Rob Marshall @ MyItForum.com

Configuration Manager 2007 SDK (V4.0) - Part 2

Robs Blog — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:04:00 GMT

Doh, had to correct a URL in my previous post The Configuration Manager 2007 SDK link on http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/default.mspx is still pointing at an invalid address ... pinged customer services to let them know, but doubt i'm the first...(read more)

Configuration Manager 2007 SDK (V4.0)

Robs Blog — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:33:00 GMT

I noticed that the Configuration Manager SDK link that is shown on www.microsoft.com/smservice is turning up a page not found, it points to http://mscompub/dmt/dialogs/preview/preview.aspx?d=preview&user=deniselr&familyid=064a995f-ef13-4200-81ad...(read more)

Microsoft Team - In the 70's

Robs Blog — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:02:00 GMT

Classic, check out Bill Gates and his homies back in the 70's , contrasted with a picture of them now (2008) With Bill taking the Microsoft off-ramp, and heading off in to the sunset over a 2 year period, Microsoft will definately become a different...(read more)

SCCM2007 - Exam

Robs Blog — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:52:00 GMT

I passed the 70-401 - Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 exam yesterday (13th June 2008). Wasn't as easy as the SMS2003 exam I have to admit. But, I passed with a score high enough to make me buzz all day. I found some of the questions...(read more)

Jeff Hawkins: More of ...

Robs Blog — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:44:00 GMT

I recently posted about Jeff Hawkins , and I got a comment back from Ginger Campbell from the Brain science podcast website , pointing me at a recent interview he did with Jeff. Thanks for showing me this Ginger. Episode 38 of the Brain Science Podcast...(read more)

WMUG Site Poll: SCCM in Mixed or Native mode

Robs Blog — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:16:00 GMT

I've just put up a poll on the WMUG website, i'm trying to gauge how many people will go for a Native mode implementation of SCCM. WMUG SCCM Mixed or Native mode Poll Apologies but the site is not setup for anonymous posting (spambots and trolls...(read more)

o2 - iPhone deals

Robs Blog — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:31:00 GMT

Now that the iPhone 2.0 (3G) has been announced, the UK o2 network are texting their iPhone customers about the arrival of the iPhone 2.0 and the packages they are offering . Good news for existing higher-tariff iPhone customers, the upgrade is free,...(read more)

3G Iphone announced @ WWDC 2008

Robs Blog — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:02:00 GMT

iPhone 3G (and GPS!) confirmed by Jobs at WWDC 2008...(read more)

Jobs and his Phones

Robs Blog — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:37:00 GMT

The sold out Worldwide Developer Conference kicks off today, with a key note presentation from the CEO Steve Jobs. Rumour has it that Jobs will be announcing the next generation iPhone . I'm interested but not driven by this to be honest. The iPhone...(read more)

Jeff Hawkins: Brain science is about to fundamentally change computing

Robs Blog — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:15:00 GMT

Jeff Hawkins covers a lot in this 20 minute video, defining a brain theory that's easy to understand and, in my opinion, the most interesting rendition of how the brain functions that i've ever heard. He defines us as Prediction Machines, check...(read more)

WMUG Event - 12th May - Microsoft Reading Campus

Robs Blog — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:58:00 GMT

Yesterday evening, the latest WMUG event took place at the Microsoft Reading Campus. We had a great turnout, lots of questions asked of the MS Speaker (Paul Collins) who overviewed the System Center product range, and Gordon Mckenna who as usual, spent...(read more)

WorldWide Telescope

Robs Blog — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:35:00 GMT

Well, Cliff Hobbs has beat me to the post on the announcement that HP have snapped up EDS. Fair enough, considering Cliff works at EDS; It would have felt bad stealing his thunder so to speak ;-) So instead here's something I found today, Microsoft...(read more)

Amazing data recovery of Columbia HDD

Robs Blog — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:24:00 GMT

Data Recovered From Space Shuttle Columbia HDD More pictures of the HDD's with the platters showing ;-) Good news around a sad subject. But an amazing data recovery that led to completion of a physics experiment. This may be showing up on MyITForum...(read more)

Review of Snowsoft Snow Inventory tool

Robs Blog — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:16:00 GMT

Managing, and collecting Asset information is a very important process for any business, small or large. And to get that job done, there are quite a few tools to choose from. Here I’m focusing on a product from Snowsoft called Snow Inventory to do the...(read more)

