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Episode 1: WinPE - the beginning

Windows Connected — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:12:22 GMT

Windows Connected writes "...In my previous life, I owned the imaging tools for Vista/Longhorn (the WIM format and the XImage command-line tool) and the imaging infrastructure used for the new setup engine (see my next post for a bit on that), as well as RIS (Remote Installation Services). But the majority of my time before imaging was spent as the Program Manager on WinPE. I've decided to blog about WinPE for this reason - to share the knowledge that is both stuck in my head and in old FAQ's..."

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Here Ye Here Ye, Announcing Office 2007!!!

Keith Combs — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:09:43 GMT

Keith Combs writes "So I stroll over to my favorite blog website and notice nobody has posted any information on Office 2007. How can this be? It must be Friday and everyone is at Happy Hour. Well, we interrupt your program for the following public service announcement: Important Links... "

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Quick Tip: Enable MMC 3.0 in R2

Rodney Buike — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:08:38 GMT

Rodney Buike writes "Windows Server 2003 R2 includes an updated console, MMC 3.0. By default, the old MMC 2.0 is still used on R2 installations... "

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Microsoft Windows Vista availability announced!!!

Matt-MS — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:37:53 GMT

Matt-MS writes "That is right folks, Microsoft is planning on releasing Vista by the Holiday Season. So get those letters to Santa ready (feel free to use my example below):"

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Love Me Two Times

Tim Barrett — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:36:30 GMT

Tim Barrett writes "Want to take the 70-282 exam, but not quite sure you'll slam dunk it? No worries! Microsoft and Pearson VUE are giving you the opportunity to take a free second shot on any Microsoft exam (including the fabled 70-282). First, register for this offer with Microsoft..."

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design as a competitive advantage

Kintan Brahmbhatt — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:32:58 GMT

Kintan Brahmbhatt writes "...A majority of people including me, read most blogs through some flavor of a RSS aggregator - reader. But there is one blog that I prefer to read on a web site on the browser. EmilyChang's blog (see OneNote screen clipping on the side)on strategic design is designed in a unbelievably appealing and surprisingly simple style. The choice of colors, the size of fonts, and the placement of items on the blog are visually attractive. The are subtle differences in ..."

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Windows Anti-Spyware and You

MJMurphy — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:25:52 GMT

MJMurphy writes "...Improvements in Windows Defender (Beta 2) • Enhanced performance through a new scanning engine. • Streamlined, simplified user interface and alerts. • Improved control over programs on your computer using enhanced Software Explorer. • Multiple language support with globalization and localization features. • Protection technologies for ..."

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Dang.. I wouldn't mind winning prizes just for searching the Internet...

Kevin Remde — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:23:05 GMT

Kevin Remde writes "Here’s the press release. MSN Search announced a new promotional contest yesterday, “Search and Win”, whereby you can win all sorts of cool prizes just for searching for stuff. “What stuff?” I don’t know exactly. But I know that each month there will be a hidden list of words that, if you search for them, you have a shot at winning a prize. The contest runs through..."

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MSH and WMI

Rodney Buike — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:19:00 GMT

Rodney Buike writes "MSH is pretty powerful on its own, but integrating it with WMI via the get-wmiobject cmdlet can make it more powerful and reduce the need for more complicated VBS code... "

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Office Live released to micro businesses

Robert Scoble — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:15:13 GMT

Robert Scoble writes "So, I hung out with the Office Live team last week and got the skinny. Office Live isn’t what you think it is. It wasn’t what I thought it was (I was thinking it’d be an internet version of the Office Suite like PowerPoint, Excel, Word). It’s not. Get that out of your mind. And damn the marketers who are extending the Office brand. We love brand extension here, but that’s another debate for another day. So, what is Office Live? It’s aimed at... "

