» Microsoft Security Essentials Beta is available for download.
» I recently installed Windows Server 2008 R2 release candidate at home on a spare machine, and wanted to convert my VMWare virtual machines to Hyper-V. I used VMToolKit’s VDMK to VHD Converter to do the conversions. After my first conversion, I got the dreaded BSOD. After searching around the web, I came across this comment that offered a fix to the route that I was taking. I’ll try out the suggestion tonight and see if it works.
» Microsoft has published a step-by-step guide on how to implement DirectAccess. If you haven’t heard of DirectAccess, here is an overview that explains it more in detail along with its benefits.
» Funambol Announces Open Source Mobile Sync App for Android. I’m glad to see applications being developed to fill the gap for those of us who want a way to sync with Outlook/Exchange. While it’s not the perfect solution, it’s all that’s out there as far as I know. I’ve put in my order for the T-Mobile G1 and can’t wait to test it out.
» How to reply with multiple domains using Exchange 200X (via Petri).
» 5 Apps For Painless Windows Reformats – Download Squad. The DriverMax application looks like it would help the most on systems that you don’t have the drivers too and aren’t able to find them online.
» Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is now available to download.
» Computer Active is offering a free version of AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 for free. This offer is valid until January 17, 2008. I use the free edition on my PCs, but am going to upgrade them now. EDIT: The license will expire on December 1, 2008.
» Microsoft has added some new VHDs to their VHD Site including Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Beta 2 and Windows Server 2008 Beta 3.
» VMWare released VMWare Server 2 Beta today.
» How to install and enable the Windows Server virtualization CTP in Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate. I spent about 15 minutes trying to get this configured on my test Server 2008 machine before I realized that I had installed the 32-bit version of the OS. Doh!
» Internet Explorer is losing the “click to activate” requirement for embedded controls on a web page. Finally.
» Outlook Desktop places your Outlook calendar on the desktop and pin it so that it’s always visible. There are options to set the transparency so that you can see your desktop.
» Virtual Machine Additions for Linux. These additions improve the support for the display and mouse drivers, the SCSI drive emulation, and synchronization of the time and heartbeat between the guest and the host. It seems that they only support Redhat and SuSE flavors as of now.