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2018 2

  1. windows 10 battery report
  2. creating a file windows 10 can't delete

2016 3

  1. Leaving Microsoft
  2. PowerShell PS1 script for creating a bootable copy of Windows Server 2016 Eval Media
  3. dave bost

2015 8

  1. closing out 2015 - digitizing toastmasters
  2. windows update for windows 10
  3. day 2: the most complex upgrade yet…
  4. the most complex upgrade yet…
  5. my very first windows server technical preview 2 and nanoserver installs
  6. learning azure with my own website project
  7. learning azure with my own website project
  8. countdown to ignite–t minus 11 (business) days

2014 5

  1. windows to go - the windows 10 post
  2. pranks on computers–the outcome!
  3. …back at it–fall preview
  4. how many blog posts in the last 6 years?
  5. students involved with technology 2014

2013 3

  1. excel 2013 to the rescue…
  2. musical floppies at students involved with technology 2013 conference
  3. before the lenovo horizon...

2012 39

  1. windows 8 and bing tip - searching the windows store from anywhere
  2. windows rt tip - how to recreate a recovery partition
  3. adding storage to a windows rt device
  4. windows rt tip: regain an extra 3.5 gb of space
  5. windows rt tip: surface for windows rt recovery key
  6. a powerpoint proposal
  7. favorite windows 8 feature
  8. 7 years at microsoft
  9. what teachers make, kiwanis and GIVE
  10. the windows 8 logo
  11. aka.ms and a squirrel's nest
  12. 8 things about windows 8: windows key + prt sc
  13. 8 things about windows 8: hardware and microsoft
  14. pptplex
  15. 8 things about windows 8: advanced search
  16. office 2013 tip: touch mode for windows 8 tablets
  17. powerpoint 2013 tip: using smart art and actions to touch enable your next presentation
  18. 8 things about windows 8: multiple keyboards, themes and microsoft accounts
  19. 8 things about windows 8: the mouse and the corners of your screen
  20. lorem ipsum and another microsoft word trick discovered
  21. web therapy season 2 and the movie ted
  22. 8 things about windows 8: microsoft account integration
  23. use the powerpoint 2010 action feature to touch enable your next presentation
  24. windows 8 release preview loadfests in chicago and oak brook, il!
  25. The Lover Speaks
  26. bing desktop
  27. free upgrade for skydrive to 25 gigabytes!
  28. uefi–custom picture and sound on asus laptops
  29. april fools 2012
  30. troubleshooting hardware and mouse without borders
  31. windows 8 speech recognition
  32. upgrade from windows 7 to windows 8
  33. truly amazing day
  34. consumer preview of windows 8 available wednesday!
  35. powerpoint 2010 - broadcast a presentation
  36. brian regan is coming to town!!!
  37. windows photo viewer vs windows fax and scan
  38. ces 2012
  39. 10 years ago…

2011 33

  1. sun city computer club presentation
  2. 6 years ago today...
  3. working for microsoft–6 years
  4. usb 3.0 performance
  5. consumerization at home
  6. consumerization of it
  7. facebook video calling
  8. summer hardware, software and dogfood
  9. troubleshooting: windows slates, warpia wireless adapter and kensington usb port replicator with vga part 2
  10. troubleshooting: windows slates, warpia wireless adapter and kensington usb port replicator with vga
  11. back to dogfooding
  12. Tenure
  13. mrs. farley
  14. natural user interface
  15. dvorak update - one month
  16. daskeyboard revue and dvorak mod on an acer 1420p
  17. top ten april fools pranks at home, around town and on the web
  18. internet explorer 9, etc. and amazon cloud player
  19. daskeyboard!
  20. learning the dvorak keyboard
  21. paint desktop version registry key
  22. hobbies
  23. february post
  24. new privacy settings on facebook and the microsoft outlook social connector provider for facebook
  25. location and privacy–data privacy day
  26. domains, domains, domains
  27. onenote for the iphone
  28. account confirmation phishing email
  29. toastmasters leadership institute
  30. be different
  31. sit conference 2011
  32. chicago windows user group on groups.live.com
  33. kindle 3 is the best selling product in amazon's history

