Microsoft will be releasing Internet Explorer 8 to render content in its most standards-compliant way by default. Giving top priority to Web standards interoperability helps web developers and designers drive toward the ideal of “write once, run anywhere”, freeing up more time to innovate rather than modify content for different browsers. This also addresses several [...]
On Mobile Phones with Internet Access:
1. Go to http://m.live.com to get Web-based Live Search for Mobile devices
2. http://wls.live.com to download and install Live Search for Windows Mobile directly on your Windows Mobile device. The updated Live Search for Windows Mobile now includes voice input (beta version), gas prices, and hours of operation for businesses.
From [...]
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Microsoft has made available the IE8 Readiness Toolkit for download. This beta 1 version of IE8 is focused on developers and the User Interface is still similar to IE7. Expect the UI to change a little in future IE8 beta releases.
You can download the toolkit from: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/readiness/Install.htm
Since this is an early beta and [...]
On November 19th Microsoft released Visual Studio 2008 to Manufacturing. Visual Studio contains over 250 new features and has major enhancements in every Visual Studio edition including the Express for hobbyist and Visual Studio Team System for shops with a more controlled architect/build/test/release environment. Developers of all skill levels now have a secure, reliable and consistent solution for building applications for the Web, [...]
Microsoft is nearing release of Enterprise Search Server 2008 Express software. The Release Canidate is a FREE download that is a available now. The RTM version will be a free download as well.
Windows Server 2003 is the required platform for installation of Search Server 2008 Express. The Express edition has limited scalability - where it supports only one “search application server” [...]
The default authentication method for MOSS 2007 is to use NTLM or Kerberos Authentication. This is typically desired for internal intranets/portals to provide an integrated method to authenticate and authorize user to access pages and content.
When using MOSS to build an Internet or Extranet Site this can be very difficult to use. Managing extranet and internet users through Active [...]
Windows Live SkyDrive was updated the first half of October with more storage and new features. Here ius a brief run-down:
1 GB of Free Storage (upgraded from 512MB)
RSS Feeds - you can subscribe to RSS feeds on public SkyDrive folders. Whenever a file is updated or added you will recieve a notification vis RSS.
Add Contacts fron [...]
The Windows Live team is offering 4GB of free space to Silverlight developers and designers to host their streaming applications. Silverlight enables the simplified delivery of cross-platform, cross-browser rich media applications.
This Windows Live Service is in Alpha Release. You can sign up for it at http://silverlight.live.com/
These steps will remove IE Hardening (IE Protected Mode) for members of the Administrators and Users group. Only disable IE Protected Mode after serious consideration of the consequences – especially on a Server.
All these steps require Administrator privilege.
1. Set the following registry values:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A7-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}]
“IsInstalled”=dword:0000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A8-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}]
“IsInstalled”=dword:0000000
2. Run the following command lines: (from an [...]
When using an SSL certificate to secure a web site, you can typically choose to “renew” an existing certificate with the original certificate authority. If you decide to switch SSL providers when the time comes to renew, you cannot simply choose to “renew the current certificate”. You need to generate a new CSR for the [...]
