mitch's meanderings » microsoft http://mitchcontla.com thoughts on life, technology, and running; links, photos, and videos Wed, 19 May 2010 04:58:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Apple On Vista’s New Security Features http://mitchcontla.com/2007/02/06/apple-on-vistas-new-security-features/ http://mitchcontla.com/2007/02/06/apple-on-vistas-new-security-features/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:03:10 +0000 mitch http://mitch.contlafamily.com/2007/02/06/apple-on-vistas-new-security-features/

These ads always make me laugh. This one apparantly hasn’t been released yet, but it’s making it’s way around pretty quickly. I have to admit, after using Vista a couple of times recently, this ad really hits home.

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Since my job requires frequenting the Microsoft Support and MSDN sites, I added Smart Keywords to simplify the searches. Each of the following keywords are defined in my Quick Searches bookmarks folder. To use them, create a new bookmark and copy each URL into the Location field; assign the suggested keywords, or create your own.

Microsoft Support (keyword: ms)
http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=%s

MSDN (keyword: msdn)
http://search.msdn.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?query=%s

Especially helpful is the KB article keyword which enables me to type something like kb 915105 in the Location bar and be taken directly to a KB article by number.

KB Article Lookup (keyword: kb)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=%s

Keep in mind, these all work with the US sites, if you are an international user, you may need to alter the URL slightly.

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