Jonathan Hardwick

Not enough blogging this month - I've been getting back into coding. And, as those of you who read Channel 9 might have spotted, breaking the build . In fact, the dev team didn't even get their bagels for another week after that post, which shows just Read More...

Right now Maxthon is my tabbed browser of choice – it’s slick, rock-solid, and uses the IE6 rendering engine for maximum compatibility. Most importantly, it’s being updated at a feverish pace that would put a pack of crazed weasels to shame. This morning Read More...

Microsoft’s antispyware team made version 1.0.509 available for download a couple of hours ago. You can use Help > About to see what you’re currently running, but unless you’re another Microsoftie with the latest internal bits, you probably don’t have Read More...

I’ve set up a new community web site at http://nonadmin.editme.com . It’s a place where anyone can share their experiences with running as a non-administrator in Windows – the good (tips, tools, and help for using a limited-user account), the bad (programs Read More...

I’ve posted this month’s roll-ups of all the news and announcements about SMS and MOM on the Management Updates blog. What’s new is that we now include information about Virtual Server . Big thanks to Jonathan Lau for putting the original newsletter together Read More...

The SMS team just shipped their Inventory Tool for Dell Updates , a free download for SMS 2003 . This is another one of those descriptive-and-boring product names , but it actually hides something that’s pretty damn cool, and will ease the lives of many Read More...