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Windows Server 2003 SP1 Available

Posted Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:25 PM by Brianjo
Tonight we posted SP1 for Windows Server 2003. You can find links to the various downloads on the Security Developer Center . This page has links to the 32-bit builds and to the Itanium builds. (If you don't know what a checked build is don't use that Read More...
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DirectX 9.0 SDK Update - (April 2005) Available

Posted Wednesday, March 30, 2005 5:31 PM by Brianjo
Get it while it's hot... DirectX 9.0 SDK Update - (April 2005) Download the complete DirectX 9.0 SDK - (April 2005), which contains the DirectX 9.0c Runtime and all DirectX software required to create DirectX 9.0 compliant applications in C/C++, and C#. Read More...
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Sara Ford's Editor Tip of the Day

Posted Tuesday, March 29, 2005 3:15 PM by Brianjo
Sara Ford is posting a new Visual Studio Editor tip as often as she's able to. This is great stuff. You can see her first post here , and these are a few of the recent tips she's written: Did you know… How to use Full Screen Mode? (Shift+Alt+Enter) Use Read More...
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Script Center Update

Posted Monday, March 28, 2005 10:30 AM by Brianjo
I haven't visited here for a while, but I noticed that the Script Center on TechNet seems to have gotten a nice rework. (If there was an e-mail on this, I missed it.) Anyway, it looks like they did a great job. Check it out here: Script Center Welcome Read More...
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MapPoint from C++

Posted Sunday, March 27, 2005 1:10 PM by Brianjo
MP2K Magazine is running a three part series on accessing MapPoint from C++: MapPoint Automation with C/C++ - Part 1 This is the first of three articles by Sergey Kostrov on automating MapPoint Automation with C/C++ starting with a simple C/C++ application Read More...
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Totally Baseball

Posted Saturday, March 26, 2005 9:05 PM by Brianjo
Buffy is starting T-Ball this year. We found this pink batter's helmet that's absolutely perfect for her. That's three. The baseball schedule is going to be crazy this year. :) Read More...
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SDL Document is Live on the Security Developer Center

Posted Monday, March 21, 2005 11:28 AM by Brianjo
This weekend, we posted the Security Development Lifecycle document on the Security Developer Center . We'll headline this a little later today. This article was written by Steve Lipner and Michael Howard. We considered it important enough that we gave Read More...
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Microsoft Details Pricing and Licensing for Visual Studio 2005

Posted Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15 AM by Brianjo
Microsoft released pricing information on Visual Studio 2005 today. Here are some links to take a look at: Press Release: Microsoft Details Pricing and Licensing for Visual Studio 2005 and Simplifies Microsoft Developer Network Subscriptions Microsoft Read More...
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Photo Simulator

Posted Friday, March 18, 2005 10:46 PM by Brianjo
This is too cool. A page that lets you play with shutter speed and aperture to see the effects in a photo. What a great way to get your head around some of thus stuff. SimCam - Shutter and Aperture All cameras have at least two ways to control light: Read More...
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Whidbey Chat is going on now...

Posted Friday, March 18, 2005 10:29 AM by Brianjo
Click here to join. I'm going to pull this post when it's over. Looks like a big turn out - over 170 so far. Great chat. I'm taking it off the C++ feed now. I'll post when I get a link to the transcript. Update: Jana has posted the transcript here . Thanks Read More...
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Microsoft DirectX Slides from the Game Developers Conference 2005

Posted Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:14 PM by Brianjo
Get them here: Game Developers Conference 2005 This download includes presentations given by the Windows gaming and graphics team at the Game Developers Conference 2005. Included is the Microsoft DirectX Developer Day content and the High-Level Shader Read More...
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Server and Domain Isolation Using IPsec and Group Policy

Posted Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:09 AM by Brianjo
The Server and Domain Isolation Using IPsec and Group Policy guide was just posted to the TechNet Security site. You can read it online, or you can download it. Here are some details: Server and Domain Isolation Using IPsec and Group Policy This guide Read More...
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MSTSC and Console

Posted Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:55 AM by Brianjo
I was looking for a way to connect to the currently running console session on a Windows Server 2003 box. (This is the default when connecting to a Windows XP machine.) I think I found it. Start terminal services client with /console and that should do Read More...
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DirectX Developer Center

Posted Wednesday, March 16, 2005 7:13 PM by Brianjo
It seems like a lot of stuff went down while I was off on vacation. The new DirectX Developer Center is now open for business. When you're looking for that updated DirectX SDK, just keep this link in mind: http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/ We're also Read More...
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Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Updated

Posted Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:56 PM by Brianjo
Get the details here: Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 computers for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious Read More...
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Best small camera?

Posted Tuesday, March 08, 2005 7:19 PM by Brianjo
I've been on vaction this week, happily snapping photos with my old Canon PowerShot S110. This is a great camera, but I bought it when it first came out a few years ago and at 2.1 megapixels, the camera is starting to show it's age. So I think that I Read More...
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Coffee in Florida

Posted Tuesday, March 08, 2005 7:49 AM by Brianjo
Coffee Originally uploaded by brianjo . I don't know what it is, but drinking coffee in Florida is a lot different than it is in Seattle. Lattes never taste quite right here. I'm not sure if its the weather, or the fact that they just make them better Read More...
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Joe Wilcox on Spyware

Posted Sunday, March 06, 2005 4:35 AM by Brianjo
Joe Wilcox has some insightful commentary on spyware and he links back into some MS content aroung this subject. Read this if you have young kids or teens using computers in your home. Spyware, Kids and Online Commerce ... Apparently, I'm not the only Read More...
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Vacationing in Florida this Week

Posted Saturday, March 05, 2005 12:59 AM by Brianjo
We're vacationing in Orlando this week. We're staying at the Hyatt Grand Cypress for a couple of days and then we're going to stay at the Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Studios for the rest of the week. We usually fly the Alaska Airlines red eye out Read More...
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Don't Miss this Upcoming Whidbey Chat

Posted Thursday, March 03, 2005 11:51 AM by Brianjo
Update: The transcript for this chat is available here . Here's a chat you're not going to want to miss. It looks like Eric Rudder will be there to answer some questions. Here are the details: What's New in Whidbey? Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, code Read More...
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IEBlog Blogging IE 7

Posted Tuesday, March 01, 2005 4:22 PM by Brianjo
I'm very much looking forward the the release of IE 7. To help understand what's coming, the IEBlog is providing details on the upcoming version of the product. Check it out here . You can also get information at the Internet Explorer Developer Center Read More...
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