A nice article showing what the Microsoft Management Console can do for you. (more…)

Not everyone is ready to go to Vista yet, but historically the transition to a newly released OS has gone the same way. (more…)

• The Windows Experience Blog : Streaming Internet Content with Internet TV Beta to Windows Media Center
  Details about the Internet TV option which will become available tomorrow to Media Center users.
  (tags: Media Center )
• Windows Vista Team Blog : New Extenders and Internet TV unveiled for Windows Media Center
  The available options for Media Center expanders is about to get much better. Extenders will now be built into DVD players and HDTVs, and will add an ‘Internet TV’ option as well as play Divx and Xvid videos.
  (tags: Media Center Extender )

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Details about the Internet TV option which will become available tomorrow to Media Center users. (more…)

The available options for Media Center expanders is about to get much better. Extenders will now be built into DVD players and HDTVs, and will add an ‘Internet TV’ option as well as play Divx and Xvid videos. (more…)

This article does a good job of summarizing an idiots view point of Vista. Combine every ‘Vista sucks, I like Mac and Linux better’ post on the internet and you get this. I’m suprised CNET would publish such an uninformed, opinion based article. (more…)

Consider the following scenario:

• You log on to an Active Directory domain from a Windows Vista-based client computer.
• You try to access a business application that is configured to use the Single Sign-On (SSO) feature.

Note: If the application is configured to use the SSO feature, you can access the application without typing your user credentials.
In this scenario, you are prompted to type your user credentials. If you do not enter your credential, you cannot access the application.

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:

• The user account that you use is a member of the local Administrators group.
• On the Windows Vista-based computer, the User Account Control (UAC) feature is turned on.

Consider the following scenario:

• You are running a Windows Vista-based computer that has a USB card reader or a built-in card reader.
• You try to use the Computer Management tool.

In this scenario, you may receive one of the following error messages.

Message 1

Windows – No Disk
There is no disk in the drive.
Please insert a disk into drive.

Message 2

Windows – no disk Exception
processing message – 0×0000013 Parameters parameters1parameters2parameters3parameters4

After you click any of the buttons in the error message, Windows Vista appears to work correctly.

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:

• The Removable Disks: Deny read access Group Policy setting and the Removable Disks: Deny write access Group Policy setting are enabled on the computer.
• There is no media in the card reader.

Note: This problem may also occur under other conditions. For example, this problem may occur if the GrooveMonitor.exe process is running.

• Windows Vista SP1 Beta already leaked
  Didn’t take long for the 32-bit version of SP1 Beta to leak out onto the P2P sites.
  (tags: SP1 Beta )
• Microsoft’s Mea Culpa on Vista Ultimate Extras
  Sounds like us Ultimate users may actually end up with some ‘extras’ as we were promised.
  (tags: Ultimate Extras )

Didn’t take long for the 32-bit version of SP1 Beta to leak out onto the P2P sites. (more…)