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As part of Microsoft’s 25th anniversary, the Windows Vista Resource Kit, 2nd Ed. PDF (covering Vista SP1) download, is being offered as a free download for a limited time.
Shame we don’t get the accompanying CD, but all the same, this is a very good book (coming from someone who uses the first edition).
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Here’s a quick tip:
You can right-click just as if you were using a mouse, but without using your mouse, using the shift and F10 keys together.
For example, if you’d like to extract a .RAR in a directory, simply press END, cursor up, then shift+F10 and extract! Voila! Easy as pie extract in every folder in windows with 4 keystrokes.
More tips coming soon as the new year kicks off to a good start folks!
A nice offshoot of MIX 08 is the public availability of Internet Explorer (IE) 8 Beta 1 as of yesterday. While the new browser has many features, the standards support is what has me tickled pink, and you’ll be happy to hear blandname still renders properly in the new version.
So head on over to the IE8 page Microsoft has put up, and grab the first beta of the new next thing.
Some general info from the release notes, including some help on using certificates from within Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, as well as a quick heads-up that the help is merely copied from IE7:
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 contains help content from Internet Explorer 7. Some topics will be broken or irrelevant. The help content will be updated in a later release of Internet Explorer 8.
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 will add a new page to the home page set. This page will be automatically removed from the home page set two weeks after you install Internet Explorer Beta 1. You can remove this additional home page from your home page set at any time. Uninstalling Internet Explorer Beta 1 earlier than its automatic removal will not remove the additional home page. In that case, you can remove the home page manually.
You can turn off the in-page WebSlice button in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 by using the following method:
However, when you turn off the in-page WebSlice button, WebSlice discovery is also turned off in the Feed Discovery button that is located on the frame.
When you click the View certificates icon after you click the Security Status Indicator lock icon in the address bar, you incorrectly receive the following message:
To view the certificate, follow these steps:
| 1. | Right-click the document, and then click Properties. |
| 2. | In the Properties dialog box, click Certificates. |
To view the certificate of an encrypted page, click the View certificates icon after you click the Security Status Indicator lock icon in the address bar.
If you right-click the document, you click Properties, and then you click Certificates, the certificate is not displayed.
You can now register to download Parallels Server Beta 2!
From the announcement:
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x64 (64-bit) and x86 (32-bit) host and guest OS support, including any combination of more than 50 different guest OSes in secure, high-performing VMs. |
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4-way guest SMP and multi-core support. |
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Integrated toolset includes Parallels Tools, VM backup and Parallels Transporter (the P2V migration tool). |
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Parallels Management Console, an easy-to-use, multi-server management tool is included. |
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Support for Intel VT-d hardware acceleration extension for hardware resource dedication to VMs. |
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Intel VT-x and AMD-V hardware-assisted acceleration support. |
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Open APIs and SDK for extensible management. |
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Command line interface (CLI) and scripting. |
From Microsoft:
“We know that many of you are anxious to get your hands on the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM bits. And to that end, we have some good news. We are pleased to announce that–while broad RTW availability is still scheduled for March–the SP1 Update RTM bits are available now to TechNet subscribers. If you are subscriber, please visit TechNet Plus Subscriptions and sign in to access Top Subscriber Downloads. If you have a prior version of the SP1 beta installed, you must uninstall it prior to installing the final version. Check out Things to know before you download Windows Vista SP1 for more information, and for updated details on all aspects of Windows Vista SP1, stop by the Windows Vista TechCenter. “
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