Those who follow my blog since a while may have noticed that I have always been interested and fascinated about he history of how everything started around computers. Today I’ve come across this 3 part documentary called “Triumph of the Nerds”. A very interesting documentary how things started around the Personal Computer. Enjoy ! Triumph [...]
Archive of posts tagged Microsoft
ReadTip: Resources for Windows and Office license activation with XenDesktop
Below just a few resources I have collected related to Windows and Office license activation with XenDesktop. Licensing is not an exciting topic but we have to deal with it anyway. KMS Configuration using Citrix Provisioning Services Citrix Managing Microsoft KMS Volume Licensing Citrix Configuring Microsoft MAK Volume Licensing Citrix XenDesktop 5 Support Statement for [...]
Automated Microsoft Security Essentials Installation
For all those that frequently setup test machines and get tired of manually installing the Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, here’s a straight forward batch file (even a regular user could use) that does the following: Downloads the Microsoft Security Essential 2.0 (x86) installation source file Installs Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Downloads and updates the virus [...]
ReadTip: How Microsoft IT deployed Office 2010
If you are planning deploying Office 2010 throughout an enterprise read this.
Head-to-head analysis of Citrix XenDesktop, Microsoft VDI, Quest vWorkspace, and VMware View
Ruben Spruijt has published an updated whitepaper “VDI Smackdown” which provides you with an overview of today’s VDI solutions. More details here
Frequently Asked Questions About Volume License Keys
A good FAQ about Microsoft Volume licensing. Details here
Yet another search engine….bing
As of June 3rd 2009, we’ll have another search engine to find stuff on the internet. Microsoft’s new search engine is called bing. Find out more about bing here.
The History of Microsoft on Channel 9
Interested in how it all started off at Microsoft ? On Channel 9 a new series call “History of Microsoft” has started. A new episode is being released every Thursday. So far the following episodes have been published: History of Microsoft 1975 History of Microsoft 1976 History of Microsoft 1977 As new episodes come out [...]
Bill Gates looks back
Some rare photos from the Microsoft archives, commented by Bill Gates himself. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/storysupplement/gates_microsoft/index.html 1965, Bill Gates, age 9.
