When visiting Microsoft Answers, TechNet forums or other Windows support forums on the web, you may have seen some of the answerers using the title "MS-MVP", "MVP" or "Microsoft MVP" under their signature. Some people wonder what that means, and some people think that the answerer is a Microsoft employee (No. MVPs are not Microsoft employees.) (more…)
For a limited time, you can download this free e-book. First Look: Microsoft Office 2010, by Katherine Murray, offers 14 chapters of early content.
First Look: Microsoft Office 2010 (PDF file, 10.5 MB)
First Look: Microsoft Office 2010 (XPS file, 27.9 MB) (more…)
A fraudulent (and worm-laden) email arrived in my mail box today containing a zip file claiming to be from Google Staffing, with the title reading "Thank you from Google!".
I downloaded the attachment (from a test system, of course) and the excellent Microsoft Security Essentials nabbed it right away!
Category: Worm
Description: This program is dangerous and self-propagates over a network connection.
Recommendation: Remove this software immediately.
More information about Worm:Win32/Prolaco.gen!C from the Microsoft Malware Protection Center.
The Windows 7 Product Guide provides a detailed look at the many new and improved features in Windows 7. The guide is designed as an accurate source of information that can help you to understand how Windows 7 Simplifies Everyday Tasks, Works the Way You Want, and Makes New Things Possible. The guide is also designed to provide IT Professionals with information about how to Make People Productive Anywhere, Manage Risk Through Enhanced Security and Control, and Reduce Costs by Streamlining PC Management. This is not a help and how to guide. Rather, it provides an overview of the many exciting features in Windows 7 and pointers to more information. The Windows 7 Product Guide is available in both XPS and PDF formats.
Download Windows 7 Product Guide (via The Windows Team Blog)
Microsoft has made available several fun extras to give your PC a personal touch. These extras include new desktop themes, backgrounds and gadgets for Windows 7. Visit the Personalization Gallery to download them.
(via The Windows Club)
Want to create our own theme, check out this guide.
Getting ready to upgrade to Windows 7? Check out the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor tool from Microsoft, which scans your hardware, devices, and installed programs for known compatibility issues, gives you guidance on how to resolve potential issues found, and recommends what to do before you upgrade.
Download Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.
(Supports Windows 7; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2)
Be running the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, plug in and turn on any USB devices or other devices, such as printers, external hard disks, and scanners, that you regularly use with the PC you’re checking.
Microsoft TechNet Evaluation Center has made available the Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day Trial pack, so that IT Professionals can test their software and hardware on a final version of the product. Note that you don’t need this Trial pack if you have access to MSDN or TechNet Subscription where you can get the final bits of Windows 7.
The 90-day Trial is the full working version of the Windows 7 Enterprise, and it does not require a product key as it is embedded with the download. The 90-day Trial will shut down once every hour when you have reached the end of the 90-day evaluation period.
To learn about other guidelines and to download the product, see TechNet article Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day Trial.
The wait is over! As promised, Microsoft has made available the Windows 7 RTM for MSDN and TechNet subscribers on Aug 6 2009. MSDN/TechNet subscribers can download Windows 7 RTM from the subscriber downloads pages (MSDN / TechNet).
File Name: en_windows_7_ultimate_x86_dvd_X15-65921.iso
Date Posted (UTC): 8/6/2009 4:57:23 PM
SHA1: 5395DC4B38F7BDB1E005FF414DEEDFDB16DBF610
ISO/CRC: C1C20F76
File Name: en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_X15-65922.iso
Date Posted (UTC): 8/6/2009 4:57:23 PM
SHA1: 326327CC2FF9F05379F5058C41BE6BC5E004BAA7
ISO/CRC: 1F1257CA
Windows 7 will be in retail stores and shipping on new PCs starting October 22nd. For more information, see post When will you get Windows 7 RTM? at the Windows 7 Team Blog.
Microsoft earlier announced the availability of Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista to MSDN and TechNet Plus Subscribers. Now the public download of Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 is available. Here are the download links for the standalone installer. Note that it has not hit Windows Updates yet. (more…)
For the past two days, our site remained inaccessible due to intermittent crash of the Apache and MySQL servers. I immediately wrote to MediaTemple support to know what’s going on with the server. They stated that this had to do with the amount of traffic, and the number of active connections to my site were high. This got me thinking as the crash occurred many times in the off-peak hours where the traffic per hour would be in few hundreds. When I explained this, MT support suggested that I tune up the Apache and MySQL servers. I did that and nothing improved. (more…)
