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The Last Hope Talks Released
If you are like me and didn’t get the chance to go to The Last Hope (The conference put on by 2600 Magazine.), you can now download the talks in .MP3 format. http://www.thelasthope.org/talks.html I am a huge fan of 2600 and have been reading it for years. Read More...
Best Cake Ever
Kind of wish my wife saw this before we got married. Cool Cake! Read More...
Microsoft goes completely Prometric
From the MCP Flash e-Newsletter: Microsoft Learning Announces Prometric as Exam Delivery Provider (Worldwide) We're pleased to announce that Prometric will be the exam delivery provider for Microsoft professional certification and Microsoft Dynamics exams. Read More...
You know your problem is quite large when....
You know your problem is quite large when you call Microsoft Support and you get people from 5 different support departments on the same call. Lots of fun! Read More...
Virtual PC 2007 Available
A decent alternative to VMWare was releasedtoday. Although most people are using Virtual Server or VMWare server, this isn't a bad workstation virtualization software. Some of what's new: Vista support (Both Host and Guest) Vista x64 Support Performance Read More...
Microsoft Product Support Lifecycle Search
This is probably already a popular or known link. I found this link while gathering information for a client. This link gives you the availablity date, mainstream support retired date, extended support retired date and the service pack retired date. You Read More...
Blocking DOS Attacks
Steve Riley posted, on July 10th, an interesting post about Blocking DOS Attacks at the router. These six simple rules are easy to add to your router to help deflect DOS Attacks. I have added this to the router at the start of my development network and Read More...
It's been a long time....
It has been a long time since I last posted, almost 2 months. Things have been insanely busy. With Work (Several emergency responses), planning a wedding and general daily stuff, I haven’t had the time to post. Today starts a new round of postings. I Read More...
Vista is delayed.... again
Not that I mind if it is really due to security concerns as well as some other concerns. CNN Article Read More...
Linux Live CDs
I don't know about you but I keep live cds in my tool kit. They are a useful tool to explore drives, test equiptment, make a temporary firewall, and much more. The author on Darknet has posted the 10 Best Live CD Distros . I happen to keep 7 out of the Read More...
You can start listening now.....
This is the first post in my blog to get this going. Here you will find Active Directory, Exchange, SBS, Scripting, and oh so much more. Sit back and enjoy the ride. Read More...