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I upgraded an old server from W2K3 to W2K3R2 and was subsequently unable to login post upgrade. A dialog explained that “This copy of Windows needs to be activated with Microsoft before you can continue” and gave the option to activate now by clicking Ok. The problem was that selecting Ok just left the screen blank. It transpired that the ...

I haven’t posted on notes2self.net since 29th January 2010, that’s 1 year, 8 months, 20 days, 18 hours, 37 minutes ago. Much of what I posted in the past was a record of conversations I had in the course of my work. I posted to provide a record of the conversation and to support my arguments with evidence, as well as to hear feedback and a ...

The Danish parliament adopted a new decision on open document formats today. The decision was unanimously adopted by all parties in the Danish Parliament. Here’s a rough translation of the “Conclusion paper on the use of open standards for software in the public sector”. V, S, DF, SF, K, RV, EL ([smc] i.e. all parties in the Danish ...

Presspass has a roundtable question and answer session with Sam Ramji and Tom Hanrahan discussing Microsoft’s release of Linux device driver code under General Public License v2. REDMOND, Wash., July 20, 2009 — Today, in a break from the ordinary, Microsoft released 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community. The code, which ...

Thanks Adrian.

Wayne, sorry I missed this. I've asked a colleague and I'll post the answer here. Regards Stephen

Mike Jones has just posted the news that the Identity Metasystem Interoperability Version 1.0 specification has been approved as an OASIS standard, with 56 votes in favor and none against. Mike notes that: Numerous clarifications were incorporated as a result, while still maintaining compatibility with the Identity Selector Interoperability ...

Gray returns from paternity leave for a rest, and starts off with an update on the uptake of the OpenXML Compatibility Pack – which has now passed 100 million downloads. Here’s a taster of the data Gray presents …

I don't know what TC46 plans in this regard Fredrik, I've asked. TC46's members are:- Autodesk Brother Industries Canon Fujifilm Fujitsu Global Graphics Hewlett Packard Konica Minolta Lexmark Microsoft Monotype Imaging Océ Technologies Pagemark ...

At the 97th General Assembly held in Budapest, June 16, 2009, Ecma International approved Open XML Paper Specification (OpenXPS) as an Ecma standard (ECMA-388). This Standard defines OpenXPS, the Open XML Paper Specification. OpenXPS describes a set of conventions for the use of XML and other widely available technologies to describe the ...