Get the Best Results From Tablet PC Handwriting Recognizers
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
One useful aspect of a Tablet PC is that it can turn handwriting into text. While developing Tablet PC applications, the developer can take steps to ensure that handwriting recognition returns the best possible results. This paper from Microsoft describes how best to use handwriting recognizers so that they provide the best results for the application. These descriptions and examples - in C# and Microsoft Visual Basic .NET - use the Microsoft Tablet PC Platform ....
Microsoft ""Longhorn"" Help Highlights
[ Source: WinWriters ]
January 2008-
Microsoft’s announcement at the 2003 Professional Developers Conference of the next version of Windows - code named ""Longhorn"" - included an unveiling of the proposed new Help format. Clever money might have been on an enhanced version of the Help and Support Center that one has in XP, since that’s where Microsoft seems to have been targeting most of its own user assistance efforts in recent OS releases. This paper provides with a synopsis of ....
The XPSDrv Filter Pipeline
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
This paper provides information about the XPSDrv print drivers for the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. Independent Hardware Vendors (IHVs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) who have accessible printers or print drivers can use this paper to help plan their strategy for migrating their existing code to the new print architecture. IHVs and ISVs who are developing new print drivers can use this paper to understand the details of the filter pipeline of an ....
Using IPv6 and Teredo
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
The amalgamation of IPv6 and Teredo lets Windows-based hosts to use IPv6-enabled applications that require unwanted incoming, IPv6 traffic and global addressing over NATs. The combination of IPv6, Teredo, and a host-based, stateful, IPv6 firewall (such as Windows Firewall) simplifies the configuration of wanted, unsolicited, incoming, IPv6 traffic and protects the Teredo client from unwanted, unsolicited, incoming, IPv6 traffic. Computers running Windows Vista in which IPv6, Teredo, and Windows Firewall are all enabled by default ....
Windows Vista Introduction to Windows Firewall With Advanced Security
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
The increasing ease and efficiency of network connectivity and the growing number of network-aware programs have delivered a new level of productivity for businesses, organizations, and individuals. New breakthroughs in wireless and other connectivity choices have also brought to the mobile worker more options than ever. Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is a stateful, host-based firewall that blocks incoming and outgoing connections based on its configuration. While typical end-user configuration of Windows Firewall still takes ....
Windows Connect Now-UFD for Windows XP
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
With the growing popularity of wireless networking, more and more users are creating wireless networks at home to connect PCs and other wireless devices. Creating a secure wireless network and propagating the wireless settings to the clients and to Access Points (APs) has been difficult even for sophisticated users. WCN addresses this problem with a simple, secure method for configuring and bootstrapping wireless networking hardware, wireless client PCs, and other wireless devices. The most visible ....
An Overview of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
This Microsoft paper reveals how Exchange Server 2007 provides services well beyond traditional e-mail. Built-in capabilities that give users an anywhere access platform, with more ways to access more types of information than ever before. Built-in services that, when configured, provide dependable access to information compliant with regulatory requirements. This information is supported in many formats, including e-mail, voice mail, fax, calendar, contacts, SharePoint sites, and file shares. Exchange is rooted in a long history ....
The (Overhyped) Web Browser War: Internet Explorer 7 Vs. Firefox 2.0
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
The web browser war between Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla’s Firefox 2.0 shouldn’t really be much of a fight as far as their users are concerned. Microsoft and Mozilla are both trumpeting improved security features. The most notable of these - ""phishing protection"" - is supposed to guard users from logging on to known sites that trick Web surfers into giving away sensitive personal information. This paper shows the comparative features of the both. ....
Windows Vista Security Guide: Specialized Security - Limited Functionality
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
Organizations that use computers and networks, especially if they connect to external resources such as the Internet, must address security issues in system and network design, and how they configure and deploy their computers. Terminal Services, which allows multiple users to connect interactively to desktops and applications on remote computers, and the Fax Service, which enables users to send and receive faxes over the network using their computers. The Enterprise Client (EC) security baseline helps ....
Installing, Configuring and Testing an Exchange 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) Based Mailbox Server (Part 2)
[ Source: MSExchange ]
January 2008-
This paper from MSExchange shows how to install the necessary Windows components, enable and configure the Majority Node Set (MNS) Quorum with File Share Witness and the Transport dumpster on the Hub Transport Server. In this paper the paper will install the Windows components required by Exchange Server 2007 as well as configure the Majority Node Set (MNS) Quorum with File Share Witness.