Order Now!
Windows 7 for XP ProfessionalsUpdating Support Skills from XP to Windows 7by Bink.nu's Raymond Comvalius
There are 83 guest(s) online.
There are 0 member(s) online.
A client computer that is running Windows Vista registers an old IP address when the GUID of a network adapter changes
When the GUID of a network adapter changes on a client computer that is running Windows Vista, the computer registers an old IP address that was associated with the old GUID.The client computer also registers new IP addresses that are associated with the new GUID. However, because the client computer registers old IP addresses, another client computer may try to use the old IP address. If the old address is not valid, a connection failure may occur.
“Microsoft believes the claims made in VMware’s whitepaper contain several inaccuracies and misunderstandings of our current license and use policies, our support policy and our commitment to technology collaboration. We believe that we are being progressive and fair with our existing licensing and use policies and creating a level playing field for partners and customers. We are deeply committed to providing high-quality technical support to our customers who are utilizing virtualization technology. In addition, we are committed to working collaboratively with industry leaders to foster an environment of interoperability and cooperation that best serves our customers.
“We believe it's better to resolve VMware’s claims between our two companies so that we can better serve customers and the industry. EMC is a long-time partner of Microsoft. We've extended this courtesy to VMware due to our mutual customers and partnership with EMC. We are committed to continuing to collaborate with VMware as we have been doing on regular basis. Consistent with this, Microsoft believes that we will be able to accommodate a mutually agreeable solution between our two companies and clear up any existing misunderstanding with regard to the points raised in the whitepaper.”
Of all the FUD that's out there about Vista, the false information about Vista's DRM is the FUD that frustrates me the most. I read this article from Peter Gutmann, and was infuriated. I wanted to write a point-by-point rebuttal, but was overwhelmed with the sheer number of glaring inaccuracies, as well as the overwhelming feeling that I was in danger of being hit in the head by a piece of falling sky. It wasn't so much of a research paper as it was a ridiculous story full of melodramatic hyperbole.
Well, I'm glad someone finally called it out for what it was. George Ou, an IT blogger on ZDNet, blasts security guru Bruce Schneier for quoting Peter Gutmann in his anti-Vista tirade. He even sheds new light on Mr. Gutmann:
[Update 4:25 PM - The researcher who Bruce Schneier cites who in turn is widely cited in the media as an expert on why Vista DRM is so evil actually admits to never actually even touching Windows Vista. That's the level of "research" he did.]
I guess that's how research is done at the University of Auckland.
Pirillo: Windows Vista Im'breaking up with you. No, seriously. When I know I have time, I’m “upgrading” from Windows Vista to Windows XP.
I stand by my original assertion that the shipping version of this OS is late beta, at best. I realize that other enthusiasts are leaving Windows altogether (and leaping instead to Apple’s OS X), but there’s not yet enough momentum behind my willingness to do that. I’ll leave the installs of Vista 32 and 64 on this PC, but I’ll spend most (if not all) of my time back in tried-and-true Windows XP.
I’ll give Vista a second chance when the first service pack is released later this year, but until then…
For centuries people assumed that economic growth resulted from the interplay between capital and labor. Today we know that these elements are outweighed by a single critical factor: innovation.
Innovation is the source of U.S. economic leadership and the foundation for our competitiveness in the global economy. Government investment in research, strong intellectual property laws and efficient capital markets are among the reasons that America has for decades been best at transforming new ideas into successful businesses. The most important factor is our workforce. Scientists and engineers trained in U.S. universities -- the world's best -- have pioneered key technologies such as the microprocessor, creating industries and generating millions of high-paying jobs.
But our status as the world's center for new ideas cannot be taken for granted. Other governments are waking up to the vital role innovation plays in competitiveness.
This is not to say that the growing economic importance of countries such as China and India is bad. On the contrary, the world benefits as more people acquire the skills needed to foster innovation. But if we are to remain competitive, we need a workforce that consists of the world's brightest minds.
Two steps are critical. First, we must demand strong schools so that young Americans enter the workforce with the math, science and problem-solving skills they need to succeed in the knowledge economy. We must also make it easier for foreign-born scientists and engineers to work for U.S. companies.
Education has always been the gateway to a better life in this country, and our primary and secondary schools were long considered the world's best. But on an international math test in 2003, U.S. high school students ranked 24th out of 29 industrialized nations surveyed.
Our schools can do better. Last year, I visited High Tech High in San Diego; it's an amazing school where educators have augmented traditional teaching methods with a rigorous, project-centered curriculum. Students there know they're expected to go on to college. This combination is working: 100 percent of High Tech High graduates are accepted into college, and 29 percent major in math or science. Contrast that with the national average of 17 percent.
To remain competitive in the global economy, we must build on the success of such schools and commit to an ambitious national agenda for education. Government and businesses can both play a role. Companies must advocate for strong education policies and work with schools to foster interest in science and mathematics and to provide an education that is relevant to the needs of business. Government must work with educators to reform schools and improve educational excellence.
American competitiveness also requires immigration reforms that reflect the importance of highly skilled foreign-born employees. Demand for specialized technical skills has long exceeded the supply of native-born workers with advanced degrees, and scientists and engineers from other countries fill this gap.
This issue has reached a crisis point. Computer science employment is growing by nearly 100,000 jobs annually. But at the same time studies show that there is a dramatic decline in the number of students graduating with computer science degrees.
The United States provides 65,000 temporary H-1B visas each year to make up this shortfall -- not nearly enough to fill open technical positions.
