January 2008 Archives

HMC 4.0 -  Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 - White Paper

Overview

This white paper introduces the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) new features related to the Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration version 4.0. In particular, it addresses key features in anywhere access, built-in protection, and operation efficiency.

 

External Live Link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AA5B83FD-E7F3-4C30-BE07-6BEC5D9859A3&displaylang=en

千呼万唤始出来，终于明确支持 Exchange 2007 SP1了

《美国时代杂志中文版》：中国遭遇极度深寒（图集）

进退两难
几十万名乘客守候在广州火车站广场，大雪和冰灾中断了通向北方的多条铁路动脉。

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排队等候
中国武汉，满怀希望的乘客在武汉车站广场等候。
为了过年与家人团圆，春节期间，这个国家在将产生23亿的乘客。

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下雨的麻烦
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刚才订回家的飞机票，发现深圳－长沙的票都没了，只好订了广州－长沙的
不过从深圳到广州新白云机场是个问题，以前需要转车的，不过现在听说有车直达，四处打听了下，终于问到了
空港巴士：
深圳候车点： 福田区八卦一路618号一楼
早上6点到下午4点 (网页上写的是 17：30，明天再确认下) 1个小时一班车
票价为：成人88元，儿童44元。

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      最近看到街头霸王4的消息，发觉画面真的是令人兴奋，就是不知道原作的操作感能不能保留.
无论是看人 PK 和 自己去 PK ，那个感觉都是只有一个字，爽～ 当然，如果是自己 PK 失败则另当别论了.
跑去查了下历史，原来有这么多版本：

• 街头霸王 (1987)
• 街头霸王II
  • 街头霸王II: The World Warrior (1991)
  • 街头霸王II: Champion Edition (1992)
    

    第一个家用游戏机的移植

  • 街头霸王II: Turbo: Hyper Fighting (1992)
    • 超级街头霸王II:新挑战者 (1993)
    • 超级街头霸王II Turbo (1994)
• 街头霸王零代 Zero/Alpha
  • 街头霸王ZERO: Warriors' Dreams (1995)
  • 街头霸王ZERO II (1996)
  • 街头霸王ZERO III (1998)
    

    街头霸王零代 III 移植到家用游戏机

  • 街头霸王ZERO Anthology (2006)
• 街头霸王III
  • 街头霸王III:新世代 The New Generation (1997)
  • 街头霸王III:第二次冲击 2nd Impact - Giant Attack (1998)
  • 街头霸王III:第三次打击 未来之战 3rd Strike - Fight For the Future (1999)
• 街头霸王IV(2007)
• 街头霸王EX系列
  • 街头霸王EX
  • 街头霸王EX plus
    • 街头霸王EX plus α
  • 街头霸王EX2
  • 街头霸王EX2 PLUS
  • 街头霸王EX3

