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  • Vista Squad 2nd Reading meeting on 24th May 2007 - Bitlocker and WPF to be discussed

    Did you make it to the 1st Vista Squad event? Well, if you did you will know how well it was appreciated, and if you did not, then time to get down here. The details are: The next Vista Squad meeting is confirmed :) All your favourite superheroes will be in attendance. In addition we have two guest heroes...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Fri, May 11 2007
    Filed under: Windows Vista and XP, Support and Tools, Developer, Community, Windows Client, Windows Vista, Expression
  • Was Vista's arrival a surprises to anyone? No? Then how come so many people were unprepared - hardware vendors, ISVs, even Microsoft to an extent

    Lets start off by saying this is a RANT. If you don't like rants, look away now. I saw this in CRN and it made me laugh and cry. We have seen news that iTunes has undisclosed issues with Vista (even after being fixed ), poor drivers from nVidia and others and even enough to stop a BBC reporter from getting...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Sat, Mar 10 2007
    Filed under: Windows Vista and XP, Support and Tools, System Builder Information, Business, Developer, Community, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Windows Vista, Partner, rant, Application Compatibility
  • Office 2007 and Vista coming in January Action Pack

    [updated - see the FAQ at http://uksbsguy.com/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/02/12/windows-vista-windows-xp-office-2003-and-office-2007-action-pack-update-my-faq.aspx for more information on the benefits of the Action Pack and in answer to the questions raised in the comments] One of the most asked questions...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Fri, Dec 8 2006
    Filed under: Windows Vista and XP, Office System, Support and Tools, Windows SharePoint Services, Developer, Community, Action Pack
  • David Overton moving to a solution / revenue based role (it means I need to help partners sell)

    Many people ask me what I do and sometimes they are amazed with the answer "I help Microsoft Partners build solutions that deliver value to their small business partners – for free". This is a great job and part of it is to engage with as many partners as possible to improve the quality...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Fri, Jul 21 2006
    Filed under: SBS 2003, Windows Vista and XP, Office System, CRM, Support and Tools, System Builder Information, Business, Windows Mobile, Off-topic, Windows Longhorn, Windows SharePoint Services, Virtualisation, Developer, Security, SQL Server, Community
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