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Windows Vista Product Guide screencast - Flexible Device Control
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over 6 years ago
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Matt Hester
Ahhh love those new devices! Have you ever walked around your office and notice new devices plugged into peoples systems via the handy dandy USB ports. On one hand the plug and play functionality is fantastic on the other hand this should worry you as...
What will the future hold for the Search Engine battle?
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over 6 years ago
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Matt Hester
It may not be Google and it even may not even be any search engine that we know of today. I just read a good article on Newsweek by David H. Freedman that talked about the current state of the search engine market. It even took a look into the future...
Get Dialed into System Center
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over 6 years ago
by
Matt Hester
I just came across a great new blog around System Center. The System Center team put up their team blog here: Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog This blog is still young and I know they will have some great information with the products currently in...
Windows Desktop Search (WDS) Patch and WSUS Information
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over 6 years ago
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Matt Hester
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Normally when I have been writing about search it has been some great news, well I had a few of email me an issue regarding the recent published patch release for Windows Desktop Search (WDS) 3.01. This was an optional patch originally however we released...
Windows Vista Product Guide screencasts - DVD Maker and DVD Menus
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over 6 years ago
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Matt Hester
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In addition to Windows Vista Movie Maker, Windows Vista provides a great new tool to allow you take some creative advantage of your DVD burners. This tool is very easy to use and can really take your digital media and turn them into well produced DVD...
Windows Vista Product Guide screencast - Movie Maker
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over 6 years ago
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Matt Hester
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What can be said about this fantastic free utility in Windows Vista. Movie Maker is not a new tool and is still the same great tool that some of you may have used in XP. Windows Vista really makes the old tool even better! They really made a great new...
Are you a TechNet Subscriber...Do you want to be one, I can save you $100!
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over 6 years ago
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Matt Hester
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This is not spam, this is a great offer from corporate. So if you are looking at buying a TechNet subscription you can save a $100, it is as simple as using the following promotion code when you go to buy your subscription: TMSAM09 Click...
Windows Vista Product Guide screencast - ReadyBoost
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over 6 years ago
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Matt Hester
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Hello everyone over the next few weeks I will be posting a couple of screencasts a week starting with this one on Windows Vista ReadyBoost. ReadyBoost is a simply fantastic new feature that makes improving the speed of your system very easy without all...
CTIA Live Keynote Session via Webcast with Steve Ballmer
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over 6 years ago
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Matt Hester
Can't attend CTIA in person? Watch the live Keynote with Steve Ballmer via Live Webcast! Mobile computing and communications enable us to be more productive, more connected, and more entertained when we are on the go. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will...
Enter the World of Virtualization Webcast Series
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over 6 years ago
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Matt Hester
Want to learn more about Virtualization and Microsoft Technologies? Check out the following webcast series that is happening on virtualization Technologies, there are some great ones coming up starting on October 15th. If you want to register for the...
live.com --- Search improvements
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over 6 years ago
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Matt Hester
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Good afternoon everyone! As you know we have been doing a lot of things around search technologies, I recently blogged about the very cool beta of tafiti front end to the live search engine. We have also made several improvements to the overall engine...
Halo what will the future bring?
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over 6 years ago
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Matt Hester
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What do you do after you have had the most successful video game launch in history? You continue making the game. I wonder what the next version would look like. Well loadingreadyrun did a fantastically funny video on what that future may look like. I...
TechNet Event Detroit, MI (9/27/07)
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over 6 years ago
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Matt Hester
Good morning motor city! Thank you all for coming to the event last week on Thursday! I hope everyone enjoyed the event and I look forward to seeing you come back to future TechNet events. We had a few questions from the event and they are listed below...