MS Office - Suppress Help Protect and Improve Microsoft Office screen

To remove the "Help Protect and Improve Microsoft Office" pop up for new users to Microsoft Office 2010, open gpedit.msc, navigate to:

Local Computer Policy\
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\(ADM\ADMX)\Microsoft Office 2010\Miscellaneous
Suppress recommended settings dialog







http://social.microsoft.com/

Searching Twitter for #library

Look for tweets with #Library near Washington DC:

Tweets about "#library near:20064 within:5mi"





Same except NYC: Must use lower case "nyc"


Tweets about "#library near:nyc within:5mi"

Twitter search embedded in website

Looking for tweets sent to Montgomery County Library


Tweets about "to:@MCPL_Libraries"



Tweets that mention "Library" within 8 miles of zipcode 20064

Tweets about "library near:20064 within:5mi"





Twitter search syntax:

twitter search	containing both "twitter" and "search". This is the default operator.
"happy hour"	containing the exact phrase "happy hour".
love OR hate	containing either "love" or "hate" (or both).
beer -root	containing "beer" but not "root".
#haiku	containing the hashtag "haiku".
from:alexiskold	sent from person "alexiskold".
to:techcrunch	sent to person "techcrunch".
@mashable	referencing person "mashable".
"happy hour" near:"san francisco"	containing the exact phrase "happy hour" and sent near "san francisco".
near:NYC within:15mi	sent within 15 miles of "NYC".
superhero since:2010-12-27	containing "superhero" and sent since date "2010-12-27" (year-month-day).
ftw until:2010-12-27	containing "ftw" and sent up to date "2010-12-27".
movie -scary :)	containing "movie", but not "scary", and with a positive attitude.
flight :(	containing "flight" and with a negative attitude.
traffic ?	containing "traffic" and asking a question.
hilarious filter:links	containing "hilarious" and linking to URLs.
news source:twitterfeed	containing "news" and entered via TwitterFeed

Twitter Widgets for websites

Testing Twitter widgets for websites, here is one from Bing Maps  http://www.bing.com/maps





Search term Library (no effect from adding hashtag )

You can control zoom:

z=10  is the zoom (higher number, closer in)

<iframe src="http://www.bing.com/twitter/maps/embed?version=1.0&

eid=1607992402&keyword=library&lat=38.9339485168457&

lon=-77.0336837768555&z=10" width="350" height="350" 

scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe> 

Boot Windows 8 to desktop interface

Now with Windows 8.1 its is easy:

Go to the Desktop, then right-click in the taskbar, and select “Properties”, then click on the navigation tab to open up this menu:




From blogs.msdn.com


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To boot Windows 8 to desktop, open Task Scheduler (Hit Start, type schedule, click Settings, and open “Schedule tasks.”)








Click Task Scheduler Library from the left pane, Create Task on the right pane, and give it a name like Boot to Desktop.




From  Extremetech