One of the things I think everybody struggles with is learning how to use a program. Microsoft has great office products like excel, word, power point, and onenote. The thing is that as end users we usually are not using them to their fullest capacity. Personally I find that it is hard to remember shortcuts or how to complete certain tasks. I usually end up having to spend time looking them up on Google to figure out how to do that task again. This is where having a nice cheat sheet would come in handy. The people over at custom guide have spent the time to create amazing office cheat sheets that help you with the wide range of office products. So I strongly encourage you to stop by and check them out. I guarantee having these close at hand will save you time. You just might also learn a few tricks to make that document look just a little bit better.
Custom Guide Quick Reference Guides
http://www.customguide.com/quick_references.htm
Quest Software has allot of great products on the market. As a windows administrator we are always looking for great tools to help us troubleshoot problems quickly. The FREE tool called spotlight on windows does a great job at finding the bottleneck on servers. No matter what your experience level you have, this tool will help you. The graphical interface gives you a quick snapshot of what the server is currently doing. Some of the things it shows is network utilization, cpu utilization, physical memory utilization, and disk capacity. If there is an issue the area will turn either orange or red depending on how bad the problem is. Another nice feature is you can drill down into each individual area and get more information. Each drill down area provides and explanation of exactly what you are looking at. I do have to warn you that this tool can become addictive because of all the information it can provide in a quick snapshot. You can download the program directly from the quest software site. I strongly urge you to at least download and try it out. I think you will learn quickly that this tool can make you look like genius.
Quest Software – Spotlight On Windows
http://www.quest.com/spotlight-on-windows/
Movie Maker Live was released today. The announcement was made by Brian Hall on the Windows Live Team Blog. Movie Maker was a solid product before and with the latest version it will only be better. The new version has more ways to easily customize you video. There is also a feature that will auto create your video for you after you add your pictures or videos. The latest version also allows you to easily share your video on sites like You Tube and Facebook. The other key feature is that this version will work with Windows 7. Stop by the Live Team Blog to read all about it.
Windows Live Team Blog
http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2F7EB29B42641D59!41357.entry
