VT's Blog
The Blog of Viral Tarpara A Smart 27 year old's thoughts on Windows, Cloud Computing, Collaboration, and Productivity
Are You a School that’s Considering GMAIL? Outlook Live is Better and FREE!
Many of you have heard of Live@EDU from Microsoft which offers the below for FREE!: 10 GB Outlook...
Author: viralta Date: 04/22/2009
Sun Acquired by Oracle to Make “Apple of the Enterprise”
In a surprise move, Sun Microsystems has been bought by Oracle. The details are still a little...
Author: viralta Date: 04/22/2009
Office 2003 and Windows XP Leave Mainstream Support on April 14th
Microsoft’s standard support policies dictate that mainstream support will provide free fixes for...
Author: viralta Date: 04/06/2009
Microsoft Drops SharePoint Designer Price – Free as in Beer
The SharePoint Team blog has detailed a great new announcement organizations looking to customize...
Author: viralta Date: 04/06/2009
Microsoft Open Sources ASP.NET MVC 1.0 with BSD-like MS-PL License
Scott Guthrie details one of Microsoft’s new foray’s into FOSS software. For those of you...
Author: viralta Date: 04/06/2009
How My Stomach Was Gutted When Reading This April Fool’s Article
Today is April 2nd and I make it a habit to avoid the internet on April Fool’s Day because as a...
Author: viralta Date: 04/02/2009
From RedHat CEO: Linux Desktop is Irrelevant
I found this InfoWorld article very interesting because it validates Microsoft’s strategy for the...
Author: viralta Date: 03/31/2009
The New Face of Windows Mobile – Take 6.5
There were a lot of new interesting announcements at Mix09 in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. One...
Author: viralta Date: 03/28/2009
Windows 7 Rookies – Adam, Age 8, vs Dave, Age 81
Watch who can make a slideshow faster? Watch in HD download Live Photo Gallery at...
Author: viralta Date: 03/23/2009
Dealing with Error Code 1603 for .NET 3.5 Deployments
This blog post has some tips. If you produce a verbose log file during the .NET 3.5 update, it...
Author: viralta Date: 03/19/2009
Windows 7 Rookies – Alexa, Age 7, vs Allen, Age 76
Talk about suspense. Learn more about Rookies on the Microsoft website! As usual, check out...
Author: viralta Date: 03/16/2009
Running Windows 7 Beta on a Macbook
Ars Technica is one of my favorite online publications. They consistently provide lightweight...
Author: viralta Date: 03/11/2009
How To: Open All Office Applications in 0.5 Seconds!
Did you ever wish you could defrag your workstation in 3 seconds? Have you ever accidentally...
Author: viralta Date: 03/10/2009
How to Upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7 Using USMT
In my earlier article I discussed a strategy about how to upgrade Windows XP machines to Windows 7...
Author: viralta Date: 03/09/2009
Need to Validate Windows 7 Application Compatibility? Use ACT 5.0
Microsoft releases a lot of free tools and high quality documentation for IT Pros. When I do...
Author: viralta Date: 03/09/2009
Windows 7 Rookies – Adam, Age 8, Creates a Music Slideshow
Watch this same video in HD (Silverlight required) on the Microsoft website It should be stated that...
Author: viralta Date: 03/09/2009
Windows 7 Cuts Cord to Internet Explorer
Windows 7 Engineering today confirmed that that Windows 7 will allows users and IT Pros the ability...
Author: viralta Date: 03/06/2009
Windows 7 Feedback Stats That Will Make Your Mind Explode
Many of you reading my blog may have heard about the Windows 7 Engineering Blog. This is the...
Author: viralta Date: 03/04/2009
Tip of the Day - Outlook 2007: Minimize to Get More Usable Screen Space
People often comment how my Outlook screen looks so different from most peoples screens. Most...
Author: viralta Date: 03/04/2009
Green Virtualization Consolidation Calculator. It’s Really Pretty!
Thanks to Emma, Lady Licensing, for posting about this really cool calculator. Not only does...
Author: viralta Date: 03/03/2009
The Microsoft I Hope to Lead In 2019
Its not uncommon for the uninformed to accuse Microsoft of being free of innovative thought. ...
Author: viralta Date: 03/03/2009
Tip of the Day – Excel: Fill in Blanks in the Spreadsheets the Easy Way
Fill In the Blanks in Spreadsheets the Easy Way Select all the rows in your Microsoft Office Excel...
