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The End: this blog leaps over to Windows Live Spaces

Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 8:00 AM by Allister_Frost
I've decided to move my blog to a new home on Windows Live Spaces. I hope you'll move with me. My new blog URL is http://usefultechnologyblog.spaces.live.com/ . To subscribe to the new RSS feed, simply click this link: http://usefultechnologyblog.spaces.live.com/feed.rss Read More...
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UsefulGuides: Finding that well-loved feature in Microsoft Office 2007

Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 4:01 PM by Allister_Frost
There's no question about it, there's a bit of a learning curve before you get familiar with the new ribbon menu layout in the 2007 Microsoft Office system. And the learning curve will be steeper the more familiar you are with previous versions. If you Read More...
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Windows Media Player 11 - final release at last

Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:09 AM by Allister_Frost
Way back in May we released the Beta of Windows Media Player 11. Finally, after exhaustive testing and refinement, we released the final build earlier this week. You can download it now, for free, from here . If you're running Windows XP and have ears, Read More...
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My Blogcasts on Soapbox

Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 3:36 PM by Allister_Frost
I've been playing with the new Soapbox on MSN Video service. It's pretty cool. I never really got into YouTube but I can see how useful it will be to be able to restrict access to my videos on Soapbox based on my existing Windows Live Messenger contact Read More...
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Securing that wireless network

Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 11:30 AM by Allister_Frost
I stumbled across this helpful article from Connected Home that explains how to secure a wireless network: http://www.connectedhomemag.com/HomeControls/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=49176 . The most important thing here is to enable WPA (or WPA2 if you Read More...
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The Joy of Finding Big Things (in Outlook 2007)

Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 8:42 PM by Allister_Frost
My former boss, Bruce Lynn , asked me this weekend how he could locate all the large (>200kb) entries in his Outlook calendar so he could delete them to free up some space in his mailstore. He couldn't figure out how to do this but knew it must be Read More...
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Windows Live Insider Club

Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:52 PM by Allister_Frost
Confused by all this new Windows Live stuff? Yeah, me too. There's a lot of new gadgetry to get our heads around. I discovered an interesting new site at www.insiderclub.co.uk that aims to shed some light on the matter. Those talking bodies are a bit Read More...
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Internet Explorer 7 is launched

Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:40 AM by Allister_Frost
The world's most popular browser just got better. Internet Explorer 7 was released just hours ago. You can get it from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx . Read More...
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Windows Vista Tipfest

Posted Friday, October 13, 2006 11:39 AM by Allister_Frost
Ah, I love the smell of a tip in the morning! I'm in New York for Digital Life and to meet up with some of my colleagues from around the world. It's Friday 13th, I'm jetlagged and I've just run out of coffee. But all is well because I've just discovered Read More...
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Add some hyperlink action to your emails

Posted Friday, October 13, 2006 12:14 AM by Allister_Frost
Bloggers know how important it is to include relevant hyperlinks in their posts ;-) They can come in pretty handy in emails too. Instead of pasting a lengthy and ugly URL into an email you can add a hyperlink to any part of your email text. So, instead Read More...
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Screen capture the easy way

Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 6:17 PM by Allister_Frost
I'm often asked what tools I use to make screengrabs to include in my blog. I used to use the Snipping Tool which is part of the Tablet PC Experience Pack for Windows XP . So you can imagine my disappointment when, after upgrading to Windows Vista, I Read More...
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Windows Live OneCare beta - free to 18 countries

Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 2:26 PM by Allister_Frost
Hurrah! At last, Windows Live OneCare 1.5 is now available for free download in 18 countries around the globe. Despite having a dangerous name for anyone with lazy pronunciation, OneCare is finally out of the blocks on its journey towards global availability. Read More...
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Get Safe Online (and Secure that Wireless Network)

Posted Friday, October 06, 2006 9:28 AM by Allister_Frost
So here I am blogging from inside Windows Vista RC1. And I've never felt safer. Which is handy because I've been working closely with the team at Get Safe Online over recent months and next week is officially Get Safe Online Week in the UK. I'll be in Read More...
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Append a post to an email in Outlook

Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:19 PM by Allister_Frost
Sometimes even the most disciplined time management gurus cannot cope with sheer volume of emails flooding into their Outlook Inbox. And while it's good practice to keep your Inbox as empty as possible ( converting all those 'things to do' into tasks Read More...
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Achieving your career goals with Outlook

Posted Monday, September 18, 2006 9:00 AM by Allister_Frost
Here at Microsoft, all full time employees have to sign up to personal commitments for their job. At the end of each financial year these are reviewed in a Performance Review on which all sorts of things depend including bonuses and promotion prospects. Read More...
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