Jon Gallant's Blog dev lead @ microsoft You can subscribe to this feed by right-clicking the text below, copying the shortcut, and pasting the URL into the feed aggregator of your choice. Subscribe to this feed. How To Send a Text Message from ATT.com Published: 11/23/2009 I spent about 20 mins with ATT technical support today trying to figure out how to send a Text from their website.  Apparently they did some website updates and the “Send Text Message” option is buried.  Hope this saves you some time. 1. Go...(read more) Solution to the Exception: Connection failed. The device security configuration disallowed the connection. Ensure that you have the appropriate certificates on your device for development. Review your SDK documentation for proper security settings for conn Published: 11/23/2009 You will get this exception if you try to debug on a physical device from Visual Studio and haven’t install the debug certificates. “Connection failed. The device security configuration disallowed the connection. Ensure that you have the appropriate certificates...(read more) How To Configure Your Mouse So You Never Have To Double-Click Again Published: 11/23/2009 My beloved Microsoft Trackball Explorer mouse died recently and I was amazed to find that the price increased from about $70 to $600 (new) and $190 (used).  I like the mouse, but not enough to shell out that kind of dough. So, after 10+ years of...(read more) How To Create a Windows 7 Custom Key Command Published: 11/23/2009 Sometimes you want a key command (keycommand) that works across all of your Windows Desktop. For example, let’s say that you write a lot of email and you want to be able to pop open Gmail’s compose page quickly no matter what else you are doing in Windows. ...(read more) How to Export RSS Feeds to an OPML File in Outlook 2010 Published: 6/26/2009 For some reason this feature is hidden in Outlook 2010.   1) Click the Office Button in the upper left hand corner. 2) Click “Open” and then “Import”   3) Import and Export Wizard Dialog Appears.  Select “Export RSS Feeds to an OPML file”....(read more) How To Highlight Rows Based on a Cell Value in Excel Published: 6/17/2009 Here’s how to highlight rows based on a cell value in Excel 2007 and Excel 2010.  Reference this page for previous versions of Excel   1) Select the table you want to apply the custom formatting to 2) Go to the Conditional Formatting ribbon...(read more) Microsoft will Donate 8 Meals to Feeding America for Every IE8 Download Published: 6/17/2009 Microsoft will donate 8 meals to Feeding America for every IE8 download.  Very creative way to get people fed. Browser For The Better explains the program in detail....(read more) FreeRice.com – Synchronously Learn for free and feed the hungry Published: 6/17/2009 I stumbled upon FreeRice.com today and had to share. The site has quiz software that tests you on Math, Language, Art, Chemistry, English and Geography.  For each question you answer correctly 10 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World...(read more) Dimecasts.net – A great Video Based Learning Resource for Developers Published: 6/4/2009 I love short and sweet learning. That is exactly what Dimecasts.net provides.  Videos that are 10 minutes or less (hence the “dime” in the name) and cover many dev topics, such as design patterns, LINQ, C# and MVC. Check them out here:  www.dimecasts.net...(read more) How To Create a New Category in Outlook Published: 6/4/2009 Creating a new category in Outlook isn’t very intuitive. 1) Right click on the item you want to categorize 2) Select “Categorize” 3) Select “All Categories” 4) Click the “New…” button 5) Enter the Name of the Category 6) Click “OK” Hope that helps. Jon...(read more) 1 2 Next >>