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Visual Basic 2008 Express: Build a Program Now! sample files

Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 3:04 PM by Jeanie Decker
I decided to try to learn Visual Basic, so I picked up a book that looked promising: Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition: Build a Program Now! I've been working through the chapters. In chapter 6, (adding a splash screen) it instructs you to replace Read More...
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Submit questions for the Operator's Manual

Posted Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:14 AM by Jeanie Decker
There are two ways to approach content on using the Operations console and Web console for Operations Manager: Explain what information is available in each section of the consoles. Take examples of information that an operator would want to locate, and Read More...
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Is your IE8 slow to open a new tab?

Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:44 PM by Jeanie Decker
Whenever I would open a new tab in IE8, whether by control-clicking a link or simply clicking the New Tab tab, everything would go dead for a good 10-20 seconds until IE8would finally show a new tab and then begin trying to open something in it. (Yeah, Read More...
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An operating system, a horse, and transparency

Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 9:43 AM by Jeanie Decker
Catching up on my Microsoft-related blog feeds this morning, I counted at least a dozen blogs announcing the new Windows 7 blog -- some rah-rah posts, some just passing it on, some speculating as to how much information the blog will actually provide, Read More...
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System Center Content Search

Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:35 PM by Jeanie Decker
I'm not a gadget-y sort of person. I mean, I like gadgets, but I've grown wary of them (both offline and on) because so often they're a disappointment -- either they don't deliver or I don't really have a use for them. But recently I saw a presentation Read More...
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My new Zune

Posted Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:12 PM by Jeanie Decker
It's red. A really deep, rich red. Small and slender, but it feels nicely solid. And here was my setup experience: I had an existing instance of Zune (from the first release), not paired with a device, that I had already upgraded to the new software. Read More...
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A new Vista trick I learned

Posted Monday, July 30, 2007 1:08 PM by Jeanie Decker
The Off Campus blog brought to my attention the coolest Vista trick I've learned yet - resizing screens on the fly. Up till now, I thought my only choices were (1) changing the screen resolution, (2) messing with IE's View settings for web pages, (3) Read More...
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Why you have to call for a hotfix

Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 1:43 PM by Jeanie Decker
Josh Ledgard's description of getting a hotfix online is fascinating to me because I've frequently come across those KB articles that seem to speak directly to my problem, and then turn coy with "To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Read More...
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Looks like a file synchronization solution (Windows XP)

Posted Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:08 AM by Jeanie Decker
Tristank mentioned a Powertoy that sounded interesting, SyncToy for Windows XP . (An aside...I think it's odd that back when hard drive space was limited and expensive, I'd download anything that caught my interest...and now that I have lots of inexpensive Read More...
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How many results to display

Posted Monday, April 03, 2006 10:00 AM by Jeanie Decker
Elinor Mills reports on CNET news.com that Microsoft is testing a change on the Windows Live search site that would allow us to scroll through results without having to click to go to the next page. Personally, I think it would be an excellent improvement, Read More...
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IT pros - how do you use worksheets

Posted Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:08 AM by Jeanie Decker
If you've ever used any product documentation that included worksheets , checklists , or other job aids , I'd appreciate your input on two questions. How do you actually use those job aids? And how would you like to be able to use them? For example... Read More...
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Feature comparison chart for R2

Posted Thursday, March 02, 2006 8:19 AM by Jeanie Decker
Kevin Remde (Full of I.T.) brings to our attention a great quick-reference chart of Windows Server 2003 features , comparing SP1 to R2 for each edition. I like this approach, and I agree with Kevin that "All of our products need a page like this, and Read More...
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The Read Me file

Posted Thursday, February 23, 2006 8:22 PM by Jeanie Decker
I considered titling this just Read Me so it would be both relevant and a clever imperative reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. Fortunately, I realized it wasn't all that clever and was possibly even obnoxious, so I clarified it. This post really is about Read More...
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Why I must install Visual Studio 2005

Posted Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:53 PM by Jeanie Decker
I'm not a developer. I took a simplified Visual Studio basics course years ago, but I've never had anything I wanted to do with it so the few little things I learned have long been forgotten. Still, I need to download VS 2005 so I can look at the documentation Read More...
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Software installation the right way

Posted Monday, November 14, 2005 7:15 PM by Jeanie Decker
Zman gives some good tips for polite software installation . I sympathize with his gripes because I'm just as territorial toward my computer. And I would add to his list, "Don't add yourself to Startup without my permission." But they all do it. It's Read More...
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