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I need a good ASP.NET book as I am about to get started working on a web site. Anyone know of a good beginner book? I don't want one that goes over VB syntax as I already know it and I don't want one that is aimed at the first time programmer. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Microsoft bashes Windows XP, Vista benchmarking Computerworld, MA - Dec 5, 2007 Nick White, a program manager for the Vista team, bashed the benchmarking in a post to a Microsoft blog last week, and called Devil Mountain to task for ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate Mobility Site, AL - Dec 6, 2007 Today the Windows Vista Team Blog announced the availability of the release candidate (RC) of Windows Vista SP1 via Microsoft Connect, and tomorrow ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Microsoft makes Vista SP1 Release Candidate available ComputerWeekly.com, UK - Dec 6, 2007 Vista product manager Nick White said, "We are on track to complete and release SP1 in the first quarter of 2008." For administrators managing Windows Vista ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I need someone who can make an effective 16x16 favicon, preferably alpha-transparent, from this: http://www.obsdewilgen.nl/images/logodewilgen.gif Something based on the left part of the logo would be best I think. My own attempts all end up looking like crap. The reward would be my eternal gratitude. :) More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

http://ms-os.com/ eFluxMedia Windows Vista SP1 To Go Public Next Week eFluxMedia - Dec 5, 2007 by Max Brenn In a post on the official Windows Vista blog, Microsoft announced the release candidate of Windows Vista SP1 is available via Microsoft Connect ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Vista Goes Nagware To Fight Piracy CIO Today, CA - Dec 6, 2007 By Frederick Lane There has been some speculation that Microsoft's announcement that Windows Vista SP1 will replace the "kill switch" with "nagware" is an ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Is Windows Vista slower than Windows XP? Guardian Unlimited, UK - Dec 5, 2007 "The 'Wow' starts now," said Microsoft when Windows Vista was launched. For some users it was, "Wow, how can this computer be so slow?" But is Vista really ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Microsoft Releases Nearly Final Version of Vista SP1 Update International Business Times, NY - Dec 5, 2007 Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC (Release Candidate) will be made widely available next week, with testers gettign a copy today, Microsoft said in its Vista ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Near-final Service Packs Arrive InternetNews.com - Dec 5, 2007 By Stuart J. Johnston Microsoft this week shipped release candidates, or rcs, for both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2008. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Just installed Vista SP1 RC... so far so good.. took approx 20mins to install. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Vista Goes Nagware To Fight Piracy CIO Today, CA - Dec 6, 2007 By Frederick Lane There has been some speculation that Microsoft's announcement that Windows Vista SP1 will replace the "kill switch" with "nagware" is an ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Windows Vista Users Hit With 'Purple Screen of Death' Dark Reading, NY - Dec 5, 2007 "It's something to do with the way the Windows Vista kernel handles a certain exception in the graphics driver subsystem." One poster on the NeoSmart blog ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Near-final Service Packs Arrive InternetNews.com - Dec 5, 2007 By Stuart J. Johnston Microsoft this week shipped release candidates, or rcs, for both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2008. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Microsoft Removes Windows Vista 'Kill Switch' InformationWeek, NY - Dec 4, 2007 Alex Kochis, senior product manager of Windows Genuine Advantage apologized for the mistake in a blog post, but the snafu prompted people to post comments ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Microsoft releases changelog for Vista SP1 RC engadget, CA - 8 minutes ago Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Vista Goes Nagware To Fight Piracy CIO Today, CA - Dec 6, 2007 By Frederick Lane There has been some speculation that Microsoft's announcement that Windows Vista SP1 will replace the "kill switch" with "nagware" is an ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

What kind of music would be good for developing web applications to? :p More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Microsoft Removes Windows Vista 'Kill' Switch Dark Reading, NY - Dec 5, 2007 Alex Kochis, senior product manager of Windows Genuine Advantage apologized for the mistake in a blog post, but the snafu prompted people to post comments ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Yay! In Vista SP1 this IE7 special "feature" for embedded controls*seems to be gone - gone where the wind blows - gone forever - gone to the land of death. Finally I don't need to click flash controls more than once to only click a button. :) *doing a little dance* More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Well, thanks to AVG for notifying me of the 4 virii I had on myPC. But* also according to AVG, they've been there since March... so not so much of a thanks. They haven't really bothered me, until I decided to run a scan today. I've got: http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s104/Lloyd_Humph/vriis.jpg <img alt=""><img alt=""> I'm worried about the first one, because after asking about (thanks Steve ;)) It doesn't look like I can delete svchost.exe, because it's a "critical system file". Anybody care to elaborate on AVGs "helpful"-ness. It's "not healable" (none of them are, apart from the second, which still refuses to be healed, i get an error) so what can I do? More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

... but having read the follow up replies to this, I thought I would just say thanks. Not to Microsoft, but to its employees who venture beyond the safety of the mothership to blog about stuff that I find really interesting and informative (even when I disagree with it and even though I don't develop for Windows) I think the maturity that you all show in the face of such unadulterated hatred is a credit to you all. Keep up the excellent writing and Merry Christmas to everyone! :D More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

In the most recent episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss Vista SP1 RC1, XP and Vista performance, Windows Server 2008 RC1, WGA changes, XP/Vista piracy, Amazon's Kindle, and a few Xbox 360 games! More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://www.stayathomeserver.com/book.aspx Very very funny. Mind you the picture in Charles's office was very cool too; http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2135/2093642713_cd9c6c8519.jpg?v=0 And there were a bunch more around on the same theme. More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds

Rails 2.0: It's done! Rails 2.0 is finally finished after about a year in the making. This is a fantastic release that’s absolutely stuffed with great new features, loads of fixes, and an incredible amount of polish. We’ve even taken a fair bit of cruft out to make the whole package more coherent and lean. Waiting to hear from John Lam about the RubyCLR 2.0 More... View All Our Microsft Related Feeds