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Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile Generating an Efficient Frontier You can assess your selected project portfolio against the Efficient Frontier. (Note: These steps assume you have already run an optimization scenario.) Here's how: 1. Right-click an optimization scenario, and then click Insight Analysis from the Advanced Analysis commands. 2. Wait while the Efficient Frontier is generated. 3. Analyze the constraints (in the right panel) that are prohibiting the portfolio from reaching the Efficient Frontier. Quickly Switching to Inbox or Outbox To jump to your Inbox, press CTRL+SHIFT+I. To jump to your Outbox, press CTRL+SHIFT+O. • Tips and Tricks Web site • Microsoft Office Online • Help Privacy note: Microsoft respects your privacy and that of your friends. Please do not use the Tell a Friend button to send mail to more than 10 people. Microsoft cannot collect any data about the people you send mail to unless they sign up for Tips and Tricks Special Delivery. To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com Profile Center. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal information Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile © 2008 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement

Exploring Windows: People everywhere are saying "I'm a PC."

Windows Home | Security | Support | Unsubscribe Volume 97 September 19, 2008 Exploring Windows brings you tips, tricks, downloads, and updates to help you get the most out of Windows. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Subscribe to Exploring Windows. People everywhere are saying "I'm a PC." Join the fascinating global PC community Why do Deepak Chopra and more than a billion others around the world use PCs? Because with Windows on your mobile phone, PC, or the web, walls disappear - at home, the office, and anywhere in between. And with a multitude of software, services, and devices to choose from, your technology can be as unique as you are. If you're part of the global PC community, we want to celebrate you. Visit our site and share a photo or video and say a few words about what you love to do. We'll add your photo to a gallery of people who've proclaimed "I'm a PC." And you could appear in ads all across the web - maybe even on the big screen in Times Square! New and notable See Internet Explorer 8 for yourself! Put the web at your service and experience the best browser for what you do every day: faster, easier, and safer than ever. Take a how-to video tour today. 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live See how to tag blog posts, stitch panoramic photos, and more in "10 hidden secrets of Windows Live." Don't miss these gems! Don't lose another digital file Back up and restore all of your family's PCs with Windows Home Server - the world's first stay-at-home server. Try it free for 120 days. Tips and tricks For Windows Vista 19 essential get-started tips for Windows Vista New to Windows Vista? Here are 19 things that you should try right away. 6 ways to maximize your PC's performance Learn six easy ways to get better performance out of your PC, using information available right from your Control Panel. For Windows XP From the attic to your PC: Digitizing 8mm film Do you have old 8mm home movies in boxes in your attic? Find out how you can transfer your films to digital format so you can easily edit and share them. Simplify using your mouse: Change double-click to single-click Want to open files and folders with a single click? Follow these steps to change your settings. Special offers Featured shareware pick • Registry First Aid Technical troubleshooter Problem: You keep missing your favorite TV shows. Solution: See how to use Windows Media Center to record TV shows and watch them later on your Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate PC. Windows websites • Windows home page • Windows Vista • Windows XP • Earlier Windows versions To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the Subject line. You can also unsubscribe here. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal Information This newsletter was sent by the Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington, USA 98052 Windows Home | Security | Support | Unsubscribe © 2008 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement

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Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile Use Conditional Formatting to Highlight Data Trends Conditional formatting can help you highlight trends in your data. First, either open a fully populated Microsoft Office Excel file, or start with an empty document and fill its cells with some values. To apply conditional formatting: 1. Click the Conditional Formatting button on the Home tab of the Ribbon. 2. On the menu that appears, try selecting Data Bars, Icon Sets, or Color Scales and pause over the options. Your data is partitioned according to the rules you set, and it instantly displays visual cues that will aid understanding of the data. 3. If you don't like the options available, you can create your own rules, use your own colors, and establish your own thresholds. Better still, you can reuse your rules each time for consistent and clear presentation. All of these options are available on the Conditional Formatting menu. Insert Pictures To insert a picture in your notes, click Insert, click Pictures, and then click either From Files or From Scanner or Camera. • Tips and Tricks Web site • Microsoft Office Online • Help Privacy note: Microsoft respects your privacy and that of your friends. Please do not use the Tell a Friend button to send mail to more than 10 people. Microsoft cannot collect any data about the people you send mail to unless they sign up for Tips and Tricks Special Delivery. To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com Profile Center. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal information Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile © 2008 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement

