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  • Blog Post: Replacing My Kitchen Faucet Saga

    johnbake-msft
    Note:   This is NOT computer related, but merely a cathartic rant about my faucet saga.  While cleaning up some dishes I noticed my feet were getting wet.  Couldn’t understand how that could be as I wasn’t splashing the water out of the sink.  I opened the door under the sink and...
    on 5 Oct 2011

  • Blog Post: Indian Restaurant: Indique Heights, Chevy Chase, MD

    johnbake-msft
    On a recent trip to our Washington DC office I had the opportunity to go to the Indique Heights Indian restaurant for dinner.  This is not your usual Indian restaurant, a little more high end, with an eclectic menu that includes some interesting Street Snacks and appetizers as well as some slightly...
    on 23 Nov 2010

  • Blog Post: End of an Era: Sony to stop manufacturing 3-1/2” Floppies

    johnbake-msft
    Really?  Come on, own up!!!  Who’s still buying these in 2010?  I can’t remember the last time I saw a computer with a floppy drive.  Although I have to admit a family member recently tried to give me a file to work on that they had put on a floppy, much to my chagrin and amusement...
    on 26 Apr 2010

  • Blog Post: Indian Restaurant: Madras Cafe – Pompano Beach, FL

    johnbake-msft
    I haven’t written about my road trip Indian restaurant visits in a while.  So I’m here in Ft. Lauderdale, FL for an Angelbeat event tomorrow and thought I’d try one of the local Indian establishments and tell you all about it.  Rather than looking up restaurant reviews to choose where to go...
    on 23 Feb 2010

  • Blog Post: Creating a Firewall Rule to Allow ICMPv4 Echo Requests

    johnbake-msft
    You're trying to do some basic troubleshooting on your network and you ping a machine but it doesn't respond.  You know its there.  Why isn't it responding?  It's probably the firewall on the machine that's causing the problem.  In this screencast you'll see how to create a firewall...
    on 11 Feb 2010

  • Blog Post: Indian Restaurant: Bangkok & Bombay - San Juan, Puerto Rico

    johnbake-msft
    Last week I was in San Juan, Puerto Rico for a long weekend visiting my friend Jose.  We had just been to an authentic Puerto Rican restaurant in Old San Juan for lunch and were driving over to the beach, (yeah the beach in late December - its sunny and 85F (29C for you metric types) can you say...
    on 23 Dec 2008

  • Blog Post: Screencast Series: Step-By-Step Windows Vista "Nibbles" - Part 4 of 12 - Changing Your Desktop Background

    johnbake-msft
    In this screencast  we're going to take a look at how easy it is to change desktop background in Windows Vista.  There are a variety of options available to us including over 20 different wallpapers, sample photographs and solid colors. And if that isn’t enough, you can use your own photographs...
    on 14 Nov 2008

  • Blog Post: Screencast Series: Step-By-Step Windows Vista "Nibbles" - Part 2 of 12 - Using and Modifying the Start Menu

    johnbake-msft
    This is the second screencast in my 12-part series and will look at Using and Modifying the Start Menu .  The Start Menu is what links you into all the programs and tasks you can run on your computer.  It is very different from the Windows XP start menu as it has much more information and is...
    on 7 Nov 2008

  • Blog Post: Unified Communications helping Road Warriors: My laptop is now my phone!!!

    johnbake-msft
    My teammate John Weston has created a couple of great screencasts talking about how we use Unified Communications (UC) in our day-to-day work to keep us productive, especially when we're on the road. Everyone in the team has a UC phone number which means no matter where we are, if you call our phone...
    on 6 Nov 2008

  • Blog Post: Phishing Scams: What Can You Do?

    johnbake-msft
    There are a lot of phishing scams out there at the moment. The reason I decided to post this is because I almost fell for one of the social networking scams. I was in Facebook the other day and what appeared to be an instant message from a friend popped up. It said something like " You won't believe...
    on 23 Oct 2008

  • Blog Post: Hand Made Lamborghini: Built In the Basement

    johnbake-msft
    This has got to be the most crazy or most impressive project I've ever seen. Mr. Ken Imhoff saw the movie Cannonball Run seventeen years ago, I saw that same movie and in my case it nearly took away my will to live J , in his case, he fell in love with a car in the film - the Lamborghini Countach. ...
    on 21 Oct 2008

  • Blog Post: A Big Mac and Wireless Access Please: McDonalds Internet Lounge

    johnbake-msft
    Last week I was looking for a quick bite early one evening and decided for some reason to go to McD's. I don't know why, maybe it was a burger and fries craving and I just didn't want to drive anywhere. It's probably the first time I've been to one in years, so I don't feel too bad about going, even...
    on 13 Oct 2008

