It looks like the upgrade went well. Not that any downtime bothers me, as you can see from my posting regularity.

If you install XP SP3 on a clean SP2 box Windows Update will no longer work. Unless you have the newer Windows Update Agent 3.0 your stuck in a hole There is no way to get it via AU or WU or MU only a manual installation can resolve the issue 1. Download the new Agent (but do not Run it yet) to your Desktop (so you can find it below) : X86 Version: http://download.windowsupdate.com/WindowsUpdate/redist/standalone/7.0.6000.381/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe 2. Start, Run, CMD In the black box: net stop

Microsoft has finally publically released the specifications for the Word, Excel and Powerpoint and Office Drawing formats (97-2007) Previously you had to write to Microsoft to obtain them. http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/officebinaryformats.mspx Microsoft Word Word 97-2007 Binary File Format (.doc) Specification PDF | XPS Microsoft PowerPoint PowerPoint 97-2007 Binary File Format (.ppt) Specification PDF | XPS Microsoft Excel Excel 97-2007 Binary File Format (.xls) Specification PDF | XPS

We’d like to let you know about a community lead event taking place in the Sydney Microsoft Office on the weekend of November 3 & 4. The event has been organised by Australian Office- Access MVP, Graham Seach , and is being hosted at the Microsoft Sydney Office at North Ryde. We would like to encourage attendance of staff working as Office Developers. It’s a free event afterall… Office DevCon is a community-driven event aimed squarely at Microsoft Office developers and power-users. It allows

So this is what I got last night (30/08/2007) via Automatic Updates Update for Windows Vista (KB938194) Update type: Recommended This update resolves some compatibility and reliability issues in Windows Vista. By applying this update, you can achieve better reliability and hardware compatibility in various scenarios. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. More information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938194 Update for Windows Vista (KB933360) Update type: Important

Finally they have doe something about this Windows Vista, 32-bit versions Download the 941090 package now. Windows Vista, 64-bit versions Download the 941090 package now.

Update for Windows Vista, 32-bit versions Download the 938979 package now. Update for Windows Vista, 64-bit versions Download the 938979 package now.

According to a press release it will released in Q1 2008. From the Windows Vista Team blog Microsoft's efforts to provide the best Windows experience ever in Windows Vista did not end with its launch. This white paper describes the ways Microsoft strives to continuously improve Windows Vista. It then introduces Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) and describes how the service pack will fit into the ongoing improvement process. You can download the XPS version of the Windows Vista SP1 Beta Whitepaper

So I went to whitepages.com today and got drive by malware trying to load. Looks like making money is more important to them than helping me find a number. I chose cancel then it claims it is analysing my drive and finding porn. Amazing technology as the hard disk wasn't being accessed. Clicking on No has the same effect as clicking on Yes. We will cancel the download and OneCare pops up a warning They should call themselves dvrivebydrivecleaner.com. I see Sandi has been aware of this for awhile

So I finally gave in and installed Vista and Office 2007 on my work machine. I loaded it onto my Tablet PC just before TechEd. I used the betas of all other MS OS's long before they were shipped as my day to day work machines. I just couldn't do it with Vista. I couldn't afford the downtime trying to find simple things that were in unexpected locations. Change for change sakes it seems to me. I notice it is slower than XP. UAC drives me mad, yet I haven't disabled it. IE7 seems to