is fairly well publicised if you look around the Internet, but not in a single place that I could find. Hence, more for my own reference once I blow this beta build away, I'll want to get back to where I am. Certain sites don't recognise IE7 in the Read More
posted Friday, August 19, 2005 9:21 AM by jhoward | 2 Comments
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Windows Genuine Advantage

You may have noticed, if you've been downloading anything recently from microsoft.com, that with the exception of security updates, you now have to install an ActiveX control. Windows Genuine Advantage went live on 25th July after some 10 months of beta Read More
posted Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:33 PM by jhoward | 1 Comments
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Security management column

<wear type="flameproof"> Jeffrey R. Jones, the Director of the Microsoft Security Business Unit has recently completed the fourth and final part of his column on Security Management. It makes interesting reading and worth a spare 15 minutes Read More
posted Tuesday, August 09, 2005 10:00 AM by jhoward | 0 Comments
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