Here at gHacks we pride ourselves on giving you the very best help and advice, and it seems that we’re not the only ones who think so. After an approach by the company, Microsoft have now confirmed that they will be putting my tutorial videos for Windows 7 on the official Microsoft support website at support.microsoft.com.
Additionally I will, at their request, be making more tutorial videos and providing how-to articles for their support site and for their TechNet newsletter which goes out to IT professionals.
The news has come about because of the publication of my first Microsoft Press book last year, Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out, which became one of the publisher’s top 20 eBooks of 2010, despite only being released at the end of October, and has sat consistently in the top 2% of all paperback sales on Amazon since then.
Personally I find it quite an honour that Microsoft consider my help, support and tutorial materials and videos to be of a high enough quality to be part of the official Microsoft support website. I know this sounds a bit glib coming from the author of a Windows 7 Troubleshooting book that was published by Microsoft Press, but it really came as a very pleasant surprise that came out of the blue, and I’m genuinely thrilled.
The first five videos to go on the Microsoft website, about the Automated Troubleshooters, reading the Event Viewer, using the (oh so carefully hidden) System File Checker, the very useful Windows Startup Repair and finally how you can manually Repair Corrupt Boot Files were originally made to help promote the book. Future videos will be made in collaboration with Microsoft and will focus on the things Windows users have the most difficulty with. The next videos will appear by the end of this month.
There’s also more exciting news coming in the next month or so, but at the moment I’m sworn to secrecy (and quite frankly it’s driving me nuts!) but you’ll be the first to hear, believe me.
You can watch the first five videos on my YouTube page and get the latest news on additional videos for the Microsoft website on my new Facebook page.
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Very very nice mate. Congratulations. Its really a big honor. :)
Congratulations, Mike, and well earned.
Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out is a
knockout and had to get Microsoft’s attention.
By the way, you’re a natural on the voice overs.
Congratulations Mike, yet another feather in your cap. Keep some more space available because if you continue doing what the public wants, you will have many more achievements, your own knowledge will increase and you will find new avenues to use your hard-won knowledge.