Category Archives: Microsoft

Office 2007 MIME types for Apache

Posted: 8:43 am
April 9, 2007
Linux, Microsoft, System Admin
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An interesting bug came up in the OWN Forums over the weekend, when downloading Office 2007 Word (docx) document from an Apache hosted site, the file either comes up garbled (application/octet-stream) or opens up a zip folder. This is usually the case when you have … Continue reading →

Groove vs. ESET/Nod32

Posted: 7:47 pm
March 29, 2007
Microsoft, Web 2.0
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So all my friends have been playing with Groove for about a month and I never joined the party. Frankly, I never could get Groove to work. I had a few hours to kill today so I figured I’d finally … Continue reading →

Does Microsoft WSSG Just Not Get It?

Posted: 9:54 am
March 25, 2007
Microsoft
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So over a week after the surprise drop of Windows Server 2003 SP2, the product team blogs the following: Rapid customer adoption of Windows Server 2003 SP2 continues.  In less than a week since release there were more than 400,000 … Continue reading →

ALERT: Microsoft Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 Out

Posted: 2:50 am
March 14, 2007
Microsoft, System Admin
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Microsoft has released Microsoft Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 for both 64–bit and 32–bit editions. It is flagged as a high priotity update meaning that if you have your box set to automatically apply updates you will likely be seeing … Continue reading →

Exchange Webcast Reminder

Posted: 10:19 am
February 21, 2007
Microsoft, Vladville
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Just a reminder that the Exchange 2007 webcasts are on for today: http://www.vladville.com/2007/02/vlad-does-microsoft-exchange-webcasts.html One at noon, one at 7PM – both times are eastern. I’ve been traveling the country showing people the cool new stuff in Exchange 2007 so if … Continue reading →

Vlad does Microsoft Exchange webcasts

Posted: 11:25 pm
February 19, 2007
Microsoft, Vladville
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I’m doing two Microsoft webcasts covering Exchange 2007 this Wednesday: If you have any questions and such feel free to bounce them to me or come watch the webcasts and put your stuff in Q&A window. There are two events (not … Continue reading →

Virtual PC 2007 is out

Posted: 7:22 pm
February 19, 2007
Microsoft, System Admin
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Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 is out — must admit, that is one heck of a presentation in terms of a web site. In terms of what’s new: Support for Windows Vista as a host Support for Windows Vista as a … Continue reading →

Upgraded to Windows Mobile 6 Today

Posted: 5:34 pm
February 18, 2007
Gadgets, Microsoft
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Just finished upgrading my T-Mobile MDA (HTC Wizard) to Windows Mobile 6 (PDA Viet 4 rom) a few minutes ago. I’ve used the device less than ten minutes and I already absolutely love the new OS. I’ll do a video … Continue reading →

UAC: When you halfass technology theft

Posted: 10:56 am
February 17, 2007
Microsoft, Security
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Much has been said, and ridiculed, about the UAC feature in Microsoft Vista. Aside from 2 security MVPs and a handful of Microsoft employees I have not met anyone else that either likes this feature or is not asking to … Continue reading →

New Microsoft Certification Framework

Posted: 4:54 am
February 16, 2007
Microsoft
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Got a chance to sit in on the Microsoft webcast outlining the changes they are making to the Certified Professional program.. I must say, way to go. Here is one of the slides from the webcast (click to enlarge) that … Continue reading →