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Windows 8 Consumer Preview gets a special Bing Homepage

Helmer — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:00:00 PST

Microsoft is teasing the Windows 8 Consumer Preview release with the coming of a special animated Bing homepage. It’s in HTML5 and is showing a swimming fish in a fish...

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas?

Eelco — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:44:00 PST

Today I finally received confirmation: Eelco is going to Vegas to attend VMware Partner Exchange 2012! Helmer has been so kind to allow me use of his blog to report...

20th Anniversary of Microsoft Certification

Helmer — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:40:53 PST

This year it has been 20 years ago since the first Microsoft Certification became available. To celebrate this exiting achievement Microsoft has launched a special page on their Learning website...

System Center 2012 Exams

Helmer — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:04:45 PST

Earlier today I received an invite for the System Center Configuration Manager 2012 beta exam (71-243). Too bad that mail is not yet made public, but within a few days...

What about the quotes when publishing shortcuts with GPP

Helmer — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:30:00 PST

For a customer I’m building a custom Start Menu in Windows 7 which will be populated through Group Policy Preferences. I know, some of you probably prefer RES Workspace Manager...

Video : MS Office Labs ‘Productivity’ Future Vision (2011)

Helmer — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:58:59 PDT

This morning I ran into a nice Microsoft video about the possible future…really cool stuff!

DVBLogic is releasing DVBLink 4.0

Helmer — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 06:36:14 PDT

As you probably know I’m using the DVBLogic software in my home network to watch TV. For a couple of weeks I’m running the beta and later the Release Candidate...

Windows 8 : And the super fast file copy…

Helmer — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:30:29 PDT

Since about a week I’m running the Windows 8 Developer Preview on my business (production) laptop, because I can . Today I had to copy a large file from one...

In Pictures : Windows Server 8 Developer Preview Setup – Configuration

Helmer — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:51:59 PDT

When the server reboots to Windows Server 8 for the first time, the configuration-part of the installation starts… Now you are ready to add roles to your server!

App-V : Remove all OS-nodes from all OSD files

Helmer — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:29:40 PDT

If you want to remove the nodes from all of the OSD files at the content share at once, you only have to run this PowerShell Script. $ContentPath = "D:\Content"...

Windows 8 : Forefront Endpoint Protection will not install…

Helmer — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:30:21 PDT

Even with Windows 8 you will need a antivirus program to protect you agains the threats from the internet. Since I’m a big fan of Forefront Endpoint Protection and I’m...

In Pictures : Windows 8 Developer Preview Setup – Configuration

Helmer — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:26:30 PDT

When your pc reboots to Windows 8 for the first time, after the initial installation process, the configuration-part of the installation starts…. I clicked the Customize option… I clicked the...

In Pictures : Windows 8 Developer Preview Setup

Helmer — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:11:00 PDT

The first thing you want to do when you have downloaded the Windows 8 Developer Preview is to install it….just check out the screenshots below to see the installation...

Soon : Windows 8 Developer Preview Download

Helmer — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:15:55 PDT

Earlier today Microsoft has unveiled their brand new operating system : Windows 8! During the BUILD Keynote they have announced that the ISO can be downloaded somewhere around 8:00pm (Seattle...

HelmersBlog : Planned maintenance

Helmer — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:08:18 PDT

In the evening of the 14th of September 2011 HelmersBlog will be unavailable for about an hour during 00:30 (CET) and 06:00 (CET) due to scheduled maintenance.

For Sale : Windows Home Server 2011

Helmer — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:30:16 PDT

Today I received the latest We Got Served news letter and again it was mentioning the discount you get when you buy Windows Home Server 2011 at the moment. Last...

Updated: Prometric let’s us pay a cancellation fee…

Helmer — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:10:23 PDT

Updated (July 18th) with a response from Microsoft Learning. Updated (July 19th) with a response from Prometric. Updated (July 20th) after a nice chat with Microsoft Learning It has been...

How-to : Digital TV always and everywhere available 1/2

Helmer — Mon, 23 May 2011 12:15:51 PDT

In my previous blog post I already mentioned that I’m looking for a ‘modern’ way of watching TV. To achieve this I went looking for a solution to watch (live)...

Video : PDC 1996 Keynote by Steve Jobs

Helmer — Sun, 22 May 2011 15:07:12 PDT

Bob Muglia introduces Steve Jobs in this PDC 1996 keynote. Steve Jobs was President of NeXT Corporation and talks about WebObjects as well as taking questions from some of the...

Cloud Complete Event

Helmer — Thu, 19 May 2011 05:01:06 PDT

I’m sorry, but the info in this blog post is about an Cloud event in the Netherlands. Therefore the information is only available in Dutch.

My Connected Life

Helmer — Mon, 09 May 2011 12:59:23 PDT

Nowadays, everyone is always and everywhere ‘ connected ‘. Most people I know have a smarphone, Twitter, Facebook, etc. You have different gradations of ’connected’, but I can safely say that...

Microsoft’s Vision of the Future Home

Helmer — Tue, 03 May 2011 07:06:13 PDT

For the people who are following my blog a little bit longer this probably sounds familiar. A few years ago, back in October 2008, I blogged about going to Tech-Ed...

GeekNight 11 Video : The Infinite Possibilities of Kinect

Helmer — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:04:26 PDT

Last week wasn’t only TechNet_Live week, but on Thursday it was time for the yearly GeekNight! During this evening you can attend some really geeky presentations. The demo-part of one...

TechNet_Live : The Keynote

Helmer — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:30:26 PDT

I’m sorry but since TechNet_Live is a Dutch event, the blogs about TechNet are in Dutch only. Please click Nederlands in the right pane to read the Dutch blog posts....

Prices for MS Certifications Exams Will Increase!

Helmer — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:48:29 PDT

Important : Microsoft is rising the prices of the Certifications Exams! Effective July 1, 2011, the retail price of Microsoft Certifications will increase worldwide.* This change reflects the significant value...