The Windows 7 Release Candidate is available for download "free" (see previous post). In Microsoft terms, Release Candidate (RC) code is code that we think is ready for release to our customers but we are still doing some final test and evaluation before...

I saw this post on the Genuine Windows Blog site today Pirated Windows 7 RC builds a botnet . So let me understand this. Instead of getting the software for free from Microsoft, people prefer to get it from some stranger(s) over the Internet for free...

Sites that distribute software like MSDN and TechNet make it possible to download ISO images of CDROMs and DVDs. An ISO image allows you to burn an exact duplicate of a piece of media. One of the challenges we all face from time to time is corrupt media...

This error appeared on one of my Hyper-V servers this morning. A search of TechNet revealed that KB967902 has an update that can be downloaded to correct the issue. The issue occurs because the because the Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management service (VMMS...