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upcoming springboard virtual round table on application compatibility
this thursday is the next springboard series virtual round table focused on application...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 06/16/2009
my father and uncle phil
friday my uncle phil passed away. i have known him most of my life (he married my aunt when i was...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 06/14/2009
chicago cares
this is the second year that i'll be volunteering as part of chicago cares. more on this soon, but...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 06/13/2009
browser for the better
i came across the following today – a site sponsored by microsoft that will donate 8 meals to...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 06/10/2009
boot from vhd – setup windows 7 64 bit from 32 bit
boot from vhd is a great new feature of windows 7 enterprise. it allows you to start an...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 06/05/2009
the case of the 2 iexplore.exe processes
in my previous post i was troubleshooting internet explorer and why i had two processes everytime i...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 06/02/2009
the case of the two iexplore.exe processes
i recently noticed that anytime i open internet explorer, i have two iexplore.exe processes on...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/30/2009
bing!
on facebook bing has hit over 4,500 fans, but we still need more. help us reach our goal of 7,500...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/28/2009
zune hd info on zune.net
the next zune is going to have hd (hd radio and hd output) and an oled screen. check it out here.
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/27/2009
n-trig drivers for windows 7 release candidate
finally - n-trig drivers for the release candidate (had problems with interim builds, but this...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/25/2009
setting up windows virtual pc 64 bit
this beta has single handedly reignited my interest in the 64 bit version of windows 7. ...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/23/2009
are you a windows ambassador?
i've been using windows since version 3.0 so i considered myself an ambassador even before joining...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/18/2009
how green is your pc?
microsoft has made a program available from verdiem called edison. this free tool is available for...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/16/2009
windows 7 sensor and location platform overview
about 6 months ago i attended a session about the sensor and location platform plans for windows 7...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/11/2009
windows virtual pc and xp mode - publishing internet explorer 6 on windows 7
hopefully you've installed the windows 7 release candidate by now (and if you haven't download and...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/08/2009
the it crowd streaming on netflix - dvds come to america
probably the most important television comedy ever, the it crowd series 1 has been released on...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/06/2009
release candidate for windows 7
so i've upgraded a few systems to the release candidate in the past week and tuesday it is available...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/05/2009
where are they now - bookpool
okay - so i haven't been on bookpool for a very long time (being employed at microsoft has meant the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/03/2009
putting computer #2 into the direct access dogfood...
so today i ran my second and third (and assisted with a fourth and fifth) upgrade to the windows 7...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/01/2009
christopher kusek will be on the bus and at teched 2009!
christopher kusek who has been a long time member and recent vice chair of the chicago windows user...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/24/2009
only one eva
for over 20 years (half my life) i've known a really amazing woman and almost 18 years ago she...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/13/2009
dan - checkered shirt, edward - white shirt, tie
my first day at microsoft (october 31st, 2005) i started with a couple other people. that's the day...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/12/2009
windows 7 feature - direct access
i've joined a windows 7 computer to direct access - this will allow me to be always connected to...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/11/2009
information on the windows 7 upgrade posted
today we've posted addtional information in preparation for the release candidate for windows 7 on...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/07/2009
test, test and test some more
as i'm typing this post, i'm running on windows vista sp2 release candidate, just downloaded and...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/06/2009
act 5.5 download is available!
woo hoo! the application compatibility toolkit is on the microsoft download site. time to do some...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/03/2009
windows 7 wednesdays
another week and another loadfest and presentation on windows 7. i had the opportunity to load...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 04/02/2009
ie8 on windows vista
internet explorer 8 is here and i'm about to put it on one of my windows vista systems. just got...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 03/20/2009
windows 7 virtualization
we're gearing up for a great cwug march meeting and it will feature some of the new virtualization...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 03/03/2009
multi touch on a dell latitude xt tablet
wow - this is cool. i've downloaded windows live photo gallery and the multi touch beta drivers for...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 03/02/2009
multi touch in windows 7, new hp windows home server and netbooks
i've just loaded beta drivers to enable multi touch on a dell latitude xt and this afternoon i'll...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 02/24/2009
320 gb of goodness...
just added a 320 gb hard drive to my original macbook pro. this is the second upgrade i've made to...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 02/05/2009
windows 7 skus announced
check out the faq here on the presspass site.
Author: Dan Rey Date: 02/04/2009
running windows 7 on a netbook
i recently received two netbooks for our upcoming cwug windows 7 loadfest and have been doing some...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/30/2009
tip for windows vista
in windows 7 beta there is a boot to vhd feature which allows you to start a vhd and may avoid the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/25/2009
another windows 7 installation and demo prep
i think i win the geekiest airline passenger award this past week - i brought three laptops with me...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/23/2009
to netbook or not to netbook - that is the question
this evening i was looking at the various options - around $300-350 for netbooks. netbooks are...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/19/2009
20 years since paul's boutique - beastie boys still going strong
the first (and possibly only) full rap song i have memorized is "sucker mcs" by run dmc. on take a...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/17/2009
windows key + space to show desktop in windows 7 beta
wow - pretty cool new feature to peek at the desktop. windows key + arrow keys are very cool as...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/14/2009
windows vista, windows 7 and application compatibility
the springboard series has released a number of videos that explain a number of features in windows...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/14/2009
dr. bob - the value of my time/15 more installations (somewhat automated)
i was thinking of someone who taught me the value of my time when i was much younger (and had time...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/11/2009
sam - my first personal beta tester
when sam (my son) was 3 he was running windows xp in beta with a simple web game i had created for...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/11/2009
63 today - 15 more on sunday
build #63 today but i'll pick up 15 more on sunday in preparation for a demo monday. i saw the acer...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/10/2009
virtual installations of windows 7 won't count, but my first one was successful!
on my way to 700 installations of windows 7, i've decided i won't include virtual installations...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/09/2009
the week of windows 7
last night steve ballmer kicked off ces 2009 and introduced the windows 7 beta. it is available...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/08/2009
60, 61 and high sevens
last night i installed my 60th build of win7 and just completed my 61st build. ran the windows...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/07/2009
57 + 2 = 59 installations of windows 7
i've installed windows 7 on dell, lenovo and hp computers and today i just completed the...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/06/2009
my 57th installation of windows 7
back to counting - my 57th build of windows 7 and my first use of the latest version of windows easy...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/05/2009
homegroup post on e7 blog
i haven't even begun to dig through all the goodness that was posted on the e7 blog about...
Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/05/2009