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Microsoft to recommence pushing Vista SP1 prerequisite

Microsoft to recommence pushing Vista SP1 prerequisiteEnjoy suckers!!!LOL...You won't see me on Vista, I've moved all my machines back to XP.With windows 7 due next year...This is a futile useless exercise in agony. Vista has sucked since the beginning, and now with windows 7 due next year, the whole vista...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

Microsoft suspends distribution of Vista SP1 prerequisite update

Following reports by users of problems resulting from new Vista Service Pack SP 1 installation prerequisite update -- which Microsoft pushed out via Windows Update last week -- Microsoft has halted availability of those prerequisites. Microsoft announced on February 19 via the Vista Team Blog its decision...

Tags: Prerequisite, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-19

TechNet Webcast: Forefront Client Security Series: Deploying Forefront Client Security (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200)

This webcast explores how to prepare for and deploy Microsoft Forefront Client Security. It provides a short, high-level overview of Forefront Client Security, to see where it fits into enterprise security. Before deploying Forefront Client Security in organization, one must meet minimum hardware requirements and have several software packages installed...

Tags: Software, Security, Webcast, Prerequisite, Client, Microsoft TechNet, Tools & Techniques, Management

Webcasts 2008-02-08

Understand these prerequisites before for installing Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0

This sample chapter, taken from Citrix CCA MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0 and 4.0 (Exams 223/256), discusses the prerequisites for installing MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0. This sample chapter, taken from Citrix CCA MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0 and 4.0 (Exams 223/256), covers the necessary prerequisites that should be met...

Tags: Citrix MetaFrame, Prerequisite, Citrix Systems Inc., Servers, Hardware

Book chapters 2006-03-31

Installation Prerequisites for MetaFrame Presentation Server 3

This paper covers the necessary prerequisites that should be met prior to the attempting to install MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0. In addition to the hardware and software requirements, the paper covers licensing and the types of licenses involved in this process. Although a person probably does not need to know...

Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Citrix MetaFrame, Prerequisite, Server, Tools & Techniques, Management

White papers 2006-01-27

MSDN Webcast: Detecting and Deploying Prerequisites for Your Application With ClickOnce (Level 300)

Application depends on the existence of some other software on the end user's workstation. What is the best way to ensure a smooth deployment? This webcast will explore some of the recommended techniques for determining whether the workstation already has the prerequisites the application needs, and how to incorporate the...

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Application, Webcast, Prerequisite, Workstations, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Webcasts 2005-06-14

TechNet Webcast: Troubleshooting Forefront Client Security (Level 200)

This webcast covers some common issues in troubleshooting the installation process for Microsoft Forefront Client Security installation process and its prerequisites, focusing on the standard three-server topology. Forefront Client Security relies on multiple software prerequisites on both servers and client computers to install correctly. It discusses how there are several...

Tags: Security, Webcast, Prerequisite, Topology, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Forefront Client Security, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Webcasts

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Do you need to be a programmer to run a software company?

Do you need to be a programmer to run a software company?It's back to square oneIn fact, the new Internet-based platforms (Google App Engine, Microsofts upcoming platform to complement SSDS) are creating an entirely new platform. This change is as profound as the change in the early 80's. To succeed...

Tags: Development tools, programmer, software, software company

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

Linuxworksbetter.org: A humble proposal

Linuxworksbetter.org: A humble proposalQuestion...You don't clarify who's paying the fee. Would people present themselves, or what?Anyway, I struggling to ignore the fairly major ethical questions.I hope I missed the pointi cannot believe that you would equate the horror of having a loved one or family member trapped in a radical...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Murph, Linuxworksbetter.org, humble proposal, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-06-12

Can open source help liberate the bureaucracy?

Britain's national plan to bring order and interoperability to the patient records and operations of the national health service was going to cost about £1.2bn and be an enormous business and political success by early 1998. Ten years later it's widely expected to be a continuing £13bn pound...

Tags: Agency, Health Care, Bureaucracy, StarOffice, Open Source, Advertising & Promotion, Office Suites, Software, Marketing, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-06-05

OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu's Volkswagen

2008 will be a very good vintage for community end-user Linux distributions. So far, we've seen the release of Ubuntu 8.04, which is universally considered to be  a major milestone release in usability and device compatibility, and one of the easiest distros to install. While not as widely lauded, we...

Tags: Ubuntu, Novell Inc., Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Volkswagen AG, GNOME, Software Update Utility, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-06-03

ASACAMP - ASA Lab Camp

Instantly save $400 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends August 22, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsBased on our Cisco SNAF and SNAA courses, our exclusive, lab-based course is designed to provide you with the most ASA-based lab experience in 5 days...

Tags: Security Appliance, Lab, Cisco Systems Inc., Security

Training 2008-06-01

What we do know about Windows 7

What we do know about Windows 7Not 2010, It's sep 2009Windows 7 would definitely be released in 2009. Mostly Sep 2009as you guessed in previous postsWindows 7 will be more tightly integrated with Windows Mobile.Gee, there is a nonstarter.By the time Win7 comes out, WinMobile will have been Zunified and...

Tags: Wiki, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, HA-HA-HA, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Microsoft, HP ready XP SP3 endless-reboot patches

Help is on its way for users affected by the Windows XP Service Pack SP 3 endless-reboot problem that has plagued some users for the past week-plus. Both Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard are readying patches that should remedy the glitch, which seems to affect primarily users of AMD-based...

Tags: Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-16

More on RIM's moat: Launches BlackBerry Bold; App developer fund

Business people can be hip too. That appears to be the message from Research in Motion and its motives behind its new BlackBerry Bold smartphone. There's definitely a hint of some iPhone envy here, but the device isn't a direct competitor. From the statement (Matthew Miller's take,...

Tags: Developer, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Partners Fund, Smart Phones, B2C, Handhelds, B2B, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-12

Deja vu all over again on health insurance

A New England Journal of Medicine editorial on health insurance out today warns we could be heading back to another Harry and Louise moment, alluding to the failure of health care reform in 1994. The proposals offered by John McCain on the one hand and Barack Obama...

Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Benefits Expert, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-01

FEUP Breaks Security-Performance Bottleneck With Check Point Technology

The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, FEUP is a Portuguese engineering teaching institution, integrated into the University of Porto, where undergraduate and postgraduate courses are taught in various engineering disciplines. FEUP needed to increase its Internet access bandwidth, currently rated at 1Gbps, while maintaining or even increasing...

Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Security, Processors, Networking, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Case studies 2008-05-01

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 17 of 24): Migrating to Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2008 (Level 300)

This webcast series covers best practices to help organizations prepare for deploying Windows Server 2008 Active Directory. The webcast covers planning and prerequisite steps, as well as best practices for which domain controllers to deploy first, how to handle operations master roles, and other domain services such as Domain Name...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Webcasts 2008-04-30

Zune Yahoo! = Y!Phone

Zune Yahoo! = Y!PhoneDoesn't have to be innovativeMS didn't earn their fortune through innovation, they earned it by making previously available products more available to the masses. In this case, simply lowering the price (even by 10%) and making it available to all phone carriers with support would...

Tags: Operating systems, Digital music, Telecom & Utilities, Digital media, Handhelds, Microsoft Zune, Sansa MP3 player, phone, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-14

The glide path to an open society

The glide path to an open societyCuba, change?Not if the Cubans have a choice.You wrote:Cuba, under Raul Castro, shows signs that he wants to make his island nation more open to the outside world. He has allowed wider access to essential communications technologies, such as cell phones and the Internet...

Tags: INTERNET, CUBANS, Cuba

Discussion threads 2008-04-08