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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 3:00 PM

Windows XP SP3 update

Last week I posted about April 29th was the date when Windows XP SP3 would be available , well it seems it has been delayed for a while due to a... ' ...compatibility issue between Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) and both Windows XP
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:45 AM

Searching the Windows Vista Knowledge base

It is not obvious but did you know that you can search the Windows Vista Knowledge Base (aka KB) directly from within the Windows Help and How-To site? No? well I don’t blame you as it is quite hard to discover! First you have to click the little black
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Friday, April 25, 2008 1:34 PM

Some great new Vista Demo’s

Yesterday we put up six great new demo videos on the Windows Help and How-to site. These are a new type of video to the ones we have traditionally have had. They are short and very task specific and demonstrate in a step by step fashion using screencasting
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Thursday, April 24, 2008 2:20 PM

New set of headphones

I am typing this entry whilst trying out my new headphones a set of Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000’s , ...and I have to say I am very impressed so far with the sound quality. I am no audiophile at all but the music is very crisp and clear, and most of all
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:37 PM

April 29th for Windows XP Service Pack 3

If you had not already heard April 29th is the scheduled date that Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be available via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center See the announcement over on the Technet Forums: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Released to
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Friday, April 18, 2008 4:30 PM

What was rated highly in March.

So a little later than planned, and following on from last months post here are the articles on the Windows Help and How-to that have the highest rating by you the customer. All are rated 85% positively or better, the top one getting a whopping 96% rating
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Friday, April 18, 2008 11:12 AM

Like your Windows Hints and tips in Swedish?

Then visit my colleagues (Magnus) new blog over on technet Windows-tips ” Hej Magnum , god emot se du blogging , hoppas du hålla slik :)” I hope that makes sense Rob
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 3:24 PM

Sometimes I really worry…

OK so maybe it was supposedly an internal video that got leaked onto Youtube, or maybe even a viral effort, but you still have to worry at a lot of levels about it. Watch the video and make you own mind up! Rob Updated with the smilies 17/04/2008
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 3:14 PM

Windows Vista Ultimate Helpful hints

You can download the Helpful Hints – Your guide to mastering the Windows Vista Ultimate operating system for free here . Its quite big at nearly 9mb but contains some great and useful content especially if you are new to Windows Vista it is well worth
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3:50 PM

Microsoft TVP Panorama shot

Spurred on by my poor effort yesterday , I decided to give it another go today, and wandered out and took 5 shots (again on the E650 ) of the Microsoft UK main campus at Thames Valley Park. After a bit of cropping I got the following much better (but
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 5:32 PM

London Office Panorama

Whilst outside the London offices, I took some pictures with my mobile phone ( E650 ), with the plan of stitching them together later using the Create Panoramic Picture option using Windows Live Photo Gallery. We have a great demo of this on the site
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 5:13 PM

A day up in London

Just back from a day meeting some of my colleagues up in our London offices to talk about how we can work together better, to improve the overall customer experience whether they are visiting our more corporate sites such as Windows Help and How-To and
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Friday, April 11, 2008 5:20 PM

LiveMaps or Multimap in the UK

There has been some good debate for the pros and cons (mainly cons on the debate) of the switch from LiveMaps to Multimap for UK users today. James Senior a UK Microsoft blogger has some information about it on his blog below… James.Random() : Live Maps
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 4:24 PM

Use Vista and be greener...

...well than using Windows XP. Abid one of my colleagues sent out a link to this report XP vs. Vista: Consider the Power Savings ‘ Enterprises with an abundance of Windows XP desktop PCs and laptops can reduce power consumption costs and carbon dioxide
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 3:54 PM

Just Installed IE 8 Beta

Looking at the browser breakdown of people visiting the UK Windows Help and How-to we are starting to see people using Internet Explorer 8 to view the site, sure it is a small percentage but since it was launched in February the numbers are going up.
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008 2:50 PM

March Most Visited and Tabbed Browsing

Last month I highlighted the pages on the UK Windows Help and How-to site that had the most traffic. I have looked at the data for March now and there really is not much change except for the inclusion of the Windows Vista SP1 pages. Lower down is the
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Monday, April 07, 2008 4:50 PM

Struggling with Windows Vista Service Pack 1?

If you already have Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) and you have had problems with the installation or compatibility then you can get FREE support from Microsoft (well at least till March 18 2009!) either via email or phone. To see what options you
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Friday, April 04, 2008 3:05 PM

The Semi-colon and is it dead?

No this isn’t a topic that will end up in a Phythonesque dead parrot sketch . But over my morning black americano I was reading The Independent when I stumbled upon an article about punctuation, and a complaint from our French cousins that: " English
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 3:54 PM

What are you looking for when you visit?

Well based upon a quick analysis of search terms sending customers to the Windows Help and How-To it is the following questions… I have also suggested a good link(s) to try and answer it. Tutorials: Try either the Learn Vista or Demos content sections.
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008 7:54 PM

Windows Home Server

Why would you want or need a server in your home? Well if you got more than one PC it is great for doing everything from sharing your music and videos and digital memories to backing up all those PCs in one place, automatically. We only have one current
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