Why Sticking with Windows XP is a Bad Idea

IDC white paper on why sticking with Windows XP is a bad idea.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29883

Skype in Beta for Windows Phone 7

Skype is now available as an free app for Windows Phone 7.

http://blogs.skype.com/en/2012/02/skype_brings_voice_and_video_c.html

Download the Skype app from Marketplace and provide feedback through the app if you find any issues.

http://www.windowsphone.com/nb-NO/apps/c3f8e570-68b3-4d6a-bdbb-c0a3f4360a51

How Fast is Your Phone?

Windows Phone 7 is faster than most phones for basic use!

How fast is your phone?

https://www.facebook.com/windowsphone

Windows Phone Start Screen

Have you seen Windows Phone in action? Pretty neat

From the Windows Phone Blog

Windows 8 WOA

Windows8 is coming along nicely with a public “Consumer Preview” coming later in February. The latest article on the Building Windows 8 blog describes the engineering behind the ARM architecture version.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/02/09/building-windows-for-the-arm-processor-architecture.aspx

Note that

• Windows 8 on ARM (WOA) != Windows 8 in Intel. While much of the code is similar WOA will cater specifically towards slate devices rather than laptops
• As ARM is a different architecture from x86/x64 you will not be able to run existing programs as is, and there will be limits towards application shell functionality for the slate devices
• If you want a slate device with full Windows 8 capabilities, i.e. full control, then WOA is not for you

Windows phone 7 is totally fresh

Windows Phone is a totally fresh take on phones

http://wmpoweruser.com/gizmodo-recommends-windows-phone-to-escape-googles-evil-clutches/

Happy New Year!

Welcome 2012

Poor posting last year, more to come.

VM-Limited

Don’t become a Ted

VM-Limited.

 

If Asked to Pay Fines for Malware, Don’t

Seems as if a new malware scam tries to impersonate local police authorities and claims a “fine” from affected users.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2011/12/19/disorderly-conduct-localized-malware-impersonates-the-police.aspx

Be aware that neither local law enforcement nor most software vendors, including Microsoft, online stores except, does not ask for credit card information, usernames or passwords.

Get Tag’ed

This is cool! The Microsoft Tag reader now supports QR codes as well as NFC touchpoints in addition to Tag’s.

The free Tag app works on Windows Phone 7 and 7.5, Windows Mobile, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, and J2ME phones so no need to wait, download the application in your app store.

More info here http://tag.microsoft.com/download.aspx

SP’07 WebDAV on Windows Server’08R2

Just for future reference; Explorer View / WebDAV does not work out of the box for SharePoint 2007 on Windows Server 2008 R2.

The reason for this is that IIS7’s WebDAV feature conflicts with SharePoint 2007’s own publishing features.

Solution:

• Remove the WebDAV feature from the IIS role (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2171959) and reboot
• *OR* remove the WebDAV module from the SharePoint site within IIS and recycle the app pool
• Enable WebDAV authoring on the SharePoint site within IIS

4.3 Makes iPod Usable Again

Finally! After updating my ipod to v4.2.1 last year the car, a 2010 Volvo V70, simply refused to connect to the device.

Thus was not only reported by loads of other Volvo owners but from other car owner as well making this a likely bug in 4.2.1 update.

Rumors said that this would be fixed in 4.3 and after updating today I am happy to report that the USB connection mode works again

Posted from WordPress for Windows Phone

WP7 Wallpapers

Fancy a new background for your Windows Phone 7? Import one of these to your phone using the Zune software.

First WP7 Update Released (7008)

This morning I found the “Update is available” message on my WP7 phone. Not the awaited first update but what is a software update improvement according the the Windows Phone update history.

We made some improvements to the way we deliver software updates to ensure that the process keeps working smoothly for you.

Upon connecting to Zune software check for updates (in Settings > Phone > Update)

The update 7004 > 7008 is found, click Update to continue

The Windows Phone updater starts, which checks for updates again

Yep, an update is found. The More Information link is invalid takning you to the Microsoft homepage. The update history if found here. If you are not using the latest Zune software you will be asked to update Zune first. Update now and the process starts.

The update itself is a 10 step process, and what is taking the most time is “Step 7 of 10: Creating a backup”. Be patient and wait.

Update successful

If you try to update the phone again you’ll see that you have the latest version. You’ll also be able to restore to the previous version.

References:

• http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/basics/update-history.aspx
• http://www.zune.net/en-US/products/software/download/default.htm

Win7 / W08 R2 SP1

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 (and Hyper-V Server R2) Servicepack 1 is now available for licensing, MSDN and Technet subscribers. Regular availability is about one week away.

Now to update existing clients, servers and Hyper-V, Joy.