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WinMoDevCamp

Announcing the first in a series of 6 international barcamp -style events for Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 OS called WinMoDevCamp ! WinMoDevCamp is a not-for-profit gathering to develop applications for the upcoming release of the Microsoft Windows Mobile Read More...
Posted Monday, July 13, 2009 2:44 PM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments

TechNet Webcast: A Tour of Windows 7 (Level 100)

A few weeks ago I did my first ever TechNet webcast on some of the new UX enhancements in Windows 7 .  It is a free session that you can view online, you just need to register on the site to get access to the video. For those of you just now getting Read More...
Posted Monday, June 01, 2009 5:42 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments

Dual Boot from VHD Using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

As computers get more powerful, disk space and memory prices continue to drop and tool require more and more power, getting a handle on how you can use virtualization to aid your development across multiple environment and multiple toolsets.  To Read More...
Posted Friday, May 22, 2009 9:18 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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If you have received a Vista Ultimate with SP1 Promotional Kit - READ HERE!

I've gotten a number of question about the Vista kits that has been given out at some events - if you got one of these and were wondering about the key, please take a look at https://microsoft.order-1.com/registerwindowsvistasp1//Default.aspx .  Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:35 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta

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Posted Friday, January 09, 2009 4:23 PM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments
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Windows 7 Beta Available This Week!

Just announced at Steve Ballmer’s keynote at CES in Las Vegas , Windows 7 Beta will be available to the public starting on Friday as a limited rollout: On January 9th, the Windows 7 Beta will be available for Windows enthusiasts to download via the Windows Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:21 PM by Chris Koenig | 3 Comments
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Windows Live Mesh on Windows 7

For those of you attending PDC and are experimenting with Windows 7, here’s an update you’ll need to apply to get Mesh working on your new OS.  Just create a REG file with the following information in it, and run it on your Windows 7 machine.  Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:07 AM by Chris Koenig | 9 Comments
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PDC Day 2 – Windows 7, Windows Live, Mesh and Office Online

Today’s big announcements at PDC were around Windows 7, .NET 4/VS2010, Windows Live Mesh and Microsoft Office futures. Windows 7 Both Windows Server 2008 R@ and Windows 7 will have the ability to boot from a VHD as well as mount a VHD like a normal drive Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 28, 2008 4:45 PM by Chris Koenig | 4 Comments

PDC Day 1 – Windows Azure

You might have heard rumblings of secret projects at Microsoft called Red Dog, or Strata on various blog posts or Twitter feeds.  Today at PDC, the covers came off these codenames to reveal Windows Azure: Originally called Windows Strata, Windows® Read More...
Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 1:04 PM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments
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Speeding up Vista boots

I know it’s usually tacky to link blog, but this is too good to pass up.  Phil Wheat posted a great tip yesterday on speeding up your boot time on Windows Vista.  Here’s the post: Catching up on posts, and saw that Bryant Likes (over at my former Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:13 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Free Software for Students - Microsoft DreamSpark

Calling all students!  Check out this video featuring Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates as he discusses a new initiative called Microsoft DreamSpark targeted at offering Microsoft developer tools FREE to students: Bill Gates talks about Free Software, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:10 PM by Chris Koenig | 4 Comments

Mac versus Windows vulnerability stats for 2007

For all the talk that I continue to hear about how Windows is not a safe operating system, I'm really glad to see independent groups such as ZDNet putting out studies such as this one: » Mac versus Windows vulnerability stats for 2007 | Zero Day Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 08, 2008 1:03 PM by Chris Koenig | 6 Comments
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Triple Launch 2008 - Mark your Calendars!

Here are the currently known dates for the Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 Launch Events in South Central District: March 6 - Baton Rouge, LA March 20 - Houston, TX April 8 - Dallas, TX April 10 - San Antonio, TX This info Read More...
Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 3:38 AM by Chris Koenig | 3 Comments

Tablet PC Fun

Everyone always tells me how great the mac is for doing music. Here's a video of Hugh Sung, a concert pianist, using his Tablet PC for doing his music. Hugh Sung Website I'd like to see a mac do this :-) Read More...
Posted Friday, November 02, 2007 1:08 AM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments
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ALT.NET Conference 2007

Last weekend I had the pleasure of participating in the first ever ALT.NET conference , held in beautiful Austin, TX. Not only was it a great excuse to visit one of my favorite cities in the US, and see my Mom (who never thinks we bring the kids over Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 09, 2007 12:37 AM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments
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