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July 31, 2006
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Community Notes
MMS 2006 DVD now available for purchase for Non-Attendees
The DVD for MMS 2006 is finally available for purchase at the Microsoft Event Store. Those that didn’t attend MMS 2006 this year, can still get the value of viewing the sessions and hearing the great content provided at the event.
The price for non-attendees is $250.00.
In addition, for those that did attend this year, there’s a link where you can purchase additional copies and receive the attendee discount.
MMS 2006 DVD
Online Certification Study Groups - hosted by Microsoft and myITforum.com
We alluded to this the other day, that there was something special coming down the path for the myITforum.com community. Well, today we can announce it a little more formally, with more information coming as the details are ironed out.
Very soon (during the next couple weeks) we will be hosting online “Study Groups” for Microsoft certification tests. This has not really been done before, so we’re pretty excited. You will be able to spend time with your peers, studying and scrutinizing the Microsoft exams together. No need to pay for training classes or grabbing huge, 3rd party training materials. It will all be free, filtered through myITforum.com.
What this entails is a login to LiveMeeting with all the bells and whistles just like a regular Microsoft WebCast, except you all will be able to participate.
The best part, is that if you cannot work around your schedule to attend, it will be recorded and provided as a PodCast on the myITforum.com site so you can still listen in your car, on the weekends, in bed, or wherever!
More information will be coming, so keep watching this space.
myITforum.com Poll: SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU)
Have you noticed the advantages of ITMU over the old SMS patchinstaller tool?
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Today's Articles
SMS 2003, SMS 2.0
SMS Administrators Console User Interface Log File
by Don Hite - 7/31/2006
SMS Administrators Console User Interface Log File
Scripting
Retrieving Dynamic Link Library Version Information From A Remote Machine
by Don Hite - 7/31/2006
Use the following Vbs script to get the file name, manufacturer and version of a .Dll (or any other file for that matter) file from a remote machine.
SQL Server
The SQL Server 2005 Tools Menu
by Don Hite - 7/31/2006
Depending on how you installed SQL server 2005 you may have some or all of the following “Microsoft SQL Server 2005” program group menu shortcuts.
Miscellaneous
MMS 2006 DVD now available for purchase for Non-Attendees
by Rod Trent - 7/31/2006
The DVD for MMS 2006 is finally available for purchase at the Microsoft Event Store.
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Today's Certification Question
From Anthony Clendenen's Web blog:
SMS 2003 Certification - Example Questions and Answers - Day Three
3. You have been hired to migrate a SMS site to SMS 2003 SP1. They are currently running SMS 2.0 SP3, all the servers are running Windows 2003 and all workstations are running Windows XP Pro. You need to test specific upgrade tasks before upgrading to SMS 2003 SP1 in the production environment. What task should you avoid performing in a production environment?
A. Installing IIS
B. Upgrading to SMS 2.0 SP4
C. Running the Deployment Readiness Wizard
D. Running setup.exe /testdbupgrade SMS_<site code>
The answer to Friday's question is B and C. SQL and Windows need to be upgraded for Advanced Security.
Click here to read Friday's question again...
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Today in the Forums
Windows Server
Moving DFS root to new server??
SMS 2003
RE: Monitor Serial Retrieval and laptops
SMS Feature Packs
RE: Problem getting started with OSD
SQL Server
RE: Auditing priveledged access in SQL 2000
Breaking Virus & Security News
Firnavo.Exploit - Exploits Firefox 1.5.0.4 and older
VB Script
script or batch file for odbc connection
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Today's Site Downloads
BETA 1 of KiXtart 2010 4.53 rodtrent Scripting 7/31/2006 244.4 kb
See KIX2010.TXT for more detail on the enhancements.
Download...
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Today's Web blog Posts
ITMU Scans Cause 100% CPU Usage - UPDATED
This issue has been generating a lot of attention, in the SMS mailing list, from mails I've received and within Microsoft itself. I've been working with HP support and Microsoft to find a resolution and it now seems clear that this is not a bug with...
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Loading a new toolbar for MS Outlook increases load times dramatically
I have 3 toolbars loaded in MS Outlook: NewsGator, Windows Live Search, and Skype. Every time I load a new toolbar, it increases MS Outlook’s initial load time by at least 10 seconds. So, yes, MS Outlook takes a looonnnggg time...
