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Do you Tafiti?
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One of the announcements last week was the launch of Silverlight . Now initially I was like, big whoop, it is a new tool for developers and it does not impact the tools I work with. How WRONG I was (Yes,I can admit I am wrong). So I had my good friend...
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TechNet Events Bakersfield and Long Beach, California (4/3/2007 and 4/5/2007)
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over 6 years ago
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Good afternoon Southern California! Thank you for attending the events last week. It was nice meeting you all and I look forward to the next time I get to go to the west coast! During the events you asked a lot of questions. You also provide lots of great...
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Finally someone gets it about the PC vs. Mac commercials
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over 5 years ago
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I started writing this post to help drive awareness over some of my mild frustration with the Mac vs. PC commercials. While during the process of writing this post about Time Machine and Shadow Copy, a friend of mine, thanks Dave, sent me this great...
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TechNet Radio Interview: Windows Mobile Top 10 Features for Business (Part 1 of 3)
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begin Julie Andrews visualization Windows Mobile 6, Active Sync, Mobile CRM, Mobile OOF, Mobile Device Center, System Center Mobile Device Center..... These are just a few of my favorite things. end Julie Andrews visualization :-) I had a great opportunity...
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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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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...
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Windows 7 and XP Mode, Hardware Virtualization no longer required
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over 3 years ago
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We have made some big announcements today around virtualization technologies. One of the big changes is to XP mode in Windows 7 (Pro, Enterprise and Ultimate). XP Mode no longer requires Hardware assisted virtualization! Take a look at the...
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20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon Training Week 2: Hooray Bling!
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8 months ago
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So it has officially begun, technically it began last week, I was just a bit behind. Life can get crazy like that. I am running the 20th anniversary of the Walt Disney World Marathon. You may be asking two questions, first you might...
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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...
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Proud Dad Moment: Mitchell’s first TD
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over 4 years ago
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Here is a proud moment I got to witness and extremely lucky one of the team moms (thanks Liz!!!) was video taping that day. BTW the voice you here in the background yelling go, is little ole me. I was very excited. Go Mitchell!
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Books of the Month for June 2010: The Imagineering Field Guide to Epcot at Walt Disney World
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over 3 years ago
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So this should come as no surprise to many of the book of the month is a Disney World book!. Just trying to get you ready for your summer vacation plans. The book I chose is a great book to give you an alternative view to EPCOT. ...
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Announced: New TechNet Subscription Names and Offerings
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over 3 years ago
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Today we announced the launch of the TechNet Subscription Standard and the new TechNet Subscriptions name So why did we introduce a new supplement to TechNet Subscription Professional? We heard from customers, partners, and the field that we needed...
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Matt’s Best Year Yet: Recap 5 bold NFL Predictions
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over 2 years ago
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In the three years I have been doing this I rocked this year and nailed 3 out 5 predictions. Although one is still TBD here is my recap and results: Total 3/5 San Francisco 49ers will make the playoffs . When you look just at the division...
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New Promotion: Save 15% With TN3MNA06 On a New TechNet Subscription!
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over 2 years ago
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We have a new promotion for TechNet Professional Subscriptions from now until June 30, 2011 purchase a new TechNet Subscription Professional and save 15% with TN3MNA06 . By using TN3MNA06 you can save 15% on a new TechNet Professional Subscription! Click...
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First EVER: PowerShell Saturday in Columbus, OH: March 10, 2012
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over 1 year ago
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I just learned about a great event coming up in March! The very first "PowerShell Saturday"! This is an all-day event that will provide registered attendees with the following: Chance to learn Windows PowerShell from experts in the...
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TechNet Radio Interview: Windows Mobile Top 10 Features for Business (Part 2 of 3)
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over 5 years ago
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I had a great opportunity to speak with 3 fantastic Windows Mobile experts from the product group. I sat down with and had some great TechNet Radio interviews with Derek Snyder, Brian Hoskins and Dan Arildson. Over of the 3 parts we spoke...
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What happens when IT and Football Collide: Cleveland Browns Style
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over 6 years ago
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I am extremely excited about this post!!!!! A few weeks back our team got some really nice cameras from Sony , with the goal to do some interviews with IT folks like you. We wanted to find out how you use technology, what challenges you have and other...
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Straight out of Star Wars and Star Trek, 3-D Conferencing Technology Today!
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over 5 years ago
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Attention on the holodeck! Wow folks, seeing truly is believing. I want to share with you a video one of my worldwide counterparts sent out. This was simply too cool not to share! The folks at Cisco came out with a wonderfully innovative...
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Windows Desktop Search Deployment: You say MSI, I say .exe, now you can have both!
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over 6 years ago
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I just got word of something extremely fantastic! On the 22nd we added a new download option for Windows Desktop Search! You can know download a .MSI file. In the past the download was only a .exe file and the instructions to make a .MSI was not the greatest...
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A New Program: Webcast Express
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over 6 years ago
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Welcome to a new offering from TechNet! Webcast Express One of the great vehicles that we use in my job to keep in touch with all of you and keep up with technology are webcasts. However, I sometimes hear people will tell me that the webcasts are sometimes...
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Kevin Mitnick presents at Infragard General Meeting.
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over 6 years ago
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Last Friday, I joined Kai Axford and we went and saw Kevin Mitnick present on the Art of Deception and the danger of being conned. You can read Kai’s write up of the event here: Mitnick and Me . Also look for Kai to get a TechNet Radio interview with...
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Windows Vista Product Guide screencast - Shadow Copy
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over 6 years ago
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Welcome to another screencast from the Vista Product guide on Shadow Copy . Okay so I know all of you know the fundamental difference between SAVE and SAVE AS. However, how many of you wanted to do a SAVE AS, and you “accidentally” clicked on SAVE. It...
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Windows Vista Product Guide screencasts - DVD Maker and DVD Menus
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over 6 years ago
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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...
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Windows Vista Product Guide screencast - ReadyBoost
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over 6 years ago
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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...
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Cleveland and Columbus, OH: LAUNCH (1/23/2007 and 1/25/2007)
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over 6 years ago
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Good Afternoon Columbus and Cleveland! First off THANK YOU for coming to launch! We had over 1200 Ohio IT Professional in the both cities, 1251 to be exact! That is an incredible turn out and again I cannot thank everyone enough! After the Launch in Cleveland...
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Understanding Group Policy (Part 1 of 3): Webcast (11-13-2006)
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over 7 years ago
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Here is the link to the Part 1 webcast: Understanding Group Policy (Part 1 of 3) Here are the questions and answers for Part 1: Question: What takes precedence group policy settings or NTFS file folder level settings? Answer: The NTFS file permissions...
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