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Available NOW: Windows Live Essentials 2011
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
Just announced today: Windows Live Essentials 2011 available for download now . Windows Live essentials includes: Windows Live Family Safety Windows Live Mesh Windows Live Photo Gallery Windows Live Movie Maker Windows Live Messenger Windows Live Writer...
Cleveland Browns Think Pink: See you Sunday, and Please Wear the Ribbon!
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
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One of the most touching and powerful experiences I have gotten to do , on and off, for the last few years is pass out pink ribbons at Cleveland Browns stadium. This is part of Think Pink month to help promote awareness and prevention of Cancer. I am...
Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge Training Week 4: More Cross Training
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
Welcome to another week, and this week was a very good week of running and work outs. I find myself really enjoying the training, and really enjoying the cooler weather. I ran on Sunday morning for my 8 miles yesterday, and I think it was...
What Kind of Cloud is Your Business Looking to Become?
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
When you were a child, chances are you looked up into the sky and wondered what kind of cloud you were looking at or what cloud you want to be. Back then knowing what type of a cloud you were looking at boiled down to a three main choices...
Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge Training Week 3: Cross Training and a Bonus!
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
Wow what a good week, and man it felt good to get that 11 miler our of the road yesterday, and it was tough, I was right at 1:49, so not too bad. I have figured out a trick, to making long runs more bearable. Run early, early in the morning...
Registration Now: TechNet Events Windows 7 Deployment Firestarter
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
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Happy Monday one and all! I am VERY Pleased to announce Registration is Open for our Windows 7 Deployment Series! The first event starts October 12th, with my good friend and teammate Brian Lewis, so register below now! We are...
Ready, Down, Set, Save 25% withTNITQ406 on TechNet Professional subscriptions until 10-31-2010
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Hey it is football season, and I get a little excited. I also get excited if your looking to get a new TechNet subscription, one of the coolest subscriptions on the planet!. You can still save 25% discount for TechNet Professional subscriptions...
Get the IE 9 Beta Today!
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
IE 9 beta was announced today you can download it here: http://www.beautyoftheweb.com/ or click on the picture below. To read more about check out this article at ZDnet: Internet Explorer 9 beta review: Microsoft reinvents the browser
Students Are You Up for a Challenge? Enter the Imagine Cup 2011 IT Challenge NOW!
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
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Are you a student, do you know a student or are you going back to school and can you answer this question: Which DNS Zone resolves IP address to a fully qualified host names? A. Forward Lookup Zone B. Reverse Lookup Zone C. Stub Zone D. DNS Zone...
Bytes by TechNet, Oliver Rist talks Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
Get the inside scoop, from Oliver Rist of the Microsoft Windows Server Marketing Team, on the best Windows Server social media spots. Matt and Oliver also discuss Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 new features: Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX. Tune in, and you'll...
Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge Training Week 2: How I train
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
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Happy Monday 1 week done and 17 to go! This was a great week of training but I have to admit, it was weird week of training. The family schedule took this week over and had to adjust my schedule and make some adjustments. So my cross...
Server Bedtime Story by Chris Henley
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
If you are tired of reading the same old stories like Green Eggs and Ham, The Giving Tree, or any book about Pooh. You need to check out my buddy Chris’ story he reads to his kids : --> Happy Friday!!!...
NEW: Microsoft P2V Desktop Virtualization Beta Tool
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
Just announced we have a new tool to work for P2V desktops. Simply put this tool will allow you to desktop virtualization to maintain legacy applications and still move users to Windows 7.The tool works with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and...
5 Bold Predictions for the NFL 2010
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over 3 years ago
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Wow, almost miss this post before the season starts tonight! So last year I did better and I got 2 out my 5 right you can take a look here: Matt Gets Better: Recap 5 bold NFL Predictions 2009 So with the reason right around the corner, I will try...
Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge Training Week 1: Going Goofy Round 2!
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over 3 years ago
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Well since I have already paid my money for the run, my brother-in-law is coming, and my wonderful wife has booked a family vacation around the Walt Disney World Marathon weekend , I think it time I start training for the run. It is 18 weeks away...
Book of the Month September 2010: The Imagineering Way
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
Alright Disney book time again. This month’s book The Imagineering Way provides some great insight to unlock your inner child. I promise I do not read just Disney books and while this months book was written by The Imagineers , I bought...
Interview: In Studio with the guys from Fuller Computer Solutions Part 4
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over 3 years ago
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Matt Hester
This is the last segment of the show we talked about my book and the process of how I got involved in writing. This was a fun segment, and we wrapped up the show. We also chatted briefly about social media. I got a lot of my understanding...