Hans VB's WebLogAbout me (Hans Verbeeck). About my work (Developer Evangelist for Microsoft EMEA). <BR/><IMG src="http://blogs.msdn.com/photos/hans_vb/images/552958/640x114.aspx" /> <BR/> Think big, start small, move fast.Step 1: Upgrading a Dell Dimension 8300 to Vista- February 20, 2008 As I explained in my email earlier today, I'm upgrading my home infrastructure to create a safer place for my digital memories. My first step has been to rebuild my home desktop PC. I was using an HP Pavillion before and I also had a Dell Dimension 8300. There are a number of reasons I chose the Dell to take forward even though the processor is a bit slower than the HP's. The main reason is that the Dell Dimension really has a beautiful spacious case. It is so easy to addremove...http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/2008/02/20/step-1-upgrading-a-dell-dimension-8300-to... Finding a safe place for my digital fotos- February 20, 2008 I always thought that hard disk crashes were happening to people who were rough on their hardware. I never experienced a hard disk crash since I started to work with PC's. Until half a year ago, that is. Since then I had 2 HD's crash on me. The first one was the most serious. Because I'm terrible at backing up my systems, I lost all my pictures between July 06 and October 06. I don't care so much about email and other data. That still didn't teach me a lesson. I just had my external Western...http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/2008/02/20/finding-a-safe-place-for-my-digital-fotos... Microsoft - Yahoo! - Google- February 4, 2008 I was thrilled to hear Microsoft is hoping to aquire Yahoo! I've been a fan of Yahoo! ever since I've been using the internet. I would love to know when I first created My Yahoo page. Recently I've also become a paying subscriber of Flickr which works really well in combination with Windows Live Photo Gallery. So I was not dissappointed when I found out that Microsoft wasn't going to distribute the 44.6 billion dollars amongst its 79 000 employees ;-) I was really happy! Then of course came..http://blogs.msdn.com/hans_vb/archive/2008/02/04/microsoft-yahoo-google.aspx |