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When I wrote my original review of Windows Live Hotmail, the long-awaited update to Microsoft's venerable and hugely-successful Web mail service, I mentioned two other related Microsoft products, Windows Live Mail (formerly Windows Live Mail...
While the Mac community likes to paint the Windows world as an unsafe haven for spyware, spam, and other electronic attacks, the reality is that Windows users have to do very little to protect themselves. The problem, of course, is that some...
Late on Wednesday, May 30, 2007, Microsoft shipped a new public beta of its Windows Live Mail client, which I briefly discussed in my review of Windows Live Hotmail. Once called Windows Live Mail Desktop (back when Windows Live Hotmail...
It is one of the most successful Web services ever created: Hotmail, the Web-based email solution that Microsoft purchased in late 1997, now serves over 280 million active users, and the fact that it's lasted as long as it has on its creaky...
A. Microsoft has published an article that talks about deploying Office 2007 with Group Policy. However, the article doesn't outline the company's recommended approach. Group Policy-based application of Office 2007 is on a per-machi...
A. As with earlier versions of Office, an administrative mode is available with Office 2007. To perform an administrative installation use the "setup /admin" switch, which opens the Office Customization tool that the figure shows. If you receive...
A. Microsoft has created an add-on for Office 2007 that enables output to PDF and the XPS format (a Microsoft alternative to PDF). Once installed the PDF and XPS formats will be available. You can download the add-on here .
With Office, of course, it all comes down to the applications. Different people use different Office applications, while almost completely ignoring others. Some are Excel wizards, while others seem to know the ins and outs of Word better than...