Yearly Archives: 2005

From Tonny Soper’s blog: “As we move into more complex and interdependent applications, it becomes increasingly difficult to track the capabilities of various IT services. Furthermore, it seems that there is no single formula or presentation mechanism to easily roll … Continue reading →

No, not the kind of monitoring you are already used to, but monitoring of security lists and sites for known exploits of software you already own. For example, if your security maintenance includes installing patches on the 2nd Tuesday of … Continue reading →

Now this is one of the things that make us IT Professionals want to laugh and cry at the same time. I personally spent at least a few minutes laughing to the point of shedding a tear and I hope … Continue reading →

Its a busy Friday, lots of things to talk about. SBSC is coming to the UK, hackers are already exploiting holes reported in August’s security bulletins released on Tuesday and there is now a solution accelerator for really large deployments. … Continue reading →

It has been a little slow over the past few days, not a whole lot of exciting stuff going on. Microsoft won $7 from optinrealbig.com scum. Looks like the new version of GPL will be out soon. Neowin, usually a … Continue reading →

Its that time of the month folks, Microsoft Patchday. Review security alerts below and get to patching. Please test these patches first and if you encounter any issues make sure to attend the Technet webcast tomorrow when you can ask … Continue reading →

Today has been a good day for Outlook users. Another incredibly useful tool for those of us that live inside of Outlook. The Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Calendar Views Add-in makes it easy for you to view your Outlook Calendar … Continue reading →

Think of Call Assistant as your Out-of-Office autoresponder for your cell phone. How often do you find yourself stuck in an all day meeting where you can’t play with your cell phone? Well, Call Assistant is just what you need … Continue reading →

Eileen Brown is reporting that the LiveMeeting add-in pack is online. The ability to start a session from an IM is a great new feature I will abuse immediately. The Live Meeting Add-In Pack consists of three distinct add-ins: the … Continue reading →

The WMI Code Creator tool generates code that uses WMI to obtain management information or perform management tasks. You can use the tool to learn how to manage computers using WMI scripting and WMI .NET. The tool generates code that … Continue reading →