spiderwebwoman : MVP Program

How to install an .iso file

Kathleen Anderson — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:15:25 GMT

I’ve always been very confused by the instructions I’ve found on how to install a program from a .iso file. Some instructions say you need to burn the file to a CD/DVD before you can install it; others say you need to use a program called ISOBuster; others talk about mounting the .iso image so you can access the contents through a virtual drive letter. For some reason, I have a mental block when it comes to all of this – I needed step-by-step hold-my-hand instructions. Thanks to Christoph Schneegans, Microsoft MVP for Expression Web, I now have them and they worked like a charm!

He recommended a program called 7-Zip.

Download 7-Zip from <http://www.7-zip.org/download.html> and install it. I used the 32-bit Windows version.
Right-click the .iso file and choose "7-Zip > Extract Here".
Run setup.exe.

Easy-peasy and no need to use a DVD.

Thanks, Christoph!

Grab a Free Expression Web Ebook!

Kathleen Anderson — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:49:22 GMT

UK MVP Tina Clarke has recently published the second version of her Microsoft Expression EBook. Geared towards Microsoft’s Expression Web, this Ebook is a free download and well worth reading if you want to enhance your Expression Web experience! Tina also provides Microsoft Expression tips, tutorials and Ebooks on her Expression Web blog.

H/T to The Microsoft MVP Award Program Blog : Grab a Free Expression Web Ebook!

Congratulations 2009 Microsoft MVP!

Kathleen Anderson — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:44:37 GMT

Dear Kathleen Anderson,

Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2009 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others.

The Microsoft MVP Award provides us the unique opportunity to celebrate and honor your significant contributions and say "Thank you for your technical leadership."

Toby Richards
General Manager
Community Support Services

Looks like I'll be at the 2009 Global Summit!

CTDOTNET Event (Tuesday April 29th 6 - 8 PM): SQL Server 2008: Should .NET Developers Care? - Adam Machanic (SQL Server MVP & Author).

Kathleen Anderson — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:56:50 GMT

Event to be held at Microsoft Farmington CT Office.

Please send a RSVP to ctdotnet@gmail.com - we need a pizza/soda count!

The marketing message behind SQL Server 2008 has certainly been odd. Phrases like "pervasive insight" and "beyond relational" are difficult to interpret, and it has been a challenge getting a solid explanation of why developers should actually pay attention to this upcoming release when SQL Server 2005 seems to do the job just fine. In this session we will plumb the depths of what's actually there -- at least as of the just-released CTP 6 -- and check out many of the features that developers will want to become familiar with. We'll talk about table-valued parameters, change tracking, the MERGE statement, the DATE and TIME data types, improved T-SQL syntax and intellisense (finally!), filestreams, spatial data support, and whatever else I can jam in without putting people to sleep.

Adam’s Bio:

Adam Machanic is the SQL Server Practice Lead for Pythian Group, a leading provider of remote, fully and partially outsourced DBA services, for over 100 clients around the world. He has been involved in dozens of SQL Server implementations, for both high-availability OLTP and large-scale data warehouse applications, and has spent quite a bit of time optimizing data access layer performance along the way. Adam has written for numerous web sites and magazines, including SQLblog, Simple Talk, Search SQL Server, SQL Server Professional, CoDe, and VSJ. He has also contributed to several books on SQL Server, including "Expert SQL Server 2005 Development" (Apress, 2007) and "Inside SQL Server 2005: Query Tuning and Optimization" (Microsoft Press, 2007). Adam regularly speaks at user groups, community events, and conferences on a variety of SQL Server and .NET-related topics. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for SQL Server and a Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP). Check out his blog here...

This event is sponsored by TekSystems and Edge Tech Services

Our thanks to MyWinHosting & Franklins.NET for their continued support.

Link: Connecticut Dot Net Users Group

MVP Twitter War in Seattle

Kathleen Anderson — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:16:51 GMT

So far there are two groups set up on Twitter for the MVP Global Summit - @msmvpgroup and @mvp08 Follow either to keep up with the MVPs at the Summit. I think @mvp08 will win out because it's shorter - easier for texting and TinyTwitter.

2008 MVP Global Summit - Arrived safe and sound

Kathleen Anderson — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:22:10 GMT

and all my luggage arrived, too. The same cannot be said for Chris Leeds - Continental lost his luggage - he's on the phone with them right now trying to track it down.

The weather was gorgeous here yesterday - we all went out for a late supper at Von's, which is across the street from the Grand Hyatt. Their outdoor dining section was open last night and the street was really buzzing.

I've been watching the news this morning - the Dalai Lama is staying at our hotel, but you wouldn't know it from here.

More news later.

So where have I been and where am I going?

Kathleen Anderson — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:07:27 GMT

I know I've been slacking off here lately. Between working on a project that is launching next week and getting back to work full time after my rotator cuff surgery, I haven't spent much time here. And tomorrow I am leaving for the 2008 MVP Global Summit.

