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  • Buying Vista and then installing an old version of Office - what are you allowed to do

    I have already discussed on this blog what is and is not support for Office on Vista (any version from 2000 on) here . However there is always the question of licensing what is actually allowed and what would be piracy. I am going to try to make it very simple here. · If you have the Home and Student...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Wed, May 9 2007
    Filed under: Office System, Business, Vista, Licensing, Application Compatibility, Office 2003

  • Help to make the Office 2007 document type a standard (Open XML) - click the link

    I love standards - they make life easier. TCP is one, ODF is one, SNA is one, ASCII and EBDIC are. Even PDF is one. It just makes life easier. In this connected world standards are a good thing and sometimes more than one standard is very good. Microsoft has offered the Open XML (Office 2007 document...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Wed, Apr 4 2007
    Filed under: Office System, Support and Tools, Business, Developer, Community, Personal, SBSC, Microsoft, Office 2007, Word, Excel, Demo, Small business, Internet and Web, Partner, Licensing, Academic, Application Compatibility, Office 2003, Open XML

  • Was Vista's arrival a surprises to anyone? No? Then how come so many people were unprepared - hardware vendors, ISVs, even Microsoft to an extent

    Lets start off by saying this is a RANT. If you don't like rants, look away now. I saw this in CRN and it made me laugh and cry. We have seen news that iTunes has undisclosed issues with Vista (even after being fixed ), poor drivers from nVidia and others and even enough to stop a BBC reporter from getting...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Sat, Mar 10 2007
    Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Support and Tools, System Builder Information, Business, Developer, Community, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Partner, rant, Application Compatibility

  • Using Windows Vista and Outlook 2007 in a Windows Small Business Server 2003 Network

    [updated 28th Feb 2007 - 07:47 with correct link for Outlook 2007 and Windows XP] Use this document to join computers that are running Windows Vista to your Windows Small Business Server 2003 network using the "Update for Windows Small Business Server 2003: Windows Vista and Outlook 2007 compatibility...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Wed, Feb 28 2007
    Filed under: SBS 2003, Windows 7, Vista and XP, Office System, Support and Tools, Business, Windows SharePoint Services, Community, Windows Server 2003, SBSC, Windows Client, Vista, Office 2007, SBS 2003 R2, Documentation, Application Compatibility
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