2010 83

  1. wikipedia–#keepitfree
  2. 25 apps for christmas–office, itunes and zune
  3. 25 apps for christmas–kinect games
  4. 25 apps for christmas–paint
  5. 25 apps for christmas–techsmith snagit
  6. 25 apps for christmas–winzip
  7. 25 apps of christmas–facebook, twitter and linkedin
  8. 25 apps for christmas - kindle
  9. 25 apps for christmas–microsoft tag and word lens
  10. 25 apps for christmas–itoiletfinder
  11. 25 apps for christmas–rockband 3
  12. 25 apps of christmas–netflix
  13. 25 apps for christmas - fitbit
  14. 25 apps for christmas amazon mp3 download (with free christmas music!)
  15. 25 apps for christmas–songsmith and ribbon hero
  16. 25 apps for christmas–remote access
  17. 25 apps for christmas–eye fi
  18. 25 apps for christmas–media players
  19. 25 apps for christmas–windows live mesh 2011
  20. 25 apps for christmas–shazam
  21. 25 apps for christmas–foxitsoftware
  22. 25 apps for christmas - client virtualization
  23. 25 apps for christmas–apps to create apps
  24. 25 apps for christmas - browsers
  25. my youtube channel - whoops!
  26. kinect and the microsoft company store opening in oakbrook, il
  27. 5 years @ microsoft
  28. the power of education
  29. boot times in windows 7
  30. kindle madness and how full is your bucket?
  31. internet explorer 9 beta–drag and drop
  32. bad boys
  33. sunday posts for everyone - biking, growing up and independence
  34. sunday posts for everyone - influences
  35. winsat.exe update–disk performance
  36. workshifting
  37. movies about dreams and virtual reality
  38. pxe stick lab at techready 11
  39. windows 7 wednesday tip–problem steps recorder
  40. windows 7 wednesday tip – winsat.exe
  41. powerpoint not required
  42. tnetennba - a new word is born
  43. sunday posts for everyone - the wait is over on june 25th
  44. mrs. cinnamon–inspiring first graders
  45. sunday posts for everyone: multiple computers
  46. windows 7 wednesday tip: dan mode
  47. the it crowd series 4 coming soon...
  48. sunday posts for everyone: bit.ly
  49. sunday posts for everyone: bing maps and photosynth integration!
  50. sunday posts for everyone: what is he talking about?
  51. windows 7 wednesdays 60 tips in 60 minutes (the presentation)
  52. sunday posts for everyone - giving
  53. windows 7 wednesdays – 60 tips in 60 minutes part 6
  54. sunday posts for everyone
  55. windows 7 wednesdays – 60 tips in 60 minutes part 5
  56. 5 years ago - yesterday
  57. windows 7 wednesdays – 60 tips in 60 minutes part 4
  58. windows 7 wednesdays – 60 tips in 60 minutes part 3
  59. office 2010 tips and tricks thursdays (on a friday)
  60. windows 7 wednesday tips – 60 tips in 60 minutes (pt 2)
  61. windows vista and windows 7 – shrink and expand partitions on the fly
  62. app-v 4.6 in production
  63. windows 7 wednesday tips – 60 tips in 60 minutes
  64. 2010 bowl for kids’ sake
  65. windows 7 and office 2010 must have utilities – part 1
  66. windows 7 wednesday tip (on a sunday): now playing
  67. the microsoft store in scottsdale, az
  68. windows 7 wednesday tip: running windows live messenger in windows vista compatibility mode
  69. sam’s presentation @sitconference
  70. windows 7 wednesday tip: eye-fi geo
  71. office 2010 tips and tricks thursdays – use two versions of excel (and start saving disk space)
  72. windows 7 wednesday tip: make windows server 2008 r2 look like windows 7!
  73. my triumphant return to media center part 2
  74. my triumphant return to media center!
  75. windows 7 wednesday tip: audio troubleshooting
  76. office 2010 tips and tricks thursdays – web apps
  77. windows touch – from windows xp to windows 7
  78. windows 7 wednesday tip: change in wireless access security
  79. office 2010 tips and tricks thursdays
  80. windows 7 wednesday tip: shell:documentslibrary
  81. looking forward to 2010 – 10 things
  82. windows 7 wednesday tip: taskbar preview from the keyboard
  83. windows 7 – what happens with a lot of windows and alt+tab?

