Keith Combs' Blahg
Ramblings from another nerd on the grid
Microsoft KIN Phones Announced
See https://www.kin.com for features, specs and availability. Interesting new devices. My wife asked...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 04/12/2010
Dashboards everywhere! See the SCCM and APP-V dashboards
Wow! Someone on the Solutions Accelerator team has been busy. Let me call your attention to a couple...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 04/07/2010
Want a new TechNet Subscription? Save 25% with TNITQ406
If you are looking to purchase a new TechNet subscription, you might as well get a discount. ...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 04/04/2010
Registered for the Office 2010 launch events? Go for it!
See https://www.microsoft.com/business/2010events/ITProEvents.aspx or click the pic.
Author: Keith Combs Date: 04/02/2010
Active Directory Design Guide – now available for download
I was digging around looking for some good information related to Windows Server Directory Services...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/26/2010
Microsoft Messenger for Mac 8 Beta – now available
If you are a Mac user, you might be interested in the just released beta of Messenger for Mac. ...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/26/2010
Want to learn PHP? PHP on Windows Training Kit Updated
Matt Hester, Dan Stolts and I did an Interoperability Road Show not long ago. A portion of...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/26/2010
Clear 4G+ CMU-300 and Clear Spot WIFI Hotspot Review
Last summer I started looking at 4G devices when Windows 7 released. However, at that time the...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/20/2010
Dell prepares to launch new Latitude and Precision Workstation Laptops
If you were considering upgrading a laptop from Windows XP to Windows 7, you have picked a very...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/17/2010
Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Hour – March 18th at 9am PST
Ready, Set, Virtualize. You are invited to attend The Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Hour. What is...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/15/2010
Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals
The Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals is a Microsoft Office Excel-based...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/12/2010
Microsoft Office 2010 Technology Guarantee - now available
Having you been thinking of purchasing Office 2007 but decided to wait for Office 2010? Well,...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/12/2010
Do you have six figures for a new compact digital point and shoot?
Need a camera that shoots 1,052 frames per second at 1080p resolution? Well, if you’re trying...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/08/2010
Office 2010 Resource Kit – beta compiled helpfile now available
The Microsoft Office 2010 Resource Kit provides information about new features and changes in...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/08/2010
The Effective Security Practices Whitepaper Series
Information security is a very dynamic field: legislation keeps changing, technology keeps evolving,...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/08/2010
Forefront Identity Manager 2010 - now available for download
FIM 2010 is now available in the download area for TechNet subscribers. If you don’t have a...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/08/2010
TiVo Premiere is nearly here
Now available for order at tivo.com
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/02/2010
TechNet 2.0 is ALIVE !!!
TechNet 2.0 is rolling out as we speak. There are literally thousands of pages being lit right now...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/02/2010
78mpg, 500hp at 9200rpm, 0-62mph in 3.2 seconds
This isn’t the 2011 Honda CIVIC. It’s a Porsche 918 Spyder. I want one.
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/01/2010
DFW IT Pro User Group meeting is this week – Clear 4G Info and Promo
Quinn Devery posted the following information about the meeting that happens this Thursday evening....
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/01/2010
Now this is a kewl iPhone App
Author: Keith Combs Date: 03/01/2010
TechNet 2.0 – Episode 7 – The Homepage
The TechNet 2.0 release is nearly here and soon you’ll be able to see the homepage displayed at...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/25/2010
4G is here. What are you waiting for?
Last week I had the pleasure of testing 4G cell phone speeds for the first time. I must say...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/23/2010
TechNet 2.0 – Episode 6 – Wiki
Each of you has likely used one of the world’s most popular Wiki’s known as https://wikipedia.org....
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/23/2010
Dual Boot on a stick? Kingston launches 256GB DT310
Kingston Digital, Inc., today announced the release of DataTraveler® 310, the first 256GB USB Flash...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/18/2010
It’s Alive !!! – TechNet 2.0 Search and Profiles Launch !!!
This afternoon we turned on the new TechNet 2.0 Profiles. In addition to that, we also lit up...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/18/2010
TechNet 2.0 – Episode 5 – Videos and Profiles
TechNet has recorded thousands of videos in the past ten years in the form of webcast replays,...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/16/2010
Windows Phone 7 Series Announced
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/15/2010
What is this?
Click me to find out.
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/14/2010
You know you are a developer when…
Scott Hanselman was doing an experiment and got sucked into a motorized Dell laptop. Developers,...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/14/2010
SIIG 2.5” Hard drive SuperSpeed USB 3.0 enclosure rocks!
Do you store pictures, video, music or other large blobs of data on an external hard drive? ...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/12/2010
TechNet 2.0 Is Getting Smarter – Join the Conversation
Yesterday was a fascinating day. We broke the snowfall record in Dallas. I think we broke...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/12/2010
Largest Snow on Record for Dallas/Ft. Worth
Here’s Casa de Combs at about 3:15pm CST on 2/11/2010. At this point I have about 9 inches of...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/11/2010
TechNet 2.0 – Episode 4 – Troubleshooting and Download Finders
Have you ever received an error message or number in some software product, and wonder what it means...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/11/2010
Security Compliance Manager - beta signup now available
The Security Compliance Manager will enable you to plan, deploy, operate, and manage your...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/11/2010
TechNet 2.0 Is Coming – Join the Conversation
The TechNet team is hard at work rolling out a brand new set of platform features code named TechNet...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/11/2010
Installing Windows Server 2008 R2 on a Lenovo ThinkPad W510
I am testing one of the new Lenovo ThinkPad W510 models. If this machine is going to be considered...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/10/2010
System Center DPM 2010 RC – now available for download
Continuous data protection of Windows application and file servers to seamlessly integrated disk,...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/10/2010
Windows 7 Battery Notification Messages – update from the Engineering Windows 7 blog
“Over the past week we have seen a little bit of blogosphere activity regarding Windows 7 and...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/08/2010
Windows 7 Valentines Day Theme – now available
Now you have a nice desktop to go with all of your Hello Kitty gadgets!!! Go get it @...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/04/2010
TechNet 2.0 – Episode 2 – The New TechCenters
Welcome back to another installment of our podcast series on TechNet 2.0. As you’ll recall from...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/04/2010
HP Elitebook 8540w – now available for config to order
Another of the top end machines on the market is now available for your config to order enjoyment. I...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/03/2010
TechNet 2.0 – Episode 1 – Core Scenarios and Branding
The TechNet team at Microsoft is planning some big changes to the website over the next few months –...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/02/2010
TechNet 2.0 – the big reveal starts tomorrow
Tomorrow I’ll be releasing Episode 1 of a series of blog posts and podcasts on TechNet 2.0. ...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 02/01/2010
Quick Reminder – Windows 7 RC expiration looms
Effective February 15, 2010, the expiration notification process begins: Windows 7 RC users receive...
Author: Keith Combs Date: 01/28/2010