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Thu, May 28 2009 6:59

Windows Server 2008 and Vista Service Pack 2

Body: Well – after months of testing the first service pack for Windows Server 2008 was released – Service Pack 2… yes – that sound strange doesn’t it – the first Service Pack for Server 2008 is SP2, that is because Server 2008 was released at SP1 level...
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Fri, Apr 17 2009 21:24

Windows Live Family Safety Filter – How to Remove it

Body: Ok – so now I’ve finished testing it, there is one downside that I’ve found that “might” make it a little more difficult for me as an IT Pro. During testing I’ve found a few times that the Windows Live Family Safety Filter will prevent me from doing...
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Fri, Apr 17 2009 20:35

Windows Live Family Safety Filter – monitoring my kids Internet Access

Body: I’ve been trialling out the Windows Live Family Safety Filter so that I could have it running on the computers for my kids. I’ve got a teenager and a soon to be teenager, and I need to monitor both and block some of the less than desirable web sites...
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Sun, Mar 29 2009 3:51

Are your appointments out by an hour today?

Body: If you like me totally forgot about it then you might notice that your appointments on your Windows Mobile device are out by an hour today vs what you have in your Outlook Calendar. I’m based in Sydney, Australia and Daylight savings was modified...
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Fri, Sep 12 2008 1:32

GFi WebMonitor causes AV updates to stop

Body: I've got a larger non SBS site and we discovered that a recent upgrade to GFI WebMonitor caused the AV updates to randomly stop to the servers. The site uses Trend Micro's OfficeScan product and we were experiencing an error message during...
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Sat, Feb 16 2008 16:39

Shockey Monkey coming to Sydney

Body: Yes - that's right folks, the community focused Shockey Monkey system launched by Vlad from Own Web Now and built using 100% community input is coming to Sydney. It's due to officially launch shortly, and Vlad is shipping servers to Australia...
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Tue, Feb 12 2008 1:42

Windows 2008 Step by Step Guides

Body: Microsoft have released a number of step by step guides on how to configure Windows 2008 Server. They are not SBS specific (I'll have some on my site soon) but I figure they are a great place to start for people wanting to get the lowdown on...
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Mon, Feb 11 2008 18:10

HP RAID Controller - Drive Expansion

Body: I'm onsite today doing some work with a client - one of the things I've had to do is to add some disks to an existing HP RAID setup. Part of the screen below includes an animated refresh button which "might" give them impression...
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Mon, Feb 4 2008 18:24

Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 have RTM'd

Body: Ok - so i'll be blog post number 3,458,266 to tell you that after a long wait, Vista Service Pack 1 has been released today (Tuesday here in Australia but Monday in the USA). In addition Windows Server 2008 went RTM as well putting it on target...
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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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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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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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Mon, Nov 26 2007 16:15

SharePoint Toolkit - now available for download

Body: This was released at the World Wide Partner Conference this year and now it's available for download direct from Microsoft. It's a very cool toolkit that will help you understand, sell and implement Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3...
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Thu, Nov 1 2007 19:02

Damien says “This is like Geek Porn…”

Body: In our office, one of our guys – Damien, is our resident coder/programmer guru. I showed him a book today " Windows Command-Line Administrators Pocket Consultant " from MS Press ISBN 978-0-7356-2038-4. This book is one I'm reading...
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Mon, Oct 8 2007 16:24

The joys of beta testing

Body: One of the joys of testing new software is the temporary error messages they have in it. Below is one from one of the packages I'm testing now. At least it's clear why things don't work J Category: Software Published: 9/10/2007 7:24...
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