3 Windows Vista Keyboard Shortcuts
Here are three keyboard shortcuts I learned about while reading the Mastering Windows Vista book.
Windows key + Spacebar to bring the Windows Sidebar to the foreground (the Sidebar must be running)
Windows key + X for to launch the Mobility Center (only for laptops and tablet PCs)
Ctrl + Alt + End to bring up the security menu [...]
Get your Cylon here!
Okay, this is too cool not to post: ThinkGeek has affordable Cylons for purchase.
I ordered one a few weeks ago and while anciously waiting I received a call from my brother-in-law thanking me for his new arrival. Since he was the last person I ordered stuff for, his shipping address was cached. So in my purchasing [...]
Evaluate Exchange 2007 on 32-bit
Since hands-on experience is the best teacher, I highly recommend using Exchange 2007 quite a bit before putting it into production. This release, which I’m sure you’ve already read, is quite different than the Exchange 2000/2003 that came before. It’s a similar jump that was Exchange 5.5 to 2000 in functionality and UI.
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Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008
I’ve just begun a project involving an Exchange 2007 deployment on Windows 2008, one FE (Hub and CAS roles) with a clustered BE (Mailbox role only), the Edge role will be Sendmail.
This is an intra-organization migration replacing a single Exchange 2003 server. Part of this is getting the prerequisites out of the way. TechNet has a couple [...]
Exchange System Manager 2003 for Vista
I want to thank Nathan Winters for this gem, there’s now a Excange 2003 System Manager for Vista you can download from Microsoft.
I fault the 3rd party hardware and software manufacturers with the many compatibility issues that have plagued Vista, when they had a FIVE YEAR window for development (HP Photo printer anyone?), but to have [...]
Passed the Vista Exam
The exam went well, a 700 is need to pass and I achieved a 907; not too bad. Many of the questions covered the new features such as, Meeting Space, Windows Calendar, Defender and the beefed up Windows Firewall.
Interesting enough there were six simulations, some of which I went back and looked at for non-related questions, [...]