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2010 myITforum Donation
Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:39 PM
With the start of a new year, it is that time again to support the System Management Community, with that in mind I have made my yearly donation of $250 USD to MyITForum (MIF). Why do I do it? Well as a past User Group leader for www.OWSUG.ca , I know how much it cost to host a small user group community. OWSUG is small in comparison to MIF! Our network traffic... Read More...
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Making the World Safer
Friday, November 27, 2009 9:30 AM
Yesterday, I receive the typical spam message and every so often I go to the website just checking out the phishing site and to see how bad their really are!   Yesterday I went off to the SPAMMER website and was surprised that I found that the site was not blocked but IE! It look like the normal bank site.   Anyways I was trying to remember how to report... Read More...
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TechDays 2009 Discount Code
Saturday, June 20, 2009 12:33 PM
This fall, TechDays returns with more deep technical training on the very latest Microsoft technologies, and I’m excited to be able to offer you a special VIP price of just $249 until July 1. After July 1st the early bird price will be $299. Don’t miss this chance to build your skills and share — Reference this code TDUGVIP and you can buy your tickets now and... Read More...
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More System Center Training
Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:38 AM
I’m a little behind in reading some of my RSS feeds, anyways here are few more “free” training / “On Demand Web Seminar” that might interest you. TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft does IT: Using Virtualization with Hyper-V to Deploy System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (Level 300) On Demand Web Seminar   TechNet Webcast: Developing Custom Reports and Operational... Read More...
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Training : How Microsoft does IT: Using Local Policies to Solve Complex System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Client Challenges
Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:32 AM
  I saw this note come from “ Microsoft Canada Technology Partner Training ” RSS Feed. Since I have not seen anyone else post a not about this training I thought that I would.   “Any organization can have special-case scenarios where some clients must be managed differently. For example, software distributions or agent cycles may require special scheduling... Read More...
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Forum / Mailing list / Newsgroup Etiquette
Monday, June 01, 2009 10:40 AM
Since I have not seen anyone else post this to their blog I will. There is some good advices listed within these links for everyone. How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 How to answer a question http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/freebsd-questions/x218.html   I will also add to this : Don’t “Bump”, if you need to bring the message... Read More...
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$300,000 worth of training
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:36 PM
CTE Solutions , (Yes, the same training center that helps out with both the User & Study Groups) will donate $300,000 worth of training to recently laid off tech workers in Ottawa, equating to around 150 participants to be instructed over the coming summer months. CTE Solutions was founded seven years ago during the depths of the last tech wreck, after its... Read More...
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June 3rd 2009 User Group Meeting
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 1:52 PM
Topic: Windows 7 Security Tidbits & Understanding and Preventing Insider Threat Description: Windows 7 Security Tidbits - Windows 7 is coming and the boss is asking you about all those new security features. Perhaps you've heard some buzz about AppLocker? What’s this about DirectAccess connecting securely to your corporate network without a VPN? ... Read More...
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Groove not so Groovy!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:38 PM
So I am add Groove to my current laptop. Groove, as part of its setup, ask the question do you have a Groove account I say yes, since I had one on my old laptop. I follow the prompts, anyway this is what I get, depending on what I pick. Now the problem here is I have formatted my old laptop a long time ago, so there is no way to get this data back. Even better... Read More...
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Configuration Manager 2007 Help File Update Wizard - Dec 2008
Friday, January 30, 2009 7:13 PM
The CHM file (help file) has been updated, download it from here. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=71816b0f-de06-40e0-bce7-ad4b1e4377bb&displaylang=en Thanks you Docs Team!!! :-) Read More...
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myITForum Donation
Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:23 AM
With the start of a new year, it is that time again to support the System Management Community, with that in mind I have made my yearly donation to MyITForum (MIF). Why do I do it? Well as a User Group leader for www.OWSUG.ca , I know how much it cost to host a small user group community. OWSUG is extremely small compared to MIF! Our network traffic is nothing... Read More...
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Me Too, my Zune is dead!!!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 5:42 PM
Hum now I will wait a few days to see what the deal is but I'm glad I did buy one for my wife! I wonder how MS will deal with this situation! For more deals, see Chris' post. http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/cstauffer/archive/2008/12/31/dead-zune-30.aspx or the Zune Support site. http://www.zune.net/en-US/support/default.htm Read More...
by Garth Jones
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Ports Used by Configuration Manager
Friday, December 05, 2008 11:35 AM
I was looking up information about ports used by ConfigMgr and notice that the article has been updated. The content is now dated Dec 1 2008, so this means that something is new. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/bb632618.aspx Here is a list of other things that have changed too. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/dd252743.aspx Read More...
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Job posting
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 3:47 PM
Make sure that you stop by the OWSUG Job forums. There have been 10 new posting within the last month with more that half of them for Microsoft! Read More...
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Tip of the Day!!! How to make CHM files readable!
Monday, October 20, 2008 1:46 PM
How to fix the font issue with CHM files!!!! This has been bugging me for a while so much so that I begged one of the docs team member to help me fix the issue!!! Notice that the text above is unreadable!!!! Fix: 1. From the CHM Menu click Options 2. Click Internet Options 3. From Internet Options window click Accessibility button 4. Check box Ignore font size... Read More...
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