2009 114

  1. windows 7 wednesday tips (7 for the end of 2009)
  2. in memoriam – edward l. green
  3. windows 7 wednesday tip – desktops.exe
  4. windows 7 wednesday – remote desktop to another windows 7 desktop or laptop
  5. office 2010 with click-to-run
  6. windows 7 wednesday tip!
  7. keeping your kids safe online – windows live family safety and windows 7 parental controls
  8. reload of the gateway lt
  9. boot from vhd – tutorial part 2
  10. boot from vhd on windows xp – the tuturial part 1
  11. first post in november – wow!
  12. 7 second demos – dugg!
  13. sony vaio cw – available with fresh start
  14. the real ajay bhatt
  15. bing visual search
  16. shrink a volume in windows 7 automagically
  17. boot from vhd on windows xp!!!
  18. a portable computer story
  19. clubhouse.microsoft.com
  20. applocker on windows 7 professional
  21. did you know: show windows stacked, cascaded or side by side
  22. a lesson for the rest of us
  23. tekken 6 – coming out later this month for xbox
  24. on the road branch office
  25. foxit reader
  26. did you know – windows 7 magnifier!
  27. problem steps recorder – help someone out of a jam
  28. another install fest (thursday), top windows 7 utilities and 3 more installations today (friday)
  29. creating a vhd to boot from
  30. the windows 7 install fest and zune 4.0 software upgrade
  31. gateway lt series netbook – now running windows 7
  32. best netbook so far
  33. milwaukee journal sentinel
  34. windows anytime upgrade
  35. 2 gb or not 2 gb – that is the question
  36. windows virtual pc release candidate on windows 7 release to manufacturing
  37. 4th and 5th installations of windows 7 rtm
  38. first flight with wi-fi access
  39. onto rtm - 3 for 3 (and counting…)
  40. did you know - encrypting your hard drive with bitlocker
  41. did you know: windows key + number to launch pinned taskbar programs
  42. bill gates makes richard feynman physics videos available
  43. did you know: connecting windows live web activities
  44. my best year in college
  45. did you know: vertical window maximize tip
  46. want to help feed america?
  47. did you know - ford fusion hybrid sync vehicle health report
  48. did you know - boot from vhd (the step by step guide)
  49. sam’s emachine is now running 32 bit windows 7 ultimate release candidate
  50. preparing for techready 9
  51. windows live messenger in facebook?!?!?!?!
  52. you have angered the great master russinovich!
  53. direct access screencast and cwug.groups.live.com
  54. history of microsoft videos - 1995
  55. the it crowd complete second season dvd is here!
  56. microspotting
  57. windows 7 beta expira pronto!
  58. did you know: installing the zune 3.0 software without a zune?
  59. pre-order a copy of windows 7 upgrade for as little as $49.99 today!
  60. did you know: you can shrink a hard drive from the command line (and in the windows vista/7 setup program?)
  61. did you know: dynamically shrinking a hard drive partition
  62. 2010 ford fusion hybrid with sync
  63. boot windows 7 from a usb stick
  64. upcoming springboard virtual round table on application compatibility
  65. my father and uncle phil
  66. chicago cares
  67. browser for the better
  68. boot from vhd – setup windows 7 64 bit from 32 bit
  69. the case of the 2 iexplore.exe processes
  70. the case of the two iexplore.exe processes
  71. Bing
  72. zune hd info on zune.net
  73. n-trig drivers for windows 7 release candidate
  74. setting up windows virtual pc 64 bit
  75. are you a windows ambassador?
  76. how green is your pc?
  77. windows 7 sensor and location platform overview
  78. windows virtual pc and xp mode - publishing internet explorer 6 on windows 7
  79. the it crowd streaming on netflix - dvds come to america
  80. release candidate for windows 7
  81. where are they now - bookpool
  82. putting computer #2 into the direct access dogfood...
  83. christopher kusek will be on the bus and at teched 2009!
  84. only one eva
  85. dan - checkered shirt, edward - white shirt, tie
  86. windows 7 feature - direct access
  87. information on the windows 7 upgrade posted
  88. test, test and test some more
  89. act 5.5 download is available!
  90. windows 7 wednesdays
  91. ie8 on windows vista
  92. windows 7 virtualization
  93. multi touch on a dell latitude xt tablet
  94. multi touch in windows 7, new hp windows home server and netbooks
  95. 320 gb of goodness...
  96. windows 7 skus announced
  97. running windows 7 on a netbook
  98. tip for windows vista
  99. another windows 7 installation and demo prep
  100. to netbook or not to netbook - that is the question
  101. 20 years since paul's boutique - beastie boys still going strong
  102. windows key + space to show desktop in windows 7 beta
  103. windows vista, windows 7 and application compatibility
  104. dr. bob - the value of my time/15 more installations (somewhat automated)
  105. sam - my first personal beta tester
  106. 63 today - 15 more on sunday
  107. virtual installations of windows 7 won't count, but my first one was successful!
  108. the week of windows 7
  109. 60, 61 and high sevens
  110. 57 + 2 = 59 installations of windows 7
  111. my 57th installation of windows 7
  112. homegroup post on e7 blog
  113. redefine christmas
  114. only 9 days

