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Book of the Month For February 2010: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Administration Instant Reference
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
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I know it is a couple of days before February, and it has been a while since I have written a post for book of the month. However, this months book, is of special interest for myself and my great friends Chris Henley and Harold Wong (our fantastic Technical...
Are you ready for Season 6 of Lost
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over 3 years ago
by
Matt Hester
Season 6 starts on Feb 2nd. at 9est on ABC. If you need a recap here is a great video: Last Five Seasons in 5 minutes
Enter now only a couple of weeks left to win an HP Envy? Enter the Toolbox.com Windows @ Work Contest & for a Chance!!!!
Posted
over 3 years ago
by
Matt Hester
Sign up to join the Toolbox.com IT Windows 7 Community so you can enter the Windows @ Work contest, discuss issues that arise during the implementation, configuration, administration or daily use of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system. Be a part of...
RTW: FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 5.1 and IIS 6.0
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over 3 years ago
by
Matt Hester
The FastCGI module v1.5 has been released for IIS 6 and IIS 5.1. Take a look at at a full post here: http://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2010/01/18/fastcgi-extension-1-5-for-iis-5-1-and-iis-6-0-rtw.aspx Some fast features: Monitor changes to a file ...
Announcement, new event in Cincinnati talking about the power of online marketing
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
LET Your Mouse Do the Marketing! Join us for this exclusive event for Microsoft Partners! Meet Jeremy Epstein, founder of Never Stop Marketing, as he shares survival strategies to grow your business in today’s online marketing environment. This event...
Important: Critical Out-Of-Band Security Update
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The more severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using...
Happy Friday!
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over 3 years ago
by
Matt Hester
Wanted to share some happiness on this Friday, provided by Coca-Cola . This reminded me about filling buckets, take a look at the book I read a few months ago: Book's of the Month for May 2007: The Present and How Full is Your Bucket.
CodeMash PowerShell Recap and Screencast!
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over 3 years ago
by
Matt Hester
PowerShell is a great tool, and if you have not started to learn, it is never too old to learn this great tool! You are also not alone, I had the privilege to speak this year at CodeMash . I know what you are thinking, that sounds like a developer...
Sign up now! More cities for TechNet Events: Windows Azure, Hyper-V and Windows 7 Deployment
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
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Good morning everyone, I just wanted to post a quick update, last week I posted a quick snapshot of upcoming TechNet and MSDN events . I just received the registration links and the rest of the cities through march. Hope to see you. ...
Amazing Movie, and amazing Windows 7 Theme
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
I had a chance last week to see Avatar in 3d and was extremely impressed by the movies visuals. If you liked the visuals like me, then go get the Avatar them here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/personalize If you have seen...
Sign up now: with TNITE06 for 28% discount off a new TechNet Subscription!!!!
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
Good morning everyone, I want to mention we are still offering the discount for the TechNet Subscriptions. Due to the continued success of the program, it is back again this year and the savings have been increased to 28%!!!!! Just Use TNITE06...
TechNet Events: Windows Azure, Hyper-V and Windows 7 Deployment
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
Join your local TechNet Events team for a lively tour of the latest tools and resources for IT Pros. We’ll start with an overview of Windows Azure, and explore how you can use this high-performance hosted platform to build customer-facing applications...
MSDN Events: Take Your Applications Sky High with Cloud Computing and the Windows Azure Platform
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
Join your local MSDN Events team as we take a deep dive into cloud computing and the Windows Azure Platform. We’ll start with a developer-focused overview of this new platform and the cloud computing services that can be used either together or independently...
Want to win an HP Envy? Enter the Toolbox.com Windows @ Work Contest & for a Chance!!!!
Posted
over 3 years ago
by
Matt Hester
Sign up to join the Toolbox.com IT Windows 7 Community so you can enter the Windows @ Work contest, discuss issues that arise during the implementation, configuration, administration or daily use of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system. Be a part of...
See the Beginning of Natal
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
Here is a great little video from CES highlighting the beginning of Natal
IT Pro Momentum Windows 7 Laptop Project completed with Server in the Future
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
Another IT Pro momentum project for laptops and the driver support exists for the products. This also demonstrates how the program is going to be used to gain knowledge for certifications and future server deployments. Great little momentum...