{"id":1279,"date":"2009-10-05T20:42:51","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T00:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2022-12-30T12:18:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T17:18:30","slug":"a-rocking-windows-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/a-rocking-windows-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rocking Windows Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/mcnamee-on-microsoft-2011-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-111013\" title=\"A Rocking Windows Evening\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steve_Ballmer_sad-1.jpg?resize=95%2C71&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Rocking Windows Evening\" width=\"95\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steve_Ballmer_sad-1.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steve_Ballmer_sad-1.jpg?resize=75%2C56&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steve_Ballmer_sad-1.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 95px) 100vw, 95px\" \/><\/a>MSFT has decided that if you can find 9 friends that don&#8217;t mind being pitched, you could be chosen to host a Windows 7 House Party and win a free signed copy of Windows7. There are four pre-defined categories for the Windows 7 party: PhotoPalooza, Media Mania, Setting up with Ease, and Family-Friendly Fun. To help spark the partying, MS has posted a unique 6-minute-long video guide to help you get that party rocking&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1cX4t5-YpHQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If the video doesn&#8217;t give you enough ideas, the good folks at Download Squad have developed <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090929000625\/http:\/\/www.downloadsquad.com:80\/2009\/09\/26\/youtube-find-microsofts-6-minute-guide-to-hosting-a-windows-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Windows 7 Party Buzzword Drinking Game<\/a> [to be played responsibly, of course].<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mentioning &#8216;jumplists&#8217; &#8211; Take a drink.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-111019\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/microsoft_logo_old-8.jpg?resize=150%2C25&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"25\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/microsoft_logo_old-8.jpg?resize=150%2C25&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/microsoft_logo_old-8.jpg?resize=75%2C12&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/microsoft_logo_old-8.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8216;Better than Vista&#8217; &#8211; Everyone takes a drink.<\/li>\n<li>Mentioning any product whose name contains the word &#8216;Live&#8217;: Everyone takes a drink.<\/li>\n<li>Saying any product name containing more than 2 words: finish your drink.<\/li>\n<li>Mentioning any product name containing more than 4 words: finish your drink, and neck another.<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;My Mac does that already&#8217; &#8211; Everyone finishes their drink, and you neck another.<\/li>\n<li>Windows crashes: the party&#8217;s over. But if there&#8217;s any surplus alcohol left, we&#8217;d hate to see it go to waste&#8230;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on <a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rb48334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ralph.bach.14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rbach48334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>. Email the Bach Seat\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:\/\/bach.seat@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft want you to host a Windows 7 House Party to win a free copy of Win7 Party categories include, PhotoPalooza, Media Mania, and Setting up with Ease<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[3216,1754,47,80,82,421,21,445],"class_list":["post-1279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pc","tag-3216","tag-1754","tag-fun","tag-house-party","tag-microsoft","tag-msft","tag-pc","tag-windows"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122294,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions\/122294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}