IE8

Slipstream Integration for Windows Vista DVD

Richard Green on 6th May 2009

So I know that Windows 7 is Release Candidate now, but that doesn’t mean people don’t still want to install Windows Vista, and what a better time to rebuild your Vista box if you don’t fancy the step to 7 than now?

I spent a few hours last night working on my Vista image on my WDS (Windows Deployment Server) and I’m really happy with it. I’ve never really meddled with the Vista DVD much in the past because I got confused by the Windows Image format and how to service it initially but once you get your head round it, it’s really easy.

I’ve now got a Vista DVD with the following integrated:

Service Pack 2 RTM
Internet Explorer 8 RTM
Remote Server Administration Tools

Windows 7 Build 7068

Richard Green on 1st April 2009

So I took the plunge deeper into the Beta pool today and upgraded to Windows 7 x86 Build 7068. This build has lots of improvements over the Build x86 7000 build which was the original public build.

RTM of Internet Explorer 8

Richard Green on 19th March 2009

Microsoft have just announced the RTM build of Internet Explorer 8 at Mix 09.

You can get the download from http://www.microsoft.com/ie8

My only gripe is that I’m using Windows 7, so I’m still stuck with the Beta 🙁

Long Time No Post, but PDC Rocks

Richard Green on 6th November 2008

So it’s been a while since I wrote anything on here since my latest outbursts against Virgin Media due to their inability to provide us with broadband, and low and behold we still don’t have our super fast 20MB internet.

Virgin rescheduled us for late October and the day before the appointment called to cancel because there is no T-Piece outside our property and they need to get council planning permission to install the piece so we are now going to be waiting until November 14th.

Why on earth they couldn’t have just seen in advance that they needed this piece and that they could have done the work in the three weeks between our first and most recent appointments I don’t know! Bless their little cotton socks.

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Review

Richard Green on 4th April 2008

A few days ago I saw that Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 was being made publicly available so I thoguht I would give it a stab and see if Microsoft had done any good with this, because I personally feel that IE7 wasn’t released all that long ago and there wasn’t really much need for a new browser jsut yet.

After getting it installed which was a bit of a polava due to needing to install a patch for Windows XP which didn’t want to install straight up, I couldn’t see too much difference, except for the fact that half of the internet doesn’t work properly.