Hi all,

A few months ago, I had the pleasure to meet David Feng, Director of Technical Services in Systex Corporation in Taiwan.  He has been involved in Microsoft technologies for many years and was part of our Windows Vista Hardware Assessment Beta Program.  His participation has been key to the success of our release and I want to thank him as well as the tens of thousands of other beta users out there!  Thank you!

Below is a great success story about how Systex Corporation was able to use Windows Vista Hardware Assessment tool to assist Sporton International Inc. in accelerating Windows Vista deployment.  If you want to know how to kick your Windows Vista project into high gear (or out of second gear), read on… < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

The leading mobile communications certification company in Taiwan, Sporton International Inc. wanted to upgrade its operating system from Windows® 2000 Professional Edition and Windows XP to Windows Vista®. The company wanted to know which of its computers were

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If you haven’t got them already - those geeky posters from the July 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine visualizing the various features and components of Windows Server 2008 - go get them here, ready to print :-)

If you’ve used Windows XP on a Tablet PC, then you’re probably aware that it wasn’t very easy to select multiple files when in Tablet mode.  Luckily, Windows Vista changed this to make it a lot easier to navigate via Windows Explorer and use the Tablet functionality of your Tablet PC.  It may not seem like a big difference at first glance, but it matters.

When you hover over any group of files with your Tablet PC pen, a checkbox appears to the left of the file.  Tapping this box will check it and allow you to continue selecting more files.  Once all the files you need are selected, you can then move, copy or delete them as a single group.

If Tablet checkboxes aren’t already enabled on your Tablet PC (or UMPC), it’s simple to add them:

1. Open a folder (such as Documents)
2. Tap or click ‘Organize’
3. Choose Folder and Search Options
4. Select View tab
5. Click or tap ‘Use check boxes to select items’
6. Click OK

You can now select multiple files by using the checkboxes whenever

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Google Inc. is developing a new search service for cellphones that will help consumers find and buy ringtones, games and other mobile content as the Internet company pushes more deeply into wireless, people familiar with the matter say.

Google already offers cellphone users a version of its popular engine for searching the Web. Now the company wants to go beyond just looking up Web pages, effectively becoming a gateway for finding and paying for mobile media content.

With the new system, users would search for a piece of content — say, a U2 ringtone — and get back a list of providers as well as links enabling them to easily purchase the material. Eventually, Google would charge companies for high placement in the search results, much the way it offers “sponsored links” on computer Web searches, the people familiar with the plans say.

The company has been working for months with content providers — including large entertainment companies and smaller mobile-media aggregators — to index their material and make it available via mobile search. But the project has been marred by a series of technical delays, people familiar with the matter say, illustrating that there’s a learning…

Just documenting an error:

Error Message: System Cannot Log You on Because Domain <Computername> Is Not Available

SUMMARY

An error “System Cannot Log You on Because Domain <Computername> Is Not Available” appears when you try to log on to Windows.

SYMPTOMS

When the user tries to log on to the computer in the Log On dialog, it will fail with the error “System Cannot Log You on Because Domain <Computername> Is Not Available”. Log on using safe mode will not work either.

For instructions on resolving this issue, please see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555939

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