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Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile Multiple Level Undo, Change Highlighting, and Task Drivers In Microsoft Office Project Professional, project managers can visualize the effects of changes and trace back their steps. To turn the Change Highlighting feature on or off, click the View menu, and then click Hide Change Highlighting or Show Change Highlighting. While the feature is enabled, all levels of tasks affected as a result of a change are highlighted with a color as a visual indicator. By using this feature together with the Multiple Level Undo feature, project managers can do what-if analyses by trying a set of changes and then reversing unwanted changes. If further analysis of a task's schedule is needed, the project manager can use Task Drivers on the Project menu to determine the factors—such as task dependency, calendar constraints, schedule date, or vacation time—that are driving a task's start date. Search All Folders in a Mailbox You can set Microsoft Office Outlook to automatically search across all your folders at once. Here's how: In Outlook, click Tools, click Options, and then click Search Options on the Preferences tab. In the Search Options dialog box, if you click All folders, you can search all folders instead of just the selected one. • Tips and Tricks Web site • Microsoft Office Online • Help Privacy note: Microsoft respects your privacy and that of your friends. Please do not use the Tell a Friend button to send mail to more than 10 people. Microsoft cannot collect any data about the people you send mail to unless they sign up for Tips and Tricks Special Delivery. To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com Profile Center. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal information Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile © 2008 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement

