October 2008 - Posts

Tue, Oct 28 2008 14:28

Follow Through Matters… particularly now

Body: I met Amber Naslund at the Small Business Marketing Unleashed event in Columbus, Ohio in September this year. We shared many a good chat about business and how social media impacts our ability to do things in a modern day world. Today she has a...
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Sun, Oct 26 2008 6:39

ANZ Bank withdraws services over the weekend

Body: I’ve been a client of the ANZ Bank for many years now, and went to check my bank balance today and got the message below after I logged in. Now this does not affect me as I don’t have any International Services, but I’ve got to wonder just how badly...
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Thu, Oct 23 2008 21:50

Trend Micro Detection of MS08-067

Body: Just got this from Trend – they are already detecting known worms that exploit systems not patched with MS08-067 that was released less than 12 hours ago by Microsoft. http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/grayware/ve_graywareDetails.asp?GNAME=TSPY_GIMMIV...
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Thu, Oct 23 2008 15:37

Patch NOW – before it’s too late!

Body: Sounds scary right – well – yes – it is and it can be. Microsoft have overnight released an out of band patch which they do only in severe circumstances (like KNOWN exploits circulating in the wild). Technical details are here Long story short Read...
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Wed, Oct 22 2008 21:24

My Skype Account has been hacked!

Body: Just on 12 hours ago, Skype on my PC told me that I needed to re-enter my password as it had been changed and the skype client needed to reauthenticate. Interesting I thought as I had not changed my password. I rekeyed my password and it said it...
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Tue, Oct 21 2008 16:01

SBS 2008 Premium – Downgrade rights for 2nd Server

Body: Just last night I posted an email to the MSSMALLBIZ yahoogroup. At that point I knew that many of us in the community had pushed hard on Microsoft to provide downgrade rights for the 2nd Server to allow it to become Windows Server 2003 Standard...
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Sun, Oct 19 2008 18:52

Just remember – they do listen…

Body: It’s often said that the various people at Microsoft do not listen to the bleatings of us out here in the real world. Never let it be said though that Robbie Upcroft was one of them. Robbie, not only push hard to get the SMB PreDay here at TechEd...
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Sat, Oct 11 2008 12:29

Can my server support SBS 2008?

Body: One of the biggest questions many people have is can my existing server support SBS 2008? Given SBS 2008 is indeed a full 64 bit operating system, this is one of the major requirements for any system that needs to run SBS 2008. You will also need...
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Sat, Oct 11 2008 10:33

Future Uncertain…

Body: I finish up today my 3 weeks here in the USA. I’ve been attending 10 days of extremely intense training, and two conferences in two different states. I’ve been here while the US economy takes a major nose dive. The Australian economy whilst currently...
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Thu, Oct 9 2008 10:53

Silence!

Body: “Silence! I keell you…”. that was the catch phrase this week as it’s an extract from Achmed the Dead Terrorist – a comedy video on youtube. Dean Calvert (fellow SBS MVP and Aussie) was ensuring that we all remained “silent”. Olli (SBS MVP from Germany...
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Wed, Oct 8 2008 12:05

Hyper-V and Snapshots and Live Migration

Body: Interesting thing that I’ve learned here over the last few days is that Snapshots in Hyper-V are not supported with SBS 2008 and EBS 2008. Now before people go saying it’s an SBS and EBS fault, you need to realise that it’s actually an issue with...
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Sun, Oct 5 2008 11:04

SMBNation – Keynote Day 2 - TrendMicro

Body: Dal and TJ from Trendmicro have the unenviable task of kicking off the day this morning with the keynote at 8am. This is after a couple of massive parties last night which I understand finished with an open bar sponsored by bandwidth.com. I’m sure...
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Sat, Oct 4 2008 17:01

SMBNation – Session 4 – SBS 2008 Real World Requirements

Body: Lunch is over – and it was really nice food – good one HarryB. Susan Bradley and Ofer Shimrat are now onstage presenting a session on The Gotchas of SBS 2008. They have defined a gotcha as a “feature” of SBS 2008 that we may not have uncovered as...
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Sat, Oct 4 2008 13:01

SMBNation – Session 3 – Firewalls – What to choose

Body: Session 3 brings with it the one and only Amy Babinchak – ISA Goddess. Amy’s extremely quiet manner often puts people at a sense of false impression. Her quiet voice makes them think she does not have much to say, nothing could be further from the...
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Sat, Oct 4 2008 11:56

SMBNation - Session 2 – Migration – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Body: Session #2 – Jeff Middleton, the self proclaimed King of Swing, is up on stage now talking about SBS 2008 migrations. He listed all the features of SBS 2003 and then in one click turned it into SBS 2008. He then blew away the myth for everyone that...
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Sat, Oct 4 2008 10:43

SMBNation - Keynote

Body: Ok – so it’s 8am on Saturday morning here in rainy Seattle. The legendary HarryB has opened the keynote with a overview of what’s happening and passed the baton over to the Intel Dude (sorry missed his name). They started with a video in which they...
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Fri, Oct 3 2008 14:04

Gold, Gems, Cool things learned this week in SBS 2008 Training

Body: Wow – I’m coming to the end of a VERY intensive week of training on SBS 2008. Our instructor is one of the lead CSS support guys that does SBS support day in day out. John Bay (aka Dr John) is amazing in his level of knowledge of SBS 2008 and there...
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Thu, Oct 2 2008 0:26

Bite the hand that feeds you – then complain you are hungry

Body: I’ve been involved in community for more years than I care to admit. One of the most distressing things that I see at times is where peoples desire to express their opinion takes it’s toll on others in the community. I know that at times I too have...
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Wed, Oct 1 2008 12:54

Run As Administrator – Shortcut

Body: UAC protects us from bad things, but also is a real pain in the a$$ for us administrators. I’ve been tired of having to find an icon, right click and select Run As Administrator. Well today I learned a new trick. Select Start then type in the name...
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Wed, Oct 1 2008 10:29

MVP again – 7th year – Thank you

Body: Well – it’s the MVP renewal time and I just got my mail in this morning confirming that I’ve been re-awarded as an SBS MVP for the 7th year running. To me this is really just a big thank you for the things that I do anyway in the community. To the...
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