I was planning on leaving this morning, but my flight from Chicago was on an American Airlines MD-80 - you know where this is going, right? I have been rebooked to leave tomorrow afternoon, connecting in St. Louis and taking a Boeing 757 to Seattle. With any luck, I will be on my way there this time tomorrow night.

Check back here next week for a launch announcement and reports from the Summit!

MVP Global Summit 2008 Announcements : Guide to Global Summit Hotels

Kathleen Anderson — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:21:25 GMT

If you're a Microsoft MVP and you're going to the Summit in April, this post from Michael Fosmire is one you should really read. There's a lot of good information about the hotels and transportation, and links to the webcasts being held on March 25th.

Link: MVP Global Summit 2008 Announcements : Guide to Global Summit Hotels

My Dell PC is booting up with C:\Program Files\Dell open on the desktop

Kathleen Anderson — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:38:00 GMT

Last night, I rebooted my Dell PC twice, once before applying this week's Microsoft Security Updates, and once after. Both times it booted up with C:\Program Files\Dell open on the desktop. I asked my fellow MVPs how to fix it and Malke Routh referred me to this article: Dell folder opens when logging on to Windows. I followed the instructions, rebooted and it worked. I rebooted again, just to be sure, and it was still working. Thanks, Malke!

MVP again!

Kathleen Anderson — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:33:00 GMT

Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2008 Microsoft® MVP Award! The MVP Award is our way of saying thank you for promoting the spirit of community and enhancing people’s lives and the industry’s success every day. Your extraordinary efforts in Microsoft Office FrontPage technical communities during the past year are greatly appreciated.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) are exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who are awarded for voluntarily sharing their high quality, real world expertise in offline and online technical communities. Microsoft MVPs are a highly select group of experts that represents the technical community's best and brightest, and they share a deep commitment to community and a willingness to help others.

MVPs represent a broad spectrum of Microsoft product users. They occupy many different professions including accountants, teachers, artists, engineers and technologists. MVPs reside in over 90 countries, represent 30 different languages, and cover more than 90 Microsoft technologies.

Oh, yeah - one other thing - I feel great!

The Voice of Support - Show 13: The MVP Program In-Depth (Part 2 of 4)

Kathleen Anderson — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:02:00 GMT

In this segment you will learn about the MVP web site and where to find MVPs in the technology you are interested in. My MVP Lead, April Spence, is one of the people interviewed for this segment. April and Ben Miller, a former MVP lead, talk about the impact MVPs can have on Microsoft products, and the resources provided by the MVP program to help us do that. Ben says that if he didn't work for Microsoft, he would want to be an MVP, because he loves helping people.

Do you want to learn more about the Microsoft MVP Program?

Kathleen Anderson — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:10:00 GMT

Listen to The Voice of Support - Show 12: The MVP Program In-Depth (Part 1 of 4) over at Channel 9. I learned a lot - and I've been an MVP since 2001.

You might be an MVP if ...

Kathleen Anderson — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:40:00 GMT

Sean O'Driscoll, the General Manager of the Microsoft MVP Program, has published the list of 'secret criteria' used to determine whether someone is MVP material. I have to say that a large number of them apply to me - I'm not going to say which ones.

FrontPage MVPs at the 2007 MVP Global Summit

Kathleen Anderson — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:49:00 GMT

Here's a group shot taken of the FrontPage MVPs at one of our platform sessions with the Expression Web Product Group, along with April Spence, our MVP Lead. I think the FrontPage MVPs are the best - we all get along so well - online and in person.

It's MVP Global Summit time again

Kathleen Anderson — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:58:00 GMT

The 2007 Microsoft MVP Global Summit is being held from March 12 to 15 in Seattle and Redmond, Washington. There are about 3,500 MVPs worldwide and at last count, approximately 60% of them are attending this year. It will be great to see old friends and make new ones and put faces to the names I've seen in the newsgroups. Bill Gates will be the keynote speaker and there's lots of technical and platform sessions on our schedule - and a few social events as well. On Monday night, after the Regional Dinner at the Westin, I'm going to the SupportSpace party at Gameworks. If you're an MVP and think you might want to go, get in touch with me and I'll send you an invitation.

MVP Summit 2005 starts in less than two hours

Kathleen Anderson — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:33:00 GMT

It's a beautiful day in Seattle, sunny and in the 60's - in about two hours we leave for MVP Summit registration!

I arrived yesterday, via two great flights on American Airlines, met up with Yoshie Kohama, a FrontPage MVP from Japan at the airport, and took the Airporter to the W Seattle. I've got a great room on the 19th floor, with high-speed internet access, and a beautiful view of downtown Seattle. Yoshie and I went for an early dinner last night at Elliot's on the waterfront and then did some walking around. I went shoe shopping again - bought two pairs (Cheryl, are you reading this?).

I haven't seen any other MVPs around, but that's about to change!

More later ...