New cool feature enabled in Vista SP1: Hotpatching
Windows Vista SP1 enables support for hotpatching, a reboot-reduction servicing technology designed to maximize uptime.
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11.12.2007 Vista to XP Copying Performance Slower with Intel I/OAT Enabled
One of the issues that plagued Windows Vista when the operating system was launched in January 2009 was the slow copying speeds delivered.
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5.7.2009 KMS method to activate your Vista
cnewton report this how to. Have you guys tried this. Does it actually work?
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4.12.2006 Vista KMS activation server
This new KMS server, kms.vbs.net.cn (or vbs.net.cn), claims to operate 24 hours.
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9.12.2006 Illegal KMS server appears on the Internet
The business launch of Windows Vista is only a few days behind us and already the attempts to pirate Windows Vista are underway.
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4.12.2006 Guide to KMS Activating and TroubleShoot Vista Business and Enterprise
Guide to Activating and troubleshoot Windows Vista Business and Vista Enterprise by KMS server was writed by
generalnewbie in our forum.
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14.1.2007 Common Errors and Problems when Activating Windows Vista with KMS Server
Windows Vista Business edition and Windows Vista Enterprise edition can be activated by using a corporate KMS (Key Management Service) server, without contact or communicate with Microsoft.
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14.12.2006 KMS Crack Method to Activate Windows Vista Business or Enterprise Edition
If you intend to activate Windows Vista against a KMS server (Enterprise or Business edition only), but having a hard time to find a working KMS (Key Management Service) server that is public available on the Internet, it’s possible to install and set up a spoofed KMS host. This tutorial is a complete guide to properly activate your Windows Vista with your own local KMS server with pre-built and pre-installed activated Windows Vista KMS as VMWare virtual appliance image, without the need to install a KMS yourself.
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13.12.2006 Microsoft Office 2010 Volume License Product Key (VLK) Requires KMS or MAK for Activation
Volume licensing customers for Microsoft Office 2010 suites and applications who install volume editions of Office client software will require activation, even with a volume license key (VLK).
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26.8.2009Windows Server 2008 KMS Setup Demonstration
This video demonstrates how to implement the Key Management Service (KMS) in your organization. KMS is a local activation service, and is the
recommended method of activating volume license editions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 in organizations where most computers are
consistently connected to the network. This demo shows how to set up the KMS host on a Windows Server 2008 computer, how to activate KMS clients with
the KMS host, and how to review activation status using the slmgr.vbs command.
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06.02.2008KMS 1.1 for Server 2003 is Release to Web
Michael Greene: The new version of KMS for Server 2003 is now available for download. As stated on the site, KMS version 1.1 for Windows Server
2003 provides:
- A single KMS host which supports volume license editions of both Windows Vista RTM/SP1 and Windows Server 2008
- Running KMS version 1.1 in a Windows Server 2003 virtual machine
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http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83041 KMS on Server 2003 and
2008 should each behave the same way. In fact, if you want to use both Server 2003 and Server 2008 to host KMS, the clients can move between the
hosts transparently to the end user. The "rules" for number of activations to start activating servers (5) and clients (25) are the
same across both platforms, and you should use the same key to activate KMS regardless of whether it is running on 2003 or 2008.
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05.03.2008Illegal KMS server appears on the Internet
The business launch of Windows
Vista is only a few days
behind us and already the
attempts to pirate Windows
Vista are underway. Recently
I stumbled on news of a rogue
KMS servers that has appeared
on the internet with
information on how to activate
a copy of Windows Vista VL
against the server. Once
activated your illegal copy of
Windows Vista will be good for
180 days before it needs to
talk to the KMS server
again.
KMS, which
stands for
Key
Management Service, is
part of the Volume Activation
2.0 scheme to protect Windows
Vista and Longhorn Server from
piracy. As part of your
license agreement with
Microsoft you agree to not
bring up a KMS server on the
public internet. This server
is a clear violation of that
agreement, which I doubt they
had.
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05.12.2006Troubleshooting KMS Activation - Part 1, the client
Windows activation is simple and straightforward if you understand the components. I have had a few customers that stumbled when getting a KMS online
and in every case it has been an issue with name resolution, network connectivity, or they simply did not understand how to use the keys.
Activation is designed to help you with deployments and sustain your environment even in the event a key gets lost. KMS is the simplest
of all the activation methods because you only need to worry about putting a key in one machine. You can then deploy new machines without having to
ever worry about keys unless your device will be off the network for more than 6 months.
This is the first of a two part series
to break down KMS troubleshooting in to a process that should help identify exactly what is at fault. I don't want to mislead or instill fear to
those who are just starting out - the process is normally simple by design. However, for those who have run in to trouble, I'd like to publish a
guide that will help you isolate and correct the issue you've encountered without spinning your wheels. Part 2 will be published next week with a
focus on troubleshooting the server.
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08.10.2007Run KMS on Server 2008, and which keys to use when activating Server 2008
Michael Greene: The documentation for volume activation 2.0 has been updated today for Server 2008. You can find it here:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=75674 Running KMS on
Server 2008 is functionally very similar to running it on Vista RTM. You leverage slmgr.vbs to bring the service online and then clients find
the server based on the DNS srv record. BTW, Server 2008 KMS can be run within a virtual environment.
If you want to know
which volume license keys to use when activating new machines running Server 2008, see page 19 in the Planning Guide and the
FAQ. You only need to put one key in your KMS, and it
will handle requests from both Vista and Server 2008. There are separate keys, and unique keys based on which version of server you need to
activate. Before you get excited - this is much easier to understand than it might first seem. Simply decide the "top" version
of Server 2008 you might install and then use that MKS key to activate the service on a 2008 server. All versions in groups below that version
will also activate off that key. The groups are simple...
