Category: Ramblings

Ramblings

Side by Side Excel Spreadsheets on Multiple Monitors

When you open multiple Microsoft Word documents, you are able to put one on your main monitor and one on your secondary monitor to compare, copy and paste from one document to another. However, if you open multiple spreadsheets from Excel, you can’t do the same thing! This has annoyed me since 2007 when Microsoft

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Recover Deleted Active Directory Account

Have you ever deleted an Active Directory user in error? This recently happened to us. We were cleaning up our Microsoft Exchange environment as a preparation to migrating to Microsoft Online Services, part of the NjevityToGo offering. Somehow we managed to delete the account of our company’s president. Not good. An Active Directory user account

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Have you Made a Referral this Week?

Remember a few days ago I suggested we could all help each other in these difficult economic times by just making an business referral for a product or service that you have been impressed with to a business associate. Well the Referral Week is almost over, so make a referral and then go to www.makeareferralweek.com

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Want a No Cost Way to Fight the Recession?

Wondering what you can do to fight this economic downturn? Some you can do today that that doesn’t cost you anything? Well— you can make a business referral to a friend or associate for a product or service you found of value. Here is a company that is actually making it a week long event!

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and Windows Live ID

Here is a post from Jon White at http://blogs.javista.com/2009/02/23/windows-live-id-a-primer/ . Very helpful information about Windows Live ID/Windows Live Service/ Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. Windows Live ID is the authentication tool that is part of the Windows Live Service. With it you get free email, blog page, photo galleries, document storage, and more. Social networking tools

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You Get What You Pay For

There is an urban legend about a barber that offered excellent services and charged $15 for a haircut. One day, a low cost competitor began advertising $5 haircuts. As a part of his marketing he included a large billboard by the store of the barber that offered excellent haircuts. The billboard read simply “Haircuts $5”.

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The Secret to Success

I wanted to share something different today. One of the blogs I review is SalesBlogcast by Doyle Slayton. Although the emphasis and intended audience is sales people, his recent post with the 8 minute video from Honda is worth watching. That is especially true today when we get a daily dose of negativity and pessimism

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