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When Microsoft Presentations go wrong
If you've ever attended or given a presentation, you'll get a kick out of this video. My laughing is...
Author: smearp Date: 04/27/2007
How did THAT security vulnerability slip through?
Michael Howard (of the Secure Development Lifecycle team at Microsoft) has posted a detailed...
Author: smearp Date: 04/27/2007
Longhorn Beta 3... From the Source
Saving me from having to type up a list of all the resources that are available to support the...
Author: smearp Date: 04/25/2007
Free E-learning for Windows Server "Longhorn"
The price is right! Take some training on Longhorn while you are downloading from the link in my...
Author: smearp Date: 04/25/2007
Windows Server "Longhorn" Beta 3 released.
Woohoo! Get it now before the Download Servers are overwhelmed. I see it is up on Connect (if you...
Author: smearp Date: 04/25/2007
Exchange 2007 Desktop Wallpaper
For the Exchange Admin in your life... Available in 1024x768, 1280x1024, and 1920x1200 from the...
Author: smearp Date: 04/25/2007
Business Desktop Deployment 2007 Source Code released
Get it while its hot! The Microsoft® Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) is...
Author: smearp Date: 04/25/2007
New Blog: Microsoft Forefront Server Security
It looks like the Microsoft Forefront Server Security team has a new blog up: Hello all and welcome...
Author: smearp Date: 04/25/2007
System Center Virtual Machine Manager Beta 2 released
I have previously noted that Beta 2 of System Center Virtual Machine Manager was on it's way....
Author: smearp Date: 04/25/2007
Cruel Irony
I just picked up the following book from the Microsoft internal library: You Don't Have to Go Home...
Author: smearp Date: 04/24/2007
Pinging in IPV6
I know the transition from IPV4 to IPV6 is inevitable, but I am going to go kicking and screaming......
Author: smearp Date: 04/23/2007
Karl Rove and Clippy
Courtesy of Gizmodo, this is pretty funny...
Author: smearp Date: 04/23/2007
Silverlight Almost Wasn't
The original product name that was almost approved was: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation...
Author: smearp Date: 04/23/2007
Orcas (Visual Studio 9) Beta 1 available
In a preconfigured Virtual Machine environment no less! From the Virtual PC Guy's Blog: Here is...
Author: smearp Date: 04/23/2007
What ports do I need to open for (insert product here) to work?
Are you setting up a router or a firewall, perhaps setting up a domain trust, connecting some...
Author: smearp Date: 04/23/2007
How do I index network shares in Vista?
It can be done! By default, the search function built into Windows Vista will only search indexing...
Author: smearp Date: 04/21/2007
Get Certified on Windows 2000 while you still can!
If you are just getting started on some Microsoft Certifications, you will definitely want to take a...
Author: smearp Date: 04/21/2007
Running PostgreSQL and MySQL on Windows
Looking to run a database (maybe to learn SQL or to host your recipe collection)? SQL Server 2005...
Author: smearp Date: 04/17/2007
Windows Media now works on Firefox!
The Windows media team has been hard at work on an updated plugin for FireFox that will enable you...
Author: smearp Date: 04/17/2007
Is There a Guide for That?
So you have just been tasked with setting up Active Directory, or creating a Backup Plan, or setting...
Author: smearp Date: 04/16/2007
Action Required: Turn off RPC management of DNS on all DCs. Do it now.
If you administer a Windows domain, or a domain with Windows DNS/DC Servers, you will want to take...
Author: smearp Date: 04/13/2007
Dude, where's my RAM? (or, why don't I have 4GB?)
I ran into this exact issue yesterday, and intended to write a post. Fortunately, the ASKPERF Blog...
Author: smearp Date: 04/13/2007
Windows splash screens from 1.01 to Vista
To follow up on my Why Design Matters. A pictorial history of microsoft.com post (showing the...
Author: smearp Date: 04/13/2007
How do I do that in Vista?
The Windows Vista Documentation team has been super busy compiling and releasing a huge collection...
Author: smearp Date: 04/13/2007
Apple, we feel your pain...
