Entries Categorized as 'Vista'

Vista Ultimate Box Picture

Date November 3, 2006

A special thanks goes out to Seth Lopez for pointing me to the following picture that details the Vista DVD face and how the boxes open.  Thanks Seth! (Click the picture above for a larger view) Rating 3.00 out of 5

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Vista and Office 2007 Packaging Pictures

Date November 3, 2006

The Windows Vista Team Blog has pictures of the new packaging for Vista and Office 2007.  Gone are the days of cardboard packaging.  These are hard plastic, and this is the new format of software packaging from Microsoft.  Windows Vista Home Basic   Windows Vista Home Premium   Windows Vista Business   Windows Vista Ultimate [...]

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Exam 71-260: TS: Microsoft Windows Vista, Configuring

Date October 28, 2006

Exam #: 71-260Beta Exam Period: October 31 – November 13, 2006Registration Opens: October 23, 2006Test Time: 4 hoursPromotional Code: BTA620Preparation Link: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/71-620.mspx Audience Profile: Candidates for this exam should have at least one year of experience in the IT field. They typically work as Tier 1 to Tier 2-level phone support in a wide range [...]

Posted in Training, Vista Comments 16 Comments »

Get Vista Express Upgrade on Your Next PC

Date October 27, 2006

You can receive an Express Upgrade to Windows Vista when you buy a qualifying PC running Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, or Windows XP Professional.  If you’re in the market for a new computer, be sure to ask your retailer about the Express Upgrade to Windows Vista, being offered by [...]

Posted in Microsoft, Vista, Windows Comments 693 Comments »

Vista Step-by-Step Guides for IT Pros

Date October 23, 2006

Microsoft has released 15 ‘Step-by-Step Guides for IT Professionals‘ to assist in deploying or migrating to Windows Vista.  Each whitepaper is available as an individual download in Microsoft Word 2003 .doc format, and WGA is not required to access the downloads. Date Published: 9/11/2006 Document Format:  Microsoft Word Download Size: 118 – 748 KB, or [...]

Posted in Beta, Downloads, Free, Microsoft, Support, Training, Vista, Whitepapers, Windows Comments 581 Comments »

Gone In 6,000 Seconds

Date October 19, 2006

Question:  What do you do when Vista RC2 (2.5 GB) is taking over 10 hours to download? Answer: Download the ISO from an international server instead of a USA server and be done in about 90 minutes. Log in to your https://connect.microsoft.com/ account Navigate to the desired ISO and click on the download link When the Microsoft File [...]

Posted in Beta, Microsoft, Vista, Windows Comments 688 Comments »

Will That Work With SBS?

Date September 29, 2006

Has a customer ever asked you if CRM 1.2 will run on SBS 2003 R2?  What about Small Business Accounting 2006 on a pre-SP1 SBS box?  Is Vista RC 1 supported in an SBS environment, or is Office 97 supported by WSUS? The answers to these and many other SBS-related questions can be found on [...]

Posted in Beta, Exchange, Microsoft, Office, SBS, SMB Community, Support, Vista Comments 685 Comments »

The Geek Who Cried Wolf (Vista RC1)

Date September 1, 2006

Vista RC1 is officially out.  (I promise this time Title:  Windows Vista RC1 (v5600-16384) for X86 and X64 (English) Release Date:  9/1/2006 Size:  6,261.47 MB Version:  RC1 (v5600-16384) Category:  Build Milestone:  RC1 Description:   Please ensure you uncheck any files you don’t wish to download.  You should use your same key(s) from previous releases.  To generate [...]

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Vista RC1 Drops (Almost)

Date August 25, 2006

Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is live!  Proof in Alt-PrtScn format is attached.  (Click for a larger picture). Title:  Windows Vista 5536-16385 for X86  Release Date:  8/24/2006  Size:  2,643.33 MB  Version:  5536.16385  Category:  Build  Milestone Description: 0x45527F10  vista_5536.16385.060821-1900_vista_rc1_x86fre_client-LR1CFRE_EN_DVD.iso   (Yep, that’s a 2.6 GB download boys and girls). Guess it’s time to nuke-and-pave my notebook PC [...]

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Koolaid Tastes Good

Date July 31, 2006

I recently took a break from the Mac ‘apple juice’ and just got back from spending 3 days in sunny Tulsa Oklahoma with one of my buds from Microsoft.  Over the course of a few days we installed a 64-bit SBS server and network, played with some new technology, and got to put Window Vista Ultimate (build [...]

Posted in Microsoft, SBS, SMB Community, TS2, Vista Comments 582 Comments »

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