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Thursday, November 26, 2009 8:13 AM

Happy Thanksgiving to our readers in the U.S.!

Here’s something lighthearted for the holiday: A 1980s Home Computer Family Celebration . “Gather the kids round your Apple II and enjoy these nostalgic, vaguely unsettling vintage ads.” Have a great holiday, everybody! (We’ll be back to the relative
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009 7:53 AM

William Stanek: Intermission: Out of the gate, now what?

William here. Happy Thanksgiving (a bit early I know ;-) As I promised my kids I’d do nothing useful this week, I’m going to keep this discussion in the realm of non-work. With that in mind, this post contains nothing useful. Nothing, absolutely nothing,
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009 7:57 AM

William Stanek: Intermission: A coming out party

William here. In the spirit of the holidays, I promised my kids I’d do nothing useful this week. To keep this post in the realm of non-work I decided to have an early coming out party. No, not in the tradition of Adam L or Justin T. More in the tradition
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009 7:30 AM

New book: Introducing Windows 7 for Developers

Here’s a post about the newly published Introducing Windows 7 for Developers , by Yochay Kiriaty, Laurence Moroney, Sasha Goldshtein and Alon Fliess. (The book’s ISBN is 9780735626829, and it contains 416 pages.) You can read the Foreword by Mark Russinovich
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Monday, November 23, 2009 8:18 AM

Ed Wilson: Beware of the infamous FFTC

With the approach of the holiday season I feel that I must warn you about the infamous FFTC (Friends and family toting cameras). The FFTC seem to appear at all family gatherings like moths drawn to a flame, and their work can be as destructive to one's
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Sunday, November 22, 2009 12:23 AM

New book: Microsoft Application Architecture Guide, Second Edition

We’re happy to announce that Microsoft Application Architecture Guide, 2nd Edition (Patterns & Practices) is available now. You can buy it in hard copy via online retailers (ISBN: 9780735627109) or download it from the Microsoft Download Center .
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Friday, November 20, 2009 11:15 AM

Forefront TMG 2010 Administrator’s Companion available for pre-order

Greetings. We authors of Forefront TMG 2010 Administrator’s Companion are about to finish work on the book, which will be available in January 2010. To begin giving you a sense of the book, today we’d like to share its Introduction. Pre-order is available
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 6:02 PM

Author news: Sayed Hashimi on MSBuild, Part 2

Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi, co-author of the much-praised book Inside the Microsoft Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build (Microsoft Press, 2009; ISBN: 9780735626287; 432 pages), returns to dnrTV in show #158 , in which Sayed shows some third-party
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 6:45 AM

William Stanek: We interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast again (Part Deux, Step 1)

William here. Digging deeper into the networking problem that I discussed last time. To recap: the problem I’ve encountered was this: >>>>>The computer is one of many running on a fairly complex home network. The network has a single router
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 8:34 AM

RTM’d today: Windows Server 2008 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant, Second Edition

Good news: William Stanek has updated his Windows Server 2008 Administrator's Pocket Consultant , which we released in early 2008. That book averages 4.5 stars at Amazon. William’s update— Windows Server 2008 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant, Second
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 6:16 AM

William Stanek: We interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast again (Part Deux)

William here. Last time I talked about a problem that Windows 7 made easy to solve by being spot on and helping me resolve matters quickly. This time, I’m going to talk about a different type of problem—the kind that can’t be resolved so quickly or so
Posted by devonm | 2 Comments
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:34 AM

Are you a poet? Compose a Haiku and Win!

Create a Haiku about Windows Server 2008 R2 and you could win a home theater system or an Xbox 360 Elite. For instructions and details, visit http://www.r2haiku.com/ . If you’re not poetic but still want to learn about R2, you can download a free ebook
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:51 AM

Ed Wilson: I think I would like to write a book…

"As someone who has written or contributed to 16 book projects, people often seek me out to solicit advice on writing a book."
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Monday, November 16, 2009 6:55 AM

Free e-book: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008

This has been available for a while, but it’s been a long time since we’ve mentioned it. You can download a free e-book titled Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 here . The book is by Peter DeBetta, Greg Low, and Mark Whitehorn. The book includes the
Posted by devonm | 6 Comments
Friday, November 13, 2009 7:02 AM

Author news: Steve McConnell speaking in Bellevue, WA

Steve McConnell, author of Code Complete (voted the single most influential book every programmer should read at stackoverflow.com), is speaking about “Secrets of world-class software organizations.”
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Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:07 AM

William Stanek: We interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast again

William uses Action Center in Windows 7 to repair some driver issues.
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Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:52 AM

Ed Wilson: The infamous six words

"There is one class of stories that knows no cultural boundaries, the story where the user walks up to the IT Pro and begins his tale with the infamous six words: 'I have this computer at home.'"
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:04 AM

Early reviews for Windows 7 Inside Out

Congratulations to Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, and Craig Stinson!
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:38 AM

William Stanek: Windows 7: Inside Track, Part 6 “Automating Migrations with USMT 4.0”

"Let’s kick it up a notch and look at automating migrations using User State Migration Tool (USMT) Version 4.0."
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Monday, November 09, 2009 2:25 PM

Mark Russinovich on Introducing Windows 7 for Developers

Here's the Foreword, by Mark Russinovich, for Introducing Windows 7 for Developers (Microsoft Press, 2010; ISBN: 9780735626829), by Yochay Kiriaty, Laurence Moroney, Sasha Goldshtein, and Alon Fliess.
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Friday, November 06, 2009 1:07 PM

New book: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant

We’re pleased to announce that Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant, by William Stanek, is now available!
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Friday, November 06, 2009 11:33 AM

Review: Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2008

A review of another recently published book on SQL Server 2008 by Microsoft Press: Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2008, by Leonard Lobel, Andrew J. Brust, and Stephen Forte.
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Thursday, November 05, 2009 7:56 AM

William Stanek: Windows 7: Inside Track, Part 5 “Migrations with Windows Easy Transfer”

"Last time, I talked about migrations and the options for using Windows Easy Transfer. So now let’s look at the actual migration process."
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:01 AM

Quick note: PDC attendees save 25% on certification exams

Microsoft Learning is pleased to offer PDC09 attendees an exclusive discount on Microsoft Certification exams.
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:41 AM

William Stanek: Windows 7: Inside Track, Part 4 “Migrations and Automation”

"Let’s get back to our discussion of Windows 7 while continuing to focus on upgrades and migrations. So far we’ve discussed upgrade paths, cross-architecture upgrades, cross-language upgrades, and cross-variant upgrades."
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Monday, November 02, 2009 7:42 AM

Download ten free Windows 7 chapters

Three more chapters added to the Microsoft Learning Windows 7 portal.
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Sunday, November 01, 2009 8:48 PM

Windows 7 Resource Kit Unofficial Support Site

We emphasize the site with another post (in case you missed Mitch's quick mention yesterday).
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