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Businesses may be deterred from making investments in technology in the current economic climate, especially those planning to use finance to minimise cash flow impact and spread the cost over the life of the assets. With banks unwilling to lend to each other, let alone small businesses, it may seem...
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Are you making the most of Windows Search? This was one of the most important new features introduced with Windows Vista that can save you a good deal of time. Instead of clicking through layers of folder hierarchy, simply type the filename or a phrase that occurs in your document and Windows will find...
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I'm getting a bit concerned about Microsoft's support for 64-bit operating systems. Just been talking to Vijay about Windows Live Writer and how it will not install on his Vista x64 system . Odd, since I am running it on my x64 system and typing this blog post with it. It turns out I am one beta...
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David Overton - a Microsoft employee in the UK- has started publishing a series of demos on his blog. I've watched a couple of them and they are really good, concise video clips packed with useful hints and tips on how to achieve everyday tasks. If you use Windows Vista or Office 2007, then these...
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Windows Vista and Office 2007 Done Right TiGra Networks is pleased to be able to offer our own range of Office Ready PCs loaded with Windows Vista Business and Office 2007 Small Business Edition (other editions also available on request). Our PCs use the highest quality genuine brand name components...
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I installed some new PCs last week for a customer. My supplier imaged the new PCs with OEM Windows Vista Business and Office 2007 Small Business Edition - in other words they were "Office Ready PCs". Just a clean, unadulterated Windows + Office image, no third party junk, no funky partitioning scheme...
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There are schemes available in the UK to help legitimate registered charities get top class IT systems and software for next to nothing. If you are paying retail prices for your software, then talk to TiGra Networks and we guarantee to cut your bill by an order of magnitude! We also offer discounted...
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After some initial disillusionment with the January Action Pack shipment, reality has set in and I've had a chance to reflect on the worth of my MAPS subscription . I don't like what Microsoft has done with the Windows Vista licenses , but overall I've returned to my previous opinion that MAPS is still...
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I just tried to install my Windows Vista upgrade on my Acer tablet PC. Mission aborted. The installation ends in a blue screen, even though I complied with the instructions in the upgrade advisor. No problem I thought - I'll just do a "nuke and pave" clean install. Shock horror! Windows Vista will not...
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So here we are to learn to code with the experts. I’ve never been to a practical session with Microsoft so this will be a lot of fun. Briefing in Chicago with Mike Taulty, then off to B2 where they have set up 90 or so workstations with Windows Vista and Visual Studio in the restaurant! Good job...
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I’m blogging live from the EVO (Exchange, Vista, Office) developer launch at Thames Valley Park – Microsoft’s UK headquarters in Reading UK. Unfortunately Microsoft doesn’t provide public internet access here so although I’m writing this live, it will not get published until...
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Gordon Frazer, MD of MS UK is giving the keynote. Interesting how the MD turns out for developer events but not the “ordinary” partner events. Nice to put a face to the name and he’s just promised us all a freebie copy of Windows Vista Ultimate or Office 2007, so I’m liking the...
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This session chaired by Mark Johnston covers advances in .net framework 3.0. Case study on Cowes week, largest yachting event in the world. They’ve used XAML to develop an application that helps to plan the race course in the Solent and manage the start of the races, which start about every 5 minutes...
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Mike Ormond , Developer & Platform Group speaks on “Beyond Office: Extending your reach with Office Server”. Excel services, Forms server, Business Data Catalog and Search. Note: many of these features require the enterprise version of Office Server (Microsoft never mentions that in these...
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I’ve been looking forward to this session as I hope to be doing some work with Office and XML. Mark Johnston again, from the Developer and Platform Technology group. Start off with that corny “breakfast cereal” mock commercial. Mark showed how documents are just collections of descreet...