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Category Archives: General

Better Screen Shots For Documentation And Blogging

10-Jul-08

There are three tools that I use for creating and managing screen shots for documentation and posting here on my blog:

Windows Clippings
Paint.NET
PNGOUT

Now I can’t claim that I discovered these tools myself and they’ve been covered elsewhere probably more eloquently, but I think they’re worth pointing out again. Of course, what works for [...]

In Defence Of The Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides

26-Mar-08

Michael over at 4sysops has taken a shot at the Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides and I’m left scratching my head. His beef with the guides is that they haven’t yet been updated for RTM and still include some older terminology:
In this manual, they still talk about “Windows Server virtualization (wsv)” even though wsv was [...]

Blog Plug: Vista Vitals

20-Mar-08

Gordon Martin from Canada writes a great blog on his experiences deploying Windows Vista. It’s a good read and there’s a fair number of little gems in there. I’ve been meaning to post some links to his site for some time, but I’ve just been slack and haven’t gotten around to it. Who is Gordon? [...]

Export Your Product Keys Before Your TechNet Subscription Expires

03-Mar-08

If you’ve not yet subscribed to TechNet Plus, I heartily recommend that you do. This is an inexpensive way to get your hands on legitimate copies of Windows, Office and other Microsoft software plus many other benefits. With Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 requiring activation for all versions, the days of grabbing the [...]