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IT administrators often need to batch create virtual machines in Windows Server 2012. Although there's a set of Hyper-V command-lets in Windows PowerShell, they are reluctant to use them except for simple ones due to the lack of programming knowledge. This video will show you how to batch create…

There are so many things you can do with Outlook, but I have to admit, I've never fully explorered all its features. However, the more I "live" in my Outlook at work, the more I've become obsessed with finding new and useful ways to get things done as efficiently and quickly as I can. On…

InPrivate mode in Internet Explorer 8 is the new feature that allows a web user to surf anonymously, leaving no traces of their activity behind. Designed for privacy conscious users, surfing in InPrivate leaves no record of sites visited in your Internet History and it erases any cookies, URLs…

Peter Provost posted a handy tip on his blog the other day that will be useful for anyone with a Vista computer that has a dual-core CPU. In Windows Vista, there’s a setting that lets you configure your PC to use both cores upon booting up (by default, it only uses one). You can change this setting…

In a Windows Store app, FileRandomAccessStream can be used to create a file, load content from a file, or insert data into a specific position in the file. This video demonstrates FileRandomAccessStream methods to help you manipulate a file in a Windows Store app.  Your App Adventure Starts…

A lot of people these days are becoming more aware of the energy savings to be had by shutting down unused equipment when it’s not in use. And while it’s no problem to shut off the TV and the end of the evening a lot of people have trouble doing the same for the PC. This is mainly because it’s nice…

I have to admit, I didn’t even realize that IE8 had an ad-blocking feature until I read this. The feature is kind of tucked away and hidden within the InPrivate Settings – the new option which lets you surf anonymously leaving no traces, no cookies, no history, etc. behind. Thanks to a user on the…

This is a DevNugget video from Brian Hitney. Recently, I’ve been doing a number of talks on tips and tricks with the Visual Studio debugger.  I thought it would be a good idea to start putting together a series of DevNuggets on these tips – so here is the first!   Part 1 is…

In this episode we continue exploring Visual Studio 2010 Tips and Tricks with an examination of DataTips.  Learn how to use the new features such as pinned and floating DataTips.

The How-to-Geek stumbled across a hidden menu in the beta version of Windows 7: the expanded “Send To” menu. As you already know, when you right-click on any item, one of the options that displays is the “Send To” menu. In Windows 7, you can choose to send that item to a Compressed (Zipped) Folder,…