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Tips for joining the A list

Robert Scoble — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:14:35 GMT

Robert Scoble writes "I keep getting asked “how do I get more traffic?” Or, “how do I get TechCrunch to notice my blog?” Quick: go to Technorati and do the brrreeeport search. Now, which headline and opening text grabs you? Makes you wanna click? Hint: we’re all being slammed with hundreds of sites every day. The more interesting you can make your headline, the better. Think about what your headline will look like in the search engines and use every one as an opportunity to grab a little bit of traffic. Now, look at the... "

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Atlas and Ajax Resources

Kintan Brahmbhatt — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:53:57 GMT

Kintan Brahmbhatt writes "A few people have asked me about some introductory resources to ATLAS and Ajax.NET. I had asked the same question to Alex Barnett some time ago, and he had pointed me to some useful resources...."

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The brrreeeport report

Robert Scoble — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:53:27 GMT

Robert Scoble writes "OK, it’s been a little more than two hours since I asked people to put “brrreeeport” on their blogs to “mess with the man” and build a new kind of directory. So, in that time I went out for sushi with Jeff Julian and John Alexander, co-founders of Geeks with Blogs. Great guys and we had a good time catching up on the blogging world. Anyway, while I was out a bunch of people posted. Have you figured out what I was up to yet? Why, of course! It was an opportunity for me to... "

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BlogCode helps you find blogs similar to...

Robert Scoble — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:52:54 GMT

Robert Scoble writes "Ever find a blogger you really like and wonder “are there other blogs similar to this one?” Well, that’s what BlogCode is trying to do. Mine will be indexed shortly (I filled out a short “code” about my blog and at the end of it I learned that Matt Cutts of Google is similar to me. I already subscribe to Matt, but that does demonstrate that this is a good way to find out if there’s other bloggers who are similar to your interests)...."

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Virtualization as a Platform Feature - Part III

Ward Ralston — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:46:44 GMT

Ward Ralston writes "...Moving development and test systems to a virtual environment will allow you consolidate hardware, quickly restore the system to a known state and spin down machines that aren’t actively in use. The last part is a growing concern among customers who are facing challenges with power and cooling in the data center. Faster Deployment of New Servers and Quicker Rollback of Changes As I mentioned, customers that are well into production deployments of server virtualization tell me that ... "

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Is silicon valley still the place to be - even for Web 2.0?

Kintan Brahmbhatt — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:45:50 GMT

Kintan Brahmbhatt writes "...After my recent trip to the bay area, a introspective thought struck me - am I missing out on something by not being in the silicon valley? The valley breathes entrepreneurship. But, is it true when it comes to Web 2.0? I've discussed it some entrepreneurial folks at Stanford, YouTube and Google. Ryan Williams has geocoded the Web 2.0 companies to create an "Innovation Map" ..."

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MSH Profiles

Rodney Buike — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:35:35 GMT

Rodney Buike writes "MSH is highly customizable through the use of profiles. MSH profiles are not created by default, however, you can create them easily enough and customize your MSH enviroment..."

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Fun Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) Video

Kevin Remde — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 04:30:10 GMT

Kevin Remde writes "I am in love with IE7. Even in its beta form. It truly rocks. Sean Alexander found and posted a fun commercial / teaser on IE 7 on his blog. "

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Microsoft has i:filter

Steve Lamb — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 04:27:21 GMT

Steve Lamb writes "An interesting announcment was made yesterday of Microsoft's intention to acquire a product named "i:filter" from a company named Futuresoft. i:filter enables you to control the internet surfing habits of users on your corporate network. Your policy can specify which URLs can be accessed taking into account the time of day so you could enable social browsing out of working hours. URLs are clustered into categories such as ... "

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Surprise: Slashdot misrepresents facts

Robert Scoble — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 04:18:28 GMT

Robert Scoble writes "Quote, off of front page of Slashdot: “While integrated graphics seem to handle Windows XP and 2000 just fine, they won’t be able to handle Vista’s 3D ‘Aero Glass’ compositor, which will prevent roughly half of all PCs from running Microsoft’s new OS.” What’s the problem?... "

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