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SharePoint 2010 Posts Coming

Posted in Applications, tagged on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It’s been quiet on my blog for some time, the usual excuses blah blah.  The good news is that I intend to post plenty about SharePoint Server 2010, which was recently released to partners as a private beta.  I am currently honoring my NDA agreement with Microsoft, so no posts until the beta goes public [...]

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Facebook Blog Network

Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Holy cow it feels like an eternity since I posted to my blog (well almost 3 months)!  I guess that's what happens during the busy season. For now, enjoy looking at my blog network page on Facebook: Here

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Groove 2007 – Disable the Annoying Popup Dialog

Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Those of you using Groove 2007 are probably well aware of the annoying popup dialog that appears when the shift key is pressed more than once.  This issue is exacerbated when inside a remote desktop or terminal session.  Finally, I found a fix… http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940165 To resolve this problem, follow these steps. 1. Exit Groove 2007. [...]

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Sysinternals Tools at Your Fingertips

Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged on May 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Check this out (I’m sure I’m not the first to blog this) – type the following UNC path into a file explorer on your pee-cee…. \live.sysinternals.com Presto – every Sysinternals tool for you without ever having to download it. HTTP works too… http://live.sysinternals.com/

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Prolific PL-2303 Driver – Vista x64

Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged on February 8, 2008 | 18 Comments »

I purchased a USB to RS232 Serial cable so I could hook up my GPS unit to my laptop and found out that installing the driver on Vista 64 was problematic.  Disabling driver signing verification with the following command at an elevated prompt, followed by a reboot, enabled me to install the driver. BCDEDIT.EXE /SET [...]

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Custom XML Feeds in IE7

Posted in Applications, Everything, Software Development, tagged on January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I often find myself writing custom XML generators in ASP.NET using Http Handlers.  To test my code I want to open my browser and render the XML – naturally.  In the days of IE6 all was good – I could render the XML and Internet Explorer would show me a nicely formatted view of my [...]

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SharePoint Fixes and SP1

Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I’m sure I’m not the first and I’ll not be the last to mention that SharePoint SP1 is now available – think of this post as Rob’s own personal reminder.  If you know about this news then all is good, if not then you learnt something today. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb735839.aspx In addition below is a neat blog post with a whole [...]

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Grrrr-oove 2007

Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged on September 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I’m a fan of Groove 2007, I use it almost every day as part of my day job.  The synchronization concept is great, I can write documents,  and other members of my team collaborate on my changes in real time without waiting for me to check in my changes.  When I’m away from the Internet my changes are [...]

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My Site Built With…..

Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged on August 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

http://builtwith.com/default.aspx?http://www.robgarrett.com More for my reference, always good to have a concise list of the technologies that go into the construction of my web site – you never know when it might come in handy [;)] Thanks Panav

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Outlook on the Desktop

Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged , on August 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

  I stumbled across a great post on Life Hacker today about Outlook on the Desktop.  Those of you following my posts on GTD will love this tool because it enables you to see your calendar or tasks at a glance – perfect for those “gonna die today” tasks that live on your calendar and [...]

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