Microsoft News
Fun with Microsoft’s Genuine Office Validation
I ran into a very interesting scenario with Microsoft's Genuine Office Validation the other day. Basically, I have Office 2007 Professional Plus installed and activated on my notebook. And, I wanted to install the Save as PDF or XPS Add-in (Link). No problem, I located the Add-in download page on the Microsoft site, and started to step through the validation process and was then presented with the following message: "This computer has failed validation."
Read the article HERE.
Windows XP gets reprieve
Microsoft has extended the availability of its Windows XP operating system to computer makers by five months. System builders will now be able to continue making computers bundled with XP until 30 June 2008. The software was scheduled to be axed on 31 January 2008.
Read the article HERE.
Shoe, meet other foot: Microsoft
Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith, bearing no obvious bruises from his recent European beatdown by the Court of First Instance, showed up at the Senate yesterday to take a few good whacks at Google. Just weeks after the EU upheld Microsoft's monopoly penalties, there must have been a certain degree of schadenfreude in the prospect of getting a public platform to challenge Google on antitrust grounds.
Read the article HERE.
Vista drivers
Microsoft has established a hardware site dedicated to Vista drivers. Searching for Vista drivers for Microsoft mice, keyboards, headsets, media center devices or anything made by Microsoft Hardware, then click HERE.
Read the article HERE.
The Death Of Windows Media Center
A security expert who once worked for Microsoft wrote in his blog on Monday he may dump the company's Windows Media Center in favor of Ubuntu-affiliated LinuxMCE after struggling with the software giant's digital-rights management software.
Read the article HERE.
Apparently, today was a slow news day
I ran into a very interesting scenario with Microsoft's Genuine Office Validation the other day. Basically, I have Office 2007 Professional Plus installed and activated on my notebook. And, I wanted to install the Save as PDF or XPS Add-in (Link). No problem, I located the Add-in download page on the Microsoft site, and started to step through the validation process and was then presented with the following message: "This computer has failed validation."
Read the article HERE.
Windows XP gets reprieve
Microsoft has extended the availability of its Windows XP operating system to computer makers by five months. System builders will now be able to continue making computers bundled with XP until 30 June 2008. The software was scheduled to be axed on 31 January 2008.
Read the article HERE.
Shoe, meet other foot: Microsoft
Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith, bearing no obvious bruises from his recent European beatdown by the Court of First Instance, showed up at the Senate yesterday to take a few good whacks at Google. Just weeks after the EU upheld Microsoft's monopoly penalties, there must have been a certain degree of schadenfreude in the prospect of getting a public platform to challenge Google on antitrust grounds.
Read the article HERE.
Vista drivers
Microsoft has established a hardware site dedicated to Vista drivers. Searching for Vista drivers for Microsoft mice, keyboards, headsets, media center devices or anything made by Microsoft Hardware, then click HERE.
Read the article HERE.
The Death Of Windows Media Center
A security expert who once worked for Microsoft wrote in his blog on Monday he may dump the company's Windows Media Center in favor of Ubuntu-affiliated LinuxMCE after struggling with the software giant's digital-rights management software.
Read the article HERE.
Apparently, today was a slow news day
posted by vanish at 8:03 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home