TechNet Flash: Join in the Virtualization Launch

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Volume 10, Issue 19: September 17, 2008 Note from the Editor Greetings New TechNet Flash Subscriber, Summer is in the rearview (except for here in the Puget Sound area, where it appears to just be starting) and that means a new season of local events, which are great opportunities to get your hands on new technology and network with your peers. First up, register for a getVIRTUALnow event in your area and find out how Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V, Microsoft System Center - including Virtual Machine Manager 2008 - and Microsoft Desktop and Application Virtualization can help you virtualize from the data center to the desktop. You'll also take home an evaluation kit with versions of the latest virtualization products. With that in hand, take advantage of the free tools and guidance from Virtualization Solution Accelerators program, including Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides for App-V and SCVMM, Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 for Hyper-V, and the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool. Deliver Search Quickly for Free Enterprise Search is now available as a free download. Access this quick, easy-to-procure, set up, and administer search tool, and help empower your customers to find the information they need today by: • Checking out the product overview and many included features • Downloading Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express for free On the desktop platform front, learn about Microsoft's plans for Windows XP, Windows Vista progress, and initial details about Windows 7 by downloading An Update on the Windows Roadmap from Bill Veghte. Also see the Windows Feature Comparison and compare security, management, deployment, mobility, and productivity features between Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1. New from Sysinternals: • Desktops 1.0 This new utility enables you to create up to four virtual desktops and to use a tray interface or hotkeys to preview what's on each desktop and easily switch among them. • Autoruns 9.34 This Autoruns update adds command-line options for automatically scanning and exporting scan results, as well as a number of bug fixes. Also, check out the interview with Mark Russinovich on TechNet Edge where he covers a range of topics, including what's going on at Sysinternals. New Fun Stuff: • BlueTrack - Check out the latest tracking technology from Microsoft, offered in the new Explorer Mouse and Explorer Mini Mouse. It allows you to mouse on virtually any surface. • Arc Mouse - Sleek and stylish, this mouse folds in half for lighter traveling. • LifeCam Show and LifeCam VX-5500 - Two stylish new webcams that move easily from notebook to desktop. Finally, social bookmarking on TechNet is now live. You can save your favorites online, see what other IT professionals are bookmarking, and follow people who bookmark good stuff. Read up on all the new features of this release, see examples of how the community is already using bookmarking to collaborate on great lists of links, and check out our video that provides an overview of all the new applications now available on TechNet. Mitch Irsfeld Editor, TechNet Flash Your Featured Content Not Seeing Your Personalized Content? Let us know what interests you and we'll deliver your featured content here in the next edition of TechNet Flash. Register Now for the SQL Server 2008 Roadshow Search for an event near you. Learn more about the new enhanced capabilities of SQL Server 2008. Explore security and database management, how to best manage your data, and what's new in business intelligence. Don't miss this half-day event that will give you a better understanding of what SQL 2008 has to offer and how you can best put it to use at your company. Roadshows run from 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 noon. IT Management Compliance Management Series Beta Now Available The beta release of the Compliance Management Series (a MOF-based expansion of the Regulatory Compliance Planning Guide) is now available, and will be open through September 24, 2008 for your review. After you join the program, bookmark this link to the program site and get the latest information about upcoming events. Scripting for IT Pros Hey Scripting Guy... • How Do I Use Windows PowerShell to Run the Same WMI Queries Against Multiple Computers? • How Do I Track Server Downtime? • How Can I Troubleshoot Drive-Mapping Issues? See More Scripting Tips See previous comics in the TechNet Flash Web-based archive. Featured Downloads Just Released: Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.0.3 This update to ACT includes new tools to assess application compatibility with Internet Explorer 8, and extends the Update Compatibility Evaluator to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 to detect potential application compatibility issues caused by security updates. Support and Troubleshooting How-to Articles • Windows Server: How to find the current Schema Version Hotfixes • FIX: The SQL Server service may stop responding when you run a query that contains many OR clauses in SQL Server 2005 • List of the MS DTC bugs that are fixed in Windows Server 2003 MS DTC Hotfix Rollup Package 14 • FIX: An ongoing MS DTC transaction is orphaned in SQL Server 2005 Knowledge Base Articles • An update is available that integrates Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 into Server Manager in Windows Server 2008 • Support policy for Microsoft SQL Server products that are running on a virtual machine in a Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V environment • The synchronization session of the mobile device fails, and you receive error code "0X85010015" when you try to synchronize a mobile device by using Exchange ActiveSync in Exchange Server 2007 See a selection of new Knowledge Base articles on the TechNet Web site. KB articles feature an Article Translations box in the right column. You can select a language from the drop-down list and read the article in the selected language. Also available via RSS Upcoming Webcasts Protect SQL Server 2008 with Data Protection Manager 2007 (Level 300) September 26, 2008, 9:30 A.M. Pacific Time Are you deploying or migrating to Microsoft SQL Server 2008? Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 is designed for the database administrator or the IT generalist, with wizards and workflows to help ensure that you can protect your organization's data. Project Budgeting: Drive Your Budgets at the Phase, Task, or Milestone Level October 15, 2008, 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time Learn how to assign costs to project tasks with the new cost resources feature. The new budget tracking feature will be covered, which provides users with an efficient way to assign budgets to projects and programs, and to allocate funds and track costs, work, and materials against the budget quickly and easily. More Webcasts Security Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September 2008 Download the September security updates, including updates for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. Webcast: Microsoft Security Intelligence Report 4 - Latest Trends in Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malicious Software (Level 200) With data gathered from more than 450 million computers worldwide, the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report offers a unique insight into the IT threat landscape. Security Center On Demand Webcast: Managing Hyper-V Virtual Machines with WMI and Windows PowerShell (Level 300) Learn how to automate the most common management tasks, how to create a delegation model using Windows Authorization Manager, and how the power of WMI can pick up where Virtual Machine Manager leaves off. Radio: What's New in the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR? WMA | MP3 High | MP3 Low This TechNet Radio session features an overview that highlights the new features and architectural changes in the VSTS 2008 Database Edition GDR. We also have our tip of the week. Virtual Labs Designing Anti-Spam Defenses Using Intelligent Message Filter After completing this lab, you will be better able to configure the Exchange Intelligent Message Filter to filter spam. You will also configure the Junk E-mail folder settings in Outlook 2003, including the Safe Senders, Safe Recipients, and Blocked Senders lists. Publishing Exchange Server and SharePoint Server with ISA Server 2006 (Refresh) After completing this lab, you will be able to publish Exchange Web Access, use cross-site link translation to publish SharePoint Server, and publish a Web farm for load balancing. More Virtual Labs Received TechNet Flash from a Friend? The TechNet Flash is full of pointers to in-depth technical information that we encourage subscribers to forward to friends and co-workers. If you've received this issue from someone via e-mail and would like to receive the free TechNet Flash newsletter biweekly, all you have to do is register. In This Issue: Your Featured Content IT Management Scripting for IT Pros Featured Downloads Support and Troubleshooting Upcoming Webcasts Security On Demand Virtual Labs Received TechNet Flash from a Friend? Inside TechNet Magazine An Introduction to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 The introduction of Hyper-V makes virtualization an even more compelling solution for IT environments. Get an overview of today's virtualization market and see how Hyper-V improves the manageability, reliability, and security of virtualization. Getting Started with Microsoft Application Virtualization Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) allows you to deliver virtualized desktops to client systems throughout your organization. Take a close look at how App-V works and discover how you can deploy it in your organization. Training & Books • Browse the Learning Catalog to find the training that works best for you. • Manage your learning experience with the Microsoft Learning Manager. • New & Upcoming Books National and Global Events PASS Community Summit 2008 November 18 - 21 Seattle, WA Attend the don't-miss event of the year for Microsoft SQL Server community professionals. The Summit delivers three full days of in-depth learning, unparalleled access to the Microsoft SQL Server development team, and face-to-face networking in a fun, focused environment. 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