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Update on the DOA Dell by Tim Marman

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I ordered a Dell and it was dead out of the box . My original discussion was with Dell Hardware Support at 2am on Sat Morning. When I spoke with Customer Service on the following Monday, I told them I wasn't...

Blogging from Office 2007 (Beta 2) by Tim Marman

Well, I finally got Office Beta 2 downloaded and all of my machines upgraded from Beta 1 Technical Refresh. So far, so good. Performance is still not ideal, but it's much improved from previous builds (especially in Outlook). I was going to write this...

PLEASE NOTE: This blog has moved to Slashstar.com by Tim Marman

Technically, I moved this blog to Slashstar almost a year ago (April 14, 2004), but I've been cross-posting all of my content to both locations. Well, last week I upgraded Slashstar to Community Server - which among other things means that, at least in...

Putting Outlook 2003's Search Folders to Work by Tim Marman

I mentioned in the past that my aggregator of choice these days is NewsGator. I use NewsGator for 2 reasons: To pull all subscriptions into Exchange server and keep them in sync across machines (and via OWA), and So I can leverage the new search folders...

Attention all NYC geeks! by Tim Marman

Watch out - the geeks are taking over NYC this summer! Scoble mentions next week's (6/16) Geek Dinner in New York . Unfortunately, I have class - but I'm going to try to make it, even if just for a few drinks afterwards. There's also talk of a Summer...

Why must iGo make it so hard? by Tim Marman

I really don't get it. I said already why iGo sucks so much. Now I have more reasons. In the comments of my last post, a reader named PP pointed me to the link I was looking for. So I finally found the tip I needed, and figured I would buy it. I was able...

OneNote Shared Sessions... by Tim Marman

I finally had the opportunity to use the new Shared Sessions feature in OneNote SP1 Preview yesterday to do some collaborative brainstorming. As good as OneNote is as a standalone product, the addition of Shared Sessions have the opportunity to really...

Yes, I said it: Law school exams are (almost) fun... by Tim Marman

Law professors have a standard formula for exam questions: read this hypothetical situation and analyze any relevant issues. True to form, my Criminal Law test is more of the same. Some say that this isn't necessarily very creative , but I don't mind...

Going to Miami... by Tim Marman

Well, it's technically my spring break, so I decided to go on vacation while I had the chance. We're down in Miami this week. Some random observations about my trip so far: AirTrain is ok, but getting there from the city sucks. I should have known better...

Exchange 2003 Address Rewrite Tool by Tim Marman

I mentioned a few weeks back that I'm running Exchange 2003 now. If you're doing the same you should check out the Address Rewrite tool, which allows you to rewrite the return address on all outgoing e-mail on a per account basis. Pretty handy.
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