Monthly Archives: August 2009

Free Windows 7 for IT Pro’s

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Nerd

Microsoft will be providing Free "Deep Dive" Training for IT Professionals & Developers (along with a Free Copy of Windows 7!). "DEEP DRIVE" CURRICULUM: TRAINING FOR I.T. PROFESSIONALS: Introducing Windows 7 and the Windows Optimized Desktop — Today’s knowledge workers … Continue reading →

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What is RSS, and why do I need to use it?

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Nerd

What is RSS?  The simple answer, Really Simple Syndication.  So what exactly is it?  Many websites, blogs, and other online content portals have RSS feeds that you can “subscribe” to.  Once subscribed, content is automatically delivered to you in a … Continue reading →

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Change Windows 7 Logon Screen

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Nerd

There are two ways to change the Windows 7 logon screen (is it me, or does it look like Twitter designed it?):  The hard way, and the easy way.  I’m going to show you the easy way. The Tweaks.com Logon … Continue reading →

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Google’s new search engine

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Nerd

It’s in a testing phase, but Google has a new search engine it’s testing.  Check it out, and leave a comment about what you think! http://www2.sandbox.google.com/

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Multi-Thread Robocopy – Update

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Nerd

OK, I know I already went on and on about this, but this just blew my mind!  My boss just loaded Windows 7, and was copying his old data from an external USB drive to his new computer – 128GB … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2007 CCR – Move File Share Witness

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Nerd

Sometimes it is necessary to move the Exchange 2007 CCR’s File Share Witness.  This is easily done with the command prompt: cluster CLUSTERNAME resource “Majority Node Set” /priv MNSFileShare=\\server\share cluster CLUSTERNAME group “Cluster Group” /move cluster CLUSTERNAME group “Cluster Group” … Continue reading →

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Windows 7: Robocopy is Multi Threaded!

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Nerd

OK, so not everyone uses Robocopy on a regular basis, but I sure do! I am super excited about Windows 7′s version of Robocopy. Robocopy was created by Mark Russinovich, and was included in a whole suite of free windows … Continue reading →

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