My first Vista tip! I’m loving the sidebar at the moment. I changed the options so that it is always on top and dropped a couple of useful things on there. Clock, it’s a bit more visible than the clock in the system tray. Remote Desktop Connection Gadget – allows me to quickly Remote Desktop into
Category: Windows
Got my Vista on
Our action pack arrived last week so i spent yesterday upgrading my PC to Vista and installing Office 2007 The installation went (generally) well. I opted for a clean install so i’m still in the process of tweaking everything to my liking So far i’m pretty impressed. Even though i ran the beta for a
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Microsoft in town
Well not my town but pretty close! The Microsoft technical roadshow is running February to March in various locations across the country. They are showing off Vista, Office and Exchange and also running developer sessions on whats new with the products. I’m all booked up for the Nottingham event on 20th Februrary Check it out here
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Windows Defender Problem
Happy New Year! I noticed a lot of people posted to their blogs over the christmas period i wasn’t one of them. I barely touched a computer over Christmas and new year. Mainly new to my nine month old daughter! Last night my other half noticed an error message on my laptop. Something to do
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Putting the cat amongst the pigeons
I wasn’t going to comment on this but i’ve changed my mind Susanne blogged a while back asking about Microsoft’s strategy for Office & Vista in the small business marketplace and why they should make the move.(This was also followed up by a post by Vijay) At the time i agreed with many of her
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Post Christmas Presents!
My RSS reader is on it’s last legs. I use RSS Bandit and have been quite impressed by it since i started using it I do have a big problem with it at the moment. Posts have started appearing in other feeds A few days ago i clicked on Amanda Murphy’s Xbox & SharePoint blog only be treated
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The Connected Home
When i first moved into my house i had a romantic view of my “connected home” I had all sorts of plans and ideas of how my 21st century home would work. I wanted to have a PC in the living room that would be connected to the television and display pictures, videos and music
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Multiple Monitors with Windows Vista
*-* Update *-* I’ve posted about this again here I’m a big fan of multiple monitors. Even since i first tried it in Windows 2000 i haven’t looked back. I struggle when going back to a single screen as it’s so convenient to be able to view more than one window at a time. For