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By opal SharePoint Server 2010 can be installed on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. You can find installation steps for different OSes on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869(office.14).aspx . So is there any difference between thes...

With Windows 7 and Windows Server R2 release Client and Server are in sync again, this was the case back in NT 3.1 in 1994, NT 3.51 in 1995, NT4 in 1996 and Windows 2000 in 2000. With Codename Whistler Windows XP (NT5.1) and .NET server (later named 2003, NT5.2) release went out of sync. Windows Vista (...

By Dhawan IMAPI 2.0 is included in Windows Vista. Enabling the same functionality for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 requires the installation of the KB932716 update package. program files%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\Samples\WinBase\storage\IBurn Windows SDK – Microsoft

Discover how the BackupAssist™ tape backup solution provides ongoing viability for existing tape hardware on Server 2008. This Whitepaper explains how to continue using tape for data archival backup while delivering cost-efficiency and labor savings with Windows Server 2008, Wind...

By Manuel999 where it says: "BizTalk Server 2009 Enterprise, Developer, Branch, and Evaluation Editions support native 64-bit execution on Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 x64 (including R2), and Windows XP Professional x64" The same is applicable for BizTalk 2006 R2).

By the oracle Both SMBv1 and its successor, SMBv2, contain the bug. “Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 are not affected,” assured Forstrom. Oh, but there will be more vulnerabilities, there always are.

By Corrine(noreply@blogger.com) Today we released Security Advisory 977544 to provide information, including customer guidance, on a publicly reported Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Server Messaging Block (SMB) Protocol. This vulnerability, in SMBv1 and SMBv2, affects Windows 7 and Windows S...

Mike Reavey: Today we released Security Advisory 977544 to provide information, including customer guidance, on a publicly reported Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Server Messaging Block (SMB ) Protocol. This vulnerability, in SMBv1 and SMBv2, affects Windows 7...

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By donna Today we released Security Advisory 977544 to provide information, including customer guidance, on a publicly reported Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Server Messaging Block (SMB) Protocol. This vulnerability, in SMBv1 and SMBv2, affects  Windows 7 and Windows...

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Mike Reavey: Today we released Security Advisory 977544 to provide information, including customer guidance, on a publicly reported Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Server Messaging Block (SMB ) Protocol. This vulnerability, in SMBv1 and SMBv2, affects Windows 7...

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By JamesHip CourseTitleRTM Date5105CDeploying Windows Vista Business Desktops (3 days)8/17/20096445AImplementing and Administering Windows Small Business Server 2008 (5 days)8/21/20095115BInstalling, Configuring, and Troubleshooting Windows Vista (3 days)8/21/20095118BSuppor...

By Ulf B. Simon-Weidner If you use Active Directory-Users and –Computers from Windows Server 2008 or higher (also ships with the Remote Server Administration Tools in Windows Vista or Windows 7), or the Active Directory Administrative Center in Windows Server 2008 R2 or Win7 RSAT newly created OUs are protec...

This program will assist you in creating a bootable Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) for native Windows deployment with your Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 machines. This means that the VHD can be used as the running operating system on supported h...

Microsoft issued 6 updates to Windows and Office today, fixing 15 vulnerabilities. 3 of the updates are rated Critical. Some are quite serious, especially on Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003. Windows 7 is not affected by any of the vulnerabilities revealed today. The three Critical updates...

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Multiple Group Policy Preferences have been added to the Windows Server 2008 Group Policy Management Console (which are also available through the Remote Server Administration Toolset (RSAT) for Windows Vista SP1).

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By Windows SDK Team We are trying to introduce QoS into our VOIP services. While working on this we have observed that TCP three way handshake never tag with DSCP value. We have reproduced the issue both in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. My question is why TCP three way handshake never tag w...

By Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) Just as it backported technologies specific of Windows 7 to Windows Vista, Microsoft is also making available bits and pieces of Windows Server 2008 R2 (Windows 7 Server) for customers running Windows Server 2008. Released to web at the end of October 2009, the Platform Update for Window...

