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February 2005 - Posts
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In previous posts I've mentioned both the Microsoft at work and Microsoft at home microsites. Today I was directed to a new microsite - security at home , specifically the child safety online section. I'm not sure if the world is really any more dangerous Read More...
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A couple of nights back, I attended one of the Microsoft UK TechNet events . Not sure whether to attend John Howard's session on automating Windows Server Administration or Eileen Brown's Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Troubleshooting and Disaster Recovery Read More...
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I've seen a lot of press coverage over the last week or so about Microsoft's plans for Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0. One of the major gripes seems to be that it will require Windows XP service pack 2 (SP2). So what's wrong with that? One of the main reasons Read More...
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I'm sure that, from time to time, many Virtual PC users would find the ability to mount a virtual floppy disk (.VFD) file and directly access its contents (create, view, edit, rename or delete files, format the disk, or launch a program) useful. Well Read More...
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The running of legacy applications that cannot be ported to a modern operating system, in their own legacy environment, inside a virtual machine on a modern host operating system is often cited as one of the advantages of virtualisation. I have a slightly Read More...
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As security becomes ever more paramount and network administrators implement extra layers of security, including client PCs running personal firewall products, systems administrators and support staff need to know which ports and protocols Microsoft operating Read More...
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Self publication on the Internet has existed in various forms for many years, initially via newsgroups and then through the world wide web; however it is the rise of (we)blogging that has taken this to new levels, as software provides two key features: Read More...
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One of the technologies that I've been working with recently is IBM's Rescue and Recovery with Rapid Restore . Another of IBM's ThinkVantage technologies, this is provided free of charge with an IBM PC (and can can be licensed for other OEM's PC models). Read More...
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IBM's ThinkPad range of notebook PCs have always had some useful (and unusual) features in the detail (collectively dubbed as ThinkVantage technologies). For example, the ThinkPad T40 which I was using a few days back had a reading light built into the Read More...
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Another interesting piece in this week's IT Week was Neil Barrett's comment article entitled age-old tactics create PC security . Prior to reading this, I had not quite grasped the principles that constitute multiple factor security identification - Barrett's Read More...
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Last week, I wrote a post about technology's role in the demise of the English language and I was interested to read about the "correct" spelling of e-mail in this week's IT Week . It seems that by popular usage today, email is 10 times more common than Read More...
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After a few weeks developing my unattended PC build using physical PCs, today I needed to deploy a virtual PC (VPC). It should be simple to boot a VPC to a Remote Installation Services (RIS) server and apply an image as normal, but in case anyone else Read More...
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As part of the ongoing development of my unattended Windows XP build , I need to install core applications without any user intervention. Anybody who has attempted any form of application packaging will know that it is something of a black art and whilst Read More...
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Until fairly recently, Exchange was my main area of technical expertise, but since I joined Conchango , I've been working in other areas and my Exchange skills have become a little rusty. That was until a couple of nights back, when I attended a Microsoft Read More...
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Until I started to look at the Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment (Enterprise Edition) , which makes use of the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Operating System Deployment Feature Pack , I had no experience of Read More...
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Last week, I spent three days learning about the Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment (BDD). According to Microsoft: "The Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment delivers end-to-end guidance for efficient Read More...
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The English language is dying. I know that languages evolve over time and that change is inevitable, but I would say the vast majority of people in England do not write (or even speak) good English. Witness the number of signs with mis-placed apostrophes Read More...
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Following Microsoft's recent foray into the anti-spyware market and ending months of speculation, Microsoft announced today that it is to attack another form of malware through its purchase of Sybari Software . Whether anti-virus technologies will be Read More...
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A couple of months back, my colleague James Simmonds wrote about a free Microsoft Office SMS Add-in (MOSA) which allows the sending (but not receipt) of text messages from within the Outlook 2003 client (in this context, SMS is Short Message Service - Read More...
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By default, Windows XP installs English (United States) as the input language. It is possible to add other languages, for example English (United Kingdom), but if you try to remove English (United States) you are prompted that it is in use and will be Read More...
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One of my favourite features in .Text (the blogging engine used by the Conchango blogging community ) is ieSpell - a spell checker for Internet Explorer. ieSpell is a free (for non-commercial use) Internet Explorer browser extension which can be used Read More...
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A few months back I wrote about the Microsoft At Work microsite and its advice for maintaining your computer at work . It may be a little high level - but it is aimed at end users and that in itself is good because we techies are generally not too good Read More...
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Windows Update Services (WUS) is the new name for Software Update Services (SUS). Except it might not be. Last week, Thomas Lee (who is well placed to comment on such things, being both a Microsoft Regional Director and an MVP ) quite rightly pointed Read More...
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I know that it is just a logical evolution of the humble USB flash drive and the decreasing cost of biometric security (even my local gym uses a fingerprint reader now for members to sign in and out) but last week Thomas Lee showed me the Trek ThumbDrive Read More...
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A couple of weeks back, I was at a Microsoft TechNet UK event , where the topic was New features of Windows Server 2003 Active Directory, presented by John Howard , IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft UK. I've been working with Active Directory (AD) since the Read More...
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According to Microsoft "SQL Server Express is a version of SQL Server 2005 designed to helps developers build robust and reliable applications by providing a powerful database that is also free and easy to use." I know nothing about SQL Server, except Read More...
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I just came across a top tip on the Microsoft website to stop spammers from verifying your e-mail address using a read/delivery receipt . Basically, it involves enabling the tracking option to "ask me before sending a response". That way you can tell Read More...
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I've decided that the notebook PC that I use for work must have been built on a Friday afternoon (or a Monday morning). Over the last five months it has had a replacement motherboard (3 weeks, 4 engineer visits, 2 no-shows before the PC was fixed), a Read More...
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Anti-trust laws are supposed to protect consumers from monopolistic companies. As such, it is hardly surprising that Microsoft regularly finds itself in court facing yet another anti-trust suit, but the latest move by the US government concerns me greatly. Read More...
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