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Today's Industry News
PortalPlayer Making a Comeback (The Motley Fool)
The Motley Fool - It hurts when a friend stabs you in the back. PortalPlayer (Nasdaq: PLAY - News) had planned to lean on revenues from Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) for the rest of the year, as it had ...
Voodoo goes Core 2 with Omen i:121 Extreme - engadget
Techtree.comVoodoo goes Core 2 with Omen i:121 Extremeengadget - 51 minutes agoWith Alienware having just added Core 2 Duo options to its Area-51 7500 desktop, you didn't really think that ri...
Delayed shipments of Intel G965 chipset may interrupt Conroe's ... - DigiTimes
Techtree.comDelayed shipments of Intel G965 chipset may interrupt Conroe's ...DigiTimes - 5 hours agoOn July 27 when Intel announced its Core 2 Duo CPU lineup based on the Intel Core microarc...
Microsoft Dynamics Selected to Anchor Multimillion-Dollar IT Investment for Microwave Technology Firm Herley Industries
mcaConnect to implement Microsoft technology to help company achieve self-governance and financial performance goals. Microsoft Corp. today announced that Herley Industries Inc. of Lancaster...
Microsoft Guides Philadelphia Schools Through Adoption of Competency-Based Approach to Employee, Partner and Student Development
A newly developed Education Competency Wheel provides the Philadelphia School of the Future and other education institutions a standardized tool and practical guide to align stakeholders' skills with ...
WebTV founder touts new film and video animation (Reuters)
Reuters - Web-to-television pioneer Steve Perlman on Monday will unveil what he says is an animation breakthrough, creating "photo real" humans far quicker and cheaper than current technology.
Stringer, Reviving Sony, Seeks to Avoid PlayStation 3 Failure - Bloomberg
bit-tech.netStringer, Reviving Sony, Seeks to Avoid PlayStation 3 FailureBloomberg - 13 hours agoSony Corp. Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer, who last week delivered his third consecutive ...
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Operations Guide updated
The administering portion of this guide provides Active Directory service administrators with rationale and step-by-step instructions for managing all aspects of domain controller confi...
Behind Al-Qaeda's I.T. Department...
there are real people, in real space, maintaining what is, in effect, al-Qaeda's I.T. department. Last October, the most important member of that group so far -- the man who has been called "the Godfa...
CNN Asks Audience For Help with User Generated Content
Another company has jumped on the user generated content bandwagon. "As part of an effort to incorporate more user-generated content in its news reports, CNN said Monday that it has created a Web sit...
TiVo 80 Hour Series2 DVR for $83.40 with Box and 1 Year of Service
TiVo is having a promotion where for $83.40 you get the 80 hour box with a full year of service. You can also get the 80 hour dual tuner box with 1 year of service for only $155.40. This is a great ...
China shuts blog by Tibetan author that wished Dalai Lama happy birthday (AFP)
AFP - China has shut down a popular blog by a Tibetan author after she wrote birthday wishes for the Dalai Lama and touched on other sensitive topics, the writer and a website operator told AFP.
Dolby to offer 3-D cinema with Infitec technology (Reuters)
Reuters - Dolby Laboratories , best known for its movie theater surround-sound systems, on Monday said it has teamed up with German virtual reality company Infitec GmbH to develop a three-dimension...
Microsoft Upgrade Planning for Windows Vista
You can upgrade from your current edition of Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 to a corresponding or better edition of Windows Vista by purchasing and installing an upgrade copy of Windows Vista. D...
EMusic's pitch: Download song - and own it (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - LOS ANGELES - The smash success of Apple's iPod is paying huge dividends for a less-well-known music industry player, online retailer eMusic. Like Napster and Rhapsody, eMusic is a su...
HP buys CIO access with Mercury deal (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Why did Hewlett-Packard plunk down $4.5 billion for Mercury Interactive? Two words: Adaptive. Enterprise.
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Today's Job Postings
SMS Support Specialist (Permanent)
Manitoba Hydro (http://www.hydro.mb.ca/) has an opening for an SMS Support Specialist III. Primary responsibilities include maintaining SMS clients, application deployments (msi, Wise, SMSInstaller), developing OSD image packages. Direct candidates only please; no recruiters.
For more information please visit: http://smsug.ca/cs/forums/thread/48.aspx
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Today's Fun Click
Big Pit
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