December 2007 - Posts

Mon, Dec 31 2007 2:39

New Year + New Laptop = Better Productivity?

Body: I've spent some time between Christmas and New Years resting up and enjoying being with my family - in the background I've been building up my new laptop. I decided before Christmas to take the plunge and buy myself a new laptop. I settled...
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Sun, Dec 23 2007 2:29

Dear Santa...

Body: Dear Santa, You might think that I'm a little old to write to you asking for things for Christmas, but I live in hope that my dreams will one day come true. I've been a very good boy this year Santa, I've refocused my life on my family...
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Thu, Dec 20 2007 21:48

And.... breath....

Body: Yes - I can breath again... We've moved the servers in the data center and all appears to be fine. This is the start of a number of changes that I'm making to provide better facilities across the board. More on this in 2008. The observant...
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Wed, Dec 19 2007 15:06

Ingram Micro - are they getting serious with SMB IT Resellers?

Body: Over the last week, I've had two meetings with local Ingram Micro in an attempt to help them better understand the needs of the SMB IT Reseller so that we might be able to do better business with them. These meetings came out of a phone call...
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Wed, Dec 19 2007 6:10

Server Maintenance - sites down.

Body: This site - and all others I host on these servers will be down for a few hours on Friday 21st December. Some server relocations need to take place. Fingers crossed it all goes well and we'll be back online as quick as we can. Published: 19...
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Wed, Dec 19 2007 6:00

Merry Christmas to all

Body: My wife and daughter decided to give my site a few bits of Christmas cheer this holiday season :-) May you all have a great holiday season and may your prayers and dreams come true. Wayne Published: 19/12/2007 11:00 PM Read More...
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Mon, Dec 17 2007 21:37

Exchange 2007 SP1 fixes lots more than is documented

Body: I've been wrestling with Exchange 2007 on my one of my larger sites now for the last 7 weeks. I've had the case with MS PSS here in Australia for that long too and they have not been able to make ANY progress on it at all. When I first lodged...
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Sun, Dec 16 2007 20:46

The first day of writing - SBS Cougar Administrators Pocket Consultant

Body: I've landed my first book on my own being the SBS Cougar Administrators Pocket Consultant. Today is the first real day of writing for me focused just on this and it's harder than I thought. Given that Cougar is not due out until "some...
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Thu, Dec 13 2007 22:09

My new phone - HTC TyTn II - 2 days in

Body: This week I finally replaced my aging HP iPaq rw6828. It's become more and more unreliable over the last 6 months, with issues like the screen shaking badly, call dropouts, funky noises coming over it from time to time. I've had it for what...
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Thu, Dec 13 2007 18:46

TrendMicro CSM 3.5/3.6 Patch Released

Body: Slightly ahead of schedule, Trend Micro today released a rollup patch of for their CSM 3.5 & 3.6 for SMB Products. You can download it direct from them here http://www.trendmicro.com/download/product.asp?productid=39 Amongst the patches included...
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Wed, Dec 12 2007 15:09

Microsoft.com is down?

Body: I have ISA monitoring connections for my servers at the data center and at around 7am this morning they told me they could not get to www.microsoft.com . Ok - I thought - must be something playing up there. I then started to hear reports from other...
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Fri, Dec 7 2007 20:48

Client Server Messaging Security 3.5/3.6 Issues - Resolution

Body: Trend have passed the following information for me to inform the community about this issue. In short - there are 4 similar issues - some of which are resolved by existing hot fixes that have been available for some time - others using new hot fixes...
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Thu, Dec 6 2007 4:31

Trend fix almost here.

Body: With respect to the ongoing issue with Trend CSM 3.6 for SMB, I've received word today that they do indeed have an understanding and a fix for both the high disk utilisation for TSC.EXE and the Out of Resources issue. Trend have a patch for...
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Wed, Dec 5 2007 4:11

Stay at Home Server - The Serious side to Windows Home Server

Body: Ok - this is one that all the Home Server Enthusiasts will want to watch and send to their friends http://www.stayathomeserver.com/ Watch for more updates to it - it's kooky but cool! Category: Windows Home Server Published: 5/12/2007 9:11 PM...
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Tue, Dec 4 2007 14:12

A few good posts on the business side of SMB IT Consulting

Body: I read a number of business level blogs as well, and in the last few days I've seen a few good posts that are not directly IT Consulting related but there's a lot that we can learn from them. The first one talks to setting your price for...
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Mon, Dec 3 2007 22:37

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Information on MS.com

Body: We must be getting close now - Microsoft today have released information on the Microsoft download site about Windows XP SP3 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=68c48dad-bc34-40be-8d85-6bb4f56f5110&DisplayLang=en The update...
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Mon, Dec 3 2007 15:59

Strange Error Messages and MS KB Articles

Body: In one of the forums I am involved in there is a discussion of strange and interesting error messages and the like that we come across in the IT Industry. Here are some of them that were posted. Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music http://support...
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Sun, Dec 2 2007 17:50

Facebook Beacon - more trouble than it's worth?

Body: Today in a news article here it is revealed by security researchers that Facebooks Beacon technology is actually monitoring and transmitting information about your web surfing habits back to Facebook even if you tell it you don't want it to...
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Sun, Dec 2 2007 14:10

Exchange 2007 SP1 is out

Body: Most people wait for SP1 of a product to be released before deploying it. I'm not normally one of those people and I've been deploying Exchange 2007 now since March this year for a larger client of ours. I've currently got an open case...
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Sat, Dec 1 2007 14:10

Oh come on - that's insane - Sesame Street = Adults Only?

Body: I just read this article this morning that some of the older episodes of Sesame Street (a show I grew up with) are being labelled as Adults Only now due to political correctness. I often feel that in the world we live in today that there is too...
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