BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool - Microsoft

The BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool configures the hard disk drives in your computer properly to support enabling BitLocker.

Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption is a feature that encrypts one or more volumes (drives) attached to your computer and that can use a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to verify the integrity of early startup components. Because BitLocker encrypts the entire volume of data, it requires the computer to be configured with an active partition, used for startup, which is separate from the operating system volume. This is called a “split-load configuration.” User data is stored on either the operating system volume or additional data volumes, which can also be encrypted by using BitLocker.



The BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool automates the following processes to configure the hard disk drive correctly:
1. It creates a second volume, if one is not already present.
2. It moves the boot files to the correct volume, and ensures that the operating system is correctly configured to find them at startup.
3. It configures the correct volume as the active partition on the drive for startup.

When the tool finishes, you must restart the computer. The computer’s hard disk drive will then be configured correctly for BitLocker.

Note: In addition to having its hard disk drives configured correctly, your computer must meet specific hardware requirements to enable BitLocker, and you may need to initialize or configure the TPM before BitLocker can be enabled.

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Microsoft Expression Design 2

Microsoft Expression Design 2 Features

Improved workflow

Powerful new export and slicing tools seamlessly bring your artwork to Expression Blend and Expression Web.





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System Requirements

To use Microsoft® Expression® Design 2, you need:

* Microsoft Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista® operating system
* PC with 1 GHz or faster processor
* 512 MB of RAM or more
* 150 MB of available hard-disk space
* Support for Microsoft DirectX® 9.0 graphics with Windows Vista Display Driver Model (WDDM) Driver, 128 MB of graphics RAM or more, Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware, 32-bits per pixel
* DVD-ROM drive
* 1024 x 768 or higher-resolution monitor with 24-bit color
* Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration and operating system.

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Visual Studio 2008 - Development System

What is Visual Studio?

The Microsoft Visual Studio development system is a suite of development tools designed to aid software developers—whether they are novices or seasoned professionals—face complex challenges and create innovative solutions. Visual Studio's role is to improve the process of development and make the work of achieving breakthroughs easier and more satisfying.

Visual Studio 2008 Overview

Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 delivers on the Microsoft vision of smart client applications by enabling developers to rapidly create connected applications that deliver the highest quality, rich user experiences. With Visual Studio 2008, organizations will find it easier than ever before to capture and analyze information to help them make effective business decisions. Visual Studio 2008 enables organizations of every size to rapidly create more secure, manageable, and reliable applications that take advantage of Windows Vista™ and the 2007 Office system.

Visual Studio 2008 delivers key advances for developers in three primary pillars:

• Rapid application development
• Effective team collaboration
• Break through user experiences

Visual Studio 2008 provides advanced development tools, debugging features, database functionality, and innovative features for quickly creating tomorrow's cutting-edge applications across a variety of platforms.

Visual Studio 2008 includes enhancements such as visual designers for faster development with the .NET Framework 3.5, substantial improvements to Web development tools and language enhancements that speed development with all types of data. Visual Studio 2008 provides developers with all the tools and framework support required to create compelling, expressive, AJAX-enabled Web applications.

Developers will be able to take advantage of these rich client-side and server-side, frameworks to easily build client-centric Web applications that integrate with any back-end data provider, run within any modern browser, and have complete access to ASP.NET application services and the Microsoft platform.

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Microsoft® Office Visio® Standard 2007

Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007 makes it easy for IT and business professionals to visualize, explore, and communicate complex information. It has the same basic functionality as Office Visio Professional 2007 and includes a subset of its features and templates.

Features

Visualize complex information to better understand it

Use a wide range of templates to help visualize and streamline a variety of business processes.

Explore information to identify trends and issues

Visually explore information to identify key trends, issues, and exceptions, and then act on them. Analyze multiple views of business data to gain insight.

Communicate using diagrams you can share with a broad audience



Communicate information using Visio diagrams to maximize its impact in ways words and numbers alone cannot.

Customize and extend Office Visio 2007 programmatically

Extend Office Visio 2007 programmatically or by integrating it with other applications to fit your industry-specific scenarios.

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Internet Explorer does not support user names and passwords in Web site addresses

This article is intended to notify Web site administrators and IT professionals about the behavior of Internet Explorer when user information is included in a Web site address (HTTP or HTTPS URL).



If you are a home user and have problems with passwords or user information in Internet Explorer, visit the Internet Explorer Solution Center Web site to search for troubleshooting information or to contact support:

• Internet Explorer 7
  http://support.microsoft.com/ph/8722 (http://support.microsoft.com/ph/8722)
• Internet Explorer 6
  http://support.microsoft.com/ph/2073

More Information : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834489/_ln

Microsoft® Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station

Overview

The Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station gives you the freedom of a wireless 802.11b network. Easy to set up, this base station lets you share your broadband Internet connection, files, and printers over multiple computers in your home or small office.

Features

Easy-to-use setup wizard

Set up your network and share your broadband access in minutes.

UPnP ™ certified

Use voice and video messaging, games, and other Plug and Play applications seamlessly.

Built-in security features



Rely on greater security, thanks to a built-in hardware firewall and Network Address Translation (NAT) that help protect against unauthorized access.

Ethernet capability

Add up to four wired computers to your network through the base station’s 4-port Ethernet switch.



Wireless freedom

Take advantage of virtual private networking (VPN), which enables encrypted remote logon to other networks, such as your office network.

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Types of Assistive Technology Products

Assistive technology products are designed to provide additional accessibility to individuals who have physical or cognitive difficulties, impairments, and disabilities. When selecting assistive technology products, it is crucial to find products that are compatible with the computer operating system and programs on the particular computer being used.

Below are descriptions of the various types of assistive technology products that are currently available on the market today. You may also want to use a tool to identifying the right type of assistive technology that might be useful, then search the catalog of assistive technology products for products compatible with the Windows operating system.

Descriptions of Assistive Technology Products

Alternative input devices allow individuals to control their computers through means other than a standard keyboard or pointing device. Examples include:

• Alternative keyboards—featuring larger- or smaller-than-standard keys or keyboards, alternative key configurations, and keyboards for use with one hand.
• Electronic pointing devices—used to control the cursor on the screen without use of hands. Devices used include ultrasound, infrared beams, eye movements, nerve signals, or brain waves.
• Sip-and-puff systems—activated by inhaling or exhaling.
• Wands and sticks—worn on the head, held in the mouth or strapped to the chin and used to press keys on the keyboard
• Joysticks—manipulated by hand, feet, chin, etc. and used to control the cursor on screen.
• Trackballs—movable balls on top of a base that can be used to move the cursor on screen.
• Touch screens—allow direct selection or activation of the computer by touching the screen, making it easier to select an option directly rather than through a mouse movement or keyboard. Touch screens are either built into the computer monitor or can be added onto a computer monitor.

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