Author: viralta Date: 03/03/2009
Tips: ‘Group Policy Preferences’ are a Better Alternative to Logon Scripts
One great new feature in Windows Server 2008 is a feature called Group Policy Preferences. ...
Author: viralta Date: 03/02/2009
Windows 7 Rookies – Alexa, Age 7, Shows Off Photo Stitching
Following Kylie about the joys of using Windows Live Photo Gallery, Alexa shows off her...
Author: viralta Date: 03/02/2009
8 Tips for Improving Collaboration and Presentations with Twitter
Olivia Mitchell’s blog is dedicated to improving presentation skills. She has written a great post...
Author: viralta Date: 03/02/2009
Tip of the Day – Word 2007: Quick Line Count and Word Count
Quickly Know How Many Lines or Words You Have Typed One question I get from a lot of people who...
Author: viralta Date: 03/02/2009
Read About DirectAccess and How It Works!
Keith Combs has a great post providing a high-level technical overview of what DirectAccess in...
Author: viralta Date: 02/24/2009
How To Upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7 In-place
There has been a lot of noise about the fact that Microsoft is not providing an in-place upgrade for...
Author: viralta Date: 02/24/2009
How To: Join the Civil Disobedience Movement Against IE6
On Friday, I wrote about how some of the top sites in Norway decided to notify users that they were...
Author: viralta Date: 02/21/2009
Is Going to College Elitist?
Rep J. Gresham Barrett This is not a technical post...
Author: viralta Date: 02/20/2009
Is Dumbing Down IT Technology Concepts the Future of Marketing and Product Satisfaction?
There is a debate inside Microsoft around what IT Pros actually need in terms of content from...
Author: viralta Date: 02/10/2009
Google Licenses Microsoft ActiveSync for Windows Mobile and iPhone Support
At 7:35AM, Google announced that it would release a product called Google Sync for iPhones and...
Author: viralta Date: 02/09/2009
Windows 7 SKUs Not That Bad But I Want Bitlocker Lite
https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/feb09/02-03Win7SKU-QA.mspx My initial reaction to...
Author: viralta Date: 02/03/2009
Firefox and Live Search Finally Play Super Nice
One of the great features about IE8 is the way the search box is provider neutral allowing for a...
Author: viralta Date: 02/02/2009
Rob Weir Wants Students to Pay for Linux and Open Office
I have a really bad habit of occasionally reading Rob Weir’s blog. For those of you who don’t...
Author: viralta Date: 01/29/2009
Windows Legend Mark Russinovich to Talk Windows 7 Feb 12th
It is funny that of all the cultural and literary references in society, a kid’s cartoon movie like...
Author: viralta Date: 01/29/2009
Microsoft Releases Web Sandbox Virtualization Source Code under Apache 2.0 License
Slashdot has posted one the more positive Microsoft posts I can remember in recent time discussing...
Author: viralta Date: 01/29/2009
How To: Capture Perfect Screenshots
I was reading the an article about the IE8 Blocker Toolkit and when reading the comments, someone...
Author: viralta Date: 01/26/2009
Microsoft Simplifies Virtualization Licensing on Windows Server 2008
In some scenarios, Microsoft found that the CAL policy surrounding Hyper-V use made the solution...
Author: viralta Date: 01/19/2009
Toshiba Announces Windows Media Center Extender Support in TVs
My buddy James Senior has a quick post highlighting the new features in Windows 7 Media Center that...
Author: viralta Date: 01/19/2009
How To: Deploy Office Compatibility Pack with an MSI package
KB 952273 The Office Compatibility Pack has been available for a long time as a free EXE download,...
Author: viralta Date: 01/16/2009
Windows 7 Hits it Off at BETT
Here at the BETT stand, day 2, working at the Microsoft Techdesk has been really rewarding. ...
Author: viralta Date: 01/15/2009
Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts for Power Users
I read Tim Sneath’s blog and he had a massive post on some secrets in Windows 7. He had some...
Author: viralta Date: 01/14/2009
Windows 7 Training Videos
My good friend Jamie Burgess was kind enough to upload some great training videos around Windows 7...
Author: viralta Date: 01/12/2009
Where Is My Windows 7 Key?
It has been reported that some MSDN and TechNet subscribers trying to activate Windows 7 Beta...
Author: viralta Date: 01/08/2009
Windows Hosted Virtualization Cheaper than Linux
As a Microsoft employee, this picture just makes my heart tingle. It’s great to know that that...
Author: viralta Date: 01/08/2009