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Author: davete Date: 06/05/2014

Why run IE9 and Firefox or Chrome?

It’s clearer now IMO that undisputedly Internet Explorer is the only real browser for...

Author: davete Date: 06/30/2011

FEP 2012 and SCCM 2012 features

At TechEd NorthAmerica I interviewed Mike Chan about the next version of Forefront Endpoint...

Author: davete Date: 06/15/2011

Windows Phone Mango Enterprise comparison

I did an interview with Paul Bryan on the Windows Phone product team at TechEd North America about...

Author: davete Date: 06/06/2011

IE App Compatibility VHD VPC images update

So the base Internet Explorer (IE) Virtual PC (VPC) images were due for a refresh and I signed up...

Author: davete Date: 05/19/2011

IE 9 Tracking Protection Video

I interviewed the program manager responsible for the privacy features in IE 9, such as the IE 9...

Author: davete Date: 02/10/2011

Silverlight 4 Deployment Guide

A few days ago the new version of the Silverlight 4 Deployment Guide was made available for...

Author: davete Date: 04/29/2010

IE 8 security video interview

When I say IE 8 is the most secure browser out of the box, the natural inclination most people have...

Author: davete Date: 03/22/2010

IE 8 Reopen Closed Tabs

In Internet Explorer 8, you might wonder how to reopen/restore your last browsing session –...

Author: davete Date: 02/28/2010

IE 8 localized Enterprise and IT Pro Guidance

Just letting you know there is updated localized guidance for IE 8 in Simplified Chinese, French,...

Author: davete Date: 01/15/2010

Mark Russinovich interview in Berlin

I interviewed Mark Russinovich again (see my 1st interview with him in his office the future of...

Author: davete Date: 12/10/2009

Office 2010 Web Applications

I did an interview with Chris Bryant who gave me a cool tour of the new Office Web applications....

Author: davete Date: 09/22/2009

Windows Firestarter Event

On September 18th you can attend locally or interact live via Live Meeting to learn about some of...

Author: davete Date: 09/10/2009

Forefront Protection (vs Online) for Exchange – FPE vs FOPE

In this interview with Mike Chan, I help clarify when you might want to utilize Forefront Protection...

Author: davete Date: 08/24/2009

Remove Active Partition

I couldn't find any good search results on how to remove an active partition on a Windows system...

Author: davete Date: 08/06/2009

Save TechNet Library content offline

Ever wanted to not have to scroll through endless expansions of bite-sized content on the TechNet...

Author: davete Date: 07/30/2009

Silverlight Enterprise Deployment Guide v2 available

I finished creating the Silverlight deployment guide awhile ago, but after a number of reviews,...

Author: davete Date: 05/28/2009

ADMX policy missing or blank - bug

When you create a policy with a custom ADMX template which uses a registry key outside of the...

Author: davete Date: 04/10/2009

Silverlight Installation Switches

Below is a list of all of the Silverlight 1, 2, and 3 installation switches available and their...

Author: davete Date: 04/02/2009

Mapple, myPhonies, myPod, myCube, and Steve Mobs

I'm not an Apple hater, but I couldn't resist posting this up. Hopefully, you'll get a laugh out of...

Author: davete Date: 01/12/2009

Want an easy way to know if Bing, Yahoo, or Google search will return better quality results? There...

Author: davete Date: 11/21/2008

Windows Server 2008 R2 features

Microsoft disclosed Windows Server 2008 R2 today at PDC for the 1st time today. Here is a short...

Author: davete Date: 10/28/2008

Forefront Stirling Policies : Feature of the Week

Even in Beta 1 of Forefront Stirling you can check out the security policy capabilities the product...

Author: davete Date: 09/11/2008

Next operating system after Windows: codename Midori

The Midori I'm talking about is not an alcohol; it's an "incubation software project" at...

Author: davete Date: 07/31/2008

DFSR and Bitlocker work together + performance tests

As far as I can tell, there isn't anywhere on Microsoft's sites or documentation which state DFS +...

Author: davete Date: 07/17/2008

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