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the it crowd series 4 coming soon...
this evening i noticed that a brief description of the it crowd series 4 is up on channel 4's...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/03/2010
sunday posts for everyone: bit.ly
the old wisdom used to be don’t click on anything that you don’t recognize and only follow links...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/02/2010
sunday posts for everyone: bing maps and photosynth integration!
last week at malta elementary all the kids were excited about the photosynth (a 3 dimensional...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/25/2010
sunday posts for everyone: what is he talking about?
a couple weeks ago someone mentioned that they don’t understand half of the stuff i post here, on...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/25/2010
windows 7 wednesdays 60 tips in 60 minutes (the presentation)
yesterday was the ahma hardlines technology forum in schaumburg, il. i had 60 minutes to go through...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/21/2010
sunday posts for everyone - giving
this topic seemed to be appropriate since i have just completed a few requests to support a high...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/18/2010
windows 7 wednesdays – 60 tips in 60 minutes part 6
t-1 week until my presentation at the ahma hardlines technology forum in schaumburg, il on 60 tips...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/14/2010
sunday posts for everyone
a good friend of mine mentioned at church that there are a number of my posts that she doesn't...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/11/2010
windows 7 wednesdays – 60 tips in 60 minutes part 5
t-2 weeks until my presentation at the ahma hardlines technology forum in schaumburg, il on 60 tips...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/07/2010
5 years ago - yesterday
…was my last day as a full time employee of the information management group. a couple weeks...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/02/2010
windows 7 wednesdays – 60 tips in 60 minutes part 4
- task manager improvements the new task manager in windows 7 is great. from the description...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 03/31/2010
windows 7 wednesdays – 60 tips in 60 minutes part 3
another wednesday and this week i’m in seattle but it’s time for my third set of tips from an...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 03/24/2010
office 2010 tips and tricks thursdays (on a friday)
today i’m going to share my office live story and a link to a bunch of office content. ...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 03/18/2010
windows 7 wednesday tips – 60 tips in 60 minutes (pt 2)
it’s wednesday and here’s my second set of tips from an upcoming 60 tips in 60 minutes presentation...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 03/17/2010
windows vista and windows 7 – shrink and expand partitions on the fly
first – even though you can use these procedures on a running, active windows vista or windows 7...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 03/15/2010
app-v 4.6 in production
i was on an early field pilot of microsoft application virtualization and today my other managed...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 03/15/2010
windows 7 wednesday tips – 60 tips in 60 minutes
i’m working on a demo in april of 60 tips in 60 minutes. i’ve already come up with the 60 tips and...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 03/10/2010
2010 bowl for kids’ sake
on sunday afternoon i’m taking my kids and my “little” to participate in the 2010 bowl for kids’...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 03/06/2010
windows 7 and office 2010 must have utilities – part 1
windows 7 must have utility #1: it’s thursday and i’ve decided to combine my windows 7 and office...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 03/04/2010
windows 7 wednesday tip (on a sunday): now playing
this was too cool to wait a half a week until wednesday to post; it’s a plug in for windows...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 02/28/2010
the microsoft store in scottsdale, az
this january i had my first opportunity to visit one of our two microsoft retail stores while...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 02/27/2010
windows 7 wednesday tip: running windows live messenger in windows vista compatibility mode
thanks to windows weekly and paul thurrott for this tip – you may have noticed that the windows live...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 02/24/2010
sam’s presentation @sitconference
on saturday my son sam and i attended the 10th annual sit conference (students involved with...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 02/21/2010
windows 7 wednesday tip: eye-fi geo
for my birthday i wanted to get a couple items that i could use with existing equipment. i’ve...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 02/17/2010
office 2010 tips and tricks thursdays – use two versions of excel (and start saving disk space)
i haven’t used office 2003 for a while, but this evening i installed it for a demo environment on...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 02/11/2010
windows 7 wednesday tip: make windows server 2008 r2 look like windows 7!
why? because you can! no seriously – if you are supporting computers and have an...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 02/10/2010
my triumphant return to media center part 2
right before my birthday i fired up our television from our bedroom on media center through my tiger...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 02/07/2010
my triumphant return to media center!
for the past 2 years i have lost the televisions in our home to a competitor. my wife (and i...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/28/2010
windows 7 wednesday tip: audio troubleshooting
windows 7 is so good it even solves problems the average user might not know how to fix. case...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/28/2010
office 2010 tips and tricks thursdays – web apps
at cwug (chicago windows user group) this evening i demoed the office 2010 click-to-run home and...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/21/2010
windows touch – from windows xp to windows 7
in dekalb, il there’s a great little vietnamese restaurant called bea’s wok n roll and they run the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/20/2010
windows 7 wednesday tip: change in wireless access security
i just got back from a trip to phoenix to visit family (more on that later) and had a very short but...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/20/2010
office 2010 tips and tricks thursdays
i just discovered a blur feature in powerpoint 2010 that makes it pretty easy to mess with someone...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/14/2010
windows 7 wednesday tip: shell:documentslibrary
having the windows explorer shortcut on the taskbar in windows 7 is really helpful, but most of the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/13/2010
looking forward to 2010 – 10 things
so it’s early january and i usually spend some time updating what the family has been up to in the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/09/2010
windows 7 wednesday tip: taskbar preview from the keyboard
taskbar preview from the keyboard – windows key + t most people love the taskbar preview of multiple...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/06/2010
windows 7 – what happens with a lot of windows and alt+tab?
on my regular system this have never presented itself as an issue, but what about on a netbook with...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/04/2010
windows 7 wednesday tips (7 for the end of 2009)
here’s another installment of my public windows 7 wednesday tips. we’ve been providing weekly...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/30/2009
in memoriam – edward l. green
on december 21, 2009 edward l. green lost his battle with brain cancer. he had fought...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/28/2009
windows 7 wednesday tip – desktops.exe
mark russinovich and bryce cogswell published desktops v1.0 just over a year ago. i recently...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/23/2009
windows 7 wednesday – remote desktop to another windows 7 desktop or laptop
ever want to connect to another computer running windows 7? i’ve got a desktop at home running...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/16/2009
office 2010 with click-to-run
before we could speak publically about it, i was talking with a coworker about the fact that once...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/13/2009
windows 7 wednesday tip!
displayswitch.exe hopefully you’ve heard about the windows key + p shortcut to enter the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/09/2009
keeping your kids safe online – windows live family safety and windows 7 parental controls
last month i gave a speech on keeping your kids safe online at cwug (chicago windows user group)–...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/04/2009
reload of the gateway lt
in september i bought a netbook and it came with vista home basic. i installed windows 7...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/03/2009
boot from vhd – tutorial part 2
a week ago i posted the instructions on how to boot windows 7 from a vhd on a windows xp system, but...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/02/2009
boot from vhd on windows xp – the tuturial part 1
ok as promised – here’s my step by step guide with screen shots. thanks to garry martin for a...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 11/25/2009
first post in november – wow!
today is mainly a catch up day for me and in looking back it’s been really fun month. the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 11/25/2009
7 second demos – dugg!
before windows 7 came out we worked on being able to explain and demonstrate 7 features in 7 minutes...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/31/2009
sony vaio cw – available with fresh start
this is what i’ve been waiting for – an oem that provides windows 7 without all the trialware that...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/30/2009