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Check out Microsoft KnowledgeBase Article 970653 , "August 2009 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems", which the Windows team just posted. A nod to the good folks across our company working on our effort
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The IE team just posted on their blog changes they're making to IE8's first run experience, coming in the next cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. As noted in their posts on the IE blog previously here and here ... "The goal of
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Of interest: this post from Eric Hebenstreit on the IE Blog, a note on Internet Explorer 8 availability via Windows Server Update Services (aka WSUS) coming in August 2009… For those of you who manage your organization’s desktops using Windows Server
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New on the Springboard Series Blog , highlights from the latest Virtual Roundtable on Application Compatibility for Windows 7. I'm looking forward to having the full programme posted online. Video:
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As Lourdes posted here on the Daylight Saving Time and Time Zone blog, a new hotfix is available for Morocco 2009 Daylight Saving Time for the Windows platform. This is an update for the Daylight Saving Time for the "(GMT) Casablanca" time zone
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Lots of news today (as noted in the news today ) on the availability of the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) . Remember, only download the Windows 7 RC from a trusted source – via Microsoft – to save yourself the security risk . As noted on MSDN and TechNet,
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This came in today via email (thanks, Brin)… "Why do I need IPv6? Is there more about IPv6 available from Microsoft? Is there anything I need to do to support IPv6 in Windows Vista or Windows 7?" Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is
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As I've noted previously , Mark Russinovich hosts a virtual roundtable for IT pros worldwide . The next one is coming up in a few weeks, on Thursday, February 12, 2009, when the topic will be the Windows 7 Beta. Better still, you can submit questions
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Thanks to Stephen Rose for his reminder to take a look at these short screencasts of the new and updated features in Windows 7 from the Windows Client Video Library on TechNet. You can also subscribe to the Windows Client Videos for IT Pros RSS feed to
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Generally the lack of posts in October is directly related to the (growing) amount of work on my plate at the office. It's been very busy, as we increase efforts in advance of PDC and WinHEC, and the efforts we have currently on track. It was with
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On the Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable with Mark Russinovich, the panel discussed performance issues and common misconfigurations on Windows Vista. Among others joining Mark were Gabe Aul of Microsoft and the incomparable Ed Bott , the scribe
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Put this on your calendar: Mark Russinovich Technical Fellow from the Windows COSD will host a live Springboard Series virtual roundtable discussing Windows Vista security on Wednesday, June 18 at 9:00AM Pacific Time. Go to Visit https://ms.istreamplanet.com/springboard
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Dell joins Lenovo in allowing customers to 'downgrade' to Windows XP. Of interest from the Detroit Free Press, Dell joins Lenovo in allowing customers to 'downgrade' to Windows XP ... "Dell says that even though Microsoft will officially retire XP on
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Questions on deploying Vista? See the first Springboard Live clip using Silverlight, presented by our own Mark Russinovich... Join Mark Russinovich and a panel of experts for a discussion on adopting Windows Vista into a desktop infrastructure. The panel
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Yesterday we announced the release to manufacturers (RTM) of Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP , and as noted on Computerworld ... "Windows XP has released to manufacturing," said Chris Keroack, the service pack's release manager, in a message posted
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