It’s time for a Microsoft Update, and with that said, here is a run-down of what has caught our attention over the past couple of weeks:
Our first piece of news is aimed at Administrators and comes directly from the MS Tech Net site regarding how to manage user hardware restrictions via group policies:
You want a [...]
By + September 21st, 2007
Tech ED SEA 2007 is over, and thankfully so, for it now means we can get back to work. The week basically revolved around different people from Microsoft with varying degrees of competence tried their damn best to convince the 2,000 people in the huge auditoriums that their products were the best on the planet [...]
The rumours are finally confirmed by Microsoft teasing us with news that Vista Service Pack 1 Beta is almost upon us, and even provide a 14 Page PDF Download for those that simply need to know now exactly what the patch will contain:
Windows Vista SP1 is an update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback [...]
Microsoft have launched a new site aimed at informing everyone just how expensive and poorly supported the free and extremely large and constructive community of Red Hat Linux is a complete mess in comparison to Windows Server. It would be very interesting to see the other foot, for we are certain that both sides [...]
Microsoft have been making many changes of late - starting with the publicity of their OpenSource participation, where they have elected to use CodePlex as their project hosting, where they claim that they do not control, review, revise, endorse or distribute the projects or the code that is used within. The Wiki they are using [...]
4sysops discusses the new Windows Server 2008 NAP (Network Access Protection) infrastructure, in which a genuine concern for confusion is given, whilst also reminding administrators that this is a must have link in an ever-growing chain of essential server systems.
Network Access Protection (NAP) is certainly one of the most interesting new features of Windows Server [...]
It has been a while since we last provided you a Microsoft Update, so will be giving you a general overview of what is going on in the Bill-less world - jumping straight in with a seemingly light-hearted story from Mashable that talks about Perfect 10’s recent lawsuit against the software giants for allowing [...]
