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Twitter: #googlewave #TiGra #electricdreams Now that Google Wave is out of beta and open to all, I’m seeing a lot of comments in the Twitterverse along the lines of ‘So what? What are you supposed to do with it?’ Google has a few ideas of their own, as shown in the screen clipping (right) taken from...
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On Monday 21st February, I’m giving a live demo to some local entrepreneurs and academics to show how, for me, Windows Live Writer has revolutionised blogging. Some of the topics I’ll cover and expand upon during the demo are: My Approach to Blogging Visual appeal trumps content (but the content must...
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Sun, Feb 21 2010
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I’ve had a miserable experience with RSS feeds in Outlook. There are feeds (suc as those from teh Stack Overflow Trilogy sites) that I just know should update at least every few minutes, yet Outlook often takes an hour or more to show any changes. Today after an email exchange with Jeff Atwood (@CodingHorror...
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Tue, Feb 2 2010
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I’ve always jokingly said that my favourite computer game is Microsoft Office. Well, I think Microsoft must have heard me, because now, you can play Ribbon Hero and have fun while you learn how to become an Office power user. They say that if you find a job you love, you’ll never work another day in...
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Tue, Jan 19 2010
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I’ve recently being doing a server migration from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008, using Microsoft’s migration method. I ran into a problem where the SBS08 install finished with an error. I didn't make a note of the exact wording, but the general gist was “I couldn't DCPROMO myself to a domain controller...
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Everyone has questions when they start a business and it’s not always easy to get the answers. There’s a great new resource is http://startups.com ( video ) where you can ask your questions and have them answered, for free and often within minutes. Startups.com is one of the first of a new breed of web...
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I’ve been working with my fellow Small Business Specialist , good friend and colleague Richard Evans this week to work through SBS migration. Armed with a stack of books, software and blogs posts, we set out to try our first migration, in preparation for doing a real migration for one of my customers...
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I’ve run into a problem in Windows 7 RC where the ‘All Programs’ menu goes completely blank, making it a pain to access installed programs. The search feature still works and programs can be accessed that way. This happens when there are more than about 70 folders in the ‘All Programs’ menu. The workaround...
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Wed, Aug 19 2009
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Since the original computer bug shown in the image was documented by Grace Hopper , computer software sometimes fails in mysterious ways. This is frustrating for end users and developers alike, but there are a few do’s and don’ts that will get the problem fixed faster. I’m placing this here as something...
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Sun, Aug 9 2009
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Having problems with your sleep? Well, I can’t help you with that. Try reading an RFC or something. However, if it’s your computer that will not go to sleep, I have a suggestion. In the network adapter’s properties is a Power Management tab. There are three checkboxes that control Wake-On-LAN. Make sure...
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Server Fault Public Beta Launches - Blog - Stack Overflow All you IT Professionals out there need to check out Server Fault – if it is as successful as its sister site Stack Overflow , then it is going to sweep away sites like Yahoo Answers and Experts Exchange to become the de facto standard site for...
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Thu, May 28 2009
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If you’re having a hard time running your unit tests in Visual Studio 2008, you’ll be amazed to discover that there is a bug that is triggered if your computer name is in lower or mixed case. Setting your computer name to ALL UPPERCASE enables unit tests to run again. I spent a whole day trying to work...
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The Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) is finally here, but – shock, horror – it doesn’t allow you to upgrade from Windows 7 beta. Microsoft’s rationale for that is that they want people to have a ‘real world experience’ with the RC. Personally, I think they’ve...
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Fri, May 1 2009
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In a recent article I described how Windows can prevent certain types of files from being launched, particularly Help (.chm) files which are essentially HTML and therefore can contain script and so are potentially harmful. Several people have commented to me that they either don’t see or can’t find the...
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Mon, Mar 30 2009
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Accounting News Flash: Microsoft has announced a new version of its small business accounting software, Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2009 and Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2009 for UK customers. Office Accounting 2009 is a free upgrade to those who are already using the 2008 version...
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Tue, Mar 24 2009
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