By Michael Pietroforte One task scheduler for all Windows machines First of all, if you have different Windows versions in your network, then you also have to work with different task schedulers. As you probably know, the differences between Task Scheduler in Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 are hug...

By isablog Firewall Client 2004 Firewall Client 2000 Windows® 7 /Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista (all service packs) Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) Windows XP (all service packs) Windows 2000 Firewall Client 2006 Firewall Client 2004 Firewall Client 2000

By Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) “We released 5 major packages. 32-bit versions for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. We shipped 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. In addition, we supported all major languages for each of the operating s...

By mkleef DaRT 5.0 only supports Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 (no x64 support and no plans to add it either) DaRT 6.0 only supports Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 (and x64 versions too) DaRT 6.5 only supports Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (and x64 versions too)

By ekraus Windows Management Framework, which includes Windows PowerShell 2.0, WinRM 2.0, and BITS 4.0, has been officially released today.  This down-level release is now supported for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 ope...

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By Content Team Hi Everyone, Last week, 5 Windows legacy products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 3 for Windows XP, and 2 for Windows Server 2003 R2. Below are the details: Windows XP - 3 KB articles: · 972397 A hotfix for Windows Installer is available for Windows XP, Windows Server 2...

By NedPyle Before Windows Server 2008 and Vista Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 Group Policy uses the ICMP protocol to determine a slow link between the Group Policy client and the domain controller. This process is documented in Microsoft Knowledgebase article 227260: How a slo...

By Vishalthakkar Windows Updates Exchange Server 2003 SP2  - CDO time zone tables cannot be automatically updated from the registry values of the Windows operating system on Exchange Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924335 Preparing Microsoft software products TechNet Blog:

By Jodi Kogan Here’s the scenario: You have the Key Management Service (KMS) hosted on Windows Server 2003 activating your Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 systems. Now you are ready to start piloting and deploying Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Some of your first questions are likely:

By Jodi Kogan Here’s the scenario: You have the Key Management Service (KMS) hosted on Windows Server 2003 activating your Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 systems. Now you are ready to start piloting and deploying Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Some of your first questions are likely:

By samerc Enterprise users need to access data from a variety of sources in their daily tasks. With Windows Vista®, Microsoft® introduced advanced desktop search technology, enabling users to instantly find information on their computers. With Microsoft Office® SharePoint® Server 2007 and th...

By CC Hameed The instructions above can be applied on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 systems.  The instructions above should not be used on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 Systems.  On these systems, please uncheck the “Automatically adjust clock for Daylight Saving Time” man...

By Chopper777 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, when used with: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3, when used with: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, when used with: Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, when used with: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Windows Server 2008 Standard

By jeffa36 Bulletin IDBulletin TitleMaximum SeverityVulnerability ImpactRestart RequirementAffected SoftwareMS09-050Vulnerabilities in SMBv2 Could Allow Remote Code Execution CriticalRemote Code ExecutionRequires RestartMicrosoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008MS09-05...

By Teching It Easy: Windows Vista, Live & 7 For other versions of Windows affected: Windows XP 32-bit (733KB), Windows XP 64-bit (1.1MB), Windows Server 2003 32-bit (684KB), Windows Server 2003 64-bit (1.1MB), Windows Server 2003 for Itanium (1.6MB), Windows Vista 32-bit (1.4MB), Windows Vista 64-bit (2.1MB), Windows Server 200...

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By Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) “This SDK update fixes an issue where after applying Service Pack 1 you may experience a performance degradation in MPI jobs,” Microsoft explains. “Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2003 x64 editions; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows Vista...

By bradley Yesterday Tim Barrett and I did a presentation on Windows 7.  And one of the features of Win7 that I said I liked was SMBv2 as it increased the speed of file transfers between a Vista/Windows 7 and a Server 2008.  And one of the viewers of the presentation pointed out that at the present time, Mi...

By AriPernick The final version of the Windows Web Services API for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 is now available. This version corresponds to the final version of the WWSAPI released as part of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. To develop for this version of t...

By NewsBot Microsoft plans monster Patch Tuesday next week Computerworld The flaw affects Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and preview releases of Windows 7. Of the 13 updates, Storms put the patches scheduled for SQL Server, ... Microsoft to Plug Windows Security Holes on Patch TuesdayeWeek Hack...