2008 81

  1. new windows home server from hp
  2. netflix using silverlight - and xbox 360 and tivo
  3. i'm a pc - stamps!
  4. aero shortcut keys and another helpful tip
  5. america's first indoor legoland discovery center now open!
  6. first failure on my xbox 360 - time for a repair
  7. add another 4 installations of Windows 7 (eventually i'll pull out the new calc applet and see where i'm at....)
  8. common's new album for 99 cents
  9. zune pass - includes 10 songs per month
  10. first multi touch notebook...
  11. add other 16 additional installations of windows 7
  12. nxe will be released on wednesday
  13. almost got to test remote wipe on my windows mobile device...
  14. cwug windows home server live meetings begin tonight!
  15. election 2008
  16. three more installations of windows 7 - brings me to seven systems tested.
  17. windows home server system builder price decrease!
  18. windows home server and build 2 of windows 7!
  19. builds 3 and 4
  20. boot performance of windows vista
  21. 2 installs - 698 to go...
  22. pdc windows 7 keynote on demand
  23. cwug windows home server webcasts begin in november!
  24. windows 7 blog added to windows team blog
  25. joel schoenberg's desktop insiders technical briefing
  26. the chicago virtualization launch is less than a week away!
  27. becoming a big
  28. get searchperks!
  29. my friend martha
  30. mdop charter member program
  31. 100 members in facebook!
  32. windows 7 will be called...
  33. tekken 6 coming to xbox 360
  34. htc touch cruise
  35. giving campaign
  36. beta streaming - works great
  37. overrated and underrated tech products
  38. last chance - register for the pdc2008 or get virtual now chicago event
  39. couple more windows experience indexes
  40. over 2800 prepare to dogfood...
  41. the it crowd comes to ifc
  42. windows experience index in windows vista
  43. revisiting windows steadystate
  44. big bang theory
  45. terri sjodin - author, speaker, consultant
  46. i'm a pc!
  47. windows vista performance part 2
  48. influences - bill gates
  49. windows vista performance
  50. windows vista support stories - backup
  51. brian regan
  52. spreeder - online speed reading application
  53. math doesn't suck
  54. mojave experiment - update
  55. just reminded of the windows xp service pack/browser test vhd downloads
  56. ie8 beta 2 posted!
  57. get a free 120 day trial of windows home server...
  58. joy division limited edition zune!
  59. e7 blog
  60. windows home server stories
  61. the ultimate steal
  62. happy birthday melody and windows 95
  63. taylor mali "what teachers make"
  64. charlie
  65. "i hate windows vista!"
  66. out of gas - at the station, in the prius and on my laptop
  67. channel8/microsoft dreamspark
  68. yes - i use live writer christopher!
  69. geometry wars: retro evolved 2
  70. the epitome of hyperbole
  71. www.mojaveexperiment.com
  72. technet edge - ugtv
  73. windows home server power pack 1 public beta!
  74. hyper-v
  75. kms on windows server 2008
  76. csi:ny meets microsoft live labs
  77. reflecting on two and half years at microsoft
  78. uvntv.com - broadband television - the world is watching
  79. introducing live mesh!
  80. thanks to mike niehaus
  81. search and give