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Offline Virtual Machines Servicing Tool
Apr 19th
Microsoft has released the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1, a very useful maintenance tool for IT Pro’s which gives them the possibility to update offline Virtual Machines. This tool is suppose to help organizations maintain virtual machines that are stored offline in a Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager library. While stored, virtual machines do not receive operating system updates which expose them to great risk. Important updates provide significant benefits, such as improved security and reliability and for that, The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1 provides a way to keep offline Virtual Machines up to date so that bringing them online does not introduce vulnerabilities into the organization’s IT infrastructure.
The update process is pretty much simple, the IT’s don’t need to do anything because Windows Workflow programming model together with the Windows PowerShell™ interface will do all. Together they bring groups of virtual machines online just long enough for them to receive updates from either System Center Configuration Manager 2007 or Windows Server Update Services aka WSUS. Once the virtual machines are updated, the tool returns them to the offline state in the Virtual Machine Manager library.
For the official overview, system requirements, installation instructions and More >
Google Search is changing
Jan 23rd
It seems that finally we will see some change in Google Search, something new and colorful. Don’t think this is the final look of it, but at least we can get a taste of how it’s going to look and the new feel to it. What I could see till now I like. If you want to try it out, click on the following link where you will find a javascript that you need to paste in to your URL and hit Enter or Return http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-11-25-n78.html
Make sure you are logged out from your Gmail account, if you have one, open a new page and paste the code. After you hit Enter type in google.com and hit Enter and you should see the new Google Search.
Microsoft Customer Action Day
Jan 22nd
Customer Action Day aims to help victims of conterfiting software make the difference between a genuine and a counterfeit version of Windows. In the past two years, the number of customers complaining about being victims of software piracy has grown.A big percentage of the PC users, use a non genuine copy of Windows. This should not discourage those who have license!In many cases, when they download or unknowingly purchased counterfeit Microsoft products, they are exposed to viruses and malware. Viruses and malware can lead to identity theft, loss of data or more. Besides the fact that non genuine software does not provide reliability and security, if you are cached you might have to pay a higher price then the price of the license. So, why should you bother using counterfeit software and expose yourself to all mentioned, when you can get all the good stuff in one single operating system. More information about how to protect yourself against counterfeit software and where you can report it, check the official How to Tell page.
New Microsoft Business Intelligence platform
Jan 21st
Among Microsoft Business Intelligence platform you can find the following product available as a free download: SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP, SQL Server 2008 R2 Express, SharePoint Server 2010 Beta, Office 2010 Beta and PowerPivot for Excel.
SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP and its technologies provide companies with a trusted, scalable, easy to manage database platform, help gain rapid insight, lowers the cost to extract, analyze and correlate streaming data. Detailed description, download options and installation steps of all the Microsoft Business Intelligence platform products, can be found here.
Microsoft Browser Choice
Jan 20th
In near feature Microsoft will deliver Browser Choice for users of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. The impact will be in all EU countries, except: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. This means that every user of genuine or non-genuine software will receive an update through Windows Update or Automatic Update that will allow them to choice what browser to use. There will be 12 browsers from which to choose, ordered in a top 12. To see the browsers that will be included click here. The update will be “High Priority” for Windows XP and “Important” for Windows Vista and 7. To make sure you will get the update when available, set your PC region settings to one of the 32 EU countries.
If you have selected China for example, you will not receive the Browser Choice update. To set the PC with one of the impacted countries: For Windows Vista and 7 users: go to Start and type in the search field ”Change Location”. For Windows XP users: Control Panel→ Regional and Language Options→ Regional Options.
After you install the update a shortcut will be placed on the desktop and you will be able to More >
Install Windows 7 by using an Upgrade license
Jan 19th
You probably already know that no matter if you have XP or Vista, you can upgrade to Windows 7. If you have XP, you can only do a custom/clean install no matter if you buy an FPP/Retail license or just the Upgrade. If you are a Vista user, you can do both upgrade and customer/clean installation. The Upgrade option keeps your files, settings, and programs from your current version of Windows. Custom installation can be done in three ways depending whether you have a free-dos PC, you want to format the partition or you don’t want to format it. Later on I will make a tutorial about this but right now I will only explain how you can install Windows 7 with an Upgrade DVD.
Lets say you have an XP or Vista preinstalled, you purchase an Upgrade DVD of Windows 7 and you want to install it by choosing the Upgrade installation option. There is a trick for making the installation work. You will have to do an upgrade over an upgrade.
The steps are as followed: Presuming you already formatted the XP/Vista partition and chose Upgrade, you will get to the end of the installation and activation will More >
How to escape from Blue Screen on your PC
Jan 5th
Have you ever received a Blue Screen on your PC? Sometimes it appears while you do something on your computer, other times when you shut down or open it. It is annoying because once you detect such problem, it is like it never goes away. The common causes for the Blue Screen are the hardware components of your PC or the way they work with your operating system. Once you receive a Blue Screen, a folder named MiniDump is created in c:/windows. Here is how to check what caused for the Blue Screen to appear.
You have to download Windows Debugger which will open the file inside the Minidump folder. With Windows Debugger you can see (in the bottom of the file) what is the cause for the Blue Screen to appear. Common causes: Card Reader, Drivers, etc. How to eliminate the problem? Disable the Card Reader or update drivers.
Not all Blue Screen issues can be solved like this, it can also be a serious hardware issue and in this case you might need to contact the service.
Open License
Jan 4th
You can open an Open License contact no matter if you are a small, medium or large organization. The contract is for a period of two years, first order must be for at list 5 licenses. The payment is upfront, but do not worry because you will get the licenses at a much lower price plus discount. You can open multiple OLP contacts in the same time, but the level of discount will be different.
Note: You can only open an OLP contact if you already have licensed your PCs with OEM or FPP operating systems. That is because the licenses you will get are upgrade licenses.
You can open the contract with any Microsoft Authorized reseller. After completing the steps in opening the contract, you will get a confirmation letter in your e-mail, from Microsoft.
Note: You can get the confirmation letter either electronically or in paper form.
The confirmation letter will contain the Authorization Number – number of the contract – and with this number you will be able to order more licenses and administrate them online. Beginning with December 6th there will be available the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) which is an online tool that makes it More >
