Scott Belton

After Hours the Sequel

Scott Belton — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:47:00 GMT

I’ve just come back from an excellent and well rounded evening, Microsoft After Hours the Sequel hosted at Microsoft’s London Site, were Viral Tarpara http://blogs.technet.com/tarpara , Jamie Burgess http://blogs.technet.com/carpediem and Paul Foster...(read more)

Microsoft’s WinHEC 2008

Scott Belton — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:43:00 GMT

If you’re into the latest information on Windows 7 I would highly recommended that you check out the Win HEC website www.microsoft.com/whdc/WinHEC The on demand videos are great, packed full of interesting tech on the latest development’s and Microsoft...(read more)

17 New Users

Scott Belton — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:21:00 GMT

Well I guess this next meeting of Vistasquad is proving to be popular, with 17 new user's all signed up to our website within the last 24 hours. So welcome to you newbie’s, hope you have signed up for the 19th November event, come on don’t by shy, we...(read more)

Microsoft “After hours” – the sequel

Scott Belton — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:47:00 GMT

This is the 3 rd event that Microsoft have run in their “After Hours” vein, for which I attended both of the previous sessions and would highly recommended going to. There very entertaining and informative, giving a lighter side to the technologies that...(read more)

WOW! What A time to be a Developer!

Scott Belton — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:32:00 GMT

I just watched the keynote speech from the PDC 2008, were Ray Ozzie introduces Windows Azure. Again WOW! This seems such an amazing time to be involved in computing whether being a Developer or even an IT Pro. There seems to be so much happening at an...(read more)

VistaSquad Meeting 17 Sep 2008

Scott Belton — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:01:00 GMT

Well an interesting evening not quite to plan, just like to say a quick thank you to both Ray and Ravi for stepping up and hosting an impromptu Q & A session for this evenings DEV Talk. And at last thanks to Viral Tarpara http://blogs.technet.com/Tarpara...(read more)

Engineering Windows 7

Scott Belton — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:33:00 GMT

New Blog site, maybe worth keeping an eye on for info on the future developments of Microsofts next incarnation. http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/default.aspx...(read more)

Citizens on Patrol

Scott Belton — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:18:00 GMT

Another great turn out so thanks to everyone that turned up. (& Microsoft for hosting) I hope you all enjoyed both these evenings presentations. What's new in Silverlight Beta 2 (Mike Ormond, Microsoft) Intro to Live Mesh (Paolo Barone, Microsoft)...(read more)

Project VistaSquad

Scott Belton — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:11:00 GMT

Well this might not be one of my best ideas to date but here goes! Over a few pints down my local, chatting with friends, actually listening to them whinnying on about Windows Vista's pros and cons, their main grippes seemed to always fall back on the...(read more)

Windows PE & Microsoft's Malware Removal Starter Kit

Scott Belton — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:48:00 GMT

I’ve recently been playing with the Windows PE boot environment and found a really good collection of information and free guides from Microsoft. So I thought I would give some of the ideas a go, I have followed the Malware Removal Starter Kit http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/guidance/disasterrecovery/malware/default.mspx...(read more)

The Fellowship of the Ring Photos

Scott Belton — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:22:00 GMT

I've just posted the photos for our last meeting held on the 16th July. Apologies for the quality they were taken using a XDA II phone, main camera is still away being fixed after dropping it....(read more)

The Fellowship of The Ring Evening Event

Scott Belton — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:09:00 GMT

What a great evening two fantastic presentations, and what a fantastic turn out from over 100 sign ups to well over fifty people turning up with a few more IT Pros than normal, (come on guys and girls we really need a good showing way to many developers!)...(read more)

The Fellowship of the Ring

Scott Belton — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:16:00 GMT

Wow outstanding over 94 places taken up for tonight’s meeting. Good work all! That’s fantastic I look forward to meeting some new faces as well as seeing the familiar ones. Hopefully we have a few more IT Pro's tonight so we can finally give the Dev....(read more)

Microsoft Press Shop

Scott Belton — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:11:00 GMT

Well worth checking out at the moment if your after any books etc as they have a load of deals on. i.e Windows Vista Resource Kit 2nd Edition at a discount of 32% of retail price http://www.microsoft-press.co.uk/scripts/product.asp?ref=880178...(read more)

Server 2008 Website

Scott Belton — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:19:00 GMT

Has anyone else checked out the new website its stunning! http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/serverunleashed/default.html...(read more)