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Using Your Apple iPod On A Windows PC
I just got an Apple iPod Touch, which is super cool, but I have no idea how to get it to work with my Dell PC. I'm running Windows Vista and use Windows Media Player 10 (WMP10) for the music on my computer, but WMP doesn't seem to see my iPod. How do I proceed and get it to work??
Date: 2009-12-28
How To Add A Password To Wake Your PC From A Screen Saver
I saw your earlier article about how to set up your Mac so that it requires a password when waking up from sleep or from the screen saver (see password required to wake Mac from sleep). Nice. Now, how can I do that with my Microsoft Windows Vista PC laptop?
Date: 2009-12-07
Making Windows Quieter By Turning Off Event Sounds
I want to turn off all the miscellaneous sounds in Windows that make noise when I carry out some action - like the clicks whenever the web browser goes to a web page, or the dings whenever a box appears on the screen asking me a question.
Date: 2009-11-20
Rackspace Tips: The Best and Worst of SharePoint
Expert and Rackspace Hosting go-to-guy for SharePoint, Jeff DeVerter, sheds light on the important things businesses need to think about to successfully deploy this complex application and infrastructure.
Date: 2009-11-19
Using Copy And Paste Within Windows Command Prompt
I know how to open a command prompt in Microsoft Windows, but the normal methods for cutting and copying and pasting - like Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V - don't seem to work inside a command prompt window. How can I do copying and pasting with a command prompt?
Date: 2009-11-09
How To Resize Your Images In Windows
I took some photos with my digital camera and I want to e-mail them to friends or upload them to my Facebook, but the files are enormous, and uploading them takes forever! Can I make them smaller while still having the photos look the same?
Date: 2009-10-26
Help For XP Users Upgrading To Windows 7
If you're a student, congrats. If you're not a student, it may be time to either call up or make a young friend. Microsoft has announced that it'll give students a great deal on upgrade versions of Windows 7, charging just $30.
Date: 2009-10-12
Microsoft Offers Students Special Price On Windows 7
If you're a student, congrats. If you're not a student, it may be time to either call up or make a young friend. Microsoft has announced that it'll give students a great deal on upgrade versions of Windows 7, charging just $30.
Date: 2009-09-21
Virtual Computer Adds Support For Windows 7
Virtual Computer has released a new version of its NxTop that supports Microsoft's latest desktop and server platforms.
Date: 2009-08-31
Windows 7 And Windows Server 2008 R2 Coming Soon
Microsoft has announced the release (to manufacturing) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the next versions of its desktop and server operating systems. "With the completion of this development phase, industry partners are readying products in time for the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 worldwide general launches," the company said in a statement.
Date: 2009-08-10
Connecting Your TV As A Second Monitor In Vista
Got a problem with my Proscan 32? LCD TV would love some help. Been trying to hook my PC to my TV like a monitor I see the boot up even the main screen but once I log in it goes back to the other monitor.
Date: 2009-07-27
Will Office 2010 Resurrect The Office Suite?
When I left Microsoft about four years ago, I remember Steve Gillmor telling everyone that Office was dead. I sort of went along with that, after all I was leaving Microsoft partially because I thought that Microsoft didn't have an interesting product pipeline and wasn't going to get the Internet for the second time.
Date: 2009-07-13
Following Anti-Trust In EU, Windows 7 Will Ship Without IE
Microsoft has possibly pulled a fast one on the European Commission (EC) in its wrestling match to see whether their Internet Explorer browser (IE) will be packaged in the new Windows 7 offering. The EC has contended that by including the browser in the operating system that competition is being squeezed out unfairly by Microsoft.
Date: 2009-06-24
How To Display File Types In Windows Vista
I'm an old-school computer user and when I got my new laptop I decided that rather than overwrite the OS with Linux, I'd actually stick it out and learn Windows Vista.
