Monthly Archives: November 2006

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 RC Available

Posted: 6:54 pm
November 22, 2006
Beta
1 Comment

Untitled document Microsoft has made the long awaited Windows Server 2003 SP2 available as a release candidate (read: beta, broken, not for production) with some fairly interesting and worthwhile updates. Click here for the SP2 site. MMC3 is going to … Continue reading →

Vlad Mazek joins Google as VP of Network Load / Stress Test Operations

Posted: 8:22 am
November 22, 2006
Vladville
on Vlad Mazek joins Google as VP of Network Load / Stress Test Operations

Untitled document Ok, not really but I just couldn’t resist taking this photo. Talk about stress testing. Though if I indeed pointed it to my collection I’m sure it would go up in smoke. As usual, if you find this … Continue reading →

Experience of first dozen hours on Vista

Posted: 1:16 am
November 18, 2006
Vista
on Experience of first dozen hours on Vista

Untitled document Spent the last day or so going through the process of Vista rollouts on our development systems and I thought I’d give you an honest take on the changes from RC2 to RTM that went live on MSDN … Continue reading →

Luther “The *** Monkey” Robinson Strikes Again!

Posted: 2:51 pm
November 17, 2006
Microsoft
on Luther “The *** Monkey” Robinson Strikes Again!

Microsoft is really winning me over today. First Vista comes online, now pirates get it in the … On behalf of the community that bashed the crap out of Microsoft and all the inaction over the past 7 years, thank … Continue reading →

Insulting The Whole World

Posted: 8:28 am
November 17, 2006
Vladville
on Insulting The Whole World

Untitled document Ten years ago my friend and I often joked about running the worldwide business as we were applying for our occupational permits. I remember us sitting around his garage/bedroom on a pile of cases and thinking about racking … Continue reading →

Vista DVD available at MSDN

Posted: 4:31 am
November 17, 2006
Vista
on Vista DVD available at MSDN

Just a heads up, Microsoft Vista DVD (full release) is now available on MSDN’s web site. Gentlemen, start your leeching. Update: As of 9:14 AM EST: “None of the MSDN subscribers are able to obtain a Vista product key. They … Continue reading →

Dallas this Weekend

Posted: 1:59 am
November 17, 2006
Vladville
on Dallas this Weekend

Untitled document Just a heads up that I will be in Dallas,TX this weekend and beginning of next week. Unfortunately, I will not be able to participate in any social events but wanted to post this as to not offend … Continue reading →

The Underhanded Zune Launch

Posted: 2:03 am
November 16, 2006
Microsoft
on The Underhanded Zune Launch

You may have missed it but Microsoft launched what it calls its “iPod killer” the other day. The problem: nobody else would call it that. That in the nutshell is the most underhanded launch of a product I have seen … Continue reading →

Vista Changes: How Windows Update Works

Posted: 12:14 am
November 15, 2006
Vista
on Vista Changes: How Windows Update Works

Untitled document It has been a while since I’ve written a technical article and my Vista laptop reminded me tonight just how much the Windows Update process has improved. Not very earth shattering on the surface, but very elegant and … Continue reading →

No Comment

Posted: 10:51 am
November 14, 2006
Vladville
on No Comment

Untitled document You may have noticed lately that the comments have been disappearing on more and more of my posts. I’ve been on the road more and more lately and unfortunately the blog spam has gotten out of hand. It … Continue reading →