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Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category

March 18th, 2008

Help! Can’t Open a Microsoft Publisher File

Have I shared recently (or ever) how much Microsoft Office Publisher irritates me? First there’s the file size of the end resulting file itself. Those suckers are massive. I used to get the files regularly from web clients and their questions would be:

Can you open a Publisher file?
How can I e-mail this to you?

When […]

By Jason Bean -- 4 comments

March 18th, 2008

Running a Microsoft Virtual PC

One of the ideas I’ve been poking around in my head is to jump into virtualization on my computer. The most recent reason I’ve thought about doing this is to try-out the new Internet Explorer 8 beta.
I don’t want to muck-up my real machine, but want to start playing around with this stuff and […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

March 14th, 2008

It’s not always malware: How to fix the top 10 Internet Explorer issues

I just found this article and thought it was a really helpful review of things to look at and think about when something just doesn’t seem right with your Internet Explorer installation.
The article covers tips and tricks for the following problems:

“Page cannot be displayed” errors, Red x instead of pictures, view source not working
Editing […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

January 26th, 2008

Small Business Summit 2008

Microsoft is sponsoring the Small Business Summit 2008 and everything is free and online.
This FREE online event provides hours of valuable small business programming each day. You’ll get tips, advice, and secrets from experts, all designed to make the hats you wear each day fit more comfortably.

The event will be spread across four days […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

January 24th, 2008

Keyboard shortcuts for Windows

I was just searching for a site to help me remember some of the quick and powerful Windows Key keyboard shortcuts that were available and found this Knowledge Base Article and thought I’d share with everyone.
Some of my favorites are:

SHIFT + DELETE: deletes permanently without going to Recycle Bin
ALT + TAB: quickly switch through […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

January 11th, 2008

Windows Update - Windows XP (KB934238)

Anyone else having problems with the KB934238 update installing on their machines? After a quick search I found a couple of posts about it and ended up just telling my machine to ignore the update.
Has that given anyone else any additional problems by just ignoring it?
On a related note, anyone got a link on how […]

By Jason Bean -- 19 comments

January 9th, 2008

College Students Can Get Office 2007 Ultimate for $59.95!!!

It’s been over a decade since I’ve been in college but if I remember correctly, money was usually a hard thing to come by when I was there.
I didn’t have a computer when I was in college, my-oh-my how my life would have been different, but if I did, this would have been a […]

By Jason Bean -- 4 comments

December 29th, 2007

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit

After surfing around the Microsoft website this evening I found a link to download a training kit for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5. I’ve downloaded Visual Web Developer 2008 and have been meaning to get some time invested in teaching myself more about the differences between it and Visual Web Developer Express 2005.
I’m not […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

December 4th, 2007

Windows Live Writer Plug-ins Goldmine

Why in the world it’s taken me this long to search for, download and install some additional plug-ins for LiveWriter; I have no clue.
As you can see from the images above, I downloaded quite a few files that I’ve now installed and can use with Windows Live Writer.
I’m sure you’ll be seeing the results […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

November 26th, 2007

Get TechSmith’s SnagIt Software for FREE!

I’ve been enjoying SnagIt from TechSmith now for well over a year. It can’t be beat for usefulness if you’re regularly trying to grab an image of your computer screen to share with someone.
It’s become an invaluable asset to me as I continue developing applications and websites for people. I’ve found no better way to grab […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments