Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all didn't feel as bad as I did this morning after staying up way too late and partying just a little too much. But on the up side, I was greeted to a nice email in my inbox this morning informing me that I was re-up'd as a Group Policy MVP for another year. MVP status is cool but the best part about it ...

As 2006 winds down, I’m loathe to be like everyone else and reflect on the past year and wallow in the glow of yet another year gone by.  Why? Because there is so much I haven’t done and I feel like I’m slipping further behind, that’s why. As an example, this blog: I have not updated this blog with witty, insightful or ...

Wouldn't it be nice to get rid of WINS in your environment? But have you stopped to think about why that would be a nice thing? Could it be because of the years of plaque-like build up of erroneous records in your WINS databases? Is it because of the many people with varied thoughts and ideas that have "owned" WINS in your company ...

What’s in a name?  That famous question makes me wonder if names are really very meaningful or even interesting. Names sure are important to the proper working of networked devices. No getting around it, you must have solid working name resolution if you expect to have a working implementation of <insert your application or service ...