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Subselect queries the easy way
Questions about how to use subselect queries seem to come up a lot, and I can never find a good example to use when I go looking for a subselect query. I found this example from Curtis Sawin (a senior...

Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:17 AM by jgilbert | with no comments

Inserting auto-text in a Word document
I think this is pretty cool and fun to play with (I like to insert things like this in documentation tech reviews to see if anyone notices…). Anyway, to automatically insert random text in a doc, you can...

Posted Friday, April 18, 2008 8:24 PM by jgilbert | 1 comment(s)

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How to format an external drive without losing the information stored on it
I generally format new USB drives NTFS as soon as I get them because for some reason they all still come formatted Fat32. You don't really notice this until you try to copy something large to them...

Posted Friday, January 11, 2008 6:40 PM by jgilbert | with no comments

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How to check the WMI repository before rebuilding it
I've had some WMI repository repair tidbits stashed away in my e-mail that I was going to blog about sooner or later. I'm not sure if today is sooner or later, but I did have to go looking through...

Posted Friday, January 11, 2008 1:30 AM by jgilbert | 2 comment(s)

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Problems searching .pst's with Outlook 2007?
I had the same issue initially, and fellow writer and myITforum'er Rob Stack showed me the light. For my setup, I had Office 2007 Enterprise edition installed on a Vista workstation. If search in Vista...

Posted Wednesday, December 19, 2007 8:31 PM by jgilbert | with no comments

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Shadow Puppet Rendition of A Wonderful World
and now for something totally different (and cool)...

Posted Thursday, August 23, 2007 6:57 PM by jgilbert | 1 comment(s)

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Manageability TechCenter launched on TechNet!
The Manageability TechCenter (http://technet.microsoft.com/manageability/default.aspx) was launched on Friday, August 17, 2007. It provides step-by-step guidance to help you more effectively manage the...

Posted Saturday, August 18, 2007 10:43 PM by jgilbert | with no comments

Microsoft Virtual PC is now free!
Going through my email this morning I ran across an email from Technet Flash that really made my day! Microsoft Virtual PC is now free!!! I love this little program and couldn't live without it. "Whether...

Posted Friday, July 14, 2006 6:46 PM by jgilbert | with no comments

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