Just a guy – talking about technology … in an uncomplicated way.
NOTE: This error does not manifest itself in 8.1 RTM. It only affects “Preview” and “Preview Apps”. See comment below for a simpler fix. I’m in the middle of a project where I am tasked to create a standardized Virtual Machine image for developers based on Windows 8.1 Enterprise “Release Preview”. This image will be…
http://video.ch9.ms/ch9/ef31/3324fd3c-dcc6-466c-9dbd-21996869ef31/DemoPresentationSkills_high.mp4 It’s been a while since I posted another demo delivery tips post here on the blog. Previously I shared my thoughts on how to help you deliver more impactful demos with three posts covering Demo Machine Prep, Use of ZoomIt and Virtualization Guest VM switching. It just so happens that I was asked to…
I was delivering a quick session on the wonder that is Multi-Server Management for WIndows Server 2012 and I got asked the question – What Ports are required to be open when managing a system remotely. ARGH… I always forget the port number – as it’s a non-standard port in the 5000 range. Well –…
An unexpected slowdown issue had me baffled a not too long ago with timeouts to online services, web surfing, network access – generally everything had delays in starting / connecting. For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out why. Then it struck me. I was using Windows 8 Hyper-V feature for some screencasts here…
If you’ve used Windows 8 for any length of time, you’ve probably clicked on a link to open a website in an email or document and it’s opened in the “UI that was formerly known as Metro” version of IE. It may not have rendered correctly – which you rectified by opening up the site…
In this continuing series I’ve covered the basics of setting up a good system from a “fit and finish” perspective so you are ready to go. I harped on some things that a lot of people don’t think about – clock / timezone, preparing your command prompts, cleaning up the clutter – all these things…
Lets face it – we all do demos as IT Professionals. It doesn’t matter if you are a helpdesk guy/gal who has to help someone complete a task or do something more efficiently OR if you are in a pre-sales consulting engagement and you need to showcase why your solution / services are the way…
Part of my job involves creating and delivering technical demos / presentations with audiences ranging from small groups of individuals to large conferences / keynotes (both online and in person). It’s something I’ve been doing for many MANY years working for Microsoft and previous companies over the years as a consultant, pre sales engineer and…
A bootable USB stick – AGAIN? This has been covered in many places, but I am still surprised that not everyone knows how to do this. First off: find yourself a large enough and fast enough USB stick to use as your bootable media. I prefer my OCZ Rally 2 myself – 8 GB and…
After mulling things around for a while, consulting anyone who had an opinion on the topic and consuming various beverages over time – I finally sat down and planned out my portable demo lab for Windows Server”8” things. I’ll be using it to create demos to share with the community and showing them off at…