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Friday, February 06, 2009 7:03 PM

Time's running out to download Windows 7 Beta1 for free

If you're either a TechNet or MSDN subscriber then there's no need to rush though the sooner you start evaluating Windows 7 the sooner you can realise the benefits in your business. The public download of Windows 7 Beta 1 finishes on 10th February so
Posted by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
Friday, January 16, 2009 2:53 PM

Which fonts are available in Windows 7 and how can I access them?

I've been suprised at the number of people who've asked me this question in the last couple of days. As I've mentioned previously I moved over to Windows 7 as my main O/S back in October with the PDC/WinHec M3 pre-Beta. A couple of days ago I moved up
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Monday, January 12, 2009 9:32 PM

Which do you prefer to use? Your home PC or your work one?

Be it a desktop, laptop or netbook many people I've asked this question to answer "my home one" - if that's the case for you I'd love to hear the reason why. If you're old enough to do so please cast your mind back to your work PC circa 1995 - the vast
Posted by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
Friday, January 09, 2009 11:41 PM

Where can I download the public beta of Windows 7 (beta 1)?

The Windows Team Blog will be updated in the next few hours detailing when and where to download the public beta 1 of Windows 7 I've been running the PDC/WinHec build of Windows 7 since October daily as my main machine and it's worked brilliantly. James
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:16 PM

Join us to discuss Windows Live Mesh and the Cloud ** amended to add James Senior's bio

If you'd like to join us please edit the wiki to add your name - that way we'll have a good idea of how many people to expect. Where : The Coach and Horses pub , 29 Greek Street, Soho, London W1V 5LL When : 11th December from 6pm to 8pm (and onwards for
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Monday, November 17, 2008 5:03 PM

GetSafeOnline: providing advice for consumers to help them stay safe on the Internet without blinding them with science

It's the fourth annual GetSafeOnline campaign week whereby the team will raise the profile of consumer internet safety through a revamped GetSafeOnline website (containing a wealth of commonsense "how to" information) and a range of media activity. It's
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Friday, November 07, 2008 5:22 PM

How to sort a list of names into alphabetical order

You might be surprised just how easy it is to sort lists of text into alphabetical order simply using Microsoft Office's Excel as you can see from the screenshot below - the sort function works just as happily with text as numerals:
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Monday, October 20, 2008 10:56 AM

What can you and I do to help companies weather the global credit crunch?

The aim of this post is to start a conversation to share ideas rather than pitch Microsoft products. At a time of economic uncertainty it's in everyone's interest to help our business' to reduce their costs and improve profits.Please share suggestion
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Monday, October 06, 2008 2:52 PM

How can I view Microsoft Office System 2007 files without buying the product?

I was asked this very question moments ago and while it's not anything new I thought it was probably worth sharing that there's a free standalone viewer available - just click here to access the download
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:15 PM

How can I join the VistaSquad meeting remotely?

A couple of people have asked me this very question as they live too far away from London to be there in person. The sessions are not yet streamed though the community leaders have thoughfully recorded every session and published them to Vimeo - click
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 4:49 AM

What if your Windows Mobile phone fails to sync email even though it can browse the Internet?

I’ve been in Seattle for the last couple of days and when I first arrived I was somewhat frustrated that my HTC S620 phone was unable to sync email with our corporate Exchange server. It worked perfectly at home and I was able to browse the Internet quite
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 4:49 AM

How to configure Windows Mobile to roam to the network provider of your choice

This post follows my earlier one citing what to do if your phone can browse the web but not sync email . The following instructions are for Windows Mobile 6.0 and were taken from my HTC S620 - other handsets are very likely to have exactly the same options.
Posted by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:45 PM

Join the VistaSquad to learn about being a Geek 2.0 and WPF/Silverlight applications

The VistaSquad are meeting again tomorrow night – Wednesday 17th September at Microsoft’s office in London. To sign up (for free) simply head on over to the VistaSquad event page here . Topics this month: WPF/Silverlight Application Deep Dive (Richard
Posted by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:37 AM

How can Public Key Infrastructure technologies improve your information security posture?

There’s a really good (free) TechNet webcast coming up on the 17th September which will be a great resource for those of you who’d like to learn how to take advantage of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in your organisation. The full details of the event
Posted by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
Monday, September 01, 2008 12:20 AM

Beware - if you install a new browser such as IE8 you'll loose your cookies

This may not be a problem for you but it's worth being aware that any websites that automatically sign you in (after you've logged in the first time and asked the browser to store your password for the site) will forget who you are - therefore make sure
Posted by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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