Windows Server 2008 To Workstation Manual

This manual will help you to install Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and to configure your pc so you can use it as a workstation. Thanks to DAz999, you can also download the full manual as a 6MB pdf file from here! If you need any help, don’t hesitate to post your question on the forums. You can watch screenshots of my final Windows Server 2008 workstation here.

If you are still not convinced why to use Windows Server 2008 as your workstation OS, read this article, and you will be installing Windows Server 2008 right after reading it!

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Another Microsoft Wireless Prototype Fails

For the second time, a device submitted by Microsoft for U.S. Federal Communications Commission testing of wireless “white spaces” technology has stopped working and been taken out of the process.

The wireless prototype, which was not made by Microsoft, unexpectedly stopped working on Wednesday, Microsoft said Friday. In February, the FCC took another Microsoft-submitted device out of testing because it had power problems.

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Cuba Finally Allows Citizens To Own Cell Phones

In an interesting twist, Cuba just approved the use of cell phones, after a ban throughout long-time ruler Fidel Castro’s regime. With Fidel’s departure last month and his brother, Raul Castro, assuming leadership of the island nation, some small but noteworthy changes are occurring. First, Raul allowed microwaves, and now he is allowing cell phones.

Cuba still operates under a communist bureaucracy that controls what items people can have. This hinders everything from internet access to home ownership. In the past, only an elite group of Cubans owned cell phones. Many Cubans hope that more changes are to come. While some dissidents fear the government will use the new cell phones to snoop on them, most assume that the government already does.

Elizabeth, a middle-aged housewife told the Associated Press that she had already owned a cell phone, but had been forced to live in fear of discovery. She said of the development, “Finally. We have waited too long for this.”

News Source: DailyTech
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Virgin Media To Begin Penalizing Users For Illegal Downloads

The British ISP is set to throw down the gauntlet on those who download music by disconnecting those who fail to heed warnings.

Trade group British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is working with Virgin to implement a “three strikes” policy, which would initially deal with music downloads. However, film and television studios are also being invited to participate, meaning any illicit downloads could be penalized.

Record labels have been pleading with ISPs to take a more active role in preventing the transfer of illegal downloads, and the ISP appears to be the first to acquiesce. The government is also expected to weigh in on how the policy can be legally enforced.

News Source: BetaNews
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Creative Goes After Driver Modder

Since the release of Windows Vista, Creative has promised their Sound Cards as being ‘Vista Ready’. Unfortunately, as many unlucky customers did discover, this is not true. What the users actually found were buggy, feature crippled drivers. Creative insisted that features such as Decoding of Dolby® Digital and DTS™ signals and DVD-Audio which worked fine in WinXP, would not work on Windows Vista. With Creative releasing less than one new driver a year, things seemed bleak. Fortunately, a talented user, Daniel_K, was recently able to ‘fix’ many of the drivers, enabling the incompatible features and also fixing many bugs. Just today Creative has decided to put a stop to this. They removed all links to his modified drivers, and banned several users who were posting links to the now banned drivers.

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Only In Japan: Pink Windows Vista

What does Microsoft and Hello Kitty have in common? They both have products packaged in hot pink. As a special promotion for the Japanese market, an upgrade version of Windows Vista Home Premium is bundled with a year’s subscription of Windows Live OneCare and a copy of a Vista tips and tricks book. If that deal isn’t sweet enough, then you better know it comes in a pink box with little flower petals plastered all over. Imagine checking out of the electronic store with a copy of Crysis in one hand, and this in the other.

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Open XML Appears To Clear ISO Standard Vote

Early reports Sunday indicate that Office Open XML (OOXML) appears to have enough votes to be certified an ISO standard. An official tally is not expected until Monday.

As the votes come in from the 87 national standards bodies, so have a number of complaints of irregularities and strong-arm tactics in different countries, including Poland and Norway.

The OpenMalaysia blog, run by openness advocates and students, found that the ballot, which closed Saturday night, had the necessary combination of more than two-thirds approve votes and less than a quarter for disapprove.

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Adobe Brings AIR To Linux, Joins Linux Foundation

Adobe Systems on Monday is expected to release an alpha version of AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) and announce that it is joining the Linux Foundation.

AIR is Adobe’s Web browser plug-in for running and creating Web applications that run both online and offline. AIR 1.0, released late last month, runs on Windows and Mac OS. Adobe had said it will port AIR to Linux and then mobile devices.

As part of the AIR-on-Linux release, Adobe is making an update to the alpha version of its Flex Builder framework for Linux. Both will be made available at Adobe Labs for free and will be completed later this year.

News Source: C|Net News
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Hollywood Producer Set To Make Shows For Xbox

Microsoft, seeking to expand offerings on its Xbox 360 console, has reached an agreement with a company headed by Peter Safran, the veteran Hollywood producer and talent manager, to produce original shows for distribution on the system.

Through his Safran Company, Mr. Safran represents clients like the actor and producer Sean Combs (“Monster’s Ball”), the actor and writer Nia Vardalos (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) and the filmmakers Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (“Epic Movie”). Mr. Safran founded the company in 2006 after leaving Brillstein-Grey Management.

News Source: New York Times
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When In Rome: Engineering The Firefox 3 User Experience

This past week at the Mozilla headquarters in Mountain View, we talked to user experience design expert Alex Faaborg about the Firefox 3 visual refresh. He shared some insights about the interface design process and talked about some of Mozilla’s goals for refining the look and feel of the Firefox user experience.

Platform integration has been a very high priority for the Firefox 3 development cycle. Visual consistency with the underlying operating system is important, says Faaborg, because it creates a more seamless user experience and makes it easier for the user to focus on web content rather than on the web browser.

This is a significant reversal from the strategy behind the Firefox 2 theme, which was designed to have a similar appearance across all platforms. For Firefox 3, separate icons and themes have been implemented for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X, and Linux.

News Source: Ars Technica
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