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FolderShare - my new best friend!

posted Monday, January 30, 2006 8:20 AM by Allister_Frost
Steve Clayton's blog helped me discover FolderShare, a brilliant little application that lets you share folders across devices. It's fabulous! Very easy to use, very quick and very smart! And I can finally wave goodbye to those crazy times of copying Read More
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Online premiere of The IT Crowd

posted Saturday, January 28, 2006 10:17 AM by Allister_Frost
There's an odd marriage for computer geeks and comedy fans coming soon to British TV when a new series starts on Channel 4. The programme's called 'The IT Crowd' and premieres next Friday 3rd February with a double bill. But you don't Read More
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Expression Interactive Designer - get the CTP today!

posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 4:47 PM by Allister_Frost
Microsoft released the public beta of Expression Interactive Designer, the software formerly known as Sparkle, today! Check out the Channel9 video at http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=157843 or download directly from http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/interactive_designer/id_free_trial.aspx. Read More
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Merry Christmas everyone!

posted Sunday, December 25, 2005 7:00 AM by Allister_Frost
(and no, I'm not blogging on Christmas day - I post-dated this entry so blogs.technet.com could do the dirty work for me at the specified time!) Merry Christmas to Microsoft Outlook users around the world! Read More
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Great tips site

posted Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:52 PM by Allister_Frost
This one does exactly what it says on the URL: www.microsoft.com/greattips. Check it out! Read More
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Exchange Tour Unplugged Blog

posted Sunday, November 27, 2005 11:08 AM by Allister_Frost
Over the next few weeks I'll be posting to the new TechNet Exchange Tour Unplugged blog at http://blogs.technet.com/technet_uk_-_exchange_tour/ while we weave our way around the UK. Tomorrow we'll be in Coventry, before a short trip to Manchester, Read More
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Exchange Tour Unplugged - starts next week

posted Friday, November 18, 2005 1:41 PM by Allister_Frost
We're looking forward to hitting the road over the next few weeks to help some of the few remaining Exchange 5.5 organisations understand how best to upgrade their infrastructure to the Windows Server System 2003. Many of the events are now fully booked Read More
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New laptop, new lease of life!

posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 7:25 PM by Allister_Frost
I finally got a new Tablet PC. My old one was designed shortly before the advent of modern computing and although it was slow enough to earn itself the nickname "Sleeping Tablet" I hadn't realised how slow until I got a new machine. So here I am blogging Read More
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XP Power Toys for cavemen

posted Friday, October 21, 2005 4:45 PM by Allister_Frost
Every so often I find someone living in a cave who hasn't heard about the free XP Power Toys at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx. There are some really cool tools in there. Check 'em out! Read More
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You know you're out of control when...

posted Thursday, October 20, 2005 7:02 AM by Allister_Frost
...you discover a 'Tasks in Archive Folders' link suddenly appears because Outlook has auto-archived some of your tasks which are now more than 90 days overdue! Heck! I need longer days to stay on top of my ever-growing workload. Or perhaps a shorter Read More
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Microsoft does Photo Imaging

posted Monday, October 03, 2005 9:42 AM by Allister_Frost
I'm a long-time fan of Adobe Photoshop. To be honest, I've invested many hours of my spare time happily learning how to use the software, right back to version 3.0 in 1995. Photoshop holds a special place in my heart as the only application Read More
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Lost - final episode

posted Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:17 AM by Allister_Frost
In what is turning out to be an interesting experiment in the effects of mobile communication deprivation, I left home this morning without my Pocket PC. On the list of the "things not to leave at home" a Pocket PC must rank pretty near the Read More
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Understanding the Microsoft Platform for Notes Organisations

posted Friday, September 23, 2005 3:20 PM by Allister_Frost
I recently blogged about the high number of questions we're getting from UK Notes/Domino organisations about how or why they should migrate to the Microsoft platform and mentioned that we're running some new event to help explain all. One of these Read More
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Forbes: More bad news for Lotus Notes

posted Thursday, August 25, 2005 6:47 AM by Allister_Frost
Hot on the heels of their 'Black Knight' article, Forbes has published an update story following Gartner's recent findings that Exchange is now the undisputed leader of the messaging server market. I've known this for a long time because I can see exactly Read More
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Frost on BBC Radio Berkshire

posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 3:41 PM by Allister_Frost
Punish your ears. Listen in to the BBC Radio Berkshire breakfast show tomorrow (24th August) between 08.20 and 09.00 UK time to hear me waffling about something or other. I have no idea what they want to talk about but they've asked to talk to me Read More
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