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So this morning I unsub'd from all my myITforum lists with my gmail.com address, and attempted to re-subscribe. Unfortunately, nothing. I received no confirmations that my subscription was accepted...
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If you're running Windows Vista, have you ever taken a look at Reliability Monitor? What is it? A snapshot of how reliable your system is including: A System Stability Chart which shows you a stability...
Trying to clean up my Outlook calendar because I noticed some duplicate entries. On meeting requests, why is there no option to cancel the meeting or just delete it from your calendar without sending a...
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Online auctions selling illegal software worth more than $8m have been detected and closed down during the first half of 2007. Anti-software piracy body the Business Software Alliance, which represents...
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Anyone else using Outlook 2007 for reading RSS feeds? I'm trying to get used to it because I'm in Outlook all day long reading email, checking my calendar, etc. There are a couple of RSS feeds...
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When I first got this SWAG bag at MMS 2007, I absolutely hated it. Now that I’m home and had a chance to go through the bag, it is quite roomy, lots of storage space, the handle is a nice length...
I blogged a couple of weeks ago about potentially moving back to Windows XP. I think the decision was just made for me. Apparently there is a conflict with the laptop I’m using with an SD card reader...
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Great job by 1E, Microsoft, and myitforum.com for a heck of a party. Lots of awards given out (no purses this year), lots of food and drink, lots of great conversation, and a free XBOX 360 and Zune to...
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Great welcoming expo at MMS 2007! I honestly think the myitforum booth was the most crowded booth in the place. The giveaways, which included an XBOX 360 and 4 sets of books went over extremely well. I’ll...
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Well, I’ve been working off of a second drive for the last couple of weeks with Windows Vista/Office 2007/IE7 loaded on it. Same laptop, just a different hard drive. I just put my Windows XP SP2...
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Microsoft on Wednesday launched Office Live out of beta. The online service offers small businesses website hosting and tools for managing their finances, customers, and sales. Office Live, which targets...
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Straight from Best Buy's Retail Insider newsletter comes the (leaked) word that while Xbox 360s will be fully re-stocked between Dec. 11 and 16, they will not be made available to consumers until Dec....
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Apple Computer Inc. has reinvented itself around the iPod digital music player, but the innovative computer maker Tuesday faced new questions over whether it's the mother of its own invention. Creative...
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Do you like Mountain Dew? Win an XBOX 360. Beginning August 28, 2005, Mountain Dew and Xbox® will select a winner of an Xbox 360™ gaming and entertainment system every 10 minutes, 24 hours a...
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Not sure why or what was updated, but this morning I noticed that my Windows Messenger 7.0 now reads build 0813 (7.0.0813). I was running build 0777. I was prompted to reboot for the changes to take effect...
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From ZDNET Blogs, Looking at the existing offerings, Microsoft is hands-down making all the right moves, having what appears to me to be an almost insurmountable head start (though readers are always quick...
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S amsung Electronics and Microsoft Corp. have announced an alliance to elevate gaming to the next level through high-definition technology. Microsoft has chosen Samsung as the exclusive HDTV worldwide...
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Well, here we are in day 3 (day 2 of the breakouts) of what has been an excellent MMS. Steve Ballmer gave a great opening keynote this morning that has already been blogged about. Shortly after the opening...
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