Posted by: kurtsh | March 12, 2005

Star Wars Episode III rendered on Windows 64 bit

I hate trackback-ing to The Inquirer, bastion of inaccurate journalism that it is, but this is a relevant article and somewhat fun so, oh, what the hell.

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Star Wars Episode III rendered on Windows 64 bit

CeBIT 2005 Rendered on Beta

MICROSOFT said that famous upcoming Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of the sith was rendered on beta version in Windows 64 bit.

This means this operating system like a desirable option even in its beta stage was good enough to render a state of the art movie. The company called Jak Movies decided to go for Windows 64 bit since it was faster to render under 64 bit windows.

More at:  http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21761

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Posted by: kurtsh | March 12, 2005

RTM: Coming – Application Compatibility Toolkit 4.0

This will interest you if you are planning/testing to deploy Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2:

Application Compatibility Toolkit 4.0 will RTW (Release To Web) on Monday March 14th. 
Check this URL on Monday – http://www.microsoft.com/windows/appcompatibility/act4.mspx.

If you are not already familiar with ACT 4.0 (or at least 3.0), I strongly recommend learning about it ASAP from the web site.  The toolkit has been in beta for over a year and makes it possible to adjust Windows XP Professional installations/images so that customer business applications can work on them seamlessly, in the event there is a compatibility issue.

For example, applications that misbehave and expect to be able to write to areas of the <system root> directory will typically fail on Windows XP SP2 images, since this area is considered sacred by WXP compared to other OSs.  The toolkit can have Windows XP reroute these read/write requests to safer locations on the hard drive, seamlessly without the application knowing enabling it to work.

I have a great Powerpoint that goes over the details of ACT4.0 if any of you, my customers, are interested in it.

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Posted in Tools

Posted by: kurtsh | March 10, 2005

TOOLS: Microsoft LiveMeeting 2005 30-day access code

If you’d like to give LiveMeeting 2005 a try for 30 days, follow the following instructions:

  1. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/lmtrial
  2. Use this activation code:  2639
  3. Follow the rest of the instructions.

If you have questions, email:  meetlive@microsoft.com

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Posted by: kurtsh | March 9, 2005

DEAL: United flights to Las Vegas are $70 round trip

To anyone going to Microsoft’s Management Summit 2005 in Las Vegas, United has a deal going that has Las Vegas fares at $70 at this link:

http://www.unitedoffers.com/600-1sape/67651/203427/0e30dd196dd5acaaf8026eac02bf53f0

(Also flights to Hawaii are $399!)

Travel has to be reserved by March 18th!

 

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Posted by: kurtsh | March 9, 2005

TOOL: Windows Server 2003 Server Performance Advisor: How to diagnose Windows Server 2003 performance issues

Microsoft has released the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Server Performance Advisor — a tool that troubleshoots Microsoft Windows 2003 performance problems. Neither Microsoft Windows XP nor Microsoft Windows 2000 platform supports this tool. The tool is available here. After you download the tool, execute the .msi file and follow the onscreen prompts to perform the following steps:

1. Click Next to go to the Welcome to the Server Performance Advisor Setup Wizard introduction screen.
 
2. Click I accept on the license page, then click Next.
 
3. Accept the default installation location and select whether the tool will be used by just the person installing the tool or by all administrators, as the figure shows.
 
4. Click Next.
 
5. The wizard prompts you for a location for the temporary storage of performance log files. Accept the default (C:perflogsdata location), then click Next.
 
6. The wizard then prompts you for a reports folder location. Again, accept the default location (C:perfLogs), then click Next.
 
7. Click Next to begin the installation.
 
8. When the installation is finished, click Finish.

You’ll now have a new item on the Start menu, Server Performance Advisor, which you can use to start the advisor process.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/abouttn/subscriptions/flash/tips/tips_021605.mspx

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Posted by: kurtsh | March 9, 2005

HOWTO: How Microsoft IT Plans & Optimizes Sharepoint Portal Server 2003

In this session, Microsoft IT offers best practices and lessons learned from their experiences in deploying SharePoint products and technologies on the Microsoft corporate intranet. We will examine capacity planning and performance optimization techniques and considerations specific to deploying SharePoint within an enterprise infrastructure.

