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Blake Handler

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BLAKE is a Microsoft MVP and award winning programmer with over 20 years experience providing complete Windows and networking support for small to medium sized businesses.

BLAKE was also a Personal Technology Coach for residential clients on the Los Angeles West Side.

BLAKE now works full-time for a major media company.

The Road to Know Where

Quick nuggets of technical information in an easy to understand format.
February 09

Microsoft Releases Icelandic & Welsh Language Interface Packs (LIP) for Windows 7

 
Microsoft has released the Icelandic & Welsh Language Interface Packs (LIP) for Windows 7 Ultimate & Enterprise.  (Thanks Rob)
 
Download --> Welsh Windows 7 LIP
February 06

WARNING: Two Firefox Add-ons Ship with Trojan Virus

 
MOZILLA WARNING Two experimental add-ons, Version 4.0 of Sothink Web Video Downloader and all versions of Master Filer were found to contain Trojan code aimed at Windows users. Version 4.0 of Sothink Web Video Downloader contained Win32.LdPinch.gen, and Master Filer contained Win32.Bifrose.32.Bifrose Trojan.

If a user installs one of these infected add-ons, the trojan would be executed when Firefox starts and the host computer would be infected by the trojan. Uninstalling these add-ons does not remove the trojan from a user’s system. Users with either of these add-ons should uninstall them immediately. Since uninstalling these extensions does not remove the trojan from a user’s system, an antivirus program should be used to scan and remove any infections.

SlickRun: Free Tool for Windows 7 Gives Quick Access to "Anything"

 
SlickRun, written by Microsoft employees, Anson Horton & Eric Lawrence, gives you instant access to any program or website. (Thanks Joe)
    • PROGRAMS:  SlickRun allows you to create command aliases (known as MagicWords), so C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe becomes MAIL.
    • WEBSITES:  Enter a web URL into SlickRun and it will launch your browser and navigate to the specified address.
Run multiple programs in a few keystrokes, jot a note, look up a definition . . . SlickRun is the most natural way to interact with your computer. 
Download --> SlickRun

Microsoft Releases Free "Hyper-V VM State to Memory Dump Converter"

 
Hyper-V VM State to Memory Dump Converter (vm2dmp) is a command-line tool that converts the saved state of a Hyper-V virtual machine to a full memory dump file compatible with Debugging Tools for Windows.   "Rather than going into the guest and generating a kernel dump by one of the usual methods, take the saved state of the virtual machines and use this new vm2dmp tool to make a memory dump."  (Thanks Doug)
February 05

Microsoft's Free Valentine's Day Software & Resources

 
Microsoft MSDN Blogger, Mercelle Amelia, warns we need to "Be careful with Valentine's Day e-greetings"  - Sadly, some e-greetings can spread malicious software or be used for identity theft - so please be safe and use these free Valentine's resources from Microsoft:
 
SEND A FREE VALENTINE'S DAY E-CARD:
 
 
WINDOWS GOODIES:
 
 
OFFICE CLIP ART & GOODIES:
 
 
WORD TEMPLATES: 
AVERY (Word) TEMPLATES: - (Because nothing says “I Love You",  like stickers!) 
 
ONENOTE TEMPLATE: Valentine's Day Hearts
 
PUBLISHER TEMPLATE Make Your Own Valentines for Kids  (3 design pages plus 3 back side pages)  
. . . and for the truly ambitious romantic Geek:  “How to Create a Valentine's Day Web site using FrontPage”  
 
 
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Cynthiawrote:
Thank you, Blake. :D
 
 
Jan. 22
Rosewrote:
hi , you posted this on a thing you sent to me in messages, ok now what?

Jan. 20
abdlhadewrote:
انا مغريبي الايسم عبدلهادي سين 20 تحيا لمغاربا كاملين شكل صوتي
Dec. 2
Thank you for all the information you share. I have only one suggestion. Maybe changing the theme and applying a lighter color scheme would fit better for this type of blog. It's just my opinion.
Nov. 23
Great space Blake, thanks for the add
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Nov. 23