      我玩过的基本上就是 I 代和 II 代，还有少年街霸和街霸 Alpha， 后面2个就不是在街机厅里面玩了，都是模拟器了.记得街霸 I 刚刚流行的时候，我那个时候大概还在念小学一二年级吧，那个时候没有啥出招表，全是乱摇的发招，因为设定的关系，一般吃个3个波动拳就挂掉了，所以你经常可以看到的经典场面就是2～3人在 P1 的位置，1人负责摇杆，另外1～2人负责按钮，基本上负责摇杆那个就是顺时针或者逆时针转圈，然后旁边那2人狂按，夸张的时候会把摇杆上面的红色球球都摇飞，而且此时老板就会很生气的跑过来，制止我们这种严重缩短摇杆寿命的行为.
      到了街霸 II 代时，我已经能掌握绝大部分的出招表了，而且基本上每个角色都能一币通关.我们那个小城那个时代没几个人懂英语和日语，所以这些角色的名称不是按照其外表就是按照其出招，唯一一个正确的可能就是春丽了.其它的称呼现在想起来都有些好笑，不过却是非常容易记住的.比如，红皮->Ken（肯），白皮->Ryu(隆)，怪兽->Blanka（布兰卡)，特种兵->Guile(古烈)，长手长脚->Dhalsim(达尔西姆)，胖子->Zangief（桑吉尔夫）等等，哦忘了说，还有一个是拳王，这个大家应该都知道是谁吧.我刚刚有一点会打并且已经可以用隆或者肯通关的时候，还是有些小骄傲的，不过后来遇到了2个高手，直接把我的那点可怜的苗头给打下去了，一个是我小学的时候隔壁班的同学，第一次对打的时候甚至用长手长脚都可以把我干掉，后来我不服气，一连比试了好几次，最后选了最拿手的肯才赢，不过在后来他也选了隆之后，那晚我就没赢了，一个原因是我没钱买币了，那个时候都是剩下早饭钱来打街机的，后来苦练了很久，我们2个才基本上战成平手。另外一个是一个比我们大一点的男孩子，那个时候他应该在上初中吧，印象中他选了桑吉尔夫就把我干掉了，我当时有些蒙，没见过这种打法，后来熟悉后才挽回劣势，PK 完，我才发现他原来不会说话，我们之间交流都是用手势，后来走的时候我对他竖了一个大拇指，从那以后还见过几次，不过在我念初中的时候，就彻底地没有了他的消息.
      一到周末或者过节的时候，街机厅的生意是最好的，街霸 PK 也是人气最旺的时候，有一年国庆节，我兜里揣着2个币，一大早跑到了最近的那家在红星旅社下面的街机厅，开始了令我记忆深刻的一次街霸 PK .我刚到的时候，人还不多，于是我就开始选了肯，开始玩，刚开始都是 1P VS Computer ，常去那个游戏厅的人也都还清楚我的水平，所以也每人上来挑战， 后来来了一大帮人，里面有人就想和我 PK 了，不过明显他不是我的对手，轻松就胜了前几局，后来他们其他人看不下去了，买了一大把币，开始轮番上来和我 PK ，过程有惊无险， 最好还是我赢了，大概玩了50多个币了，就在他们快要放弃的时候，前文那个不会说话的男孩子来了，我也玩得有点累了，就输给了他，然后换了台机开始玩 King of Dragon(龙王)，这个游戏我也是能全角色一币通关的. 通关之后，跑去街霸那个台看了下，原来那帮人看那位把我给打下去了，又想上去向他挑战，结果还是惨败. 后台看得无聊，就走了，去亲戚家吃午饭了，此时已经投币100多次了，下午回来一看，居然还在 PK ，兴致冲冲跑上去也想 PK 一把，没想到一看傻眼了，上午的 PK 还在继续！投币次数已经变成了 3xx ， OMG，疯了！！ 无奈之下，回家了.
      一直到现在，这次的 PK 都是我游戏生涯里面见过的历时最长，参与人数最多的一次.
对了，忘了说一句，我们那个小地方的街机厅里面的游戏机都是只有4个按键的，结果就是街霸2只有轻拳轻脚和重拳重脚，少了中拳中脚，我是一直到了在PC机上玩模拟器的时候才发现的，汗~~~
      时至今日，街头霸王2常常被列入游戏史上最伟大的电子游戏之一。它广泛地被认为是格斗游戏的先驱，并仍然被很多纯粹主义者认为是该类作品当中最优秀的例子，因它更注重操纵性及可玩性，而不依靠图像和动画。特别是其操作系统，其后的游戏常常模仿它的系统，一直到了 SNK 的 KOF 系列，我才认为可以与之一比.

      历经10年的漫长等待，Capcom的格斗游戏名作《街头霸王》系列最新正统续作《街头霸王IV（Street Fighter IV）》终于震撼亮相。尽管Capcom官方在游戏公布之初曾以"开发进度低"为由对所有细节守口如瓶，但就在不久之前，却突然传出了Capcom授权美 国权威游戏杂志EGM（Electronic Games Magazine）独家报道的消息。 　　
      伴随着日前多张游戏实际画面的公开，《街霸IV》的真实面貌也终于被公之于众，游戏的震撼画面表现力顿时令玩家们为之一震，而之前对于本作素质的担心也随之一扫而空。

Microsoft isn't offering up any dates or final product names, but it is breaking with Windows Mobile tradition and is talking about future features.

It's not hard to see why Microsoft's Windows Mobile team is uncharacteristically willing to share its roadmap. The Apple iPhone has all the buzz and, according to at least one market researcher, more of the the Web-browsing market share than Windows Mobile does.

Here's what Microsoft has shown/told a select handful of bloggers, journalists and other sundry "influentials."

Coming early next year is Windows Mobile 6.1, a minor update to the current Windows Mobile platform that includes a number of interface enhancements.

Next on the horizon is Windows Mobile 7, which will add zooming, scaling and a new suite of Win Mobile apps, including Internet Explorer, email, SMS and photo/music management, according to Gizmodo's account. Gizmodo says "there's talk about doing some sort of collaboration with the Zune team, but that's still up in the air."

