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January 19

Nokia Lumia 710 for T-Mobile–Walmart
Walmart is now offering the new Nokia Lumia 710 for T-Mobile for FREE, with a 2-year contract. It is still selling for $49.99 at T-Mobile and BestBuy, so Walmart is the place to get it.  This is a nice new Windows … Continue reading →

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December 15

Gateway ZH7 – Restore System to Factory Default
Just had to restore a Gateway ZH7 Netbook to its factory settings, since the administrator password was forgotten and no other Users had Administrator access. 1. Turn on the computer, then press Alt+F10 during startup. Gateway Recovery Management opens. 2. … Continue reading →

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December 01

Try out Windows Phone 7 from the comfort of your phone
Want to see what windows Phone 7 is all about? By visiting http://aka.ms/wpdemo on your iOS or Android browser, you’ll immediately be tunneled into an emulation of Windows Phone 7. Give it a try.

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November 10

Windows Phone Apps
Follow this link to see all of my published Apps: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/search?q=Peter+West

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Lettura Biblica Sequenziale
My original Windows Phone App called Sequential Bible Reading is now available in Italian. This time, I added in a Trial mode, so that it can be tested out before deciding to purchase. Lettura Biblica Sequenziale http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/c0f61774-b7c5-4fcb-bcbe-11db8460cdf7

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October 17

Windows Phone 7.5: How to remove someone from a group
So you’ve added someone to a group under the People Hub, but now you want to remove them. Tap on the People HubTap on the Group nameTap on the Edit iconTap on the Person you want to removeTap on the … Continue reading →

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October 12

Windows XP – Automatic updates problem
In Windows XP, new updates had been downloaded, but not installed. When I tried to shut down the computer, Windows XP tried to force the installation of the updates, but it froze. It displayed a message that it was trying … Continue reading →

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October 02

Square Card Reader
Microsoft has a new Feature Suggestions Forum for the Windows Phone. I just posted a hardware suggestion there. I’m asking them to consider working with the makers of the Square Card Reader. Square Card Reader (http://uservoice.com/a/3Rnjy) If you agree, please … Continue reading →

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August 30

Conflict between Aspect and PrinterShare
I had an interesting problem come up this week. I have a customer who has eight restaurants that run Aspect Software on their POS machines. He needed to be able to use remote control software to access each of the … Continue reading →

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August 19

New Book
I got a new book yesterday. It’s 101 Windows Phone 7 Apps. So far, I think its great. It teaches you how to write Apps for the Windows Phone by example.

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