By CC Hameed In previous versions of Windows, especially 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003, the size of the working set of system cache could potential grow to consume all, or nearly all of RAM.  In Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, significant changes were introduced to the management of wor...

By Yochay Kiriaty In Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and earlier versions of the Windows operating system, services and applications run in the same session as the one started by the first user who logs onto the console. This session is called Session 0, and as shown in the following image, prior to Windows...

By Yochay Kiriaty In Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and earlier versions of the Windows operating system, services and applications run in the same session as the one started by the first user who logs onto the console. This session is called Session 0, and as shown in the following image, prior to Windows...

By the oracle Microsoft had no idea at that time that it would be launching three major products — Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010 — into such an uncertain economic climate. “I can’t tell you that this was the economy we thought we were going to live in,” Ballmer said. §

By Matt-MS Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista. Mozilla Firefox on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista, or Mac OS X 10.2.x and later. Safari 3 and 4 on Mac OS X 10.2.x and later. Some features may require a browser that supports ActiveX.

By Michael Pietroforte I have only tried the feature with a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controller (functional level R2), but the new Group Policy reference guide says that this features is independent of the Active Directory functional level. Thus it should also work in a Windows Server 2003 domain.

By bradley Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on remote computers that are running Windows Server 2008 R2 (and, for some roles and features, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003) from a remote computer...

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By Nicole Berett Click to continue reading "Join the ‘Clubhouse’ and have your Windows Home Server blog posts showcased" Explore Windows Live: Discover Windows Vista: 2.  Tag your posts with the specific Windows Home Server Tags provided. 3.  Watch for your posts on Microsoft websites.

By Nicole Berett Are you using your blog to talk about Windows Home Server? Do you want to enhance your personal reputation and get your posts showcased on Microsoft websites? If so, you should join The Clubhouse. The Clubhouse is a place that brings together people using their blogs to help others underst...

By Martin Operating systems that are not affected include Windows XP, Windows 7 final and Windows Server 2003. No patch is currently available to fix the vulnerability. Microsoft has published workarounds to protect the operating system from possible attacks.

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Microsoft has said it may release an out-of-cycle patch for a recently discovered flaw in Windows Vista and Windows Server.

By emil.protalinski@arstechnica.com (Emil Protalinski) Microsoft has released the Windows Management Framework Release Candidate for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 on Microsoft Connect. This RC includes Windows Remote Management (WinRM) 2.0, Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 4.0, and Windows PowerShell 2.0. While pac...

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By Windows Installer Team ·         KB 958655 – Error message when you use Windows Installer (MSI) 4.5 to install multiple MSI packages in Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP: "API call rejected - No actions in Context". ·         KB 967756 – After you uninstall some software upda...

By Milo Riano This problem affects the following operating system and applications: 1. Windows XP 2. Windows 2000 3. Windows Vista 4. Windows Server 2003 5. Windows Server 2008 8. Windows Client for MAC 9. Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 Image from Windows 7. Post from: Windows Vista Weblog

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By Yochay Kiriaty For native applications, you will need to ensure your application's logic will work with newer versions of Windows. Please DO NOT BLOCK on version change! The following is a Win32 code example that uses GetVersionEx. If the major version is greater than 5 (Windows Vista, Windows® Server 2...

By Martin Critical ratings for Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 are usually important or moderate ratings for Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 thanks to the increased security in those operating systems. Downloads are already available from various official sources including Automatic U...

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By BSchwarz Windows Vista SP2 TechNet Windows Server 2008 SP2 TechNet Windows Vista and Server 2008 SP2 x86 Windows Vista and Server 2008 SP2 x86 DVD ISO Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 x64 Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 ia64

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By Martin The security vulnerability affects only Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 systems. Computer systems running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7 are not affected because “the ability to pass data to this control within Internet Explorer” is restricted in these operating s...

By Martin Mui Cache View is a Nirsoft application that displays the cache in the usual Nirsoft environment. The portable software program is compatible with several different Microsoft operating systems including Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista. It is likely that the program w...

