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Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:17 AM

More free stuff from Microsoft Press

Remember the free chapters on Windows 7 ? Well there are another 8 more chapters to Make the most of your desktop, with chapters about Windows Vista And Microsoft Office “Improve your productivity at work and impress your family at home with tips and
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:35 AM

Improving Energy Efficiency with Windows 7 Power Management – Web Cast

Following on for the Windows 7 white paper on power management I wanted to highlight what looks like a really interesting up and coming webcast. TechNet Webcast: Improving Energy Efficiency with Windows 7 Power Management (Level 200) " Duration :
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 12:14 PM

Top 10 reasons why you should upgrade to Windows 7

  I was sent this article earlier Top 10 reasons why you should upgrade to Windows 7 from the Neowin web site which is a nice and neat article about why you should consider moving to Windows 7 when it gets released.  The comments are worth a
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 4:12 PM

Windows Vista environmental whitepapers and resources

  Last week I highlighted the new Power management in Windows 7 Whitepaper .  Well Michael Walsh who runs the site has also pointed out some great Windows Vista whitepapers aimed at environmental issues to me that I didn’t know existed: Greening
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:28 PM

Eight Reasons Your Next Computer Should Be a PC

Computer World has another great article I have just read Eight Reasons Your Next Computer Should Be a PC   1. Variety is the spice of life “…you can almost certainly find a Windows PC aimed at you--and usually a bunch of them competing for your
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:00 PM

Fancy some free Windows 7 Books

Well not the entire book but you can get 5 free chapters from up and coming MS Press books: Chapter 21, “Performing Routine Maintenance,” from Windows 7 Inside Out Chapter 23, “Support Users and Remote Assistance,” from Windows 7 Resource Kit Chapter
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:06 AM

Talking About Windows – Join the conversation

  Just want to point out the new web site Talking About Windows which aims to allow you to “ Join the conversation about the next-generation operating system and connect with the people behind the code, and your peers.  Ask the important questions,
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Friday, April 24, 2009 4:21 PM

3 great videos if you are new to Windows 7

Got this great tip from Canadian IT Professionals : Windows 7 – A Review from the Field about the following 3 great Windows 7 videos from PCWhizKid.com Windows 7 First look   Windows 7 Where are the essentials   Windows 7 Interface Enhancements
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Friday, April 24, 2009 11:25 AM

New software to keep your computer screen clean

Just been forwarded this link about a really great new piece off software to keep your computer screen clean :) http://www.raincitystory.com/flash/screenclean.swf Check it out it really works, it probably works if your computer is using Windows, Mac,
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Friday, April 24, 2009 11:10 AM

20 Ways Vista can Improve Your Life

I stumbled upon this article in the testfreaks web site 20 Functions of Vista to Improve Your Life and I really enjoyed it and wanted to share it with you all. ‘After all the hype between Vista versus Mac, some Vista users may feel they missed the best
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 5:06 PM

Windows Learning Snacks

The Microsoft Learning site has some great resources to help you get trained and certified on Microsoft technologies.  It has a series of what the call Learning Snacks that are ‘…short, interactive presentations about popular topics created by Microsoft
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 4:53 PM

Want to become a Windows Brand Ambassador?

Do you fancy becoming one of 40 Windows Brand Ambassadors ? Because Microsoft is looking for you to help share your experiences with Windows across the web.   ‘ Create a photo, video or blog that showcases why you use a PC and / or should be a windows
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:48 AM

Power Management in Windows 7 White Paper now available

Michael Walsh from the Microsoft Environment site has just told me of a large update to the web site, which also includes a new Windows 7 Power Management White Paper other updates include a homepage update as well as : New RSS Feed Unified Communications
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Monday, April 20, 2009 11:18 AM

Get Windows Vista Up and Running

Whether you're installing, upgrading, or setting up a new PC, use these steps to set up Windows Vista:   Install Windows Vista. (Skip this step if you bought a PC with Windows Vista pre-installed.) Connect to the Internet. Use the Internet Wizard
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Thursday, April 16, 2009 1:53 PM

