VolkerW's WebLog

Stuff mostly about Windows Fundamentals Also chirping at: https://twitter.com/volkerw

Nemo has resurfaced

Project Nemo is back with a little something for us Vista Media Center users. From the LiveSide News...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/03/2007

RC of Virtual PC 2007 is ready for download

Thanks Ben. It almost escaped my attention. Please go to Microsoft Connect and download the release...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/02/2007

Windows Live Writer

Another test. Just downloaded the beta of the Windows Live Writer to give it another try. In general...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/02/2007

A free Ferrari from Microsoft

Laughing Squid received a Ferrari 1000 from Microsoft for testing and blogging.Hope the laptop...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 12/27/2006

Google Desktop for Mac OS

GogDeskYeahStill not officially of course. But it is a snap with a little help from the latest...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 12/25/2006

Windows and Mac OS in the Parallels Universe

Parallels certainly adds a coolness factor to Virtualization. The latest beta build of Parallels...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 12/22/2006

Jeremy Allison heading leaving Novell to join Google

Jeremy is one of the Samba (Windows file sharing for Linux) founding fathers. He’s leaving...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 12/21/2006

Exchange Server 2007 RTM

Now it is official. The Microsoft flagship email server has been released to manufacturing (RTM)....

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 12/08/2006

Beef up your Zune

Beef up the capacity with a new hard disk. The ipod mod folks tell you how. Now all I need is a...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/29/2006

Anitvirus for 64-bit for consumer

Yeah, here we go. Long awaited and finally available for Vista 32-bit AND 64-bit. ITPRO has more....

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/28/2006

VHD Test Drive Details

Wow, it is amazing to see how well this program is accepted by costumers and by Microsoft partners....

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/09/2006

Microsoft Virtualization for Developers

Virtualization is cool and there is more than just hype. We all got that. Developments in AMD and...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/08/2006

VHD Test Drive – Learn more

If you are an Independent Software Vendor or ISV working with Windows you have most likely heard...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/08/2006

VHD Test Drive downloads

With the VHD Test Drive you can quickly evaluate Microsoft and partner solutions through a series of...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/07/2006

VHD Test Drive

Virtualization just got a notch better with Microsoft. Recent moves in the Microsoft virtualization...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/06/2006

Off to TechEd Developer in Barcelona, Spain

Going to TechEd is always fun. Going to TechEd in Europe is even more fun. I finally made it to...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/06/2006

VHD spec now freely available

Most of you folks might have seen this already but it is never too late to mention an important...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 10/19/2006

ANSYS to Support MS Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003

Ansys next gen. products ANSYS 11.0 and FLUENT 6.3 will support for Microsoft Windows Compute...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/21/2006

Tech videos on Vista and Longhorn

Cool Vista and Windows Server code name "Longhorn" videos from TechEd 2006 have recently been posted...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/15/2006

Register for Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition Redistribution Rights

Yeah, Microsoft is good with names. One of the newer initiatives recently added to our portfolio, is...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/07/2006

Microsoft receives the Superbrands award

brandexpress reports about the UK Superbrands award: "Microsoft has taken first place in this...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/10/2006

Evangelist at Microsoft

Being a (technology) evangelist in itself is cool. Being a technical evangelist at Microsoft is even...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/09/2006

System Center - Virtual Machine Manager Beta 1

No 64-bit install support in Beta 1. (More...) Tags: System Center, VMM

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/09/2006

Beta Update of Parallels Desktop for Mac is available

The mail just arrived in my inbox. Looks like some real good improvements are heading our way....

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/09/2006

Acronis talks about backup, P2V and 64-bit

Acronis, most likely best known for its Acronis True Image products, was interviewed again on Let's...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/08/2006

Vista and Leopard race to the line misses the point

iTWire misses the point - again: "For Windows users, who happen to constitute 90% of desktop...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/08/2006

Google to Pay $900 Million To Handle MySpace Search

Ouch. Tags: Google, Search, Microsoft Live

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/07/2006

VMware to Give Demo at Apple's WWDC

PC Magazine and others know about plans of VMware to show off a new virtualization product for the...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/05/2006

Test from Word 2007 post Beta2

Folks, we'll see if the stuff works.

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/31/2006

Gmail down

I just started working with Google spreadsheet but when I tried to invite friends to collaborate on...