Presenter: Joel Oleson, IT Technologist, Microsoft Corporation

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2031804

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Posted by: kurtsh | March 9, 2005

BETA: Download the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate 2

Download the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate 2

Find out about the many improvements in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1), including enhanced security, increased reliability, and simplified administration to help enterprise customers across all industries. Install and test SP1 in a test environment only.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2031780

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Posted by: kurtsh | March 9, 2005

RTM: Office 2004 for Macintosh 11.1.1 Update

Office 2004 for Macintosh 11.1.1 Update
This is 18MB download and akin to a light Service Release for Office.

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/download/office2004/update_11.1.1.xml&secid=4&ssid=14&flgnosysreq=True

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Posted by: kurtsh | March 9, 2005

BETA: Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 – formerly “Istanbul”

Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 – formerly "Istanbul"

Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 (previously code-named "Istanbul") is the new integrated communications application, and is the best client for Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005. Communicator provides rich presence and unifies real-time communications modes — such as IM, voice, video and access to voiceconferencing and Web conferencing — into a single application. It also enables PC-to-phone integration.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/mar05/03-08IntegratedCommunicationsVisionPR.asp

1)     Go to https://beta.microsoft.com/
2)     Sign in with your .NET Passport ID
3)     Use the Guest ID "LCclient"
4)     Click on the Live Communications Client Link
5)     Click on the nomination link on the left side of the page
6)     Fill out and submit the nomination form

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Posted by: kurtsh | March 4, 2005

TRAINING: BizTalk Server 2004 Hands-On Training

Microsoft Invites You to Design & Build Business Process & Integration Solutions with BizTalk Server 2004 Hands-On Training
 
Please join us for the BizTalk Server 2004 Developer Workshop. This free-of-charge 5 day workshop is structured to address the myriad of questions clients have before acquiring a Microsoft Enterprise Integration, Business Processes Automation and/or an Information Worker solution. BTS 2004 enables companies to quickly and efficiently connect systems, people and trading partners through manageable business process.
 
This Developer Workshop utilizes a holistic approach aimed at the core groups involved in implementing such solution. From decision makers, IT Managers and Business Analysts, to the integrators and developers, our goal is to assist your enterprise by providing well structured content covering all aspects of planning and implementation. Knowledge is power and equipping each team member with the right information is a key success factor in selecting the appropriate solution.
 
Benefits
 
Attending this Developer Workshop has significant synergistic benefits for the teams. The depth and breadth of knowledge the teams will collectively possess will enable them to work more effectively together, be better resources for one another, and equip them to do their role.
 
§        Rapid knowledge transfer needed by business and IT managers to use the BTS solution to solve business integration and process issues
 
§        Educate team members to fully utilize BTS solution tools
 
§        Facilitate collaboration between business managers, partners and the technical team
 
§        Quickly and Effectively get teams up to speed
 
§        Increase the effectiveness and timeliness of client evaluation process
 
Ultimately this Developer Workshop addresses the core cycles for an enterprise’s solution integration evaluation process, arming each team with relevant and strategic information as well as developing invaluable experience and team skills. The result will be more knowledgeable and productive team members capable of implementing application integration faster and easier to maintain solution.
 
Additionally, many of us need to leverage and extend existing investments in line-of-business applications running on mainframe and midrange systems to offer new products and services. Today, this means modernizing existing applications as part of move towards a Services Oriented Architecture. Unfortunately, mainframe and midrange development tools and runtime environments are not well-designed for efficiently delivering XML-based or Web-based solutions. These components enable network, security, messaging, data and application integration of host-based systems with Microsoft Windows-based and .NET Framework-enabled solutions.
 
What: Demonstration/Presentation/Lecture, as well as 14 Hands-On Labs, and one-on-one mixed format workshop. 
 
This course is designed for Architects and Integration developers.  There is no fee for this 5 Day course.
 
Date: March 14 – March 18, 2005
 
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. each day
 
Location:      
New Century Title Company – Training Facility
200 E. Sandpointe Ave.
Suite 800
Santa Ana, CA 92707
 
Attendee Prerequisites:
§        Basic understanding of the .NET Framework
§        Familiarity with Visual Studio .NET (samples are written in C#)
§        Basic understanding of SQL Server 2000
§        Basic understanding Web Services (XML Schema, SOAP, WSDL)
Register:
Please visit www.microsoft.com/usa/events  or call 877.673.8368 and use Event ID code: 1032269186 to register. 
Please register by Wednesday, March 9, 2005. Seating is limited.

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