Streets and Trips 2010 (60-Day Trial) - Every trip is a good one with Microsoft Streets & Trips 2010! With tools and features to help you create custom routes, set driving preferences, plan breaks, and calculate travel costs, this trip planning software makes travel easier, whether you're going around town or anywhere across the U.S. and Canada. As the #1 best-selling travel and map software, it gets you where you're going quickly, easily, and without all the guesswork.

 

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MapPoint 2010 (60-Day Trial) [North America] gives you the power to visualize business data and communicate insights with instant impact. Before you hit the road, plug in your stops and MapPoint plots the most efficient course with turn-by-turn driving directions. MapPoint 2010 with GPS Locator adds routing and directions to easily plan your trips and track your location in real-time.

MapPoint Add-Ins:

 

• MapPoint OLAP (COM) Wizard Add-in allows you to perform queries on OLAP cube (.cub) files and create data maps from the query results.
• MapPoint SQL Server Add-in - View your SQL data on a map using the MapPoint Add-in for SQL Server.
• MapPoint Spatial Data Import COM Add-in allows you to import ESRI SHAPE (.shp) and MapInfo Data (.mif) files into MapPoint.

 

Security on Your Terms Walkthrough & Quick Tour describes some of the new or changed security features in Windows 7. These features include the new Action Center and the updated UAC. This article also describes how Windows 7 extends BitLocker Drive Encryption to portable storage devices.

FAQ = Security Frequently Asked Questions answers questions about security in Windows 7, which includes features like Security Development Lifecycle, User Account Control, Kernel Patch Protection, Windows Service Hardening, Address Space Layout Randomization, and Data Execution Prevention.

 

 

Location Aware Printing Walkthrough & Quick Tour provides a brief tour of the new Location Aware Printing feature in Windows 7 (available in Windows 7 Professional or higher). These instructions assume that your computer is connected to at least two networks.

FAQ = Location Aware Printing Frequently Asked Questions answers questions about using the Location Aware Printing feature in Windows 7.

What’s New? The following guidelines have been added or updated since our last update:

 

• Windows UX Design Principles
• Touch
• Desktop
• Taskbar
• Notification Area
• Notifications
• Windows Desktop Gadgets
• Start Menu
• User Account Control
• Layout

The Bing SDK for iPhone & Mac provides:

• The ability to easily query Bing from within your Cocoa or Cocoa Touch application.
• Perform both synchronous and asynchronous queries.
• Search Bing for Web, Image, Video, News, and Phonebook results.

--> Download Bing SDK for iPhone & Mac

NOTE:  In the download section you can also get a quick "getting started" doc and the full documentation for all the objects and classes in the library.

Some of the features and improvements include the following:

New Windows Server & Client Version Support

 

• Integration with Windows Server 2008 R2
• Support for the BranchCache feature on Windows Server 2008 R2
• Support for Windows 7 clients

WSUS Feature Improvements

 

• Auto-Approval Rules: Auto-approval rules now include the ability to specify the approval deadline date and time for all computers or specific computer groups.
• Update Files and Languages: Improved handling of language selection for downstream servers includes a new warning dialog that appears when you decide to download updates only for specified languages.
• Easy Upgrade: WSUS 3.0 SP2 can be installed as an in-place upgrade from earlier versions of WSUS and preserves all settings and approvals. The user interface is compatible between WSUS 3.0 SP1 and SP2 on the client and the server.
• Reports: New Update and Computer Status reports let you filter on updates that are approved for installation. You can run these reports from the WSUS console or use the API to incorporate this functionality into your own reports.

Software Updates

 

• Stability and reliability fixes are included for the WSUS server, such as support for IPV6 addresses that are longer than 40 characters.
• The approval dialog now sorts computer groups alphabetically by group name.
• Computer status report sorting icons are now functional in x64 environments.
• A new release of Windows Update Agent is included with WSUS 3.0 SP2 that provides improvements and fixes, such as support for APIs called by nonlocal system callers in a noninteractive session.