  • Blog Post: TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows - FREE Online Book

    johnbake-msft
    Whether you're a network administrator or just starting out in the IT world, knowledge and understanding of TCP/IP is requirement.  Download this just published, free online book TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows and have that information at your fingertips.  It a soup to nuts guide...
    on 10 Oct 2008

  • Blog Post: Yet Another Article On Data Loss

    johnbake-msft
    Our TechNet Events team in the US have been talking about using BitLocker to encrypt and protect your data for the past year. During our sessions I always try to give examples of real-life scenarios of data loss or theft of laptops and drives and have talked about some of the most recent examples here...
    on 6 Oct 2008

  • Blog Post: InformationWeek: Microsoft, Washington State Launch Legal Assault On Scareware -- Spyware

    johnbake-msft
    I found this interesting article in InformationWeek. You've probably had those Registry Cleaner XP pop-up ads appear on your screen. They look like a "real" Windows system message - they pop-up and tell you a critical system error has occurred and you need their software to fix it. Because it looks like...
    on 30 Sep 2008

  • Blog Post: Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Remote Access

    johnbake-msft
    Following on from yesterdays post about Home Networking with Windows Home Server, I thought this Technical Brief  on how to remotely access your system would be useful.  The thing is I'm not just talking about you remotely accessing the shared folders on the Windows Home Server, but you being...
    on 24 Sep 2008

  • Blog Post: System Slowing Down? Checkout "5 ways to speed up your PC"

    johnbake-msft
    Is your system getting sluggish?  Here's a useful article, 5 ways to speed up your PC , that gives you some simple tips to help speed it back up. 1. Free up disk space 2. Speed up access to data 3. Detect and repair disk errors 4. Protect your computer against spyware 5. Learn all about ReadyBoost
    on 18 Sep 2008

  • Blog Post: Are you a Small Business and Need Help Deploying Vista?: Introducing Windows Vista Small Business Assurance

    johnbake-msft
    If you're a small business and thinking about upgrading to Windows Vista and you're stuck and need some help where do you turn?  The place to go for help is the  Windows Vista Small Business Assurance website!! From the Website: "Taking risks is a part of every small business, but making...
    on 9 Sep 2008

  • Blog Post: How would you like to live in a shipping container?

    johnbake-msft
    Here's a strange article I came across. You know those shipping containers that come from China with all the stuff we buy? OK, maybe not just China, that's just a dig because 95% of what I buy now is made in China J . Even some of the food I'm buying is from China, but I digress. I guess it had to...
    on 29 Aug 2008

  • Blog Post: AITP User Group Meeting, Charleston, SC - August 21st, 2008

    johnbake-msft
    Just wanted to thank the Association of Information Technology Professionals in Charleston, SC for inviting me down for their monthly meeting. Also wanted to call out the evenings sponsor: ECPI College of Technology . I had a great time, and enjoyed a nice Outba ck steak!!! This month I did...
    on 23 Aug 2008

  • Blog Post: Indian Restaurant in Jacksonville, FL: Cilantro

    johnbake-msft
    I'm in Florida for a TechNet event tomorrow at the Wyndham Hotel in Jacksonville. Tonight JJ, TS2 presenter, and I went to an Indian restaurant called Cilantro . We had originally intended to go to one called Shalimar, but it appears its been closed down. I asked the guy at front desk if there was an...
    on 19 Aug 2008

  • Blog Post: Home wireless networks: Why is everyone still only using WEP?

    johnbake-msft
    It always amazes me how some people buy a wireless router for home and just plug it in and setup the basics; no security, default SSID (usually the manufacturers name like Linksys), default user and password (try user: admin, password:admin ). "Hey, I'm set - its works right? I get access to the Internet...
    on 9 Aug 2008

  • Blog Post: Indian Restaurants: The start of my series of reviews of Indian restaurants on my travels

    johnbake-msft
    Being English I have a penchant for Indian food, in fact, much to the chagrin of many of my road warrior buddies, I would go as far as to say I have to have it at least once a week... MINIMUM.  When we're on the road doing live events, we usually travel in groups of 3 or 4.  Most times we try...
    on 8 Aug 2008

  • Blog Post: Windows Live Sky Drive: 5GB of FREE Online Storage!!!

    johnbake-msft
    Yes, as you can see from this and the previous post, I've been discovering stuff that you can get on Windows Live.  This time its 5GB of FREE online storage.  (I'm actually using it to store all these pretty pictures in my posts). So What Exactly Can You do with this Space? Go to Windows Live...
    on 8 Aug 2008

  • Blog Post: Wi-Fi in the Sky......

    johnbake-msft
    Since I live in Atlanta - Delta's headquarters - practically every flight I take is on Delta, so you can imagine how pleased I was to see this article: Delta To Offer Wi-Fi Across Its U.S. Fleet .  I REALLY like the idea of Wi-Fi access on the plane, but do I need it?  No, not really, I can...
    on 6 Aug 2008
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