Tips & Tricks
1st Anniversary
Well today is 1st anniversary of me taking steps to upgrade my certifications to Windows 2003 / Windows 2008. As many of you know I have blog about my experiences with all the exams. So this blog post is designed to talk about a few things. Which exam I write and...
Scotch
So to celebrate my 40th birthday I purchased a 40 year old bottle of Scotch. The funny story about this was I "carded". By that I mean they asked to check my id, not because they didn't think I was 19. But because who would buy a pricy bottle? I had to have the...
How to book your Microsoft exam
This is one of the blogs that I saved from the Blog Clean Up! This question is one that comes up from anyone who has never booked an exam before. So, I will provide a step by step with screen shots on how to book your Microsoft exam. Note: In some cases, I have...
365 Posts
Well, with this post I have now officially met my goal of one blog post per day for a year e.g. 365 posts. Sort of. 🙂 The year actually will end on Jan 2 2008. It was a lot of work and I learn a ton while doing this. Least of which is how to pre-post blogs!...
Because Everyone In Canada Lives In An Igloo.
Last week in Seattle, there was a running joke about how Everyone In Canada Lives In An Igloo , anyways my sister sent this to me, so I thought that I would share this. Now that Vancouver has won the chance to host the 2010 Winter Olympics, these are some...
Windows Experience Index
The other day I needed to purchase a new laptop with Vista on it as my old laptop had a Windows Experience Index rating of 1.0. This was evident in how slow the laptop was! 21 months ago I purchased a “throw away” laptop that was to last just 1 year before I would...
How to Create an Outlook Email Rule!
Managing your inbox can be a full-time job! I learn a long time ago that I need Inbox rules to move email from my inbox to folder so that I can deal with them later! I was surprised to learn that not everyone knows how to create an outlook rule to manage their inbox!...
How to Create an Outlook Email Rule!
Managing your inbox can be a full-time job! I learn a long time ago that I need Inbox rules to move email from my inbox to folder so that I can deal with them later! I was surprised to learn that not everyone knows how to create an outlook rule to manage their inbox!...
How to Install Power BI Report Server 2019
In order to keep my Microsoft Endpoint Manager Configuration Manager (MEMCM/SCCM) reporting guides current, I decided to write blog posts about how to install SQL Server 2019 and Power BI Report Server 2019. Power BI Report Server is a pseudo-replacement for SQL...
Unexpected Power BI Results? Turn Off the Keep All Filters Option
Let me begin by telling you how I ended up writing this blog post. It all started when one of my first Power BI report sets was still in development. The question was asked, “Why are the drillthrough filters italicized?” It may not seem like it, but this is an...