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MS SEO Toolkit
Increase visits to your website with Microsoft’s SEO Toolkit. Included are tutorials that offer detailed analysis of your site and hints on how to increase traffic.
Microsoft Security Essentials New Beta Version
You can register for the beta (higher version) at Microsoft Connect.
Check Only Non-Microsoft Services That Are Running
Follow Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Administrative Tools to System Configuration (or type ‘config’ in Start>Search. Click on the Services tab and check ‘hide all Microsoft services’.
Out Of This World – Microsoft WorldWide Telescope
View stars, planets, lunar and Martian missions from either your browser or as a downloaded app. Requires Silverlight 3.
Add Google Search to the Right-Click Menu in IE
Have you ever wanted to quickly perform a Google search on some piece of text you read while browsing the Internet in IE? With a little registry hack, you can add an option to the right-click context menu in IE to add this capability.
Having Problems with Microsoft Security Essentials? One-Click Fix! (Maybe)
We’ve had nothing but awesome luck with Microsoft Security Essentials, but if you have problems you can try out this little utility that resets all the settings to the default values. We haven’t tested it, but the Windows Club guys usually put out good stuff. (And don’t use it unless you have problems!)
Microsoft Does Tech Support Over… Twitter?
I guess it makes sense though, since you can easily fit "have you rebooted?" or "it’s time to reinstall" into Twitter’s 140 character limit. When it comes to Windows Tech Support people, do they really suggest anything else? =)
@MicrosoftHelps [Twitter via Download Squad]
Club Bing ! Play Inane Games, Win Nice Prizes
If you like simple words games and have hours to kill, join Club Bing. Collect points redeemable for prizes like software, hardware and wooden spoons 
Microsoft Web Platform Installs Open Source Software? Really?
Believe it or not, it’s true—the official, free, Microsoft Web Platform will install a whole suite of open source packages like PHP, WordPress, and more. It’s all wrapped up in one simple, easy-install package. Unbelievable!