June 26, 2009Retail pricing for Windows 7 has officially been announced. Here’s the skinny on the Upgrades and the Full Packaged Products. All prices are Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail and in US Dollars WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM Windows 7 Home Premium (Full): $199.99 Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade): $119.99 Update: Special Upgrade Discount until July 11, 2009 $119.99 [...]
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April 30, 2009Quite a bit of news in the last week – just to make sure you didn’t miss these events in the pre-Derby festivities: Office 2007 SP2 has launched http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b444bf18-79ea-46c6-8a81-9db49b4ab6e5&displaylang=en Vista SP2 has reached RTM http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2009/04/28/windows-vista-sp2-rtm-windows-vista-sp1-blocker-tool-removed.aspx WSS v3 w/ SP2 is out http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ef93e453-75f1-45df-8c6f-4565e8549c2a Windows 7 RC hit MSDN and TechNet today (for subscribers) http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/archive/2009/04/30/windows-7-rc-is-available-for-technet-and-msdn-subscribers-to-download.aspx Windows 7 [...]
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February 18, 2009SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 have been out for several months, but are you using it yet? Are your customers? Join us for this presentation and learn what’s new in SBS 2008, where the pricing sweet spots are, and gotchas to watch out for. We’ll talk about the training that’s available to get you up [...]
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February 3, 2009Today Microsoft announced the SKUs for Windows 7. The version lineup is different than Vista. Home Basic is now only available in “emerging markets”, and a new “Starter” edition has been added for lower-powered PCs (think netbooks). That’s a bit of a reversal compared to Vista where “Home Basic” was on just about every PC [...]
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January 28, 2009Tonight the Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG) is scheduled to have our 59th consecutive monthly meeting. The topic is “Windows 7 – First Look”. Unfortunately, we’re in the midst of an ice storm in Louisville, which makes driving (and even getting electricity) rather difficult. I checked in on Kevin Royalty up in Cincinnati [...]
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January 21, 2009Microsoft Press is celebrating their 25th anniversary with “Free E-Book of the Month” offers. The current offer is: Title: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions Author: Mitch Tulloch with the MS Virtualization Team ISBN: 9780735693371 File size: 14.4 MB Pages: 452 Download URL: Click here Description: This guide will teach you about the benefits of the latest [...]
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November 11, 2008It’s been five long years since SBS 2003 was released (and over two years since SBS 2003 R2 came out). Tomorrow is the big day: Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008 launch event! You can tune in LIVE! Details: Date – Wed November 12, 2008 Time – 11:00 AM Eastern (GMT [...]
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November 4, 2008Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard (and may be sick about hearing) of Microsoft Hyper-V. I know that Flavor Flav said “Don’t believe the hype” but this is one of those instances where you should listen. If you *are* listening and would like to get some free training on Hyper-V, here’s the [...]
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October 10, 2008Last night I finally bit the bullet and wiped my corporate box and installed Windows Vista 64-bit. I am determined to march forward no matter what. Initial impression of the 64-bit OS?: SMOKING FAST The only driver issue was for my Plantronics DSP 500 USB headset, and that wasn’t even a driver issue really, it [...]
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May 15, 2008We just got word from the ivory tower that we’re not deploying Windows XP Service Pack 3 on HP machines with AMD processors (just yet, anyway). There are also some rumblings in the public forums regarding Dell, Lenovo, Gateway and Asus chipsets. More details here: http://www.crn.com/software/207800165 I think I hear Susan‘s 2×4 swinging cross-country Rating [...]
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