Monthly Archives: February 2006

Microsoft Patchday: Porn or Valentines?

Security
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Yes ladies and gentlemen it is the 14th of February, the day fond in the hearts of System Administrators everywhere as the Microsoft Patchday. The advisories are up so get to testing and patching. Now in addition to it being … Continue reading

Inside SBS Podcasts Are Back: Mobility

Mobility, Podcast
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Las Colinas PSS guys are back. Last week when you were spending an extra hour with your favorite Indian they got a chance to record an awesome podcast on mobility with WM5, SBS, IIS, ActiveSync and everything involved. The sound … Continue reading

Big Vladville Changes

Vladville
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Big changes are afoot at Vladville. As most of you know, I maintain this blog to keep my list of partners, VARs, and resellers up to date on everything in IT so they can grow their businesses. The more informed … Continue reading

Longhorn and Vista in Virtual PC

OS
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If you're having trouble installing Windows Vista or Longhorn in the Virtual PC environment here are a few tips I found over on the Virtual PC Guy's Weblog: Create a new virtual machine with a 16GB (or larger) virtual hard … Continue reading

SBS Show #16 – SMBTN Partner Groups

SBS Show
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Joining us for SBS Show #16 are few leaders of SMBTN groups: Jim Locke, Roger Otterson and Andy Goodman. They discuss the concept of partner groups and going beyond the networking/technology discussions and towards actually doing business. Every partner in … Continue reading

I bet Ballmer would throw the chair at this video too!

IT Culture
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Ok, this just made my month folks. The screencap to the right is Microsoft's CEO Steven Ballmer on a TV commercial selling Microsoft Windows 1.0; Now thats what I call funny. It is nice to know that he has passed … Continue reading

ISA 2006 Public Beta Open

Security
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It feels like ISA 2004 just launched! Well, time to drop that stable firewall and caching proxy you're enjoying and check out ISA 2006. The public beta for this product was announced today and both Standard and Enterprise edition are … Continue reading

Something To Get, Something To Avoid

Web 2.0
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On the subject of getting stuff, Skype 2.0 is out. Skype, for those of you under a rock, is a VoIP network that allows callers to do video and audio chat, including conference calling. Unfortunately, it has had its fair … Continue reading

Advice on Spreading Product Launch News

IT Culture
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Key word being: spreading. Fabio is back: "I'm happy to be back, spreading the news about the new, great tasting I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!," Fabio announced recently. "My romance with I Can't Believe Its Not Butter! never really … Continue reading

MSFP Beta Leaked

Mobility
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Microsoft Mobility & Security Feature Pack (MSFP) beta has been leaked. Check it out, it seems to be an older beta of MSFP, try at your own risk. This one requires a flash so please think twice. Download it here.