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  • jasona.work (1/7/2013)


    SQLRNNR (1/7/2013)


    Brandie Tarvin (1/7/2013)


    Windows 8 Pro is on sale for $40.00 (U.S.) through the end of the month. It's a download.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/home

    :sick:

    It's not that bad...

    I've been using it here at work for a while, to get the hang of it before clients start getting it.

    I'm thinking of buying a copy for VM so I can at least see what it looks. I mean, why not get a copy while it's cheap?

    BTW, this came up at work: No Microsoft Products Stolen[/url]. Should we feel sorry for them?

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  • Brandie Tarvin (1/7/2013)


    jasona.work (1/7/2013)


    SQLRNNR (1/7/2013)


    Brandie Tarvin (1/7/2013)


    Windows 8 Pro is on sale for $40.00 (U.S.) through the end of the month. It's a download.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/home

    :sick:

    It's not that bad...

    I've been using it here at work for a while, to get the hang of it before clients start getting it.

    I'm thinking of buying a copy for VM so I can at least see what it looks. I mean, why not get a copy while it's cheap?

    BTW, this came up at work: No Microsoft Products Stolen[/url]. Should we feel sorry for them?

    You won't get the full feel for it if you don't have a touchscreen.

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  • Stefan Krzywicki (1/7/2013)


    Brandie Tarvin (1/7/2013)


    jasona.work (1/7/2013)


    SQLRNNR (1/7/2013)


    Brandie Tarvin (1/7/2013)


    Windows 8 Pro is on sale for $40.00 (U.S.) through the end of the month. It's a download.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/home

    :sick:

    It's not that bad...

    I've been using it here at work for a while, to get the hang of it before clients start getting it.

    I'm thinking of buying a copy for VM so I can at least see what it looks. I mean, why not get a copy while it's cheap?

    BTW, this came up at work: No Microsoft Products Stolen[/url]. Should we feel sorry for them?

    You won't get the full feel for it if you don't have a touchscreen.

    True, but when you allow for the fact that very few people have touchscreens and a lot of people are going to be upgrading existing PCs / laptops (without touchscreens) to Win8 for various reasons...

    Better to get a feel of it now, rather than scrambling later...

  • My wife just got a new laptop with the touch screen and she really likes the integration with Win 8.

    One thing to think about, if you have a tablet, you can RDP to a Win8 VM and use the touchscreen that way.

  • Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/7/2013)


    My wife just got a new laptop with the touch screen and she really likes the integration with Win 8.

    One thing to think about, if you have a tablet, you can RDP to a Win8 VM and use the touchscreen that way.

    And they do make large touchpads that are like touchscreens that link to the computer through usb

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • jasona.work (1/7/2013)


    Stefan Krzywicki (1/7/2013)


    Brandie Tarvin (1/7/2013)


    jasona.work (1/7/2013)


    SQLRNNR (1/7/2013)


    Brandie Tarvin (1/7/2013)


    Windows 8 Pro is on sale for $40.00 (U.S.) through the end of the month. It's a download.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/home

    :sick:

    It's not that bad...

    I've been using it here at work for a while, to get the hang of it before clients start getting it.

    I'm thinking of buying a copy for VM so I can at least see what it looks. I mean, why not get a copy while it's cheap?

    BTW, this came up at work: No Microsoft Products Stolen[/url]. Should we feel sorry for them?

    You won't get the full feel for it if you don't have a touchscreen.

    True, but when you allow for the fact that very few people have touchscreens and a lot of people are going to be upgrading existing PCs / laptops (without touchscreens) to Win8 for various reasons...

    Better to get a feel of it now, rather than scrambling later...

    Keep in mind that all but 1 of the current tablets running Win8 are running Win8rt, which has RDP but the VPN does not work on a CISCO VPN. There is apparently an argument between MS and CISCO about how should be writing the software. The next version of Surface which is supposed to come out in about 3 months is going to have Win8 Enterprise so that problem will go away.

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  • Stefan Krzywicki (1/7/2013)


    Brandie Tarvin (1/7/2013)


    jasona.work (1/7/2013)


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    Brandie Tarvin (1/7/2013)


    Windows 8 Pro is on sale for $40.00 (U.S.) through the end of the month. It's a download.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/home

    :sick:

    It's not that bad...

    I've been using it here at work for a while, to get the hang of it before clients start getting it.

    I'm thinking of buying a copy for VM so I can at least see what it looks. I mean, why not get a copy while it's cheap?

    BTW, this came up at work: No Microsoft Products Stolen[/url]. Should we feel sorry for them?

    You won't get the full feel for it if you don't have a touchscreen.

    Imagine the RSI you could get by operating a vertical monitor using touch & keyboard.

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  • Stefan Krzywicki (1/7/2013)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/7/2013)


    My wife just got a new laptop with the touch screen and she really likes the integration with Win 8.

    One thing to think about, if you have a tablet, you can RDP to a Win8 VM and use the touchscreen that way.

    And they do make large touchpads that are like touchscreens that link to the computer through usb

    Nothing like a table top touch screen to get the heart racing though: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/07/lenovo-tablet-27-inch-family-sized_n_2421872.html


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  • Anyone having issues with Reporting Services and iPad / iPhone opening Excel?

    There is a Connect Issue open for 2012, but I see this in 2008 R2 also.

    All I can find is send to file share, open in Excel and save, then email out.

    Since we use Data Driven Subscriptions passing in many cases multiple parameters, 1 report can have hundred of variations.

    If anyone has a better workaround, let me know.

    This used to work, and has broken in the past.

    I don't really care whether it is a Microsoft problem, or an Apple problem.

    They need to fix it.

  • Anyone familiar with SAP query generator?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1404204-391-1.aspx

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  • Anyone with a SQL Server 2008 (not SQL Server 2008 R2) installation, I could use a little help here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1404303-391-1.aspx.

  • Lynn Pettis (1/8/2013)


    Anyone with a SQL Server 2008 (not SQL Server 2008 R2) installation, I could use a little help here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1404303-391-1.aspx.

    Done

  • HowardW (1/8/2013)


    Lynn Pettis (1/8/2013)


    Anyone with a SQL Server 2008 (not SQL Server 2008 R2) installation, I could use a little help here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1404303-391-1.aspx.

    Done

    Thank you. Also I want to thank Brandie who also replied on that thread. It is appreciated.

  • Lynn Pettis (1/8/2013)


    HowardW (1/8/2013)


    Lynn Pettis (1/8/2013)


    Anyone with a SQL Server 2008 (not SQL Server 2008 R2) installation, I could use a little help here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1404303-391-1.aspx.

    Done

    Thank you. Also I want to thank Brandie who also replied on that thread. It is appreciated.

    Hey, you help me, I help you (on those rare occasions that I can). @=)

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