Make your PC faster

I read msn uk tech and gadgets section quite regularly and yesterday they put up a great article and Ron the author points to some great Windows Help and how-to articles   The Clymo Brief: make your PC faster   But I also wanted to point out
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 9:20 AM

Windows 7 tips, tricks and tweaks from Computer World

  I thought you might find the following article from Compuetr World Windows 7 tips, tricks and tweaks useful, which highlights and explains a number of tips that if you are 'Running the Windows 7 beta, and want to bend it to your will? No problem.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 8:44 AM

Order IE8 on a CD

If for what ever reason you want to get Internet Explorer on a CD then you can now order one via http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/internet-explorer/worldwide-sites.aspx#ordercd Simply select you country or region and press the GO button, then choose
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:24 PM

Windows Mobile 6.5 Vs the Iphone

Really neat and objective video from pocketnow.com comparing the latest iphone and an early version of Windows Mobile 6.5   Windows Mobile takes it in the homescreen and the unlock screen but the iphone takes it for scrolling and accessing apps via
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:24 AM

I’m a PC and I am not Eleven

just posting up the latest video in the laptop hunters series, this time Jackson and his mum Lisa look for a laptop under $1,500 I still like this series of adverts and how it plays on the value for money vs the ‘ they are pretty…’ Macs.  Plus adding
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Thursday, April 09, 2009 9:44 AM

Windows Rookies comes to the UK

We now have the Windows Rookies in the UK With Lewis aged 5 photo sharing Sam aged 7 doing panoramic pictures and Danni aged 8 who is making a slide show You can also see other rookies Kylie aged 4 1/2 and Alexa 7 Rob Technorati Tags: i'm a pc , rookies
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:54 AM

This PC will do everything that I need

I have been away for a nice long weekend in Yorkshire visiting my Parents (so they could have some Grand Child time) and that Sarah and myself could have some time to ours elves, which we did in the wonderful surroundings of The Devonshire Arms , highly
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Friday, April 03, 2009 2:31 PM

Report a Webpage Problem Internet Explorer 8 Add-On

If you are running IE8 (and of course you are) you may come across sites that don’t look correct, have script errors or other problems.  Well you can now use this little add-on to report this back to Microsoft. Download details: Report a Webpage
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Friday, April 03, 2009 2:16 PM

Want to learn about Windows 7?

and you are in the Berkshire (UK) area on the 7th / 8th May then this post from Matt McSpirit might be of interest to you. It is being run one of our local training partners Global Knowledge The event is focused at ITPros and all the details are on Matts
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Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:26 PM

Windows Client TechCenter updated

Ages ago i pointed out some great resources on the Windows Client Tech Center over on TechNet and I have heard from Chriskil that they have been doing some spring cleaning on the site with changes including: More featured videos Removal of sub-navigation
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Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:58 PM

Windows Live support and blogs

Just really a pointer to the great resources on the mthree blog for getting support for Windows Live and also a list of their team blogs for further info. http://blogs.msdn.com/mthree/archive/2009/04/01/microsoft-support-040109.aspx Shamelessly copied
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Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:41 AM

11 New or updated articles on Windows Help

We have done some updates and added a few new articles on Windows help as follows Tinker: how to play Automate tasks with Task Scheduler (from Windows Vista Inside Out) How to get support for Windows Update problems Tell me what you want: A beginner's
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:50 PM

Social Networking in the real world

did someone mention April 1st? nice work from the guys over at Edge.Technet.com Rob
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:52 PM

BBC tracking the G20 using Live Maps

I was just catching up on some news reading on the BBC web site and read the article about G20 Summit: Live Map where you can ‘ Use this live map to follow the G20 summit by exploring London in video, audio, pictures and text.’ What caught my eye was
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:57 AM

Is it time to retire the term “nerd” - poll

Time for a little fun, do you think the term “nerd” should be retired or be kept going io9 - Nerd and Anti-Nerd – Nerds Current voting looks like the nerds are voting for non options 4 and 5 ! personally i voted option 3 “ Let’s keep it alive anyway for
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