Archive for October, 2009
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Friday, October 30th, 2009Do you have netbook without DVD drive? Do you want to upgrade/install Windows 7 on it? Till now, the only option was to attach external DVD drive to your netbook. Now, Microsoft officially supports installation of Windows 7 from USB stick. You will need Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool (WUDT), free program which you can [...]
How to deploy Windows XP Mode
Friday, October 30th, 2009Windows XP Mode is great new feature in Windows 7. It is Windows XP operating system that you can download from Virtual PC web site, and start it in Windows Virtual PC. Why do you need it? For example, if you have some applications that you can run only on Windows XP or older Windows [...]
Windows 7, good luck
Thursday, October 29th, 2009There was so much buzz around Windows 7 lately. Everyone wanted to test it and to say his/her opinion about new operating system from Microsoft. Mostly, people are very satisfied with the Windows 7, and most of the people think it is the best operating system ever from Microsoft, if not best operating system ever [...]
Free e-book: Windows 7 troubleshooting tips
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Do you hate when you (as a system administrator or tech support) get a call from somebody from your office, with question: “What’s wrong with my PC? Come here and fix it!”? I’m sure you do. And most of the problems can be solved easily by users themselves, without the need for you intervention. But [...]
Who are lucky winners of the Handy Backup Professional?
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009First prize game on Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft Virtualization blog is over. During the past two weeks, everyone could join the raffle by tweeting and/or posting a news about this prize game on blogs/websites/forum etc. Prize for lucky winners is very valuable, 3 licenses (each license is worth $99) for the Handy Backup Professional, [...]
Windows 7 for Dummies
Monday, October 26th, 2009There is an book from Microsoft MVP Woody Leonhard available to purchase at Amazon for ~15$, titled “Windows 7 for Dummies”. If you are new to Windows 7 or you’re planning to start using it, this book could be great for you. Link to book: Windows 7 For Dummies Original article is at MVP [...]
Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 e-book
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009There is new free e-book from Microsoft available to download: Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2. This e-book has been written by Charlie Russel and Craig Zacker and it has 200 pages. You can download Windows Server 2008 R2 e-book here. Original post at Khanov blog.
One more week to win Handy Backup Professional
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009Just to remind you: you still have one more week to win one of the three licenses for the Handy Backup Professional (each license is worth $99!). How to take part in this raffle? If you have Twitter account, just post this message in your profile: RT @ilijabrajkovic Win a free license for the Handy [...]
TechNet Virtual Conference
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009The October TechNet Virtual Conference will take place on Friday, October 30th. You’ll be able to see 5 sessions and learn more about Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Exchange 2010, SQL Server 2008 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2. Here is the program:
Free Windows 7 VHD
Monday, October 19th, 2009Running virtual machine is great way to test new operating system. Although you can download free Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day trial and install it in Hyper-V virtual machine, there is even better solution: download free Windows 7 90-day evaluation VHD, attach it to Hyper-V virtual machine and avoid the need to install operating system. Free [...]
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