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As reported by ComputerWorld, the latest Service Pack for Windows XP, SP3, is finally available via the MSDN and TechNet download sites. This is only for the 32-bit version of XP, btw. Users of XP x64 will need to wait for Service Pack 3 for Windows
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I just finished reading an article on Windows Vista from InfoWorld , and it makes several really good points. Windows Vista brings a lot to the table that gets de-emphasized by the masses. It's funny that when Microsoft releases a product that is
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ComputerWorld has a very interesting article this week that talks about how immature Oracle's patch management program for customers is, compare to Microsoft's . As the following quote indicates, there are things that vendors should be doing to provide
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If you're a 64-bit Vista user, that is... It looks as though the users of Vista x64 can obtain Service Pack 1 via Windows Update . I've already started down the MSDN path for obtaining the Service Pack , but that has presented its own set of issues.
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The month of February should see the release of both Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 , according to reports published by ComputerWorld , and I'm looking forward to them both. I have only performed a few brief tests of Windows
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Finally, Service Pack 1 for Exchange 2007 has been released. All 854MB of it. And not a moment too soon. I need to see if the Public Folder functionality (really, the Public Folder GUI) is finally available. Share Post:
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One of the things that annoys me about Microsoft (and this is true, to some extent, of any large company) is that there are too many times where it seems that one hand is not talking to the other. Sometimes, it seems like one hand doesn't even know that there's another hand.
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Lately, I've been so busy with processes and procedures and policies, that I haven't had a chance to play with the upcoming version of Windows Server 2008 . I have had an opportunity to read a number of reports, including the one from eWeek , and it seems
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Some days it seems like Microsoft still has a lot to learn about being a team player on a global stage where customers and regulators are interested in open standards and interoperability. They recently got spanked with both the ISO and the IEC while
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In today's story of immense irony , we find a vendor taking time to bash another vendor for a security flaw, only to have diligent 3rd parties point out that the flaw exists for the bashing vendor as well. What a waste of time. If folks would focus more
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So, I sort of completed the migration to Exchange 2007 that I had decided to do this weekend. Sort of. The mailbox moves were flawless. Total time for this part of the migration was about 15 minutes, with my mailbox being the longest at 6 minutes. Unfortunately
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This week is a period of transition for me. I'm in the midst of a brief transition between employers, and also some lengthier transitions on the home network. (I really need to shore up some aspects of my home network, and provide a new network diagram.
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Or, more precisely, better than many analysts expected . The analysts always seem to initially expect that the new OS will sell wildly better than the current OS, and then when Microsoft provides any guidance to suggest caution, they downgrade their expectations
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Yeah, yeah, it took me long enough. What can I say? I finally bit the bullet and installed Vista Ultimate x64 Edition on my laptop. As I mentioned last month, my Vista upgrade path was not as smooth as I had hoped , since I was going to be forced to perform
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The issue I speak of relates to how many changes and new features should go into a new release of their software product. If Microsoft adds lots of new functionality, then customers and analysts conclude that the likelihood of bugs within the new code
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