http://community.zdnet.co.uk/vista-upgrade-blog/ ZDNet UK Blogs - Vista Upgrade Blog en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:22:10 +0000 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:22:10 +0000 20 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) How utterly stupid - I am ranked #40 in the top 100 - as a member of this site..... I mean HOW utterly stupid.... I have done sweet FA, I have only rejoined this site after a 3 or 4 year absence..... And I have only posted about 3 comments so far - ... zdnetuk/10014460 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014460o-2000678139b,00.htm?s_cid=264 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:59:24 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (G) Apologies for this late update to our core Patch Tuesday update. Here is a summary of the update .... The November Patch Tuesday update from Microsoft follows the largest patch and security update in Microsoft’s history. This month there are six update... zdnetuk/10014459 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014459o-2000673533b,00.htm?s_cid=264 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:45:01 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (a) I really think Microsoft have made a mess of Windows 7 pricing. They got the product right, yet there initial pricing of at around £44.95 for the full version of Windows 7 Home Premium (which I feel is about right) has back fired on them. It quickly cam... zdnetuk/10014377 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014377o-2000447838b,00.htm?s_cid=264 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:51:21 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (G) This week I had the pleasure of working with some of the Microsoft Premier Field Engineers (PFE's) in an effort to further understand some of the application compatibility issues that might occur when sequencing for Microsoft App-V (formerly SoftGrid). ... zdnetuk/10014345 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014345o-2000673533b,00.htm?s_cid=264 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:30:59 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) NO EMAIL PROGRAM IN WINDOWS 7????? Not even Microsoft is that stupid, are they...]]> zdnetuk/10014289 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014289o-2000498448b,00.htm?s_cid=264 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:07:22 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) Today, on the day Windows 7 was released, my Vista installation decided to do me a favor, and remind me why I hate Windows and Microsoft so much. I had booted Vista on my HP Pavillion dv2-1010ez for the first time in several weeks. While I was working, ... zdnetuk/10014277 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014277o-2000498448b,00.htm?s_cid=264 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:22:03 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (G) I was asked by a colleague a little while ago to start thinking about Office 2007 in a new way. He asked me, " What kind of issues would we encounter with the introduction of Office 2007 in an enterprise environment which might break applications?". My... zdnetuk/10014257 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014257o-2000673533b,00.htm?s_cid=264 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:35:59 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (X) There has been a lot going on. I've been trying out CTP 2011 “Quebec” from Microsoft, its basically Windows 7 Embedded. Now I know how various OEMs have been able to demo Windows 7 on all the netbooks that suddenly popped up. Consider the Windows 7 Embed... zdnetuk/10014230 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014230o-2000440676b,00.htm?s_cid=264 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:35:06 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (G) I wanted to mention a rather useful tool that have recently come from Microsoft. As quoted by one of the TechNet blogs; "The Microsoft Installer (MSI) Utility for Microsoft Application Virtualization, a utility for SoftGrid Application Virtualizatio... zdnetuk/10014205 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014205o-2000673533b,00.htm?s_cid=264 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:08:11 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (G) Getting applications to work on Vista or Windows Server 2008 is not the only compatibility issue that you may encounter. One additional "platform" that you may not have considered is the security and application compatibility restrictions that have introd... zdnetuk/10014155 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014155o-2000673533b,00.htm?s_cid=264 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:18:11 +0100