May 21, 2011Every time someone walks in my office and sees the setup I’m running, their response is usually, “Good lord – how much does it cost to run all this stuff?” My home office has… …a lot of stuff in it… …or so they tell me. People think I’m burning $100 bills to keep warm, but [...]
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March 16, 2009This week, Thursday March 19, 2009 marks the 5-Year Anniversary of the Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG). Where did the time go? It’s pretty amazing to look back at all the events and topics we’ve covered in the last 60+ months. Some of the highlights we’ve met on include: Backup & Disaster Recovery [...]
Posted in KYSBSUG, Live Events, Microsoft, SBS, SBS 2008, TS2, Training, User Groups, Vista 582 Comments »
December 16, 2008If 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 [...]
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November 25, 2008It seems like everybody has an opinion about Vista these days, and more often than not, it’s a negative opinion based on press / advertising / word of mouth / and perception rather than hands-on experience (think ‘Mojave Experiment’). If you’re a Microsoft Partner and you’d like to know how to handle these objections and [...]
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October 23, 2008Title: Windows Server 2008 TCP/IP Protocols and Services Author: Joseph Davies Publisher: Microsoft Press Published: 01/09/2008 ISBN: 9780735624474 Pages 624 Hard copy available: $31.49 at Amazon.com Register for FREE download: click here (20 MB) Description: Your essential guide to TCP/IP—fully updated for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. This in-depth technical reference delivers must-know information [...]
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October 10, 2008Last night I finally bit the bullet and wiped my corporate box and installed Windows Vista 64-bit. I am determined to march forward no matter what. Initial impression of the 64-bit OS?: SMOKING FAST The only driver issue was for my Plantronics DSP 500 USB headset, and that wasn’t even a driver issue really, it [...]
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February 23, 2008Per Ron Grattopp’s blog (Microsoft TS2 Presenter Extraordinaire) , the next Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (MAPS) update will include Windows Vista Business w/ SP1 slipstreamed. That’s cool, but even cooler, the MAPS update will contain one copy of Windows Vista Ultimate with Service Pack 1. Per the Microsoft Partner web site: Mid-March 2008 delivery of [...]
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February 15, 2008As Susan pointed out yesterday, Vista Service Pack 1 is available for TechNet Plus subscribers. Since I can’t find my TechNet info, the good news is that Vista SP1 is also available for MSDN subscribers: The EXE version weighs in at 434.5 MB: The ISO DVD version is a stout 1.13 GB: Download speeds are [...]
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October 23, 2007As if PDF attachments weren’t already suspicious enough thanks to UCE, now you have to be concerned about PDFs that can allow someone to take control of your PC. Yesterday (10/22) Adobe released an update to fix a critical vulnerability in the following software: Adobe Reader 8.1 and earlier Adobe Reader 7.0.9 and earlier Adobe [...]
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April 12, 2007Back in January at the EVO Launch in Louisville I met a ton of new people. One of them was Erik Eckel from Computer Troubleshooters (super-nice guy!) Erik recently had an article published on TechRepublic (April 6, 2007) that I’d like to share with everyone who works in smaller Windows networks that include Macs. This article [...]
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