Thanks for waiting..!

The primary reasons behind this event are,

                        * To learn about Microsoft Strategy from top executives.

                        * To forge new relationships.

                        * Map business plans for the upcoming year.

                        * Hear firsthand how the Partner Program is evolving  to better serve the Partners

The event is very formally organized with following interesting happenings:

                          * Keynotes from a lot of MS key executives including Steve B and industry leader Jack Welch..!

                          * Technical sessions on latest technologies are daily.

                          * Great Contests..!

                          * Amusing Fun filled activities, JAZZ FEST and a lot more..!

     In order to keep you guys updated with all proceedings, we have decided to provide live twitter updates..!

    You can follow me @HilbertV for those updates..! (My twitter page here)

             Now the most welcomed Webcasts on ASP.NET + Cloud Computing is on the go and is scheduled as five sessions from 22nd of June, 2009 to 26th of June,2009. The details are as below:

To take part in this online event, visit: www.microsoft.com/india/webcasts 

Wish you a happing learning..!

               You will not be able to find the Feedback Tool in start menu but rather it could be started by entering the following in Command prompt.

                                   rundll32.exe FeedbackTool.dll,ShowWizard

                   Please do remember that the above is case sensitive. To be productive enough you can create a shortcut as follows:

                                1. Right click on the desktop and select New, Shortcut.

                                2. Enter “rundll32.exe FeedbackTool.dll,ShowWizard” (less the Quotes) in ‘Enter the Location of the Item’ field.

                                3. Click Next, and provide shortcut name as “Send Feedback”.

                                4. Click Finish, and it is done.

                 As Microsoft Claims Windows 7 RC as a stronger build you are limited to report bugs only on the following grounds,

                                  * Issues that Prevent installation or Upgrade.

                                  * Any issues that involve data loss or corruption.

                                  * Security issues.

                                  * Regression from Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7 Beta (Things worked before but not in RC)

                                 * Any application or device issues that prevent you form using Windows 7 as your primary OS.

                                 * Reproducible Crashes or hangs (issues that you cannot reproduce will be captured by CEIP Telemetry).

                     Be sure that you have activated you copy of Windows 7 RC prior to using Feedback tool.

                    Lot of people experienced this issue while trying to install Windows 7 RC. I would like to make it clear that this issue is not in Windows 7 RC Ultimate, which Microsoft claims as the Official Release Candidate. BSoD happens only in the Windows 7 RC Checked/Debug version. Lot of people misunderstood and installed the later one.

                    However the reason for the BSoD here (as suspected by analyzing the Dump files) is a corrupt driver file which crashes during the boot time. It could be confirmed by various ways, as everything goes well till the drivers get loaded.

                    A week later, I came across various posts saying that the BSoD issue is solved in Build 7127, but dear friends it is to be noted that a lot of Windows 7 supporting sites claim that build 7127 is leaked and is not officially released till date.

                  There no need of using a leaked version as the official Windows 7 RC Ultimate is flawless and comfortable.

          Windows 7 RC was available for download from 30th of April, 2009 for the MSDN and TechNet subscribers but now it is available for the public from 5th of May, 2009. You can download it from here.

          However as all Release candidates Windows 7 will also expire and it is good to plan ahead to rebuild your test machines.

The Check points are,

Version	Expiry Date	Start of Bi-hourly Shutdown
Windows 7 Beta	August 1, 2009	July 1, 2009
Windows 7 RC	June 1, 2010	March 1, 2010

             Windows 7 RC is a much more stable version than Windows 7 Beta and indeed it the right kind of OS, I was waiting for..!

        An Official video on the performance of IE8 was released by Microsoft which compares the speed of the various browsers in the market including Firefox 3.05 and Chrome 1.0 with IE8. The test result was encouraging, proving IE 8 to be the fastest browser among its competitors.

         Have a look at the Video..!

         The Results are,

             Internet Explorer 8 Loads faster on

                                  * 5 of the Top 10 websites

                                  * 12 of the Top 25 websites

                                  * 3 Times as many as FireFox

                                  * 1/3 more than Chrome

        Surprising..! I love using Internet Explorer 8..!

Lot of Stuff will be here soon..!

        The Boot camp @ Microsoft IDC was of great enjoyment with Fun filled informative Tech sessions and networking with MS employees from various teams. It is even climbed to be the biggest boot camp ever with 150 MSPs all over India and it went for three full days.

Siddharth Prakash, (Program manager | India MSP Team) handing over the Award to me in Disco Party exclusively for MSPs. On the left most is Mohamed Reza (Team Lease | India MSP Team)

         The sessions and proceedings during the Boot camp were,

Day 1: [ 6th of March, 2009 ]

         1. Address on Internship by MS India Campus Rec Team.

         2. Internship Test for Pre-final year students.

         3. Creative Skit on technology for Fun by MSPs.

Day 2: [ 7th of March, 2009 ]

          1. Keynote – Partima Amonkar (Director Academia, Microsoft)

          2. SQL Server 2008 – Fayaz, Swapna and Preetha (MSIT Business Intelligence Team)

         3. Application development with WM 6.0 – Abhinav Gujjar (MGSI Windows Mobile Team)

            4. Photo shoot

          5. Networking with MS Employees

          6. Application security – Varun Sharma (ACE Team)

          7. The Windows Azure Platform – Archis Gore ( Windows Live Team)

          8. The Three Musketeers:

                         i. Windows 7 – Siddharth Parakash (India MSP Team)

                        ii. IE 8 – Mohamed Reza (India MSP Team)

                             iii. A Presntation in WPF style – Mark D’Souza (India MSP Team)

           9. Disco party and Award distribution.

Day 3 : [ 8th of March, 2009]

            1. Cool Demos by MSPs

            2. Sharing Experience to Kick-Start MSPs – Hilbert V (MSP)

It was an unforgettable experience in my life..!

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