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Michael Greene

Student Multi-Media Projects on Vista

Many teachers are interested in how they can use modern desktop applications to inspire students...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/29/2007

The future of reading

Got an Email last night (ok, it was to all of us in Microsoft EDU) from Bill Hill. He recently...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/24/2007

Step 1 to check if an application will work on Windows Vista

... is to search for it on this site! There is now an online resource dedicated to listing...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/21/2007

Free Training - Windows Vista Application Compatibility

Windows Vista application compatibility training recording available for download! There are 4...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/21/2007

Novell Client for Windows Vista

From the site: The Novell® Client™ for Windows Vista* provides Windows connectivity to NetWare® and...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/21/2007

4 Tech Tips for Teachers Presenting With Vista

I have connected my HP laptop to a wide variety of projectors and since Vista RTM I have had a very...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/21/2007

An animated reference to help Students/Teachers learn Office 2007

I have had an opportunity to meet with school administrators on the value of Vista/Office in...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/20/2007

Spend an hour today and think about mobile devices in schools

If it was just that easy... Mobile devices in Education is something that we really do feel...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/11/2007

Making sense of AFP/SMB and resource forks on file shares

Almost two years ago I worked with a school district on a migration to Windows file servers from a...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/10/2007

How to move Vista from MAK back to KMS client

One item in the volume activation step by step guide that is a bit confusing is the method for...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/09/2007

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Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/08/2007

One hour video to learn about Microsoft technology for computer labs in Education

I captured this video at LabMan 2007. Kevin Sullivan and I delivered the closing presentation...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/08/2007

2 new hotfixes released for Vista to better performance

Official sources: https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938194...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/08/2007

Listing the differences from Vista Business to Enterprise to Ultimate

Determining which Vista to install is not as complicated as you might think. Vista Business contains...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/07/2007

6 Reasons Server 2008 Matters in School/University Environments

It's not always easy to wade through the broad messaging and identify how a product might benefit a...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/06/2007

Best use of your bandwidth today - get these VHD files

John Baker has posted a link to virtual machine images that contain a full lab environment for...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/04/2007

This Silverlight tutorial is worth your time

Remember this basic tutorials that Macromedia used to put out so new users could get up to speed...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/03/2007

Save your keystrokes, press ctrl-enter to append ".com" in your browser

This is another trick that power users apparently are well adjusted to but haven't publicized. It's...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 08/03/2007

Best placard to ask for money, ever

Spotted last week while we were in Seattle. I did not actually see this sign but a friend of mine...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 07/28/2007

Labs to learn BDD

I present on BDD about once a week, and many times people ask what the next steps would be to get...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 07/27/2007

NAP can work in Higher Education

In fact it already is. One of the Technology Adoption Program (TAP) customers was in fact a...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 07/26/2007

Tired eyes? Read this now.

Of all the "tricks" Vista has available, there is one I use the most frequently and appreciate more...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 07/26/2007

First experience with EVDO modem

This afternoon purchased an EVDO modem so I could work out any bugs and have it in action before...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 07/17/2007

This Week, July 16th, 2007 - Home Server RTM, Malware Encyclopedia

This week the Microsoft Global Exchange is taking place in Orlando. I chose not to attend this year...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 07/17/2007

Nice collection of Server 08 info

... on Matt's site. I will be adding these to my del.icio.us collection for Server_2008. Microsoft...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 07/11/2007

Xbox warranty

One item I neglected to include in This Week this morning - Any Xbox 360 customer who experiences a...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 07/10/2007

This Week, July 9th, 2007 - WWPC

Once again posting "This Week" on Tuesday. I spent most of the day yesterday on an airplane and...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 07/10/2007

This Week, July 2, 2007 - role change to Network TSP

Crickets, crickets... Not much going on this week! Of course there is a lot of buzz-buzz from people...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 07/03/2007

Cool tip from Lifehack

Each day I gain a bit more appreciation for a site called "Lifehack". It's the type of site I would...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/26/2007

Changes in Functionality from Windows Server 2003 with SP1 to Windows Server Code Name “Longhorn"

This is a great source of info to start reading-up on Server 2008. The page doesn't first expand out...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/24/2007

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Network Benchmark Study

Interesting info. The details of this report include enough information you could easily use it as a...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/21/2007

This Week, June 18, 2007 - Microsoft Mediaroom

Well it's official, it's Q4, it's near the end of June, people are working their tails off to wrap...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/19/2007

Creating a "Digg This" Link for IE7

I've been wanting a shortcut I can stick in IE7 to quickly Digg sites. I'm sure this exists...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/13/2007

This Week, June 11, 2007 - WWDC and It's a boy

Posting on Tuesday, "Sounds like a case of the Mondays?" Maybe. The big IT event this week is the...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/12/2007

I long ago deleted the stock RSS gadget in Vista since I wasn't using it. Just the other day I...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/10/2007

Virtual eval images of Vista

Wanting to try Vista but not ready to perform a full upgrade just yet? Vista has been added to a...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/09/2007

Automatically put your laptop to sleep when it detects motion!

This is one of the most useful systray apps I have seen in a long, long time. This would resolve a...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/09/2007

WDS/Multicast info from TechEd

This is a great blog entry about a TechEd session focused on Multicast in Windows Server 2008...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/08/2007

More deep-down analysis of Vista

As a follow-up to the links I posted to the series of articles in TechNet magazine, here is another...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/07/2007

June 12th - Server 2003 SP2 hits Automatic Updates

Just a quick note to make sure anyone subscribing to my blog gets this info. Service Pack 2 for...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/07/2007

MapCruncher Mashup of SIUE Trail map

This was a great for-fun project. Microsoft Research has a tool available for download named...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/07/2007

Virtual Earth is now available via Instant Answer

I like Virtual Earth, in fact hopefully I get a post out tomorrow morning regarding a fun...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/06/2007

Guest blog from Zanoon Nissar! Zanoon is with our Partners in Learning group and wished to spread...

Author: Michael Greene Date: 06/06/2007

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