Permanent residency regulations compound this problem. Temporary employees wait five years or longer for a green card. During that time they can't change jobs, which limits their opportunities to contribute to their employer's success and overall economic growth.
Last year, reform on this issue stalled as Congress struggled to address border security and undocumented immigration. As lawmakers grapple with those important issues once again, I urge them to support changes to the H-1B visa program that allow American businesses to hire foreign-born scientists and engineers when they can't find the homegrown talent they need. This program has strong wage protections for U.S. workers: Like other companies, Microsoft pays H-1B and U.S. employees the same high levels -- levels that exceed the government's prevailing wage. Continue At Source
CEO Steve Ballmer details commitment to Gulf region, part of Microsoft’s 2007 Unlimited Potential global program investments of $55 million.
Q&A: As healthcare-technology specialists gather in New Orleans, Microsoft experts discuss new information technologies designed to provide lower costs, better outcomes and improved access to care.
Medstory’s intuitive technology designed to improve access to health information and empower consumers to make better-informed health decisions.
Industry best practices and standards-based framework is available for download today, hosted on the newly launched MSDN Healthcare Industry Center.
Deployment of centralized Web-based document bank with integrated forms management and workflow ultimately frees up more time for patient care.
Mainstream customers to benefit from end-to-end offerings.
We are pleased to announce that Configuration Manager 2007 (SMSv4) Beta 2 is now available! You can download the build here:https://connect.microsoft.com/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?SiteID=16&DownloadID=5509Please be sure to review the release notes and updated documentation provided in the bundle. In addition to other pre-requisites, you will need the Release Candidate version of WSUS 3.0, available on Microsoft Connect through the Windows Server Update Service 3.0 Beta SiteRegards,The Configuration Manager 2007 Customer Team
Operations Manager 2007 Pre-RTM BuildIt seems that the Operations Manager product team is almost finalizing RTM for System Center Operations Manager 2007. Tonight they posted an "IDS build" called build 4941 to the Microsoft Connect website for their TAP and RDP customers:
2/20/2007 4941 OpsMgr 2007 Final Pre-RTM "lab only" Build. Please use this build of OpsMgr in your test labs only unless specifically authorized by the OpsMgr product team. There is NO support for upgrade from RC2 to this IDS build. There is NO support for IDS to RTM upgrade. The only supported upgrade path is RC2 to RTM.
This solution includes:Support for remote management services over the internet without requiring a VPNRemote Managed Services management packCustomer centric service provider views and reportsDiagnostic tasks to troubleshoot problems remotelySupport for remote monitoring and centralized update management, software distribution and software and hardware inventory
To evaluate the System Center "Remote Managed Services" public beta, you will install Operations Manager 2007 RC2 at your service provider data center to provide the top-tier management experience and Essentials 2007 RC1 at your customer locations as the remote end-point for monitoring the customer's environment. To Download: Continue At Source
Capabilities:
Support for upgrading from WSUS 2.0 and 3.0
Emailed Daily Health Report
Automatic scheduled discovery of computers from Active Directory
Enhanced network monitoring of SNMP-enabled network devices including a network topology diagram view
Remote Control support for remote control of managed client and server computers
Ability to import Update catalogs from third-party software publishers
SQL Services based reporting on monitoring, hardware and software inventory
Setup experience improvements for SQL Server selection and file locations
More management packs including support for Exchange 2003, Dynamics CRM 3.0, and Active DirectoryFull Story At Source
Microsoft is "trying to restrict customers' flexibility and freedom to choose virtualization software by limiting who can run their software and how they can run it."
Those are the charges levied by Microsoft virtualization competitor VMware, which over the past few days, has come out swinging against Microsoft.
On the heels of a New York Times profile of the company and its many complaints against Microsoft, VMware posted a white paper to its Web site that detail its gripes, which range from licensing terms, to closed programming interfaces and formats. (The white paper is dated February 23, but seems to have been made public some time after The Times story was published.)
"Microsoft is leveraging its ownership of the market leading operating system and numerous applications that are market leaders in their respective categories (Exchange, SQL Server, Active Directory) to drive customers to use Microsoft virtualization products. Their tactics are focused on software licensing and distribution terms (for SQL Server, Exchange, Windows Server, Vista) and through the APIs and formats for virtualized Windows," the white paper continued.
Among VMware's specific charges:
• "Microsoft has posted language that restricts use of their VHD-formatted VMs (“VHDs”) to MS Virtual Server and/or Virtual PC only (as opposed to VMware products, which also run VHDs)."
• "Microsoft is strictly enforcing their VHD format on users and ISVs as a closed ecosystem and not allowing compatibility or translation with other formats."
• "Recent changes in Microsoft licensing have taken a negative stance on mobility and virtualization. These new Microsoft licensing policies ask for permanent assignment of operating system licenses to hardware and then restrict the movement of those operating system licenses, even for virtualized environments that can be moved seamlessly from machine to machine."
• "Microsoft has recently announced a prohibition on virtualizing the less expensive versions of Vista (Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium)." Microsoft also is limiting the number of times virtualized environments can be moved to different machines, and what kinds of content (anything "protected by Microsoft digital, information, or enterprise rights management technology" can be virtualized.
• "Microsoft has developed proprietary APIs (including but not limited to what Microsoft calls “Enlightenments”) for Longhorn that manage communication between Windows and Microsoft’s hypervisor. Microsoft disclosed these API specifications at the WinHEC conference in June 2006, but is not permitting use of these APIs by other virtualization vendors or open source projects. The one exception is Novell, which agreed to give Microsoft critical operating system intellectual property rights and ongoing payments to Microsoft in return."