Having been heavily involved with testing Microsoft Dynamics custom products, I found Microsoft Virtual PC to be a must have tool. Not only because it saves a lot of money for not having to acquire different PCs in order to test products in different environments, but it also saves a lot of time. It just takes several simple rules to follow and knowing the functionalities that Microsoft Virtual PC has to offer. What I will share are tips and tricks I gathered over the years, best practices...Read Full Story
Are you ready to downgrade . . . um, I meant upgrade?
We all know (and have heard) Vista seems to be a big flop. Lots of articles by many capable industry experts have expressed the many reasons. I have a much simpler and less-technical approach.
For the general public, three areas mark the main thrust and justification for upgrading to Vista: security, productivity, and graphics.
Security - Think back 5 - 7 years. Remember how the world came to a grinding halt every few month by a...Read Full Story
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A technical glitch prevented users from accessing their Hotmail accounts last Tuesday. According to a Microsoft spokeswoman, “the issue is purely impacting the login process for customers and largely does not impact customers who were already logged in”.
Oh! Well in that case, thank God ! That makes it so much better and more acceptable, doesn’t it? Those sorry-ass slobs who were not logged in didn’t really deserve to get logged in.
Let’s face it. We’re...Read Full Story
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What makes Microsoft .com website more visible & usable ?
The Microsoft Corporation website; Microsoft.com, is one of the largest and most heavily visited sites on the Internet, yet it maintains consistently high availability ratings.
The Microsoft .com Operations (MSCOM Ops) team that operates the site meets these demands through a combination of carefully planned infrastructure; collaboration with other teams; and use of technology for maintenance, monitoring, and change...Read Full Story
Microsoft has confirmed that it has stolen (um . . . hired) Disney’s current CIO, Tony Scott. He replaces Microsoft’s old CIO, Stuart Scott, who was canned for ‘violating internal company policies’ - meaning he committed one of the following offenses:
Surfed porn in his office
Did not upgrade to Vista as ordered
Dual booted his company PC with Linux
Bought a MAC for home
Used an IPod instead of his company issued Zune (which he couldn’t sync with other Zune users because it...Read Full Story
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