(I've been hearing talk that Microsoft is working on a suite of Live services that will work across Windows Mobile, Xbox 360, Zune and possibly Microsoft TV. Perhaps this will debut in the WIndows 7 timeframe, whatever that is.)

After Windows Mobile 7 is ... tada ... Windows Mobile 8. Gizmodo's synopsis:

"This (Windows Mobile 8) is the version you've been waiting for, implementing a completely redesigned user interface, 'revolutionary' features like global search, and new concepts such as automation and connections within the phone, ideas borrowed from other smartphone operating systems. This means that you'll be able to go from viewing a person's address info in his contact card to seeing where he lives in map view in one click. There will be much more of this intuitive flow, and far less digging through menus."

Microsoft mission with the next few releases of Windows Mobile is to take a product that the company built to satisfy business/enterprise users and make it more palatable to consumers. Meanwhile, Apple is looking to do the inverse with the iPhone: Take a consumer platform and make it appealing to the business community by integrating more tightly the iPhone with Exchange Server, etc.

What's your take? Will Windows Mobile phones catch up to iPhones on the ease-of-use and/or coolness meters any time soon?

Ref Link
http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/archives/2008/01/06/exclusive-windows-mobile-7-to-focus-on-touch-and-motion-gestures/

If you are installing CRM 4.0 on a machine without Internet access (eg. a VPC running only on a Loopback Adapter) you might run into some problems when CRM tries to download pre-requisite packages. Our DVD version (not out yet - it's being 'manufactured') ships with these prerequisites but the downloads do not.
The simplest way is to install each of the Pre-Req's manually. The best place to search for these is download.microsoft.com. I'll refrain from posting links as these redistributable packages are always being updated.
The Visual C++ Redistributable Package presents us with a slightly different challenge. The package is unable to detect it's installed state so CRM always installs it. So we need to create a Redist folder, subfolders for i386/amd64, a VCRedist folder and then place the VC++ install files there. Your full folder structure should look like this:

• \Redist\i386\VCRedist\vcredist_x86.exe
• \Redist\i386\VCRedist\vcredist_x64.exe
• \Redist\amd64\VCRedist\vcredist_x64.exe
• \Server\i386\SetupServer.exe
• \Server\amd64\SetupServer.exe
• \Client\SetupClient.exe
• \DMWizard\SetupDMClient.exe
• \Exchange\i386\setupexchange.exe
• \Exchange\amd64\setupexchange.exe

I added this setup.exes to the list to show the folder structure for the Server, Client, DM and Router (the Exchange folder). Note that the Redist folder is a peer to the Server and Client.

The official downloads for CRM 4.0 are now available from the CRM section of download.microsoft.com. Use the language selector drop down box on the download page to select the appropriate language.
Documentation:

• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Server Readme
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Implementation Guide
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 E-mail Router Readme (On-Premise and Hosted Editions)
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Data Migration Manager Readme
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Internet Facing Deployment Scenarios
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0: How to configure the on-premise E-mail Router in different deployment scenarios
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0: Planning and Deployment Guidance for Service Providers
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Language Pack Readme
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Software Development Kit

Server:

• Microsoft CRM 4.0 Server (trial keys are on this page).
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 E-mail Router (On-Premise and Hosted Editions)

Client:

• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 for Microsoft Office Outlook (For On-Premise and Hosted Editions)
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Data Migration Manager

SDK:

• The SDK will be posted in the next few days.

License Keys:

• The Server Install requires a license key. Trial license keys have been provided on this page.
• Information regarding the availability of non-trial keys will be forthcoming from our marketing team.
• IMPORTANT! You may use the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 editions with the respective License Keys for a maximum of 90 days. Each edition may be converted to a full use version by applying a commercial license key in the Microsoft CRM License Manager. A re-install of the software is not required. You will need to convert the license key to a commercial license before the 90-day period ends, as the 90 day period cannot be extended, and Users will not be warned of the impending expiration. Should expiration occur, access can be regained by applying a commercial license key.

Build Number:

• The final build number was 4.0.7333.3
• If you were involved in the pre-release programs please make sure that you clean up all your old DLLs for older versions.
• You will want to recompile any code against the RTM Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.dll and Microsoft.Crm.SdkTypeProxy.dll. These two assemblies can be found in the GAC folder of the Server Install.
• If you use a static copy of the Discovery Service (like I do) you should also grab a new copy of this. Remember that the WSDL for the discovery service is interchangeable between WLID, Windows and IFD authentication end-points.

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