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thanks to mike niehaus
last week i was honored to spend 3 days with mike niehaus. we visited with a number of customers and also attended two user group meetings - cwug (chicago windows user group) and iwug (indiana windows...
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windows home server power pack 1 public beta!
windows home server's power pack has hit the public beta milestone! see it in action at our next chicago windows user group meeting!
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yes - i use live writer christopher!
this evening at the chicago windows user group meeting, christopher kusek asked what picture a toolbar was from - it was from windows live writer! i use this and windows live photo gallery on most of...
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windows home server stories
i've got my windows home server connected to many of my workstations for centralized storage and most of my computers are backed up to the windows home server for disaster recovery (we demoed complete...
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revisiting windows steadystate
i do most of my reconfiguration of systems today using virtual pc, virtual server or hyper-v. even most beta software is virtualized avoiding the need to worry about removal, upgrades to more recent...
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100 members in facebook!
the day before our big october 2008 cwug meeting we hit 100 members in our facebook group. you have to be a member of the chicago network (for your location), but it's open to anyone other than that!...
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mdop charter member program
thanks to christopher kusek for remembering to blog about this (after i mentioned it, but apparently never blogged about it). at our october cwug meeting, gordon dunkley and christopher kusek were the...
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cwug windows home server webcasts begin in november!
cwug started our online endeavors with chris urban's management track. next month, ray casey takes up where chris left off. there will be a new windows home server track that will kick off with...
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cwug windows home server live meetings begin tonight!
as i'm blogging this, ray casey is kicking off the first in a series of windows home server live meeting sessions. ray is a member of cwug (the chicago windows user group) and has stepped up to chair...
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nxe will be released on wednesday
we're rescheduling our wednesday cwug live meeting, but fortunately there will be something for members to do on wednesday - upgrade their xboxes with nxe - the new xbox experience. check out the info...
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windows 7 virtualization
we're gearing up for a great cwug march meeting and it will feature some of the new virtualization capabilities that windows 7 has. app-v just went into a 4.5 cu1 beta and this means we'll add this to...
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christopher kusek will be on the bus and at teched 2009!
christopher kusek who has been a long time member and recent vice chair of the chicago windows user group will be getting on the bus and going to teched 2009! there will be a large womenbuild event at...
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direct access screencast and cwug.groups.live.com
i have posted a short video demonstrating windows 7 direct access as well as the chicago windows user group use of windows live mesh. this month we also launched our windows live collaboration site...
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windows live messenger in facebook?!?!?!?!
today i discovered another useful facebook app – windows live messenger within facebook – click here to install it. we’ve also announced that windows web messenger is now part of hotmail and...
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did you know: connecting windows live web activities
when you are logged into windows live (home.live.com), you can go into your profile – permissions and on the bottom right is web activities to start, i’ve added 5 web activities in alphabetical order:...
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another install fest (thursday), top windows 7 utilities and 3 more...
thursday my counterpart dan orum led our second install fest, i did an internal tips and tricks session and then dan presented at the chicago windows user group on the top windows 7 utilities. we'll...
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keeping your kids safe online – windows live family safety and windows 7...
last month i gave a speech on keeping your kids safe online at cwug (chicago windows user group)– here’s some of the nuggets you missed at our november meeting. first, i have embraced what is coming –...
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office 2010 tips and tricks thursdays (on a friday)
today i’m going to share my office live story and a link to a bunch of office content. christian maulsby gave a great presentation at cwug (chicago windows user group) last night on office live and...
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sunday posts for everyone - giving
this topic seemed to be appropriate since i have just completed a few requests to support a high school friend, a coworker and a friend i met through the chicago windows user group in their running and...
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windows 7 wednesdays 60 tips in 60 minutes (the presentation)
yesterday was the ahma hardlines technology forum in schaumburg, il. i had 60 minutes to go through 60 tips on windows 7. with other tips shared besides the “main” tip, i easily was above 60, but i...
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