VolkerW's WebLog
Stuff mostly about Windows Fundamentals Also chirping at: https://twitter.com/volkerw
Nemo has resurfaced
Project Nemo is back with a little something for us Vista Media Center users. From the LiveSide News...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/03/2007
RC of Virtual PC 2007 is ready for download
Thanks Ben. It almost escaped my attention. Please go to Microsoft Connect and download the release...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/02/2007
Windows Live Writer
Another test. Just downloaded the beta of the Windows Live Writer to give it another try. In general...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/02/2007
A free Ferrari from Microsoft
Laughing Squid received a Ferrari 1000 from Microsoft for testing and blogging.Hope the laptop...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 12/27/2006
Google Desktop for Mac OS
GogDeskYeahStill not officially of course. But it is a snap with a little help from the latest...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 12/25/2006
Windows and Mac OS in the Parallels Universe
Parallels certainly adds a coolness factor to Virtualization. The latest beta build of Parallels...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 12/22/2006
Jeremy Allison heading leaving Novell to join Google
Jeremy is one of the Samba (Windows file sharing for Linux) founding fathers. He’s leaving...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 12/21/2006
Exchange Server 2007 RTM
Now it is official. The Microsoft flagship email server has been released to manufacturing (RTM)....
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 12/08/2006
Beef up your Zune
Beef up the capacity with a new hard disk. The ipod mod folks tell you how. Now all I need is a...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/29/2006
Anitvirus for 64-bit for consumer
Yeah, here we go. Long awaited and finally available for Vista 32-bit AND 64-bit. ITPRO has more....
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/28/2006
VHD Test Drive Details
Wow, it is amazing to see how well this program is accepted by costumers and by Microsoft partners....
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/09/2006
Microsoft Virtualization for Developers
Virtualization is cool and there is more than just hype. We all got that. Developments in AMD and...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/08/2006
VHD Test Drive – Learn more
If you are an Independent Software Vendor or ISV working with Windows you have most likely heard...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/08/2006
VHD Test Drive downloads
With the VHD Test Drive you can quickly evaluate Microsoft and partner solutions through a series of...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/07/2006
VHD Test Drive
Virtualization just got a notch better with Microsoft. Recent moves in the Microsoft virtualization...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/06/2006
Off to TechEd Developer in Barcelona, Spain
Going to TechEd is always fun. Going to TechEd in Europe is even more fun. I finally made it to...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/06/2006
VHD spec now freely available
Most of you folks might have seen this already but it is never too late to mention an important...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 10/19/2006
ANSYS to Support MS Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003
Ansys next gen. products ANSYS 11.0 and FLUENT 6.3 will support for Microsoft Windows Compute...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/21/2006
Tech videos on Vista and Longhorn
Cool Vista and Windows Server code name "Longhorn" videos from TechEd 2006 have recently been posted...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/15/2006
Register for Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition Redistribution Rights
Yeah, Microsoft is good with names. One of the newer initiatives recently added to our portfolio, is...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/07/2006
Microsoft receives the Superbrands award
brandexpress reports about the UK Superbrands award: "Microsoft has taken first place in this...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/10/2006
Evangelist at Microsoft
Being a (technology) evangelist in itself is cool. Being a technical evangelist at Microsoft is even...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/09/2006
System Center - Virtual Machine Manager Beta 1
No 64-bit install support in Beta 1. (More...) Tags: System Center, VMM
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/09/2006
Beta Update of Parallels Desktop for Mac is available
The mail just arrived in my inbox. Looks like some real good improvements are heading our way....
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/09/2006
Acronis talks about backup, P2V and 64-bit
Acronis, most likely best known for its Acronis True Image products, was interviewed again on Let's...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/08/2006
Vista and Leopard race to the line misses the point
iTWire misses the point - again: "For Windows users, who happen to constitute 90% of desktop...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/08/2006
Google to Pay $900 Million To Handle MySpace Search
Ouch. Tags: Google, Search, Microsoft Live
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/07/2006
VMware to Give Demo at Apple's WWDC
PC Magazine and others know about plans of VMware to show off a new virtualization product for the...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/05/2006
Test from Word 2007 post Beta2
Folks, we'll see if the stuff works.
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/31/2006
Gmail down
I just started working with Google spreadsheet but when I tried to invite friends to collaborate on...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/25/2006
OpenDarvin comes to an end
OpenDarwin Shutting Down as of 2006.07.25(More...) Tags: OpenDarwin, Open Source
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/25/2006
How important is your website
Steve Rubel writes about ToolURL. "ToolUrl is an invaluable Web site that gives you lots of...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/25/2006
Podcasting goes live
Gizmodo has the info. BlogTalkRadio closes the gap between live radio broadcast and offline...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/25/2006
Shhhh, Chris Anderson is on campus
So I arrived just in time to cramp into a small, already packed, conference room. Too small I might...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/25/2006
Inside Vista’s new image-based install
Our very own John Pritchard from Microsoft Australia's Enterprise Partner Group talks about the new...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/24/2006
AMD drops processor prices
You can read it everywhere, AMD slashes the prices for some processor lines by a whooping 47%....
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/24/2006
AMD buys ATI
Thanks to ZDNet you can listen to the whole press conference as podcast.
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/24/2006
Gizmo-free-VoIP-call-fine-print
Eventually someone read and understood the whole story and found it out. Congrat's. If Microsoft...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/23/2006
On moving Microsoft Update Downloads to x64
Another great 64-bit story. Since a picture says more than 1,000 words, check out the image. In case...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/23/2006
Dell podcast in WMV only
Might want to add other formats to the podcasts on one2one and get more visitors. More ...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/23/2006
Christophe Lauer changed blog location and role
Congratulations to the new job as an evangelist for Web and Windows Live at D&PE France. BTW,...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/23/2006
Windows Principles - 12 Tenets
Neil posts about the (new) Windows Principles. Scoble hasn't yet. More ...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/21/2006
Ship of Fools
Life is a ride on a cruise ship. Who's your captain? More...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/21/2006
A new blog is like a new bed
I just tried my new bed a.k.a. blog.Please check out the new webblog:...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/19/2006
64-Bit Insider Newsletter final issues posted
Finally I was able to upload the missing 3 issues of the 64-bit Insider. Unfortunately they do not...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/19/2006
New Itanium doubles performance
In an Intel press release you can read about Intel's promise to double the performance with the new...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/19/2006