December 2010 - Posts

• Screenshooter - sharing screengrabs easily

  I had this tool pointed out to me today by Paul, doesn't replace the Windows 7 snipping tool, but as a collaboration tool, it deserves to join the toolkit. It works by capturing a portion of your desktop, uploading the image to a server then hand you a shareable URL ... neat ... easy way to show someone what you're seeing ... http://screenshooter.net/ Posted Dec 29 2010, 08:04 PM by Robs Blog - MVP in the dark arts Filed under: screenshooter

• Video: ConfigMgr 2007 R3

  I did a quick (20 minute) video introducing the features of ConfigMgr 2007 R3. This video contains no audio, instead I use slides to pass on information and to break up the video in to sections covering each of the features. Play video ConfigMgr 2007 R3 from Rob on Vimeo. Play video  I short change you by not showing you the features such as Client Status Reporting and Forefront Security integration, as well as avoiding Power Management (I had no Power data to show you the reports). I didn't cover the R3 installation log (located in the %TEMP% directory), I don't show you the power management logging on the client, but pretty much everything else is in there. If you've not seen R3, just read about it, curious how it installs and shows up in the console, what you can do with it then check out this video as I cover all of this and more off.   Posted Dec 13 2010, 08:22 AM by Robs Blog - MVP in the dark arts Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, R3

• Bombing down the slope - Snowboarding

  Snowboarding down a slope at fun speeds :> (Not my own video!) http://vimeo.com/10508955 Love the little hops and jumps he does along the way ... can't wait to get on a board again, season is almost upon me Posted Dec 13 2010, 08:19 AM by Robs Blog - MVP in the dark arts

• Lotus Notes really sucks - hard

  I have to say this right now, as I'm constantly fighting this counter-intuitive piece of ... software I HATE LOTUS NOTES - IT REALLY DOES SUCK - IT IS LIKE USING COMPUSERVE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET - WHY WOULD ANY COMPANY STILL USE IT IN 2010? I am envious of Microsoft Outlook\Exchange users big time right now and how productive they can be with their mailbox ;-) Posted Dec 13 2010, 07:46 AM by Robs Blog - MVP in the dark arts Filed under: Hard, Sucks, Lotus Notes

• ConfigMgr 2007 now supports SQL 2008 SP2

  The System Center Configuration Manager Team blog released a November support announcement detailing support for SQL 2008 SP2: http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2010/12/08/configuration-manager-support-announcements-for-november-2010.aspx Download SQL 2008 SP2 from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=8fbfc1de-d25e-4790-88b5-7dda1f1d4e17 The ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 Supported Configurations page is being updated, here is the link for future reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee344146.aspx Posted Dec 09 2010, 07:52 AM by Robs Blog - MVP in the dark arts

• But not as we know it

  Quote from BBC News: The first organism able to substitute one of the six chemical elements crucial to life has been found. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11886943 Put simply it means it’s more likely that there life forms on other planets. Posted Dec 02 2010, 01:24 PM by Robs Blog - MVP in the dark arts

• It’s life Jim

  Something amazing is about to be announced by NASA regarding an astrobiology finding … Plenty of speculation here Posted Dec 02 2010, 01:19 PM by Robs Blog - MVP in the dark arts