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Hyper-V Migration Guide Published.. Xbox 360 Registers Biggest Black Friday in Its History.. Windows Live Search instant cashback! available via paypal.. Windows Vista SP2 beta available to Technet and MSDN subscribers..
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Hyper-V Migration Guide Published
This guide explains how to migrate virtual machines running Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Virtual PC to Hyper-V. A virtual machine running Virtual Server consists of a configuration file (.vmc) and one or more data files. These data files can include virtual hard disks (.vhd files) and other media files, such [...]
Xbox 360 Registers Biggest Black Friday in Its History
Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system kicked off the holidays with record-breaking console sales on one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year in the U.S. Retailers reported Xbox 360 console sales over the Black Friday weekend were on pace to beat previous years, outselling the PlayStation 3 by a three-to-one [...]
Windows Live Search instant cashback! available via paypal
Windows Live Instant cashback is now available via Paypal.It means that you would get the payment instantly.Here is what the Windows Live Search Blog reads-
When we asked users about the improvements they’d like us make to Live Search cashback, many said they want to receive cashback instantly instead of waiting for 60 days. Well, I’m [...]
Windows Vista SP2 beta available to Technet and MSDN subscribers
It’s my Windows is reporting that Windows Vista SP2 is available for download to the MSDN and Technet subscribers and would be available for public beta on 4th December this year.
SP2 improves the administration experience and eases certain management and support challenges. By providing these fixes integrated into a single service pack, covering client and [...]
Download Windows Home Server Toolkit v1.1 (32-Bit)
The Windows Home Server Toolkit is a collection of tools that help you troubleshoot issues with Windows Home Server. The toolkit has the following components:
Error Reporting: The Error Reporting tool collects log files from your home computer and sends them to Microsoft. These log files are useful to Microsoft Support when troubleshooting problems you [...]
New language pair on MicrosoftTranslator.com
The Translator team is excited to announce the availability of the English to Russian language pair on MicrosoftTranslator.com. This language pair is now available across all implementations of the translator technology, including Live Search and (in the next few days) the Windows Live Messenger TBot.
You have probably noticed that the Russian to English language [...]
Windows SideShow Bitmap Driver released on CodePlex!
The SideShow team is excited to announce the Windows SideShow Bitmap Driver!
This is an open source project that we are hosting on CodePlex:
http://www.codeplex.com/SideShowBitmap
We have provided source code for a Driver and a Simulator. This solution renders pages on a computer and sends bitmap images to the SideShow-compatible device, so the device can be lower cost. [...]
Windows 7 netbook system specs explained
If I show you the PC I use as my primary machine, I think you’ll be surprised," Steven Sinofsky told us just before this year’s Professional Developers Conference.
The next day the Senior Vice President of the Windows team showed off the Lenovo IdeaPad S10 running Windows 7, and the next week at the Windows [...]
Windows 7 appears with new boot screen
There has been no significant change in boot screens of Microsoft’s operating systems for the last few years. Same goes for Windows 7. The boot screen of Windows 7 builds that have been showed by Microsoft are pretty much same as Windows Vista and others but Winfuture.de has reported that a newer internal build 6954 [...]
Exec says Internet Explorer 8 is not delayed
Last week, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team announced that a release candidate of IE8 would be issued in the first quarter of next year, followed some time thereafter with a final release of the new browser. Microsoft has never laid out an official timeline for the release of IE8, but there had been hints that the [...]
Webmaster tools now sniffing for malware
Last week we announced Project Silk Road, our vision for delivering a broad suite of products and services for publishers and web developers, including a customizable Live Search API, rich content, multiple media and source types, and the ability to monetize through ad-serving.
Today we’re expanding our toolkit with two important updates to Webmaster Center: [...]
Windows 7 Beta on Hold Until 2009
Sometimes I don’t know my own strength. After several painful weeks of poking holes in the Windows 7 bubble (and being poked right back by the legions of Windows zealots), it seems my message about Microsoft not doing enough to satisfy IT is finally getting through: The company has now officially delayed the release of [...]
Continuing the Hotmail updates
We’ve been reading our mail and all the comments you’ve made on the recent Windows Live Hotmail updates. While the new Hotmail works well for most of our customers, we’ve also been hearing from many of you here on the blog and through Windows Live Support who’ve had trouble. We’re in the process of addressing [...]
Microsoft® Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR
In addition to providing support for SQL Server 2008 database projects, this release incorporates many previously released Power Tools as well as several new features. The new features include distinct Build and Deploy phases, Static Code Analysis and improved integration with SQL CLR projects. Database Edition no longer requires a Design Database. Therefore, [...]
November 2008 Windows Update for Windows Home Server
The Windows Home Server team released a minor software update for the product as part of our ongoing customer- driven improvement program. Current users will receive this software via Windows Update, either on or shortly after the release date of November 25, 2008.
Below is a summary of what is included:
This update improves the interaction between [...]
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