Computer Active is offering a professional 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.
Yearly Archive for 2007
Microsoft has added some new VHDs to their VHD Site including Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Beta 2 and Windows Server 2008 Beta 3.
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.
PowerGUI is a GUI-based administration tool for managing systems based on Windows PowerShell.
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.
Get a TechNet Plus Direct subscription for $249 for one year. With this deal, you only get the download option for all the software. EDIT: I applied for my subscription and was approved in about a week.
Microsoft has released the 120-day evaluation copy of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007. You can read more about what it can do in the FAQ.
I recently uninstalled Logitech’s SetPoint software for my mouse from my Windows XP machine. After uninstalling it, I started receiving the following error every time I started Outlook (see image below as well).
The Add-in “Redemption Helper Outlook Extension: (C:\Program Files\Logitech\SetPoint\KEMMAPI.dll) cannot be loaded and has been disabled by Outlook. Please contact the Add-in manufacturer for an update. If no update is available, please uninstall the Add-in.
After searching around the net for a bit, I came across a solution that worked: delete the file named extend.dat from the C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook folder. Replace username with your username. That solved the problem.
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