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Friday, October 23, 2009 2:21 PM
TechNet Events Presents “Microsoft Virtualization Tour” for IT Pros!
TechNet Events Presents: TechNet Unleashed: The Microsoft Virtualization Tour Join our TechNet IT Evangelists as they hit the road again this fall to bring you the highlights of Microsoft’s great virtualization solutions. We’ll go from the desktop to
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Saturday, October 17, 2009 1:22 PM
PowerPoint Decks for Alpharetta Firestarter Event
Many of the attendees at the event asked for the PowerPoint decks for the Firestarter event. If you were on the webcast they were available in the Handout section, if not I have posted them all at the following Skydrive Location: PowerPoint Decks
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 6:16 PM
There are still seats available for the Baltimore, MD and Washington DC New Efficiency Windows 7 Launch Events
Register today!!!! Just click on the city you want to attend!!!!
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Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:17 PM
Windows 7 Firestarter in Alpharetta, GA Oct 17th, 2009 - Not in Atlanta? Then Join Us Online!!!!!
Mark October 17th on your calendar and sign up for the Firestarter event!!! Whatif you’re not close to Alpharetta, GA? Not a problem, we’ll be simulcasting the event LIVE, you’ll just have to supply yourself with coffee and donuts :-) Where? At the Microsoft
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009 1:02 PM
Unable to get Product Key for Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Promotional Software Kit – Registration Expired June 2009
Many of you have emailed me about being unable to get a product key for the Windows Vista SP1 giveaway last year. We had extended the registration for the key, (see my blog post UPDATE!!! Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Promotional
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Friday, July 17, 2009 11:28 PM
TechNet Unleashed: Game On Tour! - Brought to you by TechNet Events
After a long summer, you’re probably ready to get your game on with some tools and techniques to speed up your IT strategy. Our East Region Microsoft IT Pro Evangelists : Blain , Dan , John , and Yung are coming to a city near you!!
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Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:59 AM
Windows 7 Loadfests: Come on out and get a jumpstart on Windows 7!!!
Come spend the afternoon with us going through a fun, hands-on-lab and presentation-based seminar that will go over some the new features and benefits of Windows 7. According to many independent reviews, Windows 7 will definitely be an OS
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Friday, March 13, 2009 4:45 PM
Internet Explorer 8 FireStarter Event!!!
So you already downloaded Internet Explorer 8 and love the Web Slices feature. But did you know there’s lot more to IE8 than just Web Slices? Come attend the Internet Explorer 8 FireStarter event in Redmond on March 26th and learn why Internet Explorer
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Friday, March 06, 2009 1:51 PM
Just added to the TechNet Event Schedule – Atlanta, GA April 1st, 2009
Join me for this additional event at the Microsoft office in Alpharetta for a look at some valuable new tools and technical content. I will be delivering 3 sessions (see below for session detail). First, we’ll explore Microsoft’s vision
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Friday, January 30, 2009 3:25 PM
UPDATE!!! Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Promotional Software Kit Expiration Extension!!!!
Great news to pass on regarding the expiration date on the promo kits you received at TechNet and MSDN events last year!!!! The expiration date has been extended to June 20th, 2009. So if you haven’t gone to the registration site to get your product
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Friday, January 16, 2009 10:32 AM
Latest Update!! And its good news on the expired PIN issue!!!
Since my two previous posts about the PIN expiration issue I have had a LOT of feedback. Today I have some good news to pass on! We are currently in the process of extending the expiration date, probably to the end of this month or the end of February.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 2:36 PM
UPDATE!!!!! UPDATE!!!!! PIN Code Expired Problems after December 31st, 2008
If you attended a TechNet event last year and received a Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Promotional Kit, the PIN included in that kit EXPIRED as of December 31 st , 2008 . If you registered BEFORE the December 31 st , 2008 expiration date, and ONLY BEFORE
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Saturday, January 03, 2009 6:39 PM
PIN Expired Problems - Unable to get Product Key after December 31st 2008
Many of you have emailed me about having trouble getting your product key and receiving a message that the PIN code has expired. I believe the ability to obtain a product code at the www.registerwindowsvistasp1.com site expired at the end of December,
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:52 AM
PowerShell Demo Files
Many of you at the Orlando Event on Tuesday asked about the demo files I used during the PowerShell session. My colleague Kevin Remde zipped all the files up and made them available here -->> Demo Files Zip . Also, here's a link to
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:23 AM
Problems Over The Weekend with Registering Your PIN for Windows Vista Ultimate
I had a few comments and some emails this weekend that many of you were having problems registering the PIN from the Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Promotional Kit. I have been informed there were some system problems this weekend. If you tried, and failed
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