Task Scheduler 2.0 Email

I was originally excited about the new Task Scheduler built into Windows Server 2008 & Vista….I liked the idea of being able to easily select an event from the Event Viewer and schedule a task to trigger when it occurred. I was thinking this would make a really easy way to monitor some simple server [...]

Simply option to create a demo

I need to create a quick video tutorial for an application and figured it would be much easier to have a little guided demo that shows the actual steps and clicks rather than the long, boring step by step list of what to click. I know there’s tons of apps out there than can create [...]

Wireless Scanner: inSSIDer

I heard about this product recently and keep meening to try it out but since I keep pushing it off I figured I’d at least post it here for future reference and in case it helps anyone else looking for a wireless scanner that works in Vista. I used to use NetStumbler but since Vista [...]

Windows Vista and HP 2015 Printers

Sometimes it’s best to toss aside the instructions and just do what you think should work. That’s the lesson I learned the hard way recently when trying to get a HP 2015 printer working on Windows Vista. I had just setup the exact same setup a week before that worked fine, now I had spent [...]

Speed up Outlook by Removing RSS Feeds

I don’t use Outlook to view my RSS feeds but when I first switched over to Outlook 2007 I was checking out the features and so I selected it to sync with the RSS feed…and then forgot about it. Over time the number of RSS feeds grew and so did the amount of space they [...]

Windows Explorer Filter

A cool little feature that I apparently missed in Vista that comes in kinda handy, when you have Explorer open and are looking at a standard list of files, you can sort but name, date, type, etc….the standard options. If you hover over one of the titles, click on the arrow that appears you can [...]

Running Applications from Mapped Drive

One of the projects I’ve been working on involved choosing between Vista and XP for the desktops. The primary LOB application vendor said they supported and worked fine on Vista except you had to turn off UAC. This took me by surprise so I spoke with their support and engineering departments…the one and only reason [...]

Heroes Happen Here Launch Event

Went to the Microsoft launch event in Ft. Lauderdale yesterday for Windows Server 2008, SQL 2008, and Visual Studio 2008. Overall the event was great…there was some good info about the products, even stuff I haven’t read about previously which was a big plus. Blain Barton gave his usual charismatic presentation and I have to [...]

Quick access to mapped drives in Vista

Just came across a post by Brian Williams on Opening files on mapped shares in Vista and wanted to add a tip that saves a lot of time and wear and tear on the mouse. One of the changes in Vista is how the whole My Computer windows displays and how drives and folders are [...]

Office Upgrade to Windows Vista (Part 4)

It’s been about two weeks since we did the cut-over to Windows Vista I wrote about earlier. So far everything is running smoothly, I have to say I really do like the UAC for blocking people from installing crap onto the systems (either intentionally or accidentally) Since the cut over, I have had to put [...]