Posted in Microsoft on Jul 15th, 2010
Busy busy week for Microsoft! Earlier I mentioned Microsoft ending support for Windows XP SP2 and ending support for Windows Server 2000. Even more interesting is that Microsoft has finally released Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 BETA. I mentioned…
Posted in Microsoft on Jul 14th, 2010
Requiescat in Páce (Rest in Peace), Windows XP. Microsoft’s support for Windows XP SP2 ends today. XP SP2 Users will no longer see any notifications about new security updates because there just won’t be any! Details inside regarding what you can do to stay secure.
Posted in Freeware, Windows Server on Aug 25th, 2009
Tonight I discovered Microsoft has released WSUS 3.0 SP2. For most enterprise shops, this is a big deal since Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is the primary method corporations use to Patch their Desktops (and sometimes…
Posted in groovyRelease on Aug 24th, 2009
Microsoft has been saying the Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) would be released “around” Q3 2009 and today, the wait is finally over!
Microsoft has officially launched Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP2 and it’s available for download on…
Posted in Vista, Windows Server, groovyRelease on May 26th, 2009
This morning Microsoft released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Here are the download links the various flavors. Be sure to grab the right one (32 Bit Vs. 64 Bit etc…).
You can read all the details…
Posted in Office, groovyRelease on Apr 30th, 2009
Microsoft this week released Office 2007 Service Pack 2 for both their Office Products and Server products which they are advertising as providing new bug fixes and improving stability and performance. I can’t think of a reason why you wouldn’t want to go grab…
Posted in Security on Dec 18th, 2008
Microsoft releases Security Updates on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. In the “industry” it’s called “Microsoft Super Tuesday”. I usually don’t talk about it much because it’s been happening for years and under most normal circumstances your Windows machine will Auto-Update using Windows…
Posted in Vista, Windows Server on Dec 4th, 2008
Although several sites have been talking about the release since yesterday, I just noticed on microsoftpost.com (sorry for the shameless plug) that Service Pack 2 “BETA” for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 hit the Microsoft Download Center today.
I’m out on vacation…
Posted in Virtual Server, Windows Server on Apr 23rd, 2008
Recently I converted / imported a Windows Vista Enterprise SP1 Virtual Machine from my Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 environment to my new Microsoft Windows Server 2008 box running the new Hyper-V Virtual Server technology. The upgrade was a bit easier than I expected…
Posted in Desktop Search, XP, groovyRelease on Feb 25th, 2007
Windows Desktop Search 3.01 for Windows XP (KB917013)
This is a nice follow-up to my previous article: Permanent Link to Microsoft releases Windows Desktop Search 3.00. It’s a "MUST"…