http://www.digwin.com/user/sramesh/voted/new digWin: Community news sharing for Microsoft Techies. en http://www.digwin.com/systools-vcard-export-tool SysTools vCard Export tool to convert Outlook Contacts to vCard File. Software also allows you to convert Outlook Contacts to Windows Address Book (WAB) & Excel file. http://www.digwin.com/the-autodiscover-song So, how exactly do you encourage developers to adopt good development practices when such practices are not explicitly enforced?  We thought about embroidered socks and matching hats, but that was universally frowned upon.  Whitepapers and technical articles are good options, but in the end it was decided that Autodiscover was too important of a http://www.digwin.com/directx-enduser-runtimes-june-2008 This download provides the DirectX end-user multi-languaged redistributable that developers can include with their product. The redistributable license agreement covers the terms under which developers may use the Redistributable. For full details please review the DirectX SDK EULA.txt and DirectX Redist.txt files located in the license directory. http://www.digwin.com/virtual-earth-aspnet-control-confirmed-for-july We talked about it at ReMIX Australia, Angus Logan got grilled over when it will be put into the hands of developers and now the release is set, the Virtual Earth ASP.NET control will be shipped in the Windows Live Tools July CTP. This is great news for ASP.NET developers. A proper ASP.NET toolbox control with support from Microsoft will allow http://www.digwin.com/bioshock-3-on-its-way Bioshock 3 On Its Way http://www.digwin.com/cloud-computing-and-what-it-means-for-the-grid This has been increasingly realized by all quarters of the industry and hence we see major companies jumping on the bandwagon: Microsoft’s Live Mesh, Google’s App Engine, IBM and SAP’s effort with the EU on Reservoir etc.). ... http://www.digwin.com/whats-new-in-silverlight-2-beta-2 Silverlight 2 Beta 2 includes a number of incremental improvements based on customer feedback.   Changes include improvements to controls, templating, Deep Zoom, performance, further compatibility with WPF, and much more.  For a full list of changes, see below: · Animation 1. Support for animating custom data points 2. Object Animation http://www.digwin.com/gta-iv-dlc-delayed GTA IV DLC Delayed http://www.digwin.com/gamestop-gives-up-on-zune-inquirer Gamestop gives up on Zune Inquirer - 5 hours ago By Nick Farrell: Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 9:30 AM US RETAILER Gamestop has decided not to bother selling Microsoft's Zune any more because no one wants it. Microsoft's Gamestop Zune Response ... http://www.digwin.com/microsoft-to-discontinue-yahoo-quest Tokyo, Japan (CaymanMama.com) -- CNN reported that the Chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, announced the company is not pursuing any other deal after the withdrawal of more than $40 billion takeover offer for Yahoo. ... http://www.digwin.com/7-ways-to-protect-yourself-on-a-public-computer In Internet Explorer 7, go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Content. In the AutoComplete panel, click the Settings button and uncheck the Prompt Me to Save Passwords checkbox. Deselect the other AutoComplete features as well. ... http://www.digwin.com/internet-explorer-7-and-booleans I am attempting to understand an issue with Internet Explorer, a boolean value, and SOAP. I have a boolean that I set as an override flag in some SOAP which I create (by hand because it must be created that way to handle some tricky ... http://www.digwin.com/inside-microsofts-war-against-google It's April, and Microsoft's top US salesman for online advertising, Keith Lorizio, is visiting clients in New York City. In a midtown office tower, he sits down with Nicholas Utton, the gregarious chief marketing officer at online ... http://www.digwin.com/microsoft-not-pulling-xp-sp3-again-so-far Reports of the reboot problem are cropping up on Microsoft forums and other sites across the Web. Microsoft resumed Windows Update delivery of XP SP3 this week, after temporarily halting its distribution due to an incompatibility ... http://www.digwin.com/microsoft-to-limit-capabilities-of-cheap-laptops Microsoft is launching a program to promote the use of its Windows OS in ultra low-cost PCs, one effect of which will be to limit the hardware capabilities of this type of device, IDG News Service has learned. ... http://www.digwin.com/app-review-bblightkeep-your-display-lit-on-command Ever tried to watch a video and your display kept going dark because of the backlight timeout? The maximum