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Windows 7 - In Place Upgrade?
With the official release of Windows 7 just a day away, many will be asking: can or should I do an in-place upgrade (IPU) from Vista to Windows 7? Based on recent comments and feedbacks from many of my...
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Are You Ready For Some Windows 7?
Windows 7 hits the street today. Find out if your PC is ready for Windows 7 by running the free Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor from Microsoft. If your computer is already running Windows Vista, it should...
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Upgrade to Windows 7 in 3 Easy Steps!
I have been testing and doing presentations on Windows 7 for over 6 months. With Windows 7 officially release, it was time for me to step up to the plate, and move my production workstation over to...
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Microsoft Latest Antivirus Solution
Amongst all the Windows 7 activity, you may have missed the news that Microsoft released their latest free consumer level anti-virus / anti-crapware solution, named Microsoft Security Essentials. I've...
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Windows 7 Upgrade Paths
If you are interested in upgrading your Vista computer to Windows 7, here are the supported upgrade scenarios:From Windows Vista (SP1, SP2)Upgrade to Windows 7BusinessProfessional, Enterprise,...
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2010 Daily Reflections
On Jan 1, 2010 I received my email from Microsoft announcing that I was selected (again) as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for the Small Business Server. This is my 7th year for this...
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Daily Reflections - Jan 04 2010
I haven't decided how often I will do this, but I thought to myself: "Myself, why don't you blog a bit about what you do as an I.T. & Microsoft MVP professional here in Tampa, Florida". Yeh, it...
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Pi Day! Song
March 14th is ithe official holiday for Pi! I wish I could take credit for the following, but I cannot. It comes from CNN and Elizabeth Landau -...
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Dot Com is 25 years old today!
Was it really 25 years ago that the first registered domain name (Symbolics.com) happened? What a trivia question. There is a web site (naturally called http://www.25yearsof.com/) that celebrates this...
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New Microsoft Forums
In case you missed it, the old Microsoft newsgroups are being replaced by the new Microsoft Web Forums. For Small Business Server (SBS), we have a single Small Business Server forum that will be used...
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Cleaning up Malware
When cleaning up crapware from a workstation, my two primary "go to" solutions are Microsoft Security Essentials and MalwareBytes. I will run these both logged in as the user, as will run quick scans...
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Learn more about FakeAV
We all have had customers who have been hit with one of those fake anti-virus programs, that turn out ot be malicious malware. Trend Micros has put out a whitepaper entitled "Unmasking Fake AV". Check...
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Free Photoeasy-Lite?
This is from the "Wow, this is free?" department. Have you ever needed to edit an image with Photoshop, but you were on a computer without Photoshop? Your wait is over, as there's a solution for you....
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Wordpress 3.0
Wordpress released version 3.0 earlier this month, and I'm just now starting to test it and check out its features.I do not consider myself an expert web designer. However, I have create wed sites for...
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Windows Home Server (V2) VAIL
I have been a huge fan of Windows Home Server (WHS) ever since it was announced back in January 2007. This past April (2010) Microsoft released a public beta version of the next version of the Windows...
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iPhone 4.0 and Exchange
iPhone users: from Network World this morning is an article addressing reported syncing issues to Exchange with the new Apple IOS 4.0 for the iPhones. The article points to a current workaround that is...
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Microsoft Security Essentials Exclusion List
Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) Anti-virus program has received a lot of good press since it was released in Sept 2009. I have been gradually moving my residential customers, friends and family...
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WHS Console won't run
I was working on a custom built Windows Home Server (not an HP or Acer) from a customer site that was not letting me log in or access it remotely. Once I got it set up on my workbench, I powered it up...
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WHS and Failing Disks
Customer calls complaining about a clicking noise on his HP Data Vault X510 WHS server. I'm guessing it's either a bad disk or the fan. I bring the server back to the shop ... and sure enough, it's one...
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Useful iPad apps
Sure, I'm a Microsoft MVP, but even MVPs have to trudge across the other side of the technology field once in a while. Recently someone from our local Tampa Bay SBS user group asked which business...
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