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Windows Home Server is a "top pick" at CES (BusinessWeek)
BusinessWeek has a short photo overview of their top product picks from CES ... PC-to-TV is starting to grow up, and Microsoft turns a marketing gaffe into a clever pitch. Plus, Alienware's astonishing surround-screen visuals BW also selected Windows Read More...

Posted Saturday, January 19, 2008 10:01 AM by mthree | 1 Comments

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"Mommy, Why is there a Server in my House?"
On www.stayathomeserver.com you can find a new series of videos that describe the new Windows Home Server product on MSN Soapbox... Intro: http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=965cfa66-0332-476f-8b12-e904a6ed3612 Home Sweet Server?: http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=601ae5ee-daed-488e-8fb7-904274cbdcef Read More...

Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 8:12 AM by mthree | 2 Comments

Coming December 11: The Windows Cumulative DST & TZ Update for 2008
Coming December 11th to an Internet connection near you: the 2008 Cumulative Daylight Saving Time and Time Zone update for Windows OSes. And yes, Venezuela is part of this update. This update is now available for IT Pros and SysAdmins as a download from Read More...

Posted Monday, December 03, 2007 9:46 PM by mthree | 2 Comments

Venezuela's time zone shifts at 3:00AM on December 9, news reports say
Update on Venezuela: as noted previously in my post News: Venezuela to change to a new time zone on December 9 , the change to the Venezuelan time zone takes effect officially at 3:00AM local time on Dec 9th. As Jorge Lopez reminded me, the news articles Read More...

Posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:28 PM by mthree | 2 Comments

HP MediaSmart EX475 Windows Home Server review
Per my poster yesterday on the new Windows Home Server , there is a good, initial review of the HP MediaSmart Home Server model EX475 from Terry Walsh on the UK site http://www.wegotserved.co.uk (the self affirmed Windows Home Server Site ). As noted Read More...

Posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:10 PM by mthree | 1 Comments

Your questions: What's the difference between a Windows PC and the new Windows Home Server?
I received this question (thanks, Mark) about the new HP MediaSmart Home Server ... "What's the difference between my current PC (with Windows Vista) and the new Windows Home Server from HP?" Good question. As noted on our site, Windows Home Server is Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 7:35 AM by mthree | 1 Comments

News: Venezuela to change to a new time zone on December 9
We have reports (thanks, Jose!) that Venezuela will move to a newly created time zone, shifting by 30 minutes to -4:30h UTC on December 9th. For those of you keeping score, that’s at least the seventh change to the start date. According to news reports Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 8:15 AM by mthree | 3 Comments

Windows Home Server launches with new HP hardware
Courtesy of On10.net... Windows Home Server now available! "Today the Home Server team announced HP's Windows Home Server is available for pre-order ( Amazon , CompUSA ) and will be shipping before the holidays. I stopped by Charlie Kindel's office to Read More...

Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 9:56 PM by mthree | 1 Comments

Windows Hotfix Update now available for new Daylight Saving Time changes in Brazil
To be posted the Microsoft Daylight Saving Time & Time Zone Hot Topics page at http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_hottopics ... Brazil 2007-2008 Daylight Saving changes: The government of Brazil announced a change on September 20, 2007, in the observance Read More...

Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 8:23 PM by mthree | 3 Comments

Venezuela announces a delay in their time zone move... again
And you thought it was a slow news day on the time zone front... Yes, more on Venezuela's new time zone . First it was announced that Venezuela would change their time zone by 30 minutes , by turning their clocks back on January 1, 2008... then September Read More...

Posted Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:41 PM by mthree | 2 Comments

New DST KBs available: Egypt and Venezuela
New info is now available on Egyptian (in case you missed it, posted last month) and the really new KB for changes in Venezuela on the DST Hot Topics and Latest News page... Egypt 2007 Daylight Saving changes: The government of Egypt has announced on Read More...

Posted Thursday, September 20, 2007 7:13 AM by mthree | 2 Comments

Your questions: are there two Windows updates for the new DST rules?
In reference to the information out there on product updates for the upcoming daylight saving time changes, Larry asks... "Why are there two Windows updates for the new DST rules? Did the rules change after the first update was pushed?" Great question. Read More...

Posted Saturday, September 15, 2007 4:01 PM by mthree | 1 Comments

KB article 933360 posted: August 2007 cumulative time zone and DST updates for Windows
Relatest to changes in Daylight Saving Time (or as some still refer to it: Daylight Savings Time ), a quick note to let you know... In case you missed my previous post on the latest Daylight Saving Time and Time Zone update , the August 2007 cumulative Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 1:33 PM by mthree | 0 Comments

Of interest: Windows Home Server release candidate released
A quick note of interest... the Windows Home Server team released their release candidate publicly this week (see the blogs entry on this milestone here ). The RC is available broadly to anyone who signs up at http://connect.microsoft.com/WindowsHomeServer Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:04 AM by mthree | 0 Comments

Your questions: How do we get the daylight saving time OS updates via WSUS?
"How can customers leverage WSUS to obtain the daylight saving time OS updates?" WSUS can only be used to push the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931836 OS updates for Windows 2003 SP1 and Windows XP SP2. It cannot be modified to push other updates. Read More...

Posted Saturday, March 03, 2007 7:42 PM by mthree | 0 Comments

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