time you can set it for is 2 minutes but normally I have mine set to 30 seconds to save on battery charge. What about when you’re a passenger* in a car using Google Maps or BlackBerry Maps to help with directions–same problem? Have to keep http://www.digwin.com/microsofts-bid-for-yahoo-is-all-about-bigbudget-brand-advertising Microsoft's Bid for Yahoo Is All About Big-Budget Brand Advertising Advertising online has seen its ups and downs over the years, but despite Google's having emerged as the industry leader, Yahoo impresses with its graphics-intensive ... http://www.digwin.com/are-cookies-evil-what-service-do-cookies-perform-in-a-web-browser This is very different from desktop applications like Microsoft Excel that you run on your computer. The web server sees all page requests as individual requests for pages, not as a continuous visit from you. ... http://www.digwin.com/setup-sharepoint-my-sites-via-managed-path-in-own-content-db Go to “Application Management” and select “Content Databases” under “SharePoint Web Application Management”; Select the ‘http://mywebapp’ web application. And select “Add Content Database”; Create a new DB and name it: ... http://www.digwin.com/microsoft-sharepoint-cant-scale-but-people-want-it-anyway SharePoint, however, isn’t without issues that users should consider, including the fact that it does not scale well given the way it stores data in SQL Server, a concern Microsoft is working to answer in the next version likely to ship ... http://www.digwin.com/microsoft-deployment-toolkit-mdt-2008-has-been-released MDT 2008 extends existing functionality to deploy Windows Vista® SP1 and Windows Server® 2008 for both Lite Touch and Zero Touch deployments using Systems Management Server 2003 and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007. ... http://www.digwin.com/microsoft-word-under-attack Microsoft has confirmed reports of vulnerability in Word that allows an attacker to exploit a system via the Microsoft Jet Database Engine, which shares data with Access, Visual Basic and third party applications. ... http://www.digwin.com/hands-on-with-microsoft-office-live-workspace Microsoft is synonymous with the ubiquitous Windows operating system. But its Microsoft Office productivity suite pulls in more revenue than any version of Windows. Competition from Web-hosted productivity applications like Google Docs and Zoho Office has changed the rules of the application-suite game, however, threatening Microsoft's desktop http://www.digwin.com/installing-microsoft-forefront-security-for-sharepoint-with-sp1-1 A quick start guide to Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint. Step 1: Installation. Click setup.exe; Click Next on the Welcome page; Click Next to accept the licence agreement; Enter User Name and Company Name and click Next ... http://www.digwin.com/windows-2008-heroes-happen-here-launch Yesterday saw me and two colleagues heading to Birmingham ICC centre to take part in some talks about Microsoft Windows 2008 Server. Manged to sit in on 3 talks in total about varying aspects of Windows 2008 such as new security ... http://www.digwin.com/adding-disk-to-cluster-on-windows-2008 The Cluster Guys have a nice post about a few ways to add a disk to a windows 2008 cluster. I would like to see a similar post for windows 2003 clusters. They don’t seem to allow comments so I’m creating my own post and sending them a ... http://www.digwin.com/microsoft-supports-flash-in-their-mobile-devices But, Microsoft do want their Windows Mobile devices to be more competitive. Microsoft has signed a deal with Adobe for Flash Lite and Reader LE. That means Windows Mobile devices Internet Explorer will be able to play Flash in the ... http://www.digwin.com/microsoft-seen-buying-yahoo-without-raising-price SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp’s offer to buy Yahoo Inc will likely succeed, but it may not be the best use of the company’s ample cash reserves, according to a poll of analysts by Reuters. VIEW ORIGINAL ARTICLE. http://www.digwin.com/groove-2007-trial-unable-to-create-new-workspace NOTE: I have used pre-Microsoft Groove Virtual Office for (literally) years. I just downloaded the Groove 2007 trial software. I am running Vista Home Premium. Much to my chagrin, I cannot create a New Workspace: when I attempt to do ... http://www.digwin.com/online-users-spin-a-web-for-advertisers WEB Microsoft, Google launch ad platforms owing to the growing consumer Internet market.At a time when the consumer Internet market is witnessing a boom, online users are likely to spend Rs 9210 crore on buying and selling goods or ...