By mniehaus As some of you have already discovered, ConfigMgr (RTM and SP1) is unable to capture an image of a Windows Vista SP2 or Windows Server 2008 SP2 operating system.  Fortunately, there are now two hotfixes available for this, one if you are running ConfigMgr RTM:

A domain if you don't know is a server computer running a Network Operating System such as Windows Server, UNIX or Linux that manages and provides resources such as file sharing, printers and secure authentication to client computers running Windows.

 DC Supporting Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, Windows Vista and Windows XP Service Pack 3, the DTK download is an add-on component for Windows Mobile 6 SDK and boasts a new set of APIs to enable developers to take advantage of WinMo 6.5's touch ...

By Milo Riano Microsoft has released an advanced notifications for their June patch which affects Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008. The Microsoft bulletin is found here — Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for June 2009

 Romania The SDK can be used on Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, Windows Vista and Windows XP Service Pack 3 operating systems, and comes with support for six languages, namely Chinese Simplified, English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. ...

By CC Hameed Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows VistaFAQ for Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2Release Notes for Windows Vista SP2Release Notes for Windows Server 2008 SP2Notable Changes in Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2Windows Server 2008 SP2 Deployment...

Microsoft's Windows Vista officially entered into its Service Pack 2 (SP2) phase on Tuesday after releasing its second service pack for the operating system....

By Michael Pietroforte Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 available for public download: x86: x64: ISO: System Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7 Release Candidate System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate for x64 Edition Windows Server 2008 R2 VDI step-by-step guides Co...

 MA Windows Home Server is quite possibly one of Microsoft's most unheralded operating systems. Many speak longingly of Windows XP, jokingly of Windows ME, disappointedly of Windows Vista, and hopefully of Windows 7. But seldom discussed is the ...

By Sumeeth Evans Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 RC enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on remote computers that are running Windows Server 2008 R2 (and, for some roles and features, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003) from a remote comput...

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By Keith Combs Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 RC enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on remote computers that are running Windows Server 2008 R2 (and, for some roles and features, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003) from a remote comput...

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By Stephen L Rose Today we are proud to announce the launch of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.  Service Pack 2 (SP2) represents the latest step in Microsoft’s commitment to continuous improvement.  It includes all of the updates that have been delivered since SP1, as well as suppor...

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By mepprecht In October 2008, Microsoft issued a Security Bulletin and a Patch for Windows as MS08-067 describes. Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 fixes carry a Critical rating, whilst for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, an Important rating.

Microsoft has given testers the RTM-Escrow build of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Participants can grab it via Windows Update, as a standalone download, or as a slipstreamed download. By Emil Protalinski | Last updated March ...

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By emil.protalinski@arstechnica.com (Emil Protalinski) This week, Microsoft Connect testers received the RTM-Escrow build of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Ars has learned. The company is letting testers grab it as a standalone installer package (all languages) as well as slipstreamed versions in English, Spanis...

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By will.craddock Virtualizing Windows Server operating systems and running them in production Virtualizing & hosting Windows client operating systems (2000/XP/Vista/7/etc.) and running them in virtual machines, either in VDI or in instances on a desktop …you should probably review these docu...

“Internet Explorer 8 is available for the following Windows releases: Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Vista (RTM), SP1 and SP2.” Internet Explorer 8 Language Packs for Windows Vista and Windows Server ...

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By mepprecht This is for Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. If you’re testing the Windows 7 Beta, the next Windows Update will include a specially updated version of Internet Explorer 8 for Beta users. You can download Internet Explorer 8 from http://www.microsoft....

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By emil.protalinski@arstechnica.com (Emil Protalinski) The final build of Internet Explorer 8 has been released in 25 languages. You can also grab the download directly from these links: Windows XP 32-bit (16.1 MB), Windows XP 64-bit (32.3 MB), Windows Server 2003 32-bit (16.0 MB), Windows Server 2003 64-bit (32.3 MB), Windows Vista 32-bit (13.2 MB...

The ISO allows for multiple security updates to be downloaded as a single package for all the localized versions of Windows, including Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3, but also Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. ... Microsoft Patches First Critical Bug in Windows 7 Beta PC Worl...

