From the yearly archives:

2007

Windows Vista SP1 (RC) available to general public

December 13, 2007

This is just a quick note. Microsoft has just announced that the Release Candidate for Vista SP1 has been released to the general public.
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Get a free copy of Vista / Office 2007

December 13, 2007

I lied. I read in a press release that they were doing this. I went and filled out the 15 minute form to find out the only free software I get is the spyware that collects information about my computer usage.

Originally you could apply to the Windows Feedback program, and then for the trouble of [...]

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Microsoft Releases SP3 RC for Windows XP

December 12, 2007

Microsoft announced today the release of Windows XP SP3 RC1 (Is that enough acronyms for you?)

If you are a Technet, or MSDN subscriber you can download it now
I have started testing it with a fresh XP install. No big changes over SP2. No speed increase or decrease either. It includes all of the latest hotfixes [...]

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Microsoft Releases Detailed Guides for Vista SP1

December 10, 2007

Microsoft has released a set of documents for Vista SP1.

This is the most comprehensive amount of information released so far. There are 5 documents in total. They are:
-Deployment guide for Vista SP1
-Enterprise Guidance for Application Compatibility Testing
-Hotfixes and Security updates
-Notable Changes in Windows Vista
-Overview [...]

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Windows 2008 RC1 Released

December 6, 2007

Microsoft has announced the release of Windows 2008 RC1 beta.

This release candidate is open to the general public for testing. You can download a 30 day evaluation from any of the links below:
Windows Server 2008 Standard RC1 (x86 and x64)
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise RC1 (x86 and x64)
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter RC1 (x86 and x64)
Windows Web [...]

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Where did Telnet go in Vista?

December 5, 2007

I stopped using Vista for my day to day work about 6 months ago. I only fire it up in a virtual machine for testing with our remote control software.
I have realized it is keeping me from experiencing the pain of Vista, and finding solutions for it.
I decided I needed to start using it [...]

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Microsoft to make Vista activation even more difficult

December 4, 2007

Microsoft said on Monday it is going to disable two methods hackers are currently using to pirate Vista (No word from them as to what those two methods are)

They claim that the new anti-piracy features in windows Vista have cut piracy in half (From Windows XP). Not sure if they asked those pirates if the [...]

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Disable Adobe Automatic Updates

November 30, 2007

I received a note from a reader yesterday:
I saw your post (below), but didn’t see a way to make this screen appear. Can you tell me how to access that screen?
He is talking about this post:
http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/12/adobe-releases-acrobat-reader-8.html
I went back and read the article and realized that this settings page is very difficult to find within [...]

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Convert physical machines to virtual machines – FREE

November 29, 2007

VMWare has actually had this tool for quite some time now. The VMWare converter for Windows was released in January of 2007. I just had a chance to use it, and it works great.

You can convert a physical machine to a VM while it is running. Thats right – no downtime to convert a [...]

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Find old user accounts across your network

November 28, 2007

I was doing some house cleaning on one of my systems and I noticed a few test accounts that had been sitting around for over a year. I don’t like having dormant accounts laying around since it creates a higher possibility that someone could use them to get in.

I wanted an easy way to list [...]

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