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With the new Aero Theme Microsoft introduced 3D look to windows, something that Mac OS X users have had for quite a while. With Aero, the user can view the 3rd dimension of a window by flipping the window by pressing the Windows Logo key + TAB. The overall appearance of the Windows Vista desktop…

Say “No” to Hoaxes As much good stuff as there is on the Internet, unfortunately there is even more bad stuff such as spam, virii, scams, porn, crackers, etc. Another one of the annoying things found in abundance online are hoaxes. What is a Hoax? A hoax is usually an e-mail you receive with a…

Microsoft Windows, 32-bit winVista = Windows Vista (experimental) longhorn = Windows Longhorn (experimental) winNetBusiness = Windows 2003 Small Business Server winNetEnterprise = Windows 2003 Enterprise Server winNetStandard = Windows 2003 Server winNetWeb = Windows 2003 Web Server Edition winXPPro = Windows XP Professional Edition winXPHome = Windows XP Home Edition win2000AdvServ = Windows 2000 Advanced…

For those of you new to the idea of virtualization, virtualization is the nesting of “sub-operating systems” within a host operating system.  More specifically, virtual operating systems, better known as virtual machines, allow the end user to leverage the power of the host PC to explore other operating systems.  With virtualization, a user can run Linux…

If you got to this article I suppose you’ve already read my “Creating Virtual Machines with Microsoft Virtual PC 2007” article (if not, it might be a good time to suggest that you did). Remember, creating a VM is just equivalent to buying a new physical computer with a CPU, memory, an empty hard disk,…

Download Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 Yes, now you can, for free! Microsoft has released the new Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 version of their VM software. You can use it to run multiple operating systems (also called "guests") at the same time on the same physical computer (also called "the host machine"). You can easily switch…

Download Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Virtual Machines The Microsoft VHD Test Drive Program provides customers with an enhanced server-based software evaluation experience that’s faster, better supported and more flexible. You can now access the entire catalog of pre-configured Microsoft and partner products and solutions in the VHD format and start evaluating and testing today from…

As I mentioned in my “Creating Virtual Machines with Microsoft Virtual PC 2007” article, Microsoft Virtual PC is one of the top contenders in a growing line of Virtual Machine utilities. I will not go into the age-old fight on who’s best – Microsoft Virtual PC or VMWare’s software. Both are free and both are…

Microsoft Virtual PC is one of the top contenders in a growing line of Virtual Machine utilities. The latest version, called Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, allows users to conveniently run multiple operating systems on a single computer. Users can switch operating systems as easily as they switch applications instantly, with a mouse click. Because each…

Virtual Server 2005 R2 is a server application that enables users to run a range of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP Professional and Windows NT 4.0, plus a variety of legacy operating systems such as Windows 98. It will allow the operating systems to simultaneously run…

As some of you know, a few Microsoft employees have been spotted working with a cool tool called VMRC Plus, which is an improved version of the VMRC client that is deployed together with Virtual Server 2005. This tool used to be an internally available app, but not anymore. I was recently informed of this…

Microsoft Exchange Intelligent Message Filter is a product developed by Microsoft to help companies reduce the amount of unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE), or spam, received by users. You can read more about IMF on the Block Spam with Exchange 2003 Intelligent Message Filter page. When using IMF to help reduce the volume of Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail…