The latest version of the Microsoft’s Technology Assessment Toolkit (version 3.0.0.0) went live on last week and can be downloaded by Microsoft Partners.
I’ve been helping the development team in Redmond with this for the last few months and I would like to point out that there has been a lot of work put into this […]
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In Outlook 2003, you were able to find a contact and send them a letter quickly and easily. Now it seems in Office 2007, you have to pull the contact’s details through from Outlook using Word only. This process seems to me to be more complex and I wonder why the methods of communication from […]
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On a role after my Vista install, I decided to upgrade Office 2007 Beta Tech. Refresh 2 to the RTM code. As in previous Office upgrades, I uninstalled existing files except it wouldn’t let me uninstall Visio, Project Professional and a few other add ons.
Vista kindly removed them from the Uninstall Program list because it […]
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Have you ever woken up in the morning and wondered what day it is? You sit there for a bit trying to remember what you did the day before to try and get your bearings and then you realise that you haven’t overslept for work and it is in fact Sunday! These are always the […]
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I installed a fully working copy of OneCare yesterday on my home machine. I’ve been trialling it in Beta format and have been very pleased with it so far. As a home user, I sometimes forget what I preach at work and the program keeps me in check and reminds me backup my machine regularly. […]
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… quotes like this hit a raw nerve when thinking about your business:
”A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within”.
Will Durant
Whether you are a ‘one man band’ or have a number of staff working with you, make sure you can feel strong and positive from within about what […]
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We all know that community partners like you and I like to chat and that we’d probably run out of time if we just left it to the time available at the events we attend. So I’ve put together a pre-SBSC Symposium event which I hope those who are attending as delegates on the 1st […]
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Aileen Hannah and Robbie Upcroft talk about the Small Business Specialist Competency (SBSC), which has been running in the UK for 18 months. As a SBSC Partner, there are many exclusive benefits including:
Find a Partner tool, to help customers looking for consultants to find our SBSC partners, via bCentral
SBSC badge to be used in your […]
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‘Stay-at-Home’ Servers
When you use certain programs to edit files on a home computer that uses Windows Home Server, the files may become corrupted when you save them to the home server.
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… it’s a lot harder in real life!
Darren Strange posted about The Enchanted Office cartoon strip which I then showed to Vlad. Vlad decided to post in his usual way on this and on some similar MotherShip advertising campaigns. I wouldn’t use the words he did, but I think he has a point.
Whilst advertising campaigns […]
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