Nice! Sublime Maxxus has a lengthy but enlightening post on 70 tips and tricks in Windows 7. I don’t care who you are; you’ll likely learn something new in this post.Sublime Maxxus: 70 Windows 7 Tips & Tricks
Microsoft Windows 7 on USB: Two Reasons Why Good article.. and I do hope Microsoft decides to package and sell Windows 7 on USB sticks.. because on hardware that supports it, booting to USB and installing the OS from that is pretty cool.. and pretty fast. But I’m not sure what all the fuss is … Continue reading Microsoft Windows 7 on Bootable USB?
Hey Yahoo.. Bing this: Enterprise Software - Bing Zips Past Yahoo To Be Number Two in SearchMy take…As much as I love the news that Bing is now ahead of Yahoo! search, I’m not ready to celebrate just yet. Sure, it’s cool that Bing has moved into the number two spot world-wide, but is that … Continue reading Breaking News: “Bing Zips Past Yahoo To Be Number Two in Search”
A few minutes ago I got an e-mail from Steve Balmer. Microsoft today announced the new name and new functionality of the new search engine. The new name is the sound I suppose I should hear when I find what I’m looking for. But I can’t help but thinking of old Christmas TV Specials with … Continue reading Breaking News: The sound of found is “Bing”
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10249161-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20What do you think? Last week I attended a few presentations by both Citrix and VMware, and heard all about their respective VDI solutions. Citrix has always built amazing things and added pretty decent value on top of Microsoft platforms, and that platform is going to get oh-so-much-better with the addition of native VDI support … Continue reading Ooo.. Microsoft buying Citrix would be cool…
Props to Keith Combs for seeing this before me…There’s a new Step-by-Step Guide for building and configuring a test lab environment to try out DirectAccess.“What is DirectAccess?”In a very small nutshell, it is a way to grant access (either full or selective) to your corporate resources from outside. It’s a new capability that requires Windows … Continue reading DirectAccess. “It’s magic.” And now you can try it in a test lab.
RCs = Release CandidatesRTW = Released to Web“for some” means “for TechNet and MSDN subscribers”You remember several days ago we announced that the RC for Windows 7 would be available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers on April 30th.“Hey, that’s today!”Yep. And of course the first thing I did this morning was to connect up to … Continue reading Breaking News: It’s here! RCs are RTW! (for some)
Just thought I’d share a cool/useful web resource. It’s a “video blog” (pronounced “vblog”, I presume) called “Talking About Windows”. http://www.talkingaboutwindows.comEver wonder about the details around the deep inner-workings of some of your favorite features in Windows? Want to hear about it from the guys and gals who actually created it? “Heck yeah!”Check it out. … Continue reading Talking About Windows
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“Huh?!”Yep. Release Candidate 1 (and only, I’ve heard) will be available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers on April 30, 2009.“Says who? All I’ve heard is leaks and rumors of leaks.”Says the Windows 7 team on the Windows 7 Team Blog. “Can I get it now?”Do you have a TechNet Plus or MSDN subscription?“No”Then you should … Continue reading BIG Breaking News: The Windows 7 RC wait is almost over..
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