Andrew in my team forwarded an interesting article from Infoweek which has the following nuggets of information relating to the power savings of Vista. For companies that are looking to be more "green" and environmentally conscious this is good news – not to mention the immediate cost savings! 1. Windows Vista can reduce electricity costs….
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Make sure Vista can install future updates and service packs
System Update Readiness Tool (KB947821) When SP1 came out some people experienced issues with installing it with problems like looping reboots. This tool that was released Tuesday checks to make sure that your copy of Vista is susceptible to such problems and fixes them if needed. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d22af4e2-1aaf-4672-8951-4b7920f982e9&DisplayLang=en
MDOP Training – Configuring and Supporting MDOP for Medium Sized Companies
Summary This Microsoft® Desktop Optimization Pack training is a two-day course to provide an in-depth Instructor Led Training environment for IT professionals to become capable of successfully engaging mid-size organizations (50-500 pcs) in projects involving the use of MDOP to simplify desktop installation and configuration, improve desktop management, and simplify application provisioning and management. The…
Vista bonuses for Partners
The sales opportunity – Customers who purchased OEM XP and Vista in 2007 Where you have customers who have purchase new PCs with OEM XP or Vista in 2007, for a limited period, you can attach SA to these licences (The usual limit is 90 days after purchase). This allows to customers to upgrade to…
EasyBCD 1.7.2 Released
I noticed via the Neosmart blog that a new version of EasyBCD is available. EasyBCD allows you to edit setup the boot options for Windows Vista (and other OS) very easily without having to modify any text files etc. Get the latest version here.
Vista and Office 2007 Technet Deployment – Why and How
If you have a Microsoft licensing agreement * there are resources you already have to help explain why and how you can effectively deploy Windows Vista and Office 2007 in your organisation. Following on from a successful event last year on this topic and as a result of further requests for the need to explain…
Customer Satisfaction with Vista
Every year we do customer satisfaction studies to see how the market feels about Microsoft and its products and services. One of the things we ask them about is Windows Vista and there are some interesting results to take note of. When we asked IT Pros about their satisfaction with Vista, scores were low with…
Windows Vista – still undecided?
Springboard Series- Still Undecided About Windows Vista? Microsoft Technical Fellow and IT guru Mark Russinovich hosts a panel of top independent industry experts to drive an open discussion around Windows Vista adoption and deployment, and demystify known issues. The panel will feature leading third-party Windows Vista adoption subject-matter experts including Mark Minasi , author of…
Answering questions about Windows Server 2008
Last week I presented at an event on Windows Server 2008 down in Exeter. Despite my jetlag the event went very well and the dialogue with the audience was great with lots of good questions. Here are some of them: Which applications are going to support Server Core, i.e. Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server etc. Many…
Comparing Windows to Linux
I came across these new comparison webcasts and podcasts that take a look at the same roles on Windows and Linux and what the main differences are. Worth taking a peek if you are considering linux as an alternative operating system. Windows UAC compared to Linux Sudo In this set of screencasts, we will compare…