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# Xavier said on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 5:46 PM

Oh man, a Microsoft (M$) MVP! What should I expect from this kind of person. Man, get a life and read some books, you are just a damn piece of the Matrix!

# me said on Friday, August 14, 2009 5:19 PM

I thought the problem with stealing is that there is an injured (or stolen from) party. The music industry is doing great, 90% of music downloaded is done so illegally. Money is still being spent on music. People are going to more concerts and the music people are downloading is stuff they would not pay for anyway.

There is a video from the editor of wired I watched on their website, if it's not their it'll be on youtube somewhere I'm sure, he's also wrote a book about it. going into detail about the above.

This situation is very different from stealing a car. And as a Canadian judge ruled, is far more like photocopying a page from a book in a library.

# The World According to Mitch said on Friday, October 16, 2009 1:14 PM

Back when I was a computer support technician I used to carry a binder of CDs and DVDs, including (but

# The World According to Mitch said on Sunday, October 18, 2009 11:57 AM

My wife’s 17” HP Pavillion laptop broke; when I say that it broke I do not mean that the OS crashed or

# HandyAndy said on Sunday, October 18, 2009 1:17 PM

I think this article is screaming for a picture of the damaged laptop

# Rami said on Sunday, October 25, 2009 2:17 AM

I might hav taken it as I have two busted laptops at home both unusable and one of them happens to be an HP that I would have jimmied the MoBo into if it fit.

# Craig Sunderland said on Sunday, November 15, 2009 11:11 AM

Hey, I was wondering if you could add OS' like 98se, XP and so on that do not have 'identifiable Operating Systems' when trying to import the ISO images... If you know of a workaround that would be fantastic

# Stephen Ibaraki said on Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:20 PM

Mitch, you are doing some amazing work--sorry I missed you on your last trip to the West Coast.

# Chantelle said on Monday, December 07, 2009 3:44 PM

Very valid rebuttal. That's why you're an MVP! You certainly know the technology.

# Mog said on Tuesday, December 08, 2009 12:13 PM

a good, well thought out article and hits almost all nails on the head. However I do disagree on one point, that being the UI being no mean hardship for a user past ten minutes. You obviously have never watched a pensioner who struggled but endured xp attempt to adapt to the new UI.

To not have a "classic option" dotted in the relevent places is a little unthoughtful really. I'm more the adept with using various operating systems and for the most part have dealt with the UI change. While I prefered a classic start menu I am okay with the new style. But to not at least include the tickbox to disable program scrolling miffed me. It's not a lot to ask really imo.

Remember some people struggle like hell with computers, it's like an alien concept to them. Microsoft could cater for these people a little more sometimes. I was equally disapointed in this regard when they started shuffling the UI and folder locations in Vista because to me it didn't render them more accessible, it was just something else to remember everytime the computer got turned on. For me a minor gripe but for older generations it's a huge turnoff.

# Jan Spring said on Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:50 AM

Mitch,

4MB footprint! Other than that, perfection!!!!!!!!!

# The World According to Mitch said on Monday, December 21, 2009 11:45 AM

For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit go.microsoft.com

# Andy said on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:19 PM

What a great feature! I have not been able to try this out yet but as soon as I get Bluetooth for my PC I'm going to use it! Thanks for sharing this fantastic tip!

We'd love to hear more at www.facebook.com/windowscanada

Andy

Windows Canada

# Linda Moore said on Thursday, December 24, 2009 4:39 PM

Mitch, this feature sounds great.

Thanks,

Linda

# The Energized Tech said on Thursday, January 21, 2010 6:07 PM

I had to deploy a new DC at work to take advantage of some of the management capabilities supplied in Server 2008 R2 (Powershell Active Directory Modules) but wanted this DC to be Special. Yep “Special”. I wanted a REAL DC. CORE. Secure. Restricted. Bet

# Rainer said on Sunday, February 07, 2010 2:20 AM

After i update the deployment share i create a new media and the result is a list of empty folders with no content. what a i doing wrong i followed the instructions to the letter added windwos Xp and windows 7 along with their tasks.

# Status said on Saturday, March 06, 2010 11:40 AM

I guess it proved, as I predicted, to be not so essential after all. Microsoft attributes the discontinuation to "new IT trends" but the product is less than two years old and the trends were taking shape long before that. In fact, in the post linked

# Actualités said on Monday, March 08, 2010 4:18 AM

Microsoft is discontinuing its Essential Business Server (EBS) product family , company officials said