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Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:25 PM

[Misc] Formatting lost when pasting into Windows Live Writer

OK this one was a bit of a head scratcher for me. I installed a VM on my Mac and inside this installed Windows 7 and Windows Live Writer as I've unfortunately been unable to find a native Mac blogging tool as good as Live Writer. Everything was going...
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Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:18 PM

[Misc] We're having a boy.

Well my wife and I went to the hospital today for our second scan as we're expecting our first baby in December. I'm delighted to say everything went OK and we're having a baby boy...!!!
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010 6:36 PM

[Misc] Network Monitor v3.4 now released

Just received notification that Network Monitor 3.4 has now been officially released. For more info checkout the following posting from the Network Monitor Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/netmon/archive/2010/06/28/network-monitor-3-4-has-released.aspx...
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Monday, March 29, 2010 3:36 PM

[Misc] Microsoft Team Blogs - New articles from 22-Mar-2010 to 28-Mar-2010

240 Microsoft Team blogs searched, 101 blogs have new articles. 288 new articles found searching from 22-Mar-2010 to 28-Mar-2010 BlogMS Resource Guides: Directory of Microsoft Team Blogs Free Microsoft Software and Online Services Categories: Consumer...
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Monday, March 22, 2010 2:34 PM

[Misc] Microsoft Team Blogs - New articles from 15-Mar-2010 to 21-Mar-2010

240 Microsoft Team blogs searched, 107 blogs have new articles. 279 new articles found searching from 15-Mar-2010 to 21-Mar-2010 BlogMS Resource Guides: Directory of Microsoft Team Blogs Free Microsoft Software and Online Services Categories: Consumer...
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Monday, March 15, 2010 10:22 PM

[Misc] Microsoft Team Blogs - New articles from 08-Mar-2010 to 14-Mar-2010

240 Microsoft Team blogs searched, 110 blogs have new articles. 282 new articles found searching from 08-Mar-2010 to 14-Mar-2010 BlogMS Resource Guides: Directory of Microsoft Team Blogs Free Microsoft Software and Online Services Categories: Consumer...
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Friday, February 26, 2010 10:45 PM

[Misc] Creating a Firewall Rule to Allow ICMPv4 Echo Requests

This could be one of those really useful snippets to file away somewhere: “You're trying to do some basic troubleshooting on your network and you ping a machine but it doesn't respond.  You know its there. Why isn't it responding? It's...
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 11:15 PM

[MS Platforms] Feb '10 - Technical Rollup Mail - Platforms

News Tech•Ed 2010 is coming Get ready for the go-to event for gaining IT knowledge and networking with peers. Register by February 28th and save $200 http://www.microsoft.com/events/techednorthamerica/?CR_CC=100276539&mtag=MSCOM Windows 7 Application...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:37 PM

[Solution Accelerators] Build your business with free tools from Microsoft

You spoke, we listened. Thanks for your feedback on the Solution Accelerators newsletter. For the next few months, we'll be experimenting with the structure and content of this publication to better incorporate your comments. Stay tuned, and continue...
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Thursday, December 24, 2009 9:06 AM

[Misc] Thank you, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for 2010

So with only one sleep left until the big fat fella drops down our chimneys to bring our presents and drink our beer I just wanted to say a BIG thank you to all of you that have helped me, supported FAQShop/ WMUG, read this blog, contributed, attended...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:03 PM

[Rant] Wot no eSata cable?

So I’ve invested in a Seagate FreeAgent XTreme eSata external drive primarily for the performance benefits I hope to get over regular USB/ Firewire which needless to say I’ve had to pay extra for. The drive has just arrived and I’ve eagerly opened it...
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Friday, December 04, 2009 8:00 AM

[Misc] If you need to visit the American Embassy in London but…

… need to take your mobile or other electronic devices or ANYTHING with a battery in (yes including car keys that contain a battery for remote central locking whether the battery is built into the key or on a central fob), then you will NOT be admitted...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009 6:16 PM

[MS KBs] New KB Articles At Microsoft 25 Nov 2009 - Weekly Summary

.NET Framework 2.0 200715 In a multithreaded access to a Type's custom attributes via Type.GetCustomAttributes() (or PropertyInfo.GetCustomAttributes()), sometimes an attribute object returned does not have the constructor run Internet Explorer 6...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:12 AM

[News] Microsoft co-founder has cancer

I was in two minds whether to post this or not as this is a very personal matter but I decided to help spread the word as the more people that know about this the more of us can pray for his recovery. Growing up with the PC I have nothing but respect...
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Monday, November 16, 2009 9:09 PM

[Misc] Twitter Notify Plug-in for Live Writer

I use Microsoft’s Live Writer for writing and publishing all of my blog posts. It’s not perfect but it’s the best tool I’ve found so far. Whilst looking through the Plug-in directory today I stumbled across the Twitter Notify plug-in which as the site...
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