in my previous post i was troubleshooting internet explorer and why i had two processes everytime i open the browser.  what i had forgotten is that i upgraded to internet explorer 8 and that we now use two iexplore.exe processes that runs at different...

i’ve been running windows vista for over 3 1/2 years now (before it was even released publicly) and windows 7 for almost a year.  most of the it professionals, consultants and trainers i speak to feel pretty comfortable and knowledgeable with microsoft...

friday i posted information about dynamically shrinking a partition from your windows vista or windows 7 installation (making room for another operating system) but what if you are already running windows xp and would like to take advantage of this feature...

it’s a great friday – today you can reserve your production copy of the windows 7 upgrade for as little as $49.99!  the professional version upgrade is only $99.99.  not certain which version you’re interested in?  check out the pricing...

almost a year ago we had a portable media session at cwug (chicago windows user group) which was a lot of fun.  we had people bring their archos media players, ipods, psps and zunes.  when we talked about the zune, one of the questions was do...

i’ve got two systems left on the windows 7 beta that i’ll be upgrading either tonight or on july 1st.  i don’t speak that much spanish but even i understood this:  “a parte de julio su pc va a apagar todas 2 horas. download la rc” the release...

before i started at microsoft on october 31, 2005 (yes – it’s almost been four years!) i spent a lot of time combing through posts on channel9 , jobsblog and the careers site.  i wanted to get a sense of whether i would fit in.  fortunately...

boot from vhd is a great new feature of windows 7 enterprise.  it allows you to start an operating system configured in vhd file.  i have been using this to run 64 bit builds of windows 7 on a system that is natively running the 32 bit version...

i came across the following today – a site sponsored by microsoft that will donate 8 meals to feeding america for every download of internet explorer 8 from the site.  now the challenge – finding a computer that i’m not running internet explorer...

this is the second year that i'll be volunteering as part of chicago cares. more on this soon, but this is the second saturday in a row that has began with a drizzly cool rain (just the way i like to bike 65 miles) - at least today there is a plan for...

friday my uncle phil passed away. i have known him most of my life (he married my aunt when i was very young) and he always had a gentle tone and served his family, church, state and others selflessly. when i think of my dad who has so many of these same...

this thursday is the next springboard series virtual round table focused on application compatibility https://ms.istreamplanet.com/springboard . thursday, june 18th 11 a.m. pst windows 7, is approaching fast and from the application standpoint...

i’ve been asked a few times how to install windows 7 onto a netbook and i believe these are the minimum requirements: 1. format the usb stick (for example e:) within windows from a command prompt using the following command: format e: /fs:ntfs /q 2. ...

so i’ve made the switch – yesterday i picked up a brand new 2010 ford fusion hybrid with sync (and navigation so i can pay attention to driving and not where i’m supposed to be on any particular day).  this marks my return to ford (the last one we...