Date: 2009-06-08
Netflix Comes To Windows Media Center
Microsoft has announced that more than 12,000 movies and TV episodes from Netflix are now available for viewing using Windows Media Center on PCs with Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate.
Date: 2009-05-21
3 Recession Proof Marketing Tools
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Date: 2009-04-28
Is The New Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade Worthwhile?
Here's a BusinessWeek article about how "Microsoft is Fighting Back (Finally)". The most interesting part is about Microsoft's new "Windows Anytime Upgrade" strategy. Here are some details: "Because of the smaller size of Windows 7, three versions of the program will come loaded even on lower-end machines.
Date: 2009-04-13
Running VMware Fusion On A Windows XP Virtual Machine
I just upgraded VMware Fusion from 2.0 to 2.0.2 and now when I try to run my Microsoft Windows XP virtual machine, it doesn't run, it first tells me that I have an old virtual machine and need to upgrade it, then tells me that VMware Fusion cannot connect to the virtual machine. What's wrong and how do I fix it?
Date: 2009-03-26
Sharepoint Webinar from Rackspace
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Date: 2009-03-20
3 Recession Proof Marketing Tools
With your busy schedule in mind, VerticalResponse offers an easy-to-use, web-based marketing tool that helps you grow your business through email marketing, online surveys and postcards. Let us help you check Marketing off your to-do list!
Date: 2009-03-17
Windows 7 May Allow Internet Explorer 8-ectomy
We all know that Windows controls (at least) 90 percent of the PC market, and that's not likely to change anytime soon. Internet Explorer is steadily losing users, however, and if you're one of the folks who have switched to Firefox or Chrome, it may interest you to know that there's a possibility Internet Explorer 8 won't be inseparable from Windows 7.
Date: 2009-03-05
Make Your Small Business Look Big
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Date: 2009-02-19
Email relief from Mailtrust, the leader in email hosting.
If you're questioning your current email relationship, we have the answer for you. Email Relief from Mailtrust, the leader in email hosting.
Date: 2009-02-12
Testing Amazon EC2 On Windows
The past couple of weeks I have been learning and testing Amazon EC2 with Windows. I wrote another post about just getting started here. When Amazon announced that Windows would be available I started looking for a project since our current infrastructure and developers are all windows based. Now that I have a project I am actually able to work on this on company time ;).
Date: 2009-02-11
Why Outsourcing Your IT Makes Sense
It's true. Outsourcing some or all of your I.T. needs to Rackspace Hosting immediately reduces your hardware expenditures and payroll expenses. You don't have to own and maintain your hardware or even hire the experts to run it for you in-house.
Date: 2009-02-10
New List Of Windows 7 Secret Shortcuts
Check out this great list of Microsoft Windows 7 Beta Secrets by Tim Sneath. Here's a few of them, so be sure to check out the full list here for the full 30 Windows 7 Secrets! Windows Management.
Date: 2009-01-26
Business Efficiencies Webinar from Rackspace
When your company depends on its website to be online all the time, managed hosting from Rackspace® Hosting is the smart and cost-effective solution. We provide 100% network uptime, responsiveness, technical expertise and a secure, high-end infrastructure.
Date: 2009-01-23
Watch Your Business Grow With Email Marketing
Create Emails In Minutes - No technical expertise needed! Choose from over 300 designs, type your copy, select recipients and send... It's that easy! Or if you prefer, use your own HTML.
Date: 2009-01-15
Windows 7 Beta Now Available For Download
Friday was the day that Microsoft makes the first public beta version of Windows 7 universally available to anyone who wants it, via download from Microsoft's website. Windows 7 is the next version of the Windows operating system, successor to Windows Vista, due for release later in 2009.
Date: 2009-01-13
Cut Email Costs Now with These Tips
Succeed in challenging with the right processes, tools, and technology. For nearly a decade, Mailtrust has provided thousands of business just like you with cost-effective email hosting solutions.
Date: 2009-01-08
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