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Shareholder to Ballmer: Is best yet to come?
With Microsoft’s stock at a 10-year-low, some frustration was evident at the company’s annual meeting Wednesday.
Karen Robbins, a children’s book author, addressed CEO Steve Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates, and first thanked them.
“Twenty years ago, I started my dream to be a children’s writer,” she said. “Bill Gates and Microsoft totally changed my career. I [...] -
E7: Disk Space
This post is about disk space and the disk space “consumed” by Windows 7. Disk space is the sort of thing where everyone wants to use less, but the cost of using a bit more relative to the benefits has generally been a positive tradeoff. Things have changed recently with the availability of solid-state drives [...]
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HVRemote"…., a tool to "automagically" configure Hyper-V Remote Management.
What does the tool do: It reduces the manual configuration steps needed for Hyper-V Remote Management that I blogged about back in March this year 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 down to one or two commands.
It can configure Full installations and Server Core Installations of Windows Server 2008 with the Hyper-V role enabled, plus configure Microsoft [...]
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DNSSEC in Windows 7
Shyam Seshadri, Program Manager Windows Core Networking: I’m excited that I finally get to talk about what the DNS team has been working on for over a year. That’s right – DNSSEC. It’s in Windows, and it’s on its way.
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DNSSEC is a suite of security extensions to the DNS which provide origin authority, [...] -
AuthorPoint Lite
Er zijn heel wat mensen die al hun vrienden en kennissen dagelijks allerlei grappige e-mail sturen. Vaak is de komische boodschap daarbij verpakt in een bijlage in de vorm van een PowerPoint-presentatie. AuthorPoint Lite is hier een aantrekkelijk alternatief voor. Hiermee tovert u een PowerPoint-presentatie om tot Flash-bestand en bijbehorende html-code. Deze zet u op [...]
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Buying Genuine Microsoft Software – How to Tell
Counterfeit software can be a serious threat. It can lead to a corrupted system, a loss of data, or even identity theft, so it’s important to know that you’re getting genuine Microsoft software at your point of purchase.
Counterfeit software is the result of unauthorized copying, reproduction, or manufacture of software products. Counterfeit software often looks [...]
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Buying Genuine Microsoft Software – How to Tell
Counterfeit software can be a serious threat. It can lead to a corrupted system, a loss of data, or even identity theft, so it’s important to know that you’re getting genuine Microsoft software at your point of purchase.
Counterfeit software is the result of unauthorized copying, reproduction, or manufacture of software products. Counterfeit software often looks [...]
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Microsoft: Reused PCs Need Windows, Too
Microsoft is working hard to ensure that Windows is the operating system of choice on the growing number of refurbished personal computers being used by budget-conscious nonprofits, schools, and consumers in the U.S. and developing world.
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To that end, the Redmond, (Wash.) software maker last year began the Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR) program to make it [...]