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Blog Post: Tip o' the Week #121 - Networking with Lync

EwanD

This week, we have a semi-rehash of earlier tips ( #51 and #67 ), based on some investigation work that’s been done inside Microsoft’s own IT group. If you’re going to join a Lync call (especially if you’re using video or app sharing, using a Roundtable/Polycom CX5000 device etc), then best practice...

on 15 Jun 2012
Blog Post: Tip o’ the Week #172 – Dreaming of Apps

EwanD

Clearly, the most obvious difference in Windows 8 compared to other operating systems (from inferior *NIX based desktops to fancy fondleslabs ) is the Start Screen – the colourful, dynamic and interactive tile-based view of apps available to you with just a click, touch or swipe. It’s also the...

on 3 May 2013
Blog Post: Tip o’ the Week #120 – The colour of time

EwanD

This week’s tip is a lovely little Windows app, recommended by Ceri Morris . It’s a little like the sunrise alarm clocks which start your day by gently lighting the room, or the sleep alarms which gradually fade out the radio instead of a sudden silence in place of music. This free application, called...

on 8 Jun 2012
Blog Post: Tip o' the Week #180 - A touch of magic

EwanD

As more and more of us continue to enjoy new laptops courtesy of the Windows 8 Refresh program, the fact that most of them are touch-enabled is causing delight and surprise. The best things about touch on traditional laptop devices may be the less obvious uses – scrolling up and down a web page with...

on 28 Jun 2013
Blog Post: Tip o’ the Week #168 – Loving some Windows Phone 8 tips

EwanD

At a recent “Love It” internal event hosted in Microsoft UK’s Reading campus, a whole series of tips and tricks were shared amongst other Microsofties. Did you know, for example, that with an application called ZipApp ( www.zipapp.co.uk – check it out), you can build a Windows 8 app in a few minutes...

on 12 Apr 2013
Blog Post: Tip o’ the Week #150 – It’s a date!

EwanD

Some tweaks and tips are basically not all that exciting unless you find they solve a problem you’ve had to deal with directly, maybe on a number of occasions, at which point they’ll transform to being a miraculous time saver that you’ll continue using for years to come. One such example, is the Copy...

on 7 Dec 2012
Blog Post: Tip o' the Week #199 – Checking your home network speed

EwanD

As winter bites, as roadworks cause pandemonium , there may be a trend for staff to work at home more. Microsofties all know Lync powers the ability to effectively work and be contactable when you’re sitting in your shreddies in your home office. If you have a less than perfect broadband connection,...

on 27 Dec 2013
Blog Post: Tip o’ the Week #148 – Some top Windows 8 Apps

EwanD

Ring out the bells, Windows 8 is here ! The UPS and DHL fairies have been (eventually) making deliveries of the first Surface with Windows RT devices to lucky folk. If you’ve been waiting for yours, at least it meant you had time to biff off to the flicks to see that film instead of staying home to play...

on 16 Nov 2012
Blog Post: Tip o' the Week #178 - Copy as Path, turbocharged

EwanD

Long-term readers of ToW may recall tip 101 , which featured the “Copy as Path” command in Windows 7. In a nutshell; hold the Shift key as you right-click on a file in Windows Explorer, and you’ll see the Copy as Path option, which copies the entire path to that file (eg c:\blah\blah\file.doc) into the...

on 21 Jun 2013
Blog Post: Tip o’ the Week #149 – Take up thy Surface and Walk!

EwanD

Far out, man ! The Surface , maybe more correctly described as the Microsoft Surface with Windows RT , has finally landed and, despite the odd bump in the logistics road for some, it’s flying out of (the) store(s). In the UK, the Surface 32Gb with no cover keeps selling out – the only option if you want...

on 23 Nov 2012
Blog Post: Tip o’ the Week #131 – Shortcuts with Windows 8 Release Preview

EwanD

This tip is being published out of sequence, like a few others before it, since it’s much more timely than it would be if published in mid-August (which is when it would otherwise be scheduled). Everyone must have seen Windows 8 by now, and many of you will be running the latest version, the Release...

on 29 Jun 2012
Blog Post: Tip o' the Week #132 - tweaking IE10 compatibility

EwanD

This week, a tip concerning Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8 Release Preview. Not running it yet? Booo . Unless, of course, you’re now running the newly released RTM version . Hurray ! Anyway . Once you have IE10, you may find that some sites don’t work as well as they’d like. There are a few ways of...

on 17 Aug 2012