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By (Emil Protalinski) Microsoft has sent out an e-mail to testers announcing that the RC-Escrow build of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 is available for download. The company is letting testers grab it via Windows Update (available this Thursday in available languages of Vista and Se...

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By bradley On the Technet site tonight is the beta for Vista sp2 and Windows Server 2008 sp2.  Yes that's right Windows Server 2008 SP2.  For all those waiting for the first service pack of Windows Server 2008, it's already included as it shares the same code as Vista sp1.

By Brettjo Windows Team Blog, Windows Server Blog, and the TechNet home page. Other Microsoft sites will also point to the blogs, including the Windows Vista home page and the Springboard Series Site.

On Tuesday, July 8, Microsoft will release 4 security bulletins and patches to address them. All four are rated "Important". Two bulletins address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, one in Exchange Server and one in SQL Server. The first Windows issue affects just Windows Vista and Wi...

By Windows Installer Team The Windows Installer 4.5 redistributable can install on the following Windows Operating Systems: Target Operating System Windows Vista RTM Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 Windows XP SP2, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows Server 2003 SP2

The final version of Windows Search 4.0 has been released to the Microsoft Download Center. Windows Search 4.0 updates search in Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Home Server. This release comes after a public Windows Search 4.0 Preview, which w...

By Paulo Morgado I know Rui uses Windows Server 2008 as his laptop operating system (as well as António) and I asked Rui how I could get rid of Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration. Rui pointed me to this blog posts: Using Windows Server 2008 as a SUPER workstation OSWindows Server 2008 Deskto...

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By CraigN.NET Both the Windows Server and Windows Vista teams released new builds today. The much-awaited Windows Server 2008, formerly known by the code-name Longhorn Server, was released to manufacturing today, as was the highly anticipated service pack 1 update Read More......(read more)

The service pack comes labeled with a build string matching its recently released WDK brother and smells of Server 2008 kernel, which is A Good Thing™ -- 6001.16549(longhorn_sp1beta1.070628-1825). Queried Microsoft and beta participants are denying the program's existence, as expec...

By erickingfrog Participants Eric Ostrowski – Your Show Host and TechNet Radio Producer Jeremy Moskowitz – Chief Propeller-Head for Moskowitz, inc. and GPanswers.com.  Jeremy Moskowitz is a nationally recognized authority on Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, and other Windows manage...

Vista's Windows Defender provides continuous security against malware, and if it detects anything suspicious, it will alert you of what it finds. It does this by using three specific tools: Technorati tags: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Defender, Security,...

By erickingfrog New MVP Andy Malone talks with John Weston about Windows Server "Longhorn" (now Windows Server 2008). Andy is a technical trainer as well as the Managing Director of Quality Training Ltd. in Scotland. They discuss the new features in Windows Server "Longhorn" such as built-in virtualizat...

By auroraqueen Matt Hester talks with Iain McDonald, Director of Windows Server Program, about the new and enhanced features of Windows Server “Longhorn” Beta 3. They discuss some of the design principles and key architectural changes behind Windows Server “Longhorn”, and provide background on the...

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By Charles What happens within Microsoft when a Windows Vista or Longhorn Server daily build is ready? Thousands of machines spin up an insane stress test that sucks up all available memory and handles and then pushes the machine to the limits with an intensive set of feature stress routines.

By dadonk My company recently started using Flash Media Server to stream audio and video content. My boss just installed Windows Vista Ultimate and now no streaming content will play at all. Simple Flash animations work, but nothing that accesses the Flash Media Server for content. I've uninstalle...

By AlkalineProdigy                     This may be a shot in the dark but is there a Vista Server Beta?  I would really like to get involved with that!  Servers have always been a hobby (passion) for me.  I've been screwing around with server 2003 datacenter for the past few years and love its vast options. ...

•Microsoft and Ford are bed buddies •Windows DreamScene makes your Windows Vista Ultimate backgrounds full motion video, sucks up more resources •Nickelodeon, Showtime and Starz giving exclusive content for Vista Premium editions

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