Archive for the 'Windows' Category

Windows Vista Product Guide

The final version of the Window Vista Product Guide is available for download:
Windows Vista Product Guide 

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Time Zone Update for Windows

In March 2007 daylight savings time for the US and Canada will change.  Daylight savings time will start 3 weeks earlier, on the second Sunday in March and will end one week later, on the first Sunday in November.  This is going to result in a load of missed appointments and confusion I’m sure, but […]

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Windows Automated Installation Kit Available for Download

The Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) is now available for download on microsoft.com.  This package is a set of tools used for deploying Windows Vista.  Form the site:
The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is designed to help corporate IT professionals customize and deploy the Microsoft Windows Vista™ family of operation systems. By using Windows AIK, […]

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Zune has no love for Vista?

Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet is reporting that Microsoft’s just released Zune digital media player is not compatible with Windows Vista (what?).  Read the posting here.
Is it me or does it seam strange that Microsoft’s two biggest releases this year are not going to work together out of the box? 
I am very familiar with the […]

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PowerShell Downloads

The PowerShell downloads referenced in my earlier post are working now, although you’ll notice that no Vista version of PowerShell is available yet.  This is expected to be posted in the coming weeks.

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PowerShell 1.0 Released

Wow, loads of announcements lately, but here’s another biggie coming out of ITForum in Barcelona.  Windows PowerShell 1.0 has been released to web.  Read the PowerShell team blog post here.
Here is a link to the English download:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=75284&clcid=0×09
The download links on the page do not seam to be working yet, but I am sure that they […]

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Microsoft Hosts Sysinternals Site

The well known Sysinternals freeware utilities that were developed and previously hosted by Mark Russinovitch and Bryce Cogsworth have now found a home at Microsoft, here is a link to the new site:
Windows Sysinternals Site
 
There are a couple new things here that are worth mentioning as well.  They have created a new tool named Process Monitor  (not […]

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Sounds Like Vista

Jim Allchin has posted an interesting blog post on The Sounds of Vista follow the link for more.

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Windows Vista RTM!

“Windows Vista has now RTM’d!
It should be availalbe to business customers before the end of the month and for consumers in January.
Here are some links:
Windows Vista Blog
Executive Q&A Feature Story – Nov. 8
Congratulations to the Vista team!

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10 Things You Need to Know about Deploying Windows Vista

This article by Michael Niehaus in the latest issue of TechNet Magazine is a great summery of the most important deployment advances in Windows Vista:
10 Things You Need to Know about Deploying Windows Vista
The is a good starting point if you have not yet seen these technologies.

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