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29.02.2008Details on LG's Netflix-enabled BD300 Blu-ray player, latest HDTVs
LG has released more information about its Netflix-enabled BD300 Blu-ray player, while also introducing new LCD HDTVs -- the "ultra-thin" LGX
Series, and the LG90, a model with 1080p resolution...
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05.08.2008Superbar ENABLED In Windows 7 Build 6801
Chris Holmes: Yes, thats right folks. The one and only Rafael Rivera has figured out how to enable the new taskbar in Windows 7 build 6801. The
taskbar was there the whole time, but protected by some rather interesting checks that I find quite entertaining.
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03.11.2008What Percentage of Consumers Have UAC Enabled on Windows Vista?
Chris Jackson: <...> We looked at data from 9 million user sessions. We stripped out all data from computers joined to a Microsoft domain, and non-RTM
builds. (Us 'Softies are a wacky bunch.) And we looked at the results. This is from the October - December 2007 data collection period.
What did we find?
UAC is enabled on 88% of consumer sessions. And that number is increasing, up from 84%.
What else did we find? Well, I didn't get permission to share all that, so I'll talk in vague generalities. :-) We're looking at which
applications are prompting the most frequently, and seeing what we can do to fix that. (We have more than our fair share, trust me.) But this is
definitely a "long tail" problem...
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23.02.2008The Windows Vista Activation Forum
Do you have questions or issues regarding Windows Vista Activation? Then the
Windows Vista Activation forum is the thing
for you. The forum offers a new dedicated resource to assist in answering both technical and licensing questions regarding MAK, VAMT, KMS, planning,
deployment, operations and other aspects of Volume Licensing Activation v 2.0 in Windows Vista.
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23.09.2008Google Patches its Base
Flaw enabled data theft from
new content-hosting service
upon its recent launch...
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21.11.2005Intel's Moblin 2.0 beta released
Intel has released the beta version of its Moblin OS 2.0 for Netbooks and Nettops to the public. A lot of work has gone into making a more functional
and visually pleasing user interface, which is reminiscent of HP's Ubuntu based MIE OS originally used on the Mini 1000. Moblin v1.0's user
interface Moblin's new user interface Here is the feature summary as listed in the official announcement: New, visually rich user experience,
optimized for Netbook and Nettops, building on the latest open source graphics technology, such as Clutter, DRI2, and KMS. The user experience is
provided mainly through the toolbar and panels, available at the top of the screen. The m_zone, acting as the 'home screen' panel.
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21.05.2009They're Here: Microsoft
TV-Enabled Set-Top Boxes
Software giant announces the
availability of hardware for
its IPTV technology...
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09.09.2005Businesses Grapple With
Wireless Security
Plethora of PDAs,
browser-enabled phones, and
other mobile devices threaten
corporate data...
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15.09.2005IE8: Ad blocking with the InPrivate Filter
With my most recent piece, I've been hearing that much of what is holding people back from using IE8 is the lack of an Ad blocking feature.
Perhaps not widely known, but IE8 actually contains a great Ad blocking feature built-in, it's called "InPrivate Filtering". The InPrivate
Filter (enabled by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+F) is intended to block content that may potentially share your information; thankfully advertisements are one
such example of said content. It should be noted that the InPrivate Filter is 'smart' in the sense that it can and will (if enabled)
automatically detect content which appears with a high frequency on websites that you visit.
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03.04.2009Opera Officially Launches Mini
Browser
Browser designed for
Java-enabled cell phones is
now available worldwide...
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24.01.2006Opera Quietly Ships Mini
Browser
Users of any Java-enabled cell
phone can surf with
downloadable mobile browser...
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20.12.2005Chip-Enabled Ball at 2006
World Cup Soccer Games?
Chips in ball, players' shin
guards could help ref calls...
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26.10.2005Outlook Anywhere changes in Exchange Server 2007 SP1
In Exchange Server 2007 SP1, the configuration of Outlook Anywhere (formerly known as RPC over HTTP) has been changed to accommodate the different
ways Exchange CAS servers are deployed on the Internet. This blog post provides an overview of these changes.
In Exchange 2007
RTM, enabling Outlook Anywhere (using either the Exchange Management Console or the Exchange Management Shell enable-OutlookAnywhere cmdlet) required
a mandatory parameter called ExternalAuthenticationMethod. This parameter was used to update Outlook 2007 clients using the Autodiscover service.
Changing this parameter, however, did not influence the authentication methods enabled on the /rpc virtual directory on IIS servers. As a result, both
Basic and NTLM authentication methods were always enabled even though Outlook clients would connect using only 1 authentication method. Additionally,
it was not possible to manually turn off an authentication method using the IISManager MMC snap-in, since every 15 minutes the Exchange Services Host
Service would automatically re-enable both Basic and NTLM authentication methods in IIS.
Note that if you had already enabled
Outlook Anywhere, the ExternalAuthenticationMethod parameter could also be specified through the set-outlookAnywhere task, and it had the same effect
as described above.
For further details, you can refer to
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123513.aspx For Exchange 2007 SP1, instead of always enabling
Basic and NTLM, Outlook Anywhere now provides the ability to choose the authentication methods that will be enabled on the /rpc virtual directory in
IIS.
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11.11.2007Network of Web Portals Helps Educators Become Innovators
Members of the Microsoft Innovative Teachers Network gather in Helsinki to showcase ICT-enabled projects and share best practices for innovating in
education...
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29.10.2007In-car wireless Internet to become a reality with Chrysler
The EV-DO-enabled hotspot will be installed as an option in 2009 models of Chrysler, Jeep, and Dodge vehicles, as well as some earlier models...
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