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Deployment Guide describes how to deploy Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 (WSUS 3.0 SP2). You will find a comprehensive description of how WSUS functions, as well as descriptions of WSUS scalability and bandwidth management features. This guide also offers procedures for installation and configuration of the WSUS server and how to configure client workstations and servers that will be updated by WSUS. Also included are steps for setting up a WSUS server on an isolated segment of your network and manually importing updates.

Features and Fixes highlights the feature improvements and important software updates provided in the Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (WSUS 3.0 SP2) release.

Knowledge Base Article KB972455 - Description of Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2

 

Operations Guide describes how to manage Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 (WSUS 3.0 SP2). You will find best practices and instructions for managing updates, maintaining client computers and groups, and running reports. This guide also offers server and client troubleshooting information.

 

Release Notes describe the Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (WSUS 3.0 SP2) release. This document contains the following sections: What’s New in This Release System Requirements for the WSUS 3.0 SP2 Server Installation Configuration Prerequisites and Best Practice Recommendations for the WSUS Server Windows Small Business Server Prerequisites System Requirements for the WSUS 3.0 SP2 Remote Console Installation System Requirements for Client Installation Upgrade Requirements and Recommendations Installing WSUS 3.0 SP2 Setup Command-line Parameters for Unattended WSUS 3.0 SP2 Installations Known Issues

Step By Step Guide provides detailed instructions for installing Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 (WSUS 3.0 SP2) using either Windows Server Manager or the WUSSetup.exe file. This guide also contains basic setup instructions for WSUS 3.0 SP2 using either Windows Server Manager or the WSUS Server Configuration Wizard.

The 50 Bing Tips are broken down into five categories:

1. Finding Information - From doing math without a calculator to getting definitions, use Bing to find this information quickly and easily.
2. Research and Collaboration - Bing is great for Internet research and sharing that research for others. Find out how with these suggestions.
3. Images and Videos - Use images and videos easily and more quickly with Bing to find the information you need.
4. Travel - Whether you are going home for the holidays or traveling to the next big conference, use these tips to help facilitate your travel with Bing.
5. Mobile - Just because you stepped out of the library or away from class doesn’t mean you can’t still access the benefits of Bing. Find out what you can do with Bing and your mobile.

--> Click Here for "50 Fantastic Bing Tricks"

Languages:

 

• Arabic
• Brazilian Portuguese
• Bulgarian
• Chinese – Simplified
• Chinese – Traditional – Hong Kong
• Chinese – Traditional – Taiwan (released at a later date)
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• English
• Estonian
• Finnish
• French
• German
• Greek
• Hebrew
• Hindi
• Hungarian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Lithuanian
• Norwegian
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Romanian
• Russian
• Serbian Latin
• Slovak
• Slovenian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Thai
• Turkish
• Ukrainian

NOTE: Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) not eligible for these language packs.

 

ImageResizer PowerToy <Right-Click> quickly resizes one or many image files.  (Thanks Aviraj)

--> Download ImageResizer PowerToy 2.0

• Windows 7 Search - The Windows Search Walkthrough provides a brief tour of new search features in Windows 7. Windows Search Frequently Asked Questions answers questions about Windows Search.
• Windows 7 Search: Walkthrough - The step-by-step instructions in this walkthrough provide a brief tour of new search features in Windows 7. These instructions assume that the sample pictures and music that come with Windows 7 are still on the computer.
• Windows 7 Search: Frequently Asked Questions answers questions about Windows Search, which provides a solution for browsing and finding information—whether that information is stored on your hard disk, connected file shares, document portals, or Web sites.

• Windows Internet Explorer 8: Frequently Asked Questions answers questions about using Windows Internet Explorer 8.
• Windows Internet Explorer 8: Walkthrough step-by-step instructions in this walkthrough provide a brief tour of the new search features in Windows Internet Explorer 8.

 

"THE" OneNote 2007 PowerToy (an acronym for Text, Highlighted, Extractor) - When you click the button, a new page named "Highlighted Text" is created in the current section. The highlighted text from the current page is copied to it. OneNote then opens the new page.

