Windows Vista Beta2 CPP Download

http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/beta2/en/x86/download.htm

http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2/en/x86/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_x86fre_client-LB2CFRE_EN_DVD.iso
http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2/en/x64/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_x64fre_client-LB2CxFRE_EN_DVD.iso

http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/beta2/de/x86/download.htm

http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2/de/x86/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_x86fre_client-LB2CFRE_DE_DVD.iso
http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2/de/x64/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_x64fre_client-LB2CxFRE_DE_DVD.iso

http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/beta2/jp/x86/download.htm

http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2/jp/x86/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_x86fre_client-LB2CFRE_JA_DVD.iso
http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2/jp/x64/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_x64fre_client-LB2CxFRE_JA_DVD.iso

You will need to sign up to get a trial Product Key

2007 Office Beta 2 Download

Microsoft Office 12 renamed to Microsoft Office 2007 System and now named as 2007 Microsoft Office System Beta 2 has been released to testers.

Everyone can download trial version from Ms site

http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/programs/default.mspx

Gmail Hosted Invite

Just received invitation for previous beta testing forms submitted.

nikhilbendre.info

bendre.org

nikhilbendre.com

August23.info Update

Just got accepted for Gmail Email hosting
Now Email hosting for August23.info now hosted on "Gmail for Domain"

Access to Control Panel for managing settings and users @

http://www.google.com/hosted/august23.info

and can access Emails from Gmail Site

MS OfficeLive Beta Testing

Just recd a MS OfficeLive ProductKey.

Registered a new Domain bendre.org for Beta testing.

Getting the site setup in coming days...

Nikhil

Nikhil is a word in Hindi and Sanskrit that means "All", "Entire", "Complete", or "Whole" as in the Universe. Sanskrit fragmentation of the word yields: Ni (without) + Kh (sky or boundary) + L (agreed or liked) . It is also a popular male name amongst Hindus. Akhil is a similar-sounding synonym of Nikhil in Hindi and Sanskrit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikhil

Windows Starter 2007

Windows Starter 2007 Beta edition now listed on Ms Connect site for testing.

You can sign-up for this on http://connect.microsoft.com
Click Available Programs and click apply to Windows Starter 2007 Beta

Still no Downloads or ProductKeys listed.

Upgrade Windows 2003 to Windows 2003 R2

This article discusses how to upgrade Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) to Windows Server 2003 R2. This article does not discuss how to upgrade earlier versions of the Windows operating system to Windows Server 2003 R2. This article assumes that Windows Server 2003 SP1 is already installed.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;912309

100th Comic

TheComicProject just posted 100th comic...

This site just brings back old memories :-)

Keep the good work going fellows .. awaiting the next century

Windows LiveMail Support

The Windows Live Mail Support team has just launched http://spaces.msn.com/mail-support/, a blog dedicated to helping Windows Live Mail users like you get answers to the most common problems. They'll continue to update the blog as they find out about more common issues

http://spaces.msn.com/mail-support/


Blog of WindowLiveMail Team
http://spaces.msn.com/mailcall/

Google Beta Testing "Gmail For Your Domain"

From slashdot.org

"Google is looking for organizations to beta test its new hosted email service. From the information page: 'This special beta test lets you give Gmail, Google's webmail service, to every user at your domain. Gmail for your domain is hosted by Google, so there's no hardware or software for you to install or maintain.' The beta test is limited, but Google is accepting open applications."

https://www.google.com/hosted/Home

Currently San José City College testing this beta

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/big-mail-on-campus.html

Have applied for hosting the email service for my domain. Just keeping my fingers crossed. ;-)

OPK eXtender

OPK eXtender (OPX).The OPX is an OPK powertoy that adds system builder-specific features to the OPK.
Technical Support for the OPX
The OPK eXtender powertoy is in English only. It is not part of the Windows OPK and is not supported by Microsoft. For this reason, Microsoft System Builder Technical Support (sbst@microsoft.com) is unable to answer questions about OPX. If you have any feedback or questions about OPX, please contact us at opx@microsoft.com.

You would also need WindowsXP SP2 OPK to be downloaded from the OEM Builder site

Read the OPX EULA and download the OPX. Regsiterd OEM system builders only

August 23

you ask why ... August23 ?????

coz that my Birthday!!!!!!!

Here more trivia for that day

August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap
years), with 130 days remaining

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23

Chronicles of Narnia

Narnia is a fantasy world created by the Anglo-Irish author C. S. Lewis as a location for his Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children.

In Narnia, animals can talk, mythical beasts abound, and magic is common. The series tracks the story of Narnia from its creation to its end, and especially the stories of those humans, usually children, who enter the land from 'our world'.

More info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narnia

Inside the Dell PC Restore Partition

Inside the Dell PC Restore Partition
An Exploration by Dan Goodell

Recent Dell computers are shipped with three partitions: a hidden Dell
Utility partition, the main (Windows) operating system partition, and
a hidden Dell PC Restore partition. DSR ("Dell System Restore") is a
feature that returns a computer to its "as shipped" state through the
use of the two specialized Dell partitions

http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore