Introducing Microsoft Assessment and Planning 3.0 

For those of you who are considering the migration of your desktop and server infrastructure to Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, we have good news for you!

As we’ve announced at TechEd IT Forum 2007 in Barcelona last November, the Microsoft Solution Accelerators team is going to release the expanded version of Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.1 called Microsoft Assessment and Planning 3.0 (aka MAP).

In short, MAP is an automated agent-less network-wide inventory and assessment tool that can quickly determine if your organization’s desktops and servers are ready for migration to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

What do I mean by AGENT-LESS inventory?  Simply put, it means that you do not need to launch any software agents on any of those machines you want this tool to inventory and query - so no more security concerns and user interruption!

It offers quick network-wide inventory of machines and generate hardware and device compatibility reports with actionable recommendations in the form of auto-generated proposal documents - perfect documentation for your IT project planning in the new fiscal year!

The best part is that

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Swizzor Descriptions:

Swizzor is the latest counterfeit anti-spyware software that endangers the world of computers. Swizzor usually installed itself onto your PC without your permission, through Zlob.Trojan, Virus or fake software. Swizzor will display fake system alerts or fake security alerts to trick user to buy the paid version of Swizzor, in order to remove the potential and reported problems. It’s believed that Swizzor is a new variant of SpyLocked and SpyCrush. Not only does it slow down your machine dramatically, it would also put your privacy and data in danger.

It is extremely important to remove Swizzor from your computer. You can try our recommended SpyHunter* Spyware Detection Utility, which is very intuitive and highly efficient. Swizzor can be removed automatically. However, if you are familiar with registry edit and dll files in Windows, we strongly recommend you to try the Swizzor manual removal instructions. It might take time and patience, but it is equally effective if you get it right.

As always, we will constantly update the instructions to combat against Swizzor and its variants. Please feel free to post comments if you have any questions or suggestions regarding Swizzor. This is a great community and

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I chose to set mine to "AM - Geek" so I could still see AM or PM, but you can choose any 12 characters for either field. Keep in mind that the PM symbol is only going to display during the "PM" hours.

This does change more than just the displayed clock, so I'd advise not using this on a computer you do actual work on. Using the F5 key in notepad shows the "Geek" text as well: