May 2007 - Posts
Tips For Getting Started With Sequencing - From the SoftGrid Team Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/softgrid/archive/2007/05/24/tips-for-getting-started-with-sequencing.aspx If you're new to SoftGrid or just new to sequencing (packaging applications), here are a few tips that should help you avoid some time consuming issues: Familiarize yourself with any application you plan to sequence. You also need to be familiar with how users will interact with the application. If...
Windows XP SP3 later this year!!
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/may07/05-21MSJuniperPR.mspx "Microsoft is announcing that Windows Vista supports this protocol today and Windows Server ® 2008 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) will support it as well later this year. The Juniper Networks UAC solution is expected to support the new TNC standard in the first half of 2008."
The Windows Vista and Windows "Longhorn" Server Developer Story: Application Compatibility Cookbook
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480152.aspx
Testing Paste from Word
Ok there have been so many questions about these updates that I decided that I should contact my TAM (Thanks John [answers in red]). After having a second TAM add his 2 cents (Thanks Scott [answers in green]) here is what we came up with. There seems to be mass confusion on the net because of this update. Apparently there have been issues with SVCHOST toping the CPU at 100%. I have experienced this...
Automating SMS 2003 Secondary Site installations
Taken directly from : http://blogs.technet.com/alipka/archive/2007/05/21/automating-sms-2003-secondary-site-installations.aspx A very good write up posted at the above link (also copied below) ********************************************* I've been a bit quiet lately on my blog. I regret it, but I hope to come back with some good content in the following weeks. What I found out with SMS 2003 production...
New Blog Theme
I like it, but then again I don't like it.
Blog Files are available again
Since Community Server 2007, the downloads from the blogs have been unavailable. However, they are now available. Sorry for any issues this might have caused.
Community Server upgraded to SP1
POWERSHELL ANALYZER RC1 RELEASED
http://powershellanalyzer.com/ PowerShell Analyzer is a rich interactive environment for Windows PowerShell. Its goal is to be the PowerShell host of choice for IT professionals and system administrators. It has all the typical editor and IDE functionality that you would expect when working on a modern language, but it focuses on the real time interactive experience as if you were at the console, helping...
Simplify Group Policy Administration with Windows PowerShell
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/05/GroupPolicy/default.aspx
$10k hack challenge winner says Vista's code more secure than Mac's
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9018138&pageNumber=1 April 27, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Dino Dai Zovi , the New York-based security researcher who took home $10,000 in a highly-publicized MacBook Pro hijack on April 20, has been at the center of a week's worth of controversy about the security of Apple Inc. 's operating system. In an...
On Tuesday 8 May 2007 Microsoft is planning to release:
On Tuesday 8 May 2007 Microsoft is planning to release: Security Updates • Two Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. • Three Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Office. The highest Maximum Severity...
