Entries from December 2008

Crazy Screen Shots – 534,000 GB

Date December 30, 2008

Spotted on a server today:
That’s 522 TB, for those of you playing the home game.
Props to Bo Bracey for the screen shot. I asked him how big that hard drive really is, and his response was:
That reminds me of this classic TechTV video, circa 2001:

The funny thing […]

Vista Registration Deadline for Promo Copy

Date December 16, 2008

If you attended a TS2, TechNet or Windows Server 2008 launch event in 2008, you may have gotten a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate with Service Pack 1 in a gray envelope like the one pictured on the right.
If you’ve not opened that package yet (I know I didn’t) you need to before the […]

SBS 2008 Unleashed Book Has Arrived

Date December 11, 2008

Hot off the presses, just got a case of the “Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed” books in.
 
The circle is complete! On to the next project.

Antivirus XP now Antivirus Plus

Date December 8, 2008

Like a big catfish going after a dough ball, folks are snapping up malware like it’s a $20 bill blowing across a parking lot. Specifically, we’re talking about the old “Antivirus XP”, which is now making the rounds re-branded as “Antivirus Plus”.
Behold…
System Tray

Desktop Icon

Fake Infection Alert

And I’d be willing to bet there […]