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Last year Microsoft launched a great way to get to TechEd… the Get On The Bus Tour . Unfortunately for me, last year’s bus tour was restricted to US citizens. Some of us were none too pleased about that, but met the bus in Los Angeles when they all got off. It seems that our voices were heard...
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Mitch Garvis
on 04-27-2010
Filed under: Microsoft Office, MIcrosoft, STEP, Springboard, Microsoft Canada, Microsoft Learning, TechEd, Microsoft across America, TechEd 2010, Get on the Bus
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For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . If you are reading this article on your Mac, this is an important article for you. Before you start though, I suggest you read my previous article outlining how I got to the point where I, the Mitch...
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For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . In June of 2009 I wrote an article about a feature of Windows 7 that I loved… but couldn’t at the time confirm would actually make it into the final release of Windows 7. In fact I was unable...
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The week Windows 7 released Microsoft was slated to sponsor a portion of the Fox TV animated(and rather colourful) show Family Guy . At the last minute they pulled the plug because someone realized that the show did not quite … well frankly it is crude and tasteless. Nonetheless the original...
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I have seen a lot of contests recently… some promise cash, others cool prizes. This contest will actually help you to grow your business! Microsoft Canada has a great contest for IT professionals and implementers. Do you have a story about how Windows 7 is helping you to expand your customer...
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On October 28 I was invited to present a STEP (Springboard Technical Experts Panel) Event for the Sarnia Computer Users Group in Sarnia, Ontario. Steve Syfuhs and I drove out there and had a great time, even though we were in for a surprise! I have to say that this group of retired hobbyists...
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When Microsoft announced that rather than throwing large launch events in select cities they would enable Influencers to throw ‘House Parties’ there was a lot of ridicule; many said it wouldn’t work, others poked fun and even shot mocumentaries about them. Cameron McKay and I set out to prove that...
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Mitch Garvis
on 11-04-2009
Filed under: Windows 7, STEP, Springboard, Deployment Point, Deployment, MVP, MVP Microsoft, Steve Syfuhs, Demo, Launch Party, Windows 7 Launch Party, Mitch Garvis, Cameron McKay, Sean Kearney
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If a tool is cumbersome, unwieldy, inefficient, and difficult to use, would you use it? Would you look forward to the experience? Neither would I; so when at the end of last year my son’s Grade 5 homeroom teacher told me that the computers in the school were unreasonably slow, extremely cluttered, and...
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The World According to Mitch
by
Mitch Garvis
on 10-15-2009
Filed under: Windows 7, Windows, STEP, Springboard, Microsoft Canada, Article, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, School, MGA, Meadow Green Academy, Case Study
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For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . My first computer had a cassette drive; my next had two 5.25” floppy disk drives (which cost nearly as much as the computer). Going forward my next computers had both 5.25” and 3.5” drives...
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For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . I moved into my new office this week. I have a desk, a chair, a plethora of computer equipment, and a entire bookshelf. What I don’t have yet is an office phone, which frankly will come...
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For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . A lot of people cannot understand how IT Professionals and enthusiasts can get excited about some things. I ordered my new laptops last week; however the most exciting part of that has nothing...
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The World According to Mitch
on 05-23-2009
Filed under: Windows 7, Windows, Springboard, USB Deployment Point, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Tim Mintner, Multiple-OS Deployments, Server 2008, Server, Servers, Michael Niehaus, Business Desktop Deployment, Deployment Point, Deployment
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Justin Rodino, Cem Erdal Ozkaya, and Daniel Nerenberg cornered me on the last day of TechEd with a video camera… I look like a dentist froze my face but trust me I was having a good time because they are all great guys! http://www.227volts.com/?p=867
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For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . of all of the legitimate reasons I have heard why people and organizations have not upgraded to Windows Vista application compatibility has been a big one. I have been telling people for years...
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The World According to Mitch
on 05-18-2009
Filed under: Virtualization, Virtual PC, Windows 7, Windows, STEP, Springboard, XP Mode, Compatibility Mode, Compatibility
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For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . User Account Control (UAC) has been one of the big complaints about Windows Vista. It certainly was the butt of one of the cutest ‘I’m a Mac’ commercials. The truth is, as I have mentioned previously...
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For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . I was wondering out loud today if you were ready for Windows 7. Yes, you… and don’t look around because WE BOTH know who you are. You are an IT Professional, Developer, Partner, Consultant, Enthusiast...
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The World According to Mitch
on 05-12-2009
Filed under: Beta, Windows 7, Windows, Springboard, www.TalkingAboutWindows.com, Operating System
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For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . In a previous post ( http://mitchgarvis.com/blogs/mitch/archive/2008/05/05/windows-vista-comments-from-a-converted-enthusiast.aspx ) I told you about the manager of the local Starbucks, a computer...
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For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . I have spent the past two years telling people how much I love Microsoft Windows Vista; it is not because Microsoft pays me to do so (they do not), but because I truly believe it is the best operating...