When you are developing a large Software project, be it an Operating System or a major...
Author: smearp Date: 04/13/2007
Steve Riley's upcoming TechEd presentations
If you are a fan of energetic security presentations by someone with earrings, shorts, and...
Author: smearp Date: 04/12/2007
Virtual Server and Windows Server Virtualization timelines adjusted
From Mike Neil (Virtualization GM) on the Windows Server Blog: As the person who oversees the...
Author: smearp Date: 04/12/2007
Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner 2007 (SCCP) beta available
What server(s) do I need to run Exchange ? That is a loaded question that I hear several times a...
Author: smearp Date: 04/12/2007
Why doesn't this feature exist?
I hear this question fairly often... usually in regards to a product that depends on another (that...
Author: smearp Date: 04/12/2007
WGA Team responds to Vista OEM BIOS Hacks
Alex on the WGA team has posted a written response to the reported OEM BIOS Hacks regarding Vista: I...
Author: smearp Date: 04/12/2007
Exchange 2007 SP1 Beta posted to MSDN and TechNet
The beta for Exchange 2007 SP1 has been posted to MSDN and TechNet for download. Weighing in at a...
Author: smearp Date: 04/12/2007
Professional Virtual Server Book Published
Ben Armstrong, (AKA Virtual PC Guy), has published a book on Microsoft Virtual Server 2005....
Author: smearp Date: 04/11/2007
You say potato, I say potaaaahto
At Microsoft, we have some product names that do not always roll off the tongue ;) The problem is...
Author: smearp Date: 04/10/2007
Why Design Matters. A pictorial history of microsoft.com
If you designed websites (even for a club or small business) in the mid-90's, you recall the...
Author: smearp Date: 04/09/2007
Replacing your Motherboard (without killing Windows)
It can be done! If you want to replace an older motherboard in your computer (without having to wipe...
Author: smearp Date: 04/05/2007
Microsoft Best Practices
What are Best Practices? According to Wikipedia: Best Practice is a management idea which asserts...
Author: smearp Date: 04/05/2007
Windows Vista Resource Kit released
Just saw this on the Windows Vista Team Blog. The Windows Vista Resource Kit is THE definitive guide...
Author: smearp Date: 04/04/2007
Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs
If you work in an organization that utilizes laptops, and has data that you do not want to fall into...
Author: smearp Date: 04/04/2007
XBox 360 warranty just gets better and better!
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemsetup/xbox360/resources/warrantyupdate.htm After recently...
Author: smearp Date: 04/04/2007
Microsoft Virtual Server - Virtual Machine Additions for Linux updated
I see that the Virtual Machine Additions for Linux have been updated to now support Suse Linux...
Author: smearp Date: 04/04/2007
Microsoft Dynamics Client for Microsoft Office
Announced at Convergence 2007, the new Microsoft Dynamics Client for Microsoft Office and SharePoint...
Author: smearp Date: 04/03/2007
Windows Server Longhorn Tech Overview
I see that Keith Combs has posted the slide decks from his recent presentations on Longhorn Server...
Author: smearp Date: 04/03/2007
Expression web design applications now available on MSDN
I see on Microsoft Watch that due to feedback from developers, we have now made the Microsoft...
Author: smearp Date: 04/03/2007
How much memory does Windows support?
I had a customer recently ask about the memory limits for various editions of Windows, and thought...
Author: smearp Date: 04/03/2007
Get Netscape 3.0 NOW!
I was looking at a site I designed in High School (back in the day), and the two following logos...
Author: smearp Date: 04/02/2007
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager
One of the pillars of System Center is the new Virtual Machine Manager. Beta 1 has been out since...
Author: smearp Date: 04/02/2007
Microsoft Management Summit - Videos Posted
As I have mentioned earlier, Microsoft's Management products (under the System Center brand) are...
Author: smearp Date: 04/02/2007
Safari's WebKit being replaced by Internet Explorer 7 Engine
I was hoping the official announcement would come out of Apple before I posted my last blog entry...
Author: smearp Date: 04/01/2007