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Ok. I have compiled all of the names and addresses I have from the Cincinnati event. If you were there, please check this list and ensure your name is on it. The list is in the form of: First three letters of your last name /
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For those of you who had attended the Cincinnati event and are patiently waiting for your copy of Windows Vista, I have good news. I collected business cards, addresses, etc. from everyone who was in the room at the end (and as many of you who left
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One of the other discussions which occurred at my Portland event was around Vista. As always, there were some lovers and some haters. I started the discussion and then let the audience go at it. And, as usual, I was impressed by the
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If that title conjured up a vision of a mother yelling at her child when she's trying to introduce him to someone, then I did my job. If that wasn't the vision you got, then I've just explained it. Now what does that title have to do
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It be that time of year again.... time to be talkin' like a pirate . Arrrr...... I be havin' a blog post waitin' in the aft, but after I be seein' the new "I Be a PC" ad, I be changin' my post to talk about this great, grand ad!
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If you haven't seen it yet, it is true. Microsoft has released a new ad campaign featuring BillG and Jerry Seinfeld together. They're at a shoe store of all places. I have to admit, I watched the commercial last night for the first time
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"The Last and Final Chapter" -- that sounds ominous, doesn't it? Maybe "Windows Vista and the Deathly Hallows" would've been better, but I think a cease and desist letter would be in the mail tomorrow. ;) At any rate,
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You may have noticed I haven't made a posting here for a couple days. You, like many others, were probably sitting on the edge of your seat salivating for the next "Why Vista?" post only to be denied not once, but twice! What in the world was I thinking???
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It's tough to talk about ReadyBoost without some working knowledge of how the operating system deals with memory. That's why I am going to talk about it a bit. Basically, the amount of RAM (Random Access Memory -- usually referred to as simply, "memory")
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I spent the weekend trying to think up some great business value scenarios for using Windows Media Center. The truth is, I couldn't come up with many, though I did manage a couple: News -- you can watch headline news stories from NBC Nightly News
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Did you know there's a time machine included with every copy of Windows Vista Enterprise, Business, and Ultimate? It is not, unfortunately, the DeLorean from Back to the Future . Of course, you don't need to be going 88 miles per hour to use
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In past versions of Windows, backing up your computer could be a chore. Deciding which files to backup, then finding a good way to back them up often meant third party applications. In Windows Vista, however, backing up your PC is a snap!
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This feature is so ingrained into my daily behavior now that I almost forgot about it. I've been running Vista almost exclusively since fall of 2006 (beta). Because of that, I'm having to rethink what is new (since it isn't really new
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Last week, I started a series of posts outlining the great new features in Vista as a list of reasons you might want to upgrade. Today brings us another great new feature included with Windows Vista -- one I use all the time in the creation of these
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I am the first to admit -- all of the items in this series are not stand-alone reasons to upgrade to Vista. It is, for instance, hard for me to imagine some business setting where the volume mixer would be the be-all and end-all solution that has
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