Category: Microsoft General

Microsoft will launch Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010 all together on October 12th, they call it the new efficiency launch event.  This made me recall last time they launched three products in year 2000.  I was the guest speaker in the roadshow when Microsoft China launched Windows 2000 Server, Exchange Server 2000 and SQL Server 2000.  As a product manager from Compaq, then key partner of Microsoft, I travelled with MS guys to Suzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou and Wuhan for two weeks, delivered the ProLiant Advantage presentations of the Compaq ProLiant server and StorageWorks to thousands of people from partners and customers.  ProLiant was the key platform MS developed and tested their server systems on.  One and a half year later, ProLiant became the flagship of new HPQ, and I started my transformation too.  Maybe, in several years, I will move back to product marketing or technical sales.  Who knows.

For people who use notepad to write down any info on a day to day basis (like diary):

1. Open a blank Notepad file

2. Write .LOG as the first line of the file, followed by a enter. Save the file and close it.

3. Double-click the file to open it and notice that Notepad appends the current date and time to the end of the file and places the cursor on the line after.

4. Type your notes and then save and close the file.

5. Each time you open the file, Notepad repeats the process, appending the time and date to the end of the file and placing the cursor below it.

 

I successfully installed Windows 7 RC Build 7100 on Virtual Server 2005 R2.  Everything looks good, except the default desktop is a golden fish swimming towards the Recycle Bin, quite weird.

When it restarts, it shows Windows 7 Ultimate

More to come …