Monthly Archives: May 2008

Dan Cunningham Updates Workstation Migration Assistant 1.0 to RC3

Posted on May 24, 2008 by blakehandler

  Dan Cunningham has posted the third release canditate of his Workstation Migration Assistant 1.0 program. BLAKE: Workstation Migration Assistant is a visual wrapper for the User State Migration Tool, designed to simplify the capture / restore process for your … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Releases, Removes, Then Releases “The Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista”

Posted on May 22, 2008 by blakehandler

  On May 13th Microsoft released "The Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista" — then removed it less than a week later. So now Microsoft has (re)released "The Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista"   Not sure what has been … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Releases “MSN Direct” News Service for Windows Mobile Devices

Posted on May 22, 2008 by blakehandler

  The MSN Direct for Windows Mobile Technology Preview displays updated, customizable, information in a nice, clean UI.   Top Stories Weather Stocks World News Sports Entertainment Click Here for All Free Windows Mobile Software

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Microsoft Upgrades MSN Toolbar with Silverlight

Posted on May 22, 2008 by blakehandler

  Microsoft continues to update their MSN Toolbar — this time it’s "really pretty" (^_^) Put information at your fingertips: See headlines and features from eight popular MSN channels. Simply click on channel buttons to preview, then choose any link … Continue reading →

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10 Things To Do When Windows XP Won’t Boot

Posted on May 20, 2008 by blakehandler

  Nice, quick article from TechRepublic suggesting: "10 things you can do when Windows XP won’t booot". Use a Windows startup disk Use Last Known Good Configuration Use System Restore Use Recovery Console Fix a corrupt Boot.ini Fix a corrupt … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Removes: The Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista

Posted on May 19, 2008 by blakehandler

  It was less than a week ago that Microsoft released "The Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista" document — but now it appears to have been removed from the Microsoft Download site. Huh – what’s going on?

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My Advice? Still Don’t Upgrade to Windows Vista, Get a New Computer! – Part II

Posted on May 19, 2008 by blakehandler

  Keith Combs politely replied to my email to say he wasn’t happy for putting words in his mouth, and taking him out of context.   Keith does not have a monopoly on being passionate about Windows Vista — I steadily … Continue reading →

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My Advice? Still Don’t Upgrade to Windows Vista, Get a New Computer!

Posted on May 17, 2008 by blakehandler

  One of my favorite Microsoft Bloggers is Keith Combs. He’s bright, speaks his mind, and doesn’t wear Microsoft Tinted Glasses. Keith recently blogged that he’s confused:   Why aren’t people upgrading existing Windows XP machines to Windows Vista? Don’t … Continue reading →

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Adobe Releases Digital Negative (DNG) Codec for Windows Vista

Posted on May 14, 2008 by blakehandler

  Adobe’s Digital Negative (DNG) Codec provides a method for Windows Vista users to view DNG raw files in the Windows Explorer and Photo Gallery. (Support: Adobe Labs) –> Download Adobe DNG Codec Click Here for All Free Windows Vista … Continue reading →

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Mono Project Releases Moonlight: Microsoft Silverlight for Unix Systems

Posted on May 14, 2008 by blakehandler

  Moonlight is an open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight for Unix systems. Warning: These are test installers and are not complete or bug free. They are snapshots from our development tree and might not work. Firefox 3 support is … Continue reading →

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