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User Group Survey
Thursday, October 30, 2008 10:02 AM

At last week’s user group meeting, I hand out a quick survey of the event and what topic we should do next. The results are fairly interesting: Take more that 10 minutes to write a survey and have someone else proof read it. (Foot) :-) The session content applied to everyone The session was not too technical Most people don’t care about if we server food Some... Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: User Groups, Study group, Training, Windows 2008, Ottawa, SCVMM, Windows 2003

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...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: Virtual Server , ConfigMGr, SMS, OpsMgr, MS Support, Windows 2008, System Center, SCMDM, SCSM, SCE, SCVMM, Windows 2003, Hyper-v

Tool of the Day – Quest Object Restore for Active Directory
Friday, September 12, 2008 8:38 AM

This is another tool that found out about by studying for 70-640/649   Recovering Deleted Objects in Active Directory Restoring deleted objects and information in Active Directory can be a manual and time-consuming task. Native backup and recovery utilities require intense involvement by the administrator, knowledge of what objects were deleted or affected... Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: Windows 2008, Windows 2003

Free Exam Stuff
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:48 AM

There is lots of legal study material out there. Here is just is some of it. Yes, in some cases you do have to sign up to get access to the free stuff but what do you expect these companies do need to make a living too. BTW if you want to confirm that website is selling or promoting legal material, I recommend that you use CertGuard to confirm the source. http... Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: Study group, Training, Windows 2008, self-study, exam, Windows 2003

Self-Study group 70-299,640,642, & 643
Monday, August 25, 2008 12:09 PM

The OWSUG Self-study group exam review sessions have been posted. Space is very limited, please book only for the session you will attending and have already reviewed the material ! These sessions assume that you have reviewed the matter and will be only answering questions that you might have. Location: CTE Solutions Inc. 11 Holland Avenue, Suite 100 Ottawa... Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: Study group, 70-299, 70-640, 70-643, EnergizeIT, 70-642, Training, Windows 2008, self-study, exam, Windows 2003

Tool of the Day- Microsoft Group Policy Diagnostic Best Practice Analyzer
Saturday, August 09, 2008 8:44 AM

I found this tidbit while studying for the 70-640/649 exam. You can use the Microsoft Group Policy Diagnostic Best Practice Analyzer (GPDBPA) tool to collect data about an environment's Group Policy configuration. For example, you can use this tool to analyze a Group Policy configuration for the following purposes: To search for common configuration errors... Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: Windows 2008, Windows 2003

Q&As
Saturday, August 02, 2008 12:14 PM

70-298 Well all questions have be pre-posted and September 22nd will be the last Q&A for 70-298 exam. 70-640 I will continue to post the weekly Q&As for 70-640 and the last Q&A will be posted on Oct 17th. Remember that the exam review session are Oct. 20th and 27th and I will be leading those sessions. 70-649 Sometime this LONG weekend, I will start... Read More...

by Garth Jones

Filed under: Study group, 70-640, EnergizeIT, Training, Windows 2008, self-study, exam, Q&A, Q&A, 70-298, Windows 2003, 70-649