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Announcement: Internet Explorer 8 release candidate is now available online

Back from a meeting and just saw on the IE blog that the release candidate for Internet Explorer 8 is now available, so says my friend Dean Hachamovitch…

"We’re excited to make the IE8 Release Candidate available today for public download today in 25 languages for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server customers. You can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8. Please download it now and try it out. We welcome your feedback!"

 

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Announcements: Cumulative 2008 Daylight Saving Time and Time Zone Update for Windows Mobile Released

Clip art from Office OnlineCheck out http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729, "A December 2008 cumulative daylight saving time (DST) update is available for Windows Mobile-based devices", which the Mobile team just posted.  You may need the update in order to see times correctly displayed on your Windows Mobile phone…

A December 2008 daylight saving time (DST) update is available for Microsoft Windows Mobile-based devices. The update that this article describes changes the time zone data to accommodate daylight saving time (DST) changes in several countries, as outlined in this article.

The update that this article describes is a cumulative update rollup that includes all the changes that were previously released. For more information about the changes that were previously released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article KB 950885, A March 2008 cumulative daylight saving time (DST) update is available for Windows Mobile-based devices. 

For more information about how DST changes may affect other Microsoft products, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cp_dst (http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cp_dst)

Important Make sure that you uninstall DST update 950885, the March 2008 cumulative DST update, before you install this update. Your start and end time of your appointments will be adjusted.

Tags: Windows Mobile, Microsoft, Daylight Saving Time, Daylight Savings Time, RSS, DST; 15,300,000 (up from 4.3M a month ago); 17,200,000 (up from 900K a year ago, up from 2.6M last month)

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Coming up in February: Mark Russinovich on the Springboard Series discussing the beta of Windows 7

As I’ve noted previously, Mark Russinovich hosts a virtual roundtable for IT pros worldwide. The next one is coming up in a few weeks, on Thursday, February 12, 2009, when the topic will be the Windows 7 Beta.

Better still, you can submit questions in advance (vrtable@microsoft.com) to find out more about system deployment and management.  You can also submit questions live to the panel during the event.

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So save the date and join Mark et al on Thursday, February 12 on the streaming video Springboard site.  Here are the details: 

Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable

Windows 7: To the Beta and Beyond

Date:  Thursday, February 12th

Time:  11:00am Pacific Time

https://ms.istreamplanet.com/springboard

Join Mark Russinovich and a panel of subject matter experts for a live discussion of what’s in store for IT pros with Windows® 7. Learn about the evolution of features like Group Policy, BitLocker™ To Go, DirectAccess, BranchCache™, and Software Restriction then get tips on troubleshooting, deployment, and application compatibility. Bring your questions—Mark and the panel will answer as many as they can during the hour-long event, then publish the rest in a Q&A after the event.

Find answers to your Windows client OS deployment and management questions with resources, tools, monthly feature articles, and guidance from subject matter experts and early adopters. To learn more, visit www.microsoft.com/springboard.

As part of the “virtual” experience, you may submit your questions about Windows 7 Beta to the panel live during the event—or submit questions in advance to vrtable@microsoft.com.

Tags: Microsoft, Windows 7, UAC, Windows Vista, Mark Russinovich.

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Of interest: Screencasts covering the features in Windows 7

imageThanks to Stephen Rose for his reminder to take a look at these short screencasts of the new and updated features in Windows 7 from the Windows Client Video Library on TechNet.

You can also subscribe to the Windows Client Videos for IT Pros RSS feed to be automatically updated as new walkthroughs are added.

 

Tags: how to, Microsoft, customer experience, Windows 7.

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How to make Deviled Egg Salad

I spent a few years when I was young growing up in the south, where a favourite weekend food was the deviled egg.  Many recipes offer their versions of these picnic staples, but I found that the same basic ingredients in this side dish also make a great egg salad for sandwiches, on a nice dark rye or olive bread these days.

Today I was asked for our recipe, and posting it here.

  • Four hard boiled eggs
  • 2 tsp mayonnaise
  • 1 tsp yellow mustard
  • 1 tsp brown or spicy mustard
  • 2 tsp sweet pickle relish
  • optional: 1 tsp of your favourite sweet onion (we like Maui onions), finely chopped
  • shake of salt and white pepper

After you have hard boiled and cooled the eggs, remove the shells and separate the whites from the hardened yolks.  Throw away one or two of the yolks – you’ll only need two.  Take the yolks and mash them until smooth in a bowl, adding the mustards and mayonnaise. Mix until smooth.

Chop the egg whites and remaining yolks, and place in separate a larger bowl.  Add salt and white pepper to the egg mixture, then toss in the relish and (if you like) finely diced onion, roughly cut to the same size pieces as the relish.

Last, mix the mustards and mayonnaise into the eggs.

I recommend that you prepare a couple of hours before making sandwiches to let it set up.

 

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