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Matt Johnson's Technical Adventures

One server at a time.

May 2007 - Posts

Using a RDP added printer in DOS mode applications
I have a client where he manages his invoicing software that is a DOS-based application remotely from one of his other locations. He needed to print to a local printer at the site he is at form a machine that he is remotely connected to. The problem arises Read More...
Steve Jobs & Bill Gates Interview.
This is quite interesting as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are on the same stage together. Read More...
Link: Basic Debugging of an Application Crash
The Microsoft Performance Team has released a basic guide to debugging an application crash. This is a great way to troubleshoot crashes and have a close to exact reason on why it happened. Basic Debugging of an Application Crash ASKPERF - Ask the Microsoft Read More...
WSUS 2.0 to WSUS 3.0 on SBS Follow Up
So it turns out that Sharepoint wasn't broken. It happens to be that around the time that I upgrade from WSUS 2.0 to WSUS 3.0, I moved the location of this server. The person who moved it changed the IP address of the server, but also changed the DNS Read More...
Naming a product... the Microsoft way
Kind of funny if you ask me. Read More...
Managing Symantec Antivirus via Symantec System Center
One of the things that bug me about my job in general is having to manually perform tasks over and over. Managing Symantec Antivirus is one of those things that I love to make easier to manage. Unfortunately, the Windows XP firewall causes all sorts of Read More...
Not a huge MAC guy, but.....
I sort of enjoy those commercials they have been producing. Read More...
Waste of time.....
Want to waste some time. Try this addicting game. Site is in japaneese, but still a addicting game. http://ishi.blog2.fc2.com/blog-entry-211.html?new Read More...
Death of SBS?
http://smallbizthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/05/death-of-sbs.html Found this post on Chuck Palachuk's Small Biz blog. He is ranting about the support that SBS receives when you call PSS. I can relate to how the support is lack luster until you hit the North Read More...
When I meat a client for the first time....
and they have a server down, I should do this. How to make a ninja mask from a t-shirt. http://i14.tinypic.com/52f8i0o.jpg Read More...
Lets Go Red Wings!
Way to go Wings! Stepped it up when they needed too. Read More...
Ugrading SBS Sharepoint from MSDE to SQL 2005
Found this link while trying to resolve my post-WSUS issues. Seems straight forward. Probably will try this soon. http://www.smallbizserver.net/tabid/266/articleType/ArticleView/ArticleID/211/PageID/284/Default.aspx This allows you to add full-text search Read More...
Upgrading WSUS 2.0 to WSUS 3.0... ARGH!
Last night I decided to update my SBS R2 box to WSUS 3.0. All seemed to go fine. I followed the instructions from the SBS related WSUS whitepaper. I then browsed the new interface and looked at some of the new features. What I didn't relalize is that Read More...