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  • Lame

    Volume Licensing Service Center: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/servicecenter/sitemaintenance.html "When you use MVLS and your product keys are online they are always safe, you won't lose them". yeah .... right. Until such time that they upgrade the site and take it offline for days...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Mon, Dec 14 2009
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  • You gotta love patch management in an airport, don't cha?

    You can't see it well but that message in the middle of the airport screen is "you must restart your computer for updates to complete".... or something along those lines. The other icon on the bottom right is a message about unused icons. Which, correct me if I'm wrong, don't you...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Sun, Dec 6 2009
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  • The reality of patching

    Remember that skit with Lily Tomlin where she represented the phone company? "We are omnipotent". There are times I think people think that Microsoft's patching department thinks like this. There are folks out there that think there are divisions in Redmond that are tasked with spyware...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Fri, Dec 4 2009
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  • Microsoft opens up Windows 7 to advertisers via downloadable themes

    Microsoft opens up Windows 7 to advertisers via downloadable themes | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4538 Personalization Gallery - Windows themes, backgrounds and gadgets - Microsoft Windows: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/personalize What...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Fri, Nov 13 2009
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  • I've lost the faith

    ...in Antivirus. So for anyone running Trend, go look in your c:\Program Files\Trend Micro folder as you probably have a huge growing mass of a program that is sucking up more and more of your C:\. Meanwhile name an antivirus vendor that doesn't miss a rogue a/v and why are we paying for these antivirus...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Wed, Nov 11 2009
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  • At what point in time did the technet content pages turn into "the lost souls of support" pages?

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd335033(WS.10).aspx At what point in time did the technet content pages turn into "the lost souls of support" pages? The sections at the bottom are for clarifications of content, not to be posting "help me, something broke". With Microsoft...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Mon, Nov 2 2009
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  • The moral of this HyperV story is ....

    Why am I so blonde when it comes to virtual networking in HyperV? I have 4 nics, only one in use. I have the virtual network with the "external" selected and connected to that nic. I've compared the settings I have to my HyperV box at home where I have a similar setup and yet the internal...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Wed, Oct 28 2009
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  • Windows Vista Ultimate customers

    While I applaud what Microsoft is doing in the retail space ( decrapifying the PCs to start with , offering deals on Home Premium and Professional - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/offers/ms-store-bundle.aspx , there's one other group of users that need a bit more TLC. Those that believed in the...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Wed, Oct 28 2009
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  • Now I REALLY HATE broadcom nics

    Did you know that Dell doesn't recommend that you update the broadcom drivers from the inplace driver update (control panel, device manager)? If you do you run the risk of corrupting the driver? "A quick recap: Enable both nics (write down the IP addresses). Uninstall the previous ver. Of Bcom...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Thu, Oct 22 2009
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  • Sage Line 50 2010 - "The Data Area Passed to a system call" part 2 - Amyuni Driver Update

    Remember this post? Well, after working hard with the development team over at Sage, it seems that the issue is with the version of the Amyuni PDF driver that ships with Sage Line 50 2010. It does not like Windows 7 at all. The good news is that Sage now know about the problem, and the fix is to upgrade...
    Posted to Nick Whittome - The Naked MVP by Nick Whittome on Tue, Oct 20 2009
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  • Logmein Sneaky Moves (again)

    Well, I just blew a fuse. It seems to me that there is no route back with logmein, and they have no interest in listening to their users. The only answer I can see is to cancel any paid for services with them. My post may be deleted on their forum, so here is what I wrote: “I just lost it with...
    Posted to Nick Whittome - The Naked MVP by Nick Whittome on Thu, Sep 24 2009
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  • "iTunes has stopped working"

    Apple - Support - Discussions - "iTunes has stopped working" on ...: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10194773 A Solution to the "iTunes has stopped working" Problem on Vista « Avoiding the Chasm: http://vextasy.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/a-solution-to-the-itunes...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Sun, Sep 13 2009
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  • One disappointment in Snow Leopard

    ..that I hoped that Mac would finally showcase that they'd grown up was the image of what the Windows desktops and servers look like on the network: (image from http://twitter.com/mikkohypponen/statuses/3783709301 ) Yup as I can attest to myself.. they still have a bsod as an image. I rarely, if...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Sat, Sep 5 2009
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  • The balance of security and usability

    Microsoft makes progress with the security of their products but will not put security first - Security Park news: http://www.securitypark.co.uk/security_article263444.html The problem is that Microsoft are not providing management around the XP mode virtual machine (VM). This creates the potential for...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Thu, Aug 13 2009
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  • Start selling Home and Student Edition

    Next time you sell a software license, just sign them up for Action pack. Seriously. This whole bit doing the right thing and buying proper licenses is just ridiculous. In fact, just grab all the software you want from Bittorrent. If you are getting your client to pay for software, and you aren't...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Fri, Aug 7 2009
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  • Windows 7 and Line of Business

    Windows 7 Compatibility with Lacerte products: http://ptknova.intuit.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb1057761&sliceId=1 Windows 7 Compatibility with Lacerte products Situation As of July 28th, 2009 Windows 7's release date as stipulated on Microsoft's website is October 22nd, 2009...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Thu, Aug 6 2009
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  • I need your help

    www.banthecheck.com I need your help. If you see a workstation that gets an update to Sun Java and gets the offer to install Carbonate backup software, can you grab a screenshot in MSPaint, save it as a bitmap file and email it to me at susan-at-msmvps.com? http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/blogs/mowgreen...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Thu, Aug 6 2009
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  • Beta testers prayer

    Bill (or Steve or Ray), grant me the serentity to accept the things that cannot change due to change in technology; the courage to bug the things I can get changed; and the wisdom to know the difference.... oh and some patience to deal with Connect. Mind you I'm probably in a mood tonight because...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Mon, Aug 3 2009
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  • Ban the Check

    Dear Mr. Jobs, Glad you are feeling better and back to work. Thanks for rushing out the iPhone patch for the Blackhat issue that was just announced this week. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 Kudos for getting a patch out that fast. Bet ol' Ballmer couldn't patch his phone platform that fast...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Fri, Jul 31 2009
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  • I didn't want to add my opinion to the original announcement....

    The Official SBS Blog : Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP2 installation is blocked on Windows SBS 2008: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2009/07/30/microsoft-exchange-2007-sp2-installation-is-blocked-on-windows-sbs-2008.aspx Important update: Installing Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP2 on Windows Small Business...
    Posted to THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA by bradley on Thu, Jul 30 2009
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