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the real ajay bhatt
brilliant spot on the tonight show with conan o’brien. intel co-inventor of usb ajay bhatt...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/29/2009
bing visual search
wow – how cool is this? obviously anyone with a portable music player or using sync with the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/29/2009
shrink a volume in windows 7 automagically
woo hoo! you can shrink and grow a partition (even the one windows 7 is running on from disk...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/22/2009
boot from vhd on windows xp!!!
finally! i found instructions on how to setup boot from vhd on windows xp so that you can start...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/21/2009
a portable computer story
i’ve not been a big fan of netbooks primarily because of three things: 1) screen resolution,...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/21/2009
clubhouse.microsoft.com
i just joined the windows clubhouse and noticed a number of great posts and a couple challenges –...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/21/2009
applocker on windows 7 professional
a question came up today at one of the it pro windows 7 sessions today about applocker - whether you...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/20/2009
did you know: show windows stacked, cascaded or side by side
someone asked me if there were ways to vertically maximize more than two windows using aero snap...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/05/2009
a lesson for the rest of us
so somehow i missed these two videos until this evening – kanye west interrupting taylor swift...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/04/2009
tekken 6 – coming out later this month for xbox
it’s been an entire year, but later this month tekken 6 comes out for the xbox 360. since then...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/03/2009
on the road branch office
here’s another thing that i’ve taken for granted for the past three years using windows vista –...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/25/2009
foxit reader
foxit software has one of my must have installations after the many installs and upgrades i've done...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/24/2009
did you know – windows 7 magnifier!
in windows 7, you can press and hold down the windows key and press + to zoom in on the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/22/2009
problem steps recorder – help someone out of a jam
at our thursday loadfest we had a user that had the magnifier starting every time their computer...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/18/2009
another install fest (thursday), top windows 7 utilities and 3 more installations today (friday)
thursday my counterpart dan orum led our second install fest, i did an internal tips and tricks...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/18/2009
creating a vhd to boot from
i met with a customer and when we began discussing boot from vhd they had a lot of interest. i...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/16/2009
the windows 7 install fest and zune 4.0 software upgrade
today we conducted a windows 7 install fest at work. i ran through some tips and tricks and...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/15/2009
gateway lt series netbook – now running windows 7
over the weekend i blogged about a great netbook deal – and currently it’s exclusively at best...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/08/2009
best netbook so far
i’ve become a big fan of netbooks lately. they are light and inexpensive and some come with...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/06/2009
milwaukee journal sentinel
earlier this week i meet with a reporter from the milwaukee journal sentinel to discuss windows 7 -...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 08/27/2009
windows anytime upgrade
three more installations of windows 7 - i've done a lot of installations of windows home premium and...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 08/27/2009
2 gb or not 2 gb – that is the question
i’m running a couple of my main windows 7 laptops (and a netbook) with only 1 gb of ram and it’s...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 08/19/2009
windows virtual pc release candidate on windows 7 release to manufacturing
so now that you’ve got windows 7 rtm (release to manufacturing), check out the windows virtual pc...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 08/07/2009
4th and 5th installations of windows 7 rtm
today i’m working on my 4th and 5th installation of windows 7 rtm. one is an upgrade from the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 08/03/2009
first flight with wi-fi access
so i’m headed to seattle for microsoft’s internal version of teched called techready and i’ve got...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/26/2009
onto rtm - 3 for 3 (and counting…)
so i’ve already installed three copies of the rtm (release to manufacturing) of windows 7 and it’s...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/25/2009
did you know - encrypting your hard drive with bitlocker
i've done this so many times i hadn't even noticed that the pause button had been removed from the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/23/2009
did you know: windows key + number to launch pinned taskbar programs
i keep on forgetting to demonstrate this great new feature. today i remembered to show how you...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/21/2009
bill gates makes richard feynman physics videos available
i just got back from a 20 mile bike ride, had lunch with the family and am now watching microsoft...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/18/2009
did you know: connecting windows live web activities
when you are logged into windows live (home.live.com), you can go into your profile – permissions...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/17/2009
my best year in college
in the summer of 1987 my mother received a call from millikin university in decatur, il. ...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/17/2009
did you know: vertical window maximize tip
in windows 7, if you have a window (like the explorer window shown below) and you move your mouse...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/13/2009
want to help feed america?
i've already blogged about browser for the better (which runs through august 8, 2009) - download...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/12/2009
did you know - ford fusion hybrid sync vehicle health report
so after upgrading to the sync 3.0 software (i know – i haven’t done a post on that yet – sorry!)...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/09/2009
did you know - boot from vhd (the step by step guide)
so you’ve got windows 7 running, but what about windows server 2008 r2? it’s 64 bit only and...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/08/2009
sam’s emachine is now running 32 bit windows 7 ultimate release candidate
so i got a little ahead of myself only having the 32 bit version of the release candidate handy when...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/08/2009
preparing for techready 9
i will be spending the last week in july out in seattle at techready – a semi annual gathering of...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/08/2009
windows live messenger in facebook?!?!?!?!
today i discovered another useful facebook app – windows live messenger within facebook – click here...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/07/2009
you have angered the great master russinovich!
one of the geekiest but most amusing videos i've seen from microsoft. i hope you enjoy trevor and...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/06/2009
direct access screencast and cwug.groups.live.com
i have posted a short video demonstrating windows 7 direct access as well as the chicago windows...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/06/2009
history of microsoft videos - 1995
in february channel9.msdn.com started a history of microsoft series that has been very entertaining...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/04/2009
the it crowd complete second season dvd is here!
i noticed up in my netflix watch instantly queue that the second season of the it crowd is available...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/03/2009
microspotting
before i started at microsoft on october 31, 2005 (yes – it’s almost been four years!) i spent a lot...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/01/2009
windows 7 beta expira pronto!
i’ve got two systems left on the windows 7 beta that i’ll be upgrading either tonight or on july...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 06/30/2009
did you know: installing the zune 3.0 software without a zune?
almost a year ago we had a portable media session at cwug (chicago windows user group) which was a...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 06/29/2009
pre-order a copy of windows 7 upgrade for as little as $49.99 today!
it’s a great friday – today you can reserve your production copy of the windows 7 upgrade for as...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 06/26/2009
did you know: you can shrink a hard drive from the command line (and in the windows vista/7 setup program?)
friday i posted information about dynamically shrinking a partition from your windows vista or...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 06/22/2009
did you know: dynamically shrinking a hard drive partition
i’ve been running windows vista for over 3 1/2 years now (before it was even released publicly) and...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 06/19/2009
2010 ford fusion hybrid with sync
so i’ve made the switch – yesterday i picked up a brand new 2010 ford fusion hybrid with sync (and...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 06/18/2009
boot windows 7 from a usb stick
i’ve been asked a few times how to install windows 7 onto a netbook and i believe these are the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 06/17/2009