Author Archives: Vlad

Are we ready for 64bit?

Posted: 5:20 am
November 25, 2006
IT Business, Vista
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On the servers, yes. On the Windows workstations and peripherals, not quite. There has been a fair bit of discussion on whether we are ready for 64bit platforms and more to the point, are we building systems that can power … Continue reading →

Vista Business Upgrade

Posted: 7:21 am
November 24, 2006
Vista
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The following comes courtesy of Tom Anderson of Business Information Systems. He went through with the Vista Business Upgrade and below are his remarks. Thanks for sharing Tom and hopefully everyone will find it useful. OK, I have worked through … Continue reading →

Thanksgiving and return of The Ironman

Posted: 7:45 pm
November 23, 2006
IT Culture
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Untitled document It’s hard to put together long and coherent essays when you’re constantly running out of battery or being pestered by flight attendants to turn off your electronic equipment. I really have been a worldwide monkey over the last … Continue reading →

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 RC Available

Posted: 6:54 pm
November 22, 2006
Beta
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 →