Windows task manager shows wrong CPU Speed when using Hyper-V by Scott Hanselman's Blog

My buddy Damian and I both recently bought the Lenovo X1 Carbon Touch. It's got Intel SpeedStep technology so it changes the CPU speed dynamically based on load. These two laptops of ours are identical . However, here's Damian's Task Manager...
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azure-cli 0.6.9 ships, pure joy by Windows Azure

In the past few months we’ve really been fleshing out our cli and surfacing more and more Azure services to your fingertips, literally! In this release there is a lot of goodness, I think you are going to like what you see! Here’s a quick...

How to set up CrashPlan Cloud Backup headless on a Synology NAS - Backup Strategies by Scott Hanselman's Blog

At home I use a Synology 1511+ NAS (Network Attached Storage) server for all my family's digital things. The Synology gives me virtually all the features I had when I was in love with the Windows Home Server . I can add a drive of any size and get...
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Simulating an iPhone or iPad browser for ASP.NET Mobile Web Development with WebMatrix 2 or Visual Studio 2012 by Scott Hanselman

I mentioned the Electric Plum Mobile Simulator as a nice way to check your site on an iPhone while using a Windows machine in my post called " Create a great mobile experience for your website today. Please. " Microsoft WebMatrix 2 RC is out...
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ConEmu - The Windows Terminal/Console/Prompt we've been waiting for? by Scott Hanselman

I have long sung the praises of Console2, an alternative Windows Command Prompt . In fact, I declared in 2004 that Windows was (and is) missing the boat when it comes to Text Mode . A kick ass terminal is exactly what Windows needs. I'm not talking...
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"I can't even think about switching phones without these apps." Windows Phone 7, a Nokia Lumia 800 and the Essential Apps by Scott Hanselman

I'm still using my iPhone 4s mostly but a Nokia Lumia 800 showed up in the mail last week. Turns out that Nokia was giving away new Lumias to folks that had written Windows Phone 7 applications in the month of January as a part of their "WPNewYear"...
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Abusing the Microsoft Research's Touch Mouse Sensor API SDK with a Console-based Heat-map by Scott Hanselman

In August I purchased and reviewed the Microsoft Touch Mouse . I still use my Microsoft Arc Mouse more than the touch, initially due to what I felt was dodgy scrolling performance on the Touch Mouse, as I mentioned in my review. Still, I've kept it...
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Living a Microsoft lifestyle using Apple iOS products - Lync, OneNote, Xbox for iPhone and iPad and more, oh my by Scott Hanselman

Sure, I work for The Man in my day job, but I have an iPhone, a few iPod Touches, and two iPads in my personal mobile life. I have great respect for the Windows Phone 7 UX and I have a Samsung Focus that runs Mango that I swap my SIM into every few months...
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Give Grandpa and Grandma the gift of an off-site backup of your photos by Scott Hanselman

My buddy Jeff Handley tweeted this nugget of brilliance recently. Every year I give the grandparents DVDs with all of our digital pictures from the year. To them it's a gift. To me it's off-site backup. — Jeff Handley (@JeffHandley) December...
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You probably don't need a Twitter client, just learn the hotkeys in New Twitter by Scott Hanselman

It's probably not unfair to call me a Twitter Power User. I use it a lot, it's my favorite Social Networking site and I've written a number of reasonably popular articles on the topic. How To Twitter - First Steps and a Twitter Glossary Twitter...
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Good UX in the Wild: Dropbox's attention to detail on their download page by Scott Hanselman

Sometimes good UX is about being clever. Sometimes it's to make the user happy or smile. However, when the success of your product depends on new, possibly inexperienced users successfully downloading and installing it, good UX is the difference between...
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Scott Hanselman's 2011 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows by Scott Hanselman

Everyone collects utilities, and most folks have a list of a few that they feel are indispensable.  Here's mine.  Each has a distinct purpose, and I probably touch each at least a few times a week.  For me, "util" means utilitarian...
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Guide to Freeing up Disk Space under Windows 7 by Scott Hanselman

This is an " updated for Windows 7 " version of my popular original article Guide to Freeing up Disk Space under Windows Vista . I've got a 256 gig C: drive, but noticed that in the last week or so I'd had only 20 gigs free. Not cool...
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How to change the location of your iPhone backup and iTunes MobileSync Backup folder by Scott Hanselman

My C:\Users\Scott\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync was almost 25 gigs and on a 256 gig hard drive, that's 10% and that's tight. I wanted to move it but there's no officially support way. Here's a way. It's totally not supported...
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