--> Download "THE" OneNote 2007 PowerToy

 

This year's Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC09) website has a free "StarTrek-Like" Windows Font available for download.  (Thanks Dave)

--> Download & Install "SquaredPC" Windows 7 (otf) Font

Although "NET PRINT" funtionality was removed, there's a VBScript prnjobs.vbs that performs similar tasks.

prnjobs.vbs is located: %windir%\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US

 

NOTE: Run  prnjobs.vbs –?  to display the help info

• Meeting Requests Maps: Add maps to your meeting requests and emails so your customers, colleagues or friends can easily find you. You simply click add map and the new map selection window will pop up.
• Contacts Maps: Once you've installed our tool, you will also be able to add maps to your contacts. Directions, maps or Bird’s Eye views are now just a click away.
• Signature Maps: The new Signature Maps feature lets you easily add a map of any address to your email signature.  The tool lets you insert a mini map, a map icon or just a text link into your email signature. All your email recipients have to do is click the link once to see a Multimap location of where you are! You can edit or add a new location anytime.

--> Download "Multimap" Add-in for Outlook 2007

 

The Technologies Covered Include:

 

• Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
• Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5
• Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization
• Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Books Content:

1. Microsoft’s Virtualization Solution
2. Server Virtualization – Hyper-V
3. Managing Virtualization – VMM 2008
4. Application Virtualization – App-V
5. Presentation Virtualization – Terminal Services
6. Desktop Virtualization – MED-V and VDI
7. User State Virtualization
8. Building a Virtualization Infrastructure

--> Download Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions

Bookmarks2LiveWriter plug-in generates a blog entry with your Delicious bookmarks automatically. You can set a date filter for your bookmarks, and use the results preview to format your links before inserting them to your blog.

--> Download Bookmarks2LiveWriter

 

BlackBerry Media Sync - Synchronizes your desktop iTunes or Windows Media Player music files with your BlackBerry smartphone. (Thanks Vikram)

--> Download BlackBerry Media Sync

 

Dell has begun posting their "Dell Certified Windows 7 Drivers" for many of their commercial systems. 

--> Download Windows 7 Drivers from Dell

What's New-and-Improved?

1. It’s easy to create beautiful videos. Movie Maker can create great looking movies in under a minute. Just add your photos and videos to Movie Maker, and select your music, then click the Auto Movie button. Auto Movie will knit those photos and videos together with striking effects and transitions, and even fit them to a soundtrack of your choosing. Basic movie – done. If you want to spend more time editing your video clips, adding animations, or visual effects you can, but the heavy lifting is done for you in less than a minute.
2. More customization features easily add polish to your movie. You told us after the beta came out that you’d like more transitions, effects, and video editing features. The new Movie Maker has more than 60 transitions, 18 pan and zoom options, and 20 visual effects that you can apply to photos or videos, plus video trim, split, and fade capabilities. As a movie maker myself, I love the range of rich editing capabilities in this version and particularly like being able to auto-preview transitions like cross-fade, dissolve, pixelate, and shatter by hovering over the effect and watching it in real time.
3. It’s simple to share your movie. Videos are for sharing, so Movie Maker makes it easy to share online with a few clicks. Post your video to YouTube right from the main menu, or add a quick plug-in and easily publish to Facebook. We will be adding more plug-ins to popular sharing sites in the future. You can also burn your creation to a DVD or save it in high definition to play on your TV. Save it down to a smaller format and transfer it to a mobile device or send it via e-mail.
4. It works great with Windows 7. With Windows 7 and Windows Live Movie Maker it’s easy to get your photos and videos off your camera and onto your PC. You’ll also get increased capabilities for creating HD movies and enjoy support for additional file formats – including QuickTime formats, AVCHD and .MPEG4. And most importantly, if you use Office or Windows already, you’ll find Movie Maker easy to navigate because it uses a similar design.

 

--> Watch YouTube "Introduction & Walkthrough New Windows Live Movie Maker"

 

--> Download New Windows Live Movie Maker