SMS2003 - How to easily create reports - For reporting first-timers and the like

Robs Blog — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:14:00 GMT

I was pondering (like you do) how accessible report creation is in SMS2003. It requires a few skills to be under-your-belt (SQL, SQL tools, areas in SMS) before you can master this subject enough to produce quality reports. And, well I was taught (back...(read more)

SMS2003, creating an Advertisement with a single assignment

Robs Blog — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:40:00 GMT

A collegue of mine spent hours researching how to create a simple advertisement assignment. He was using the SDK in VBScript and was frustrated at the lack of easy-to-digest information out there. He'd arrived at MSDN, Technet, poured over the SMS2003...(read more)

Sir Arthur C Clarke moves on to Moon-Base-Alpha

Robs Blog — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:08:00 GMT

Sad to hear, but Sir Arthur C Clarke has passed away at the grand old age of 90. He wanted to be remembered as a "writer", rather for the myriad of other things he's got up to in his life-time. And that's how I'll always remember...(read more)

Robots - All you need to see to know they will walk amongst us soon!

Robs Blog — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:44:00 GMT

This is just the most amazing tech-demo of a functional walking robot i've ever seen. Boston Dynamics have produced a quad-legged robot called "The Dog". It trashes the kit coming out of china\japan, which are usually just a calculator in...(read more)

Does it blend?

Robs Blog — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:20:00 GMT

In my iPhone not-a-review-but-kind-of-like-one , I said I'd blend my iPhone if Apple divorce the Generation 1 model from future firmware releases (due to Generation 2 iPhones about to come to market) ... well here's a list of things that Tom Dickson...(read more)

10 Virtual tools you should (have at least heard of) know

Robs Blog — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:31:00 GMT

Baseline Mag has put up an interesting top 10 list of VM tools , that, for a virtual engineer you should know about. It's always a good idea to know the competing products and some of the third party add-ons\tools that are out there. Some of the stuff...(read more)

Microsoft must pay $1.4bn to EU

Robs Blog — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:57:00 GMT

Oh man! What a day for Microsoft!!! The European Commission has fined US computer giant Microsoft for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour 1.4 Billion! try saying that with a finger in your mouth in true Dr Evil (Austin Powers...(read more)

Almost an iPhone review ...

Robs Blog — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:56:00 GMT

A couple of weeks back my cell phones contract was coming to an end, and I had a choice between getting a new handset and extending the contract, or going all out and buying the (£320+) iPhone with a new 18 month contract, while retaining my mobile number...(read more)

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (KB937287) issues

Robs Blog — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:46:00 GMT

Seems Vista SP1 is causing a few headaches , so Microsoft have suspended it's download until they can iron out the issues and get it stable. It's suppose to only be a small percentage of users impacted, so a lot of us wouldn't have become...(read more)

What are the 14 greatest engineering challenges for the 21st century?

Robs Blog — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:29:00 GMT

Interesting article on the 14 greatest engineering challenges of the 21st Century Wonder how many of these will be put on the back-burner for the 22nd Century Secure Cyberspace sounds ominious ... Bring on that Virtual Reality! Talking of which I tried...(read more)

Holiday all over ...

Robs Blog — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:41:00 GMT

Well, pretty much back in to my routine with the Maldives (Meedhupparu) becoming more and more of a distant memory ... Such an amazing holiday. No internet for 7 whole days, no newspapers or TV. Just dedicated to chilling out, diving, eating, suntanning...(read more)

SMS2003: Script to change SDK Site Control File Delta on remote SMS Site server

Robs Blog — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:11:00 GMT

Folks, Wrote another little VBScript , this one to change the SDK Site Control File delta value on a remote SMS Site server. This script affects the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\COMPONENTS\SMS_SITE_CONTROL_MANAGER\Sites section of the Registry...(read more)

Holiday Time!

Robs Blog — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:33:00 GMT

First hot holiday of the year just around the corner! I'm almost packed, for a 7 day holiday to the Maldives. We fly this Sunday, with 12 a hour flight ahead of us. We leave late at night, so we should be able to get a good few hours of snoozing in...(read more)

SnowSoftware - Snow License Manager for SMS

Robs Blog — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:44:00 GMT

Rod Trent over at MyITForum blogged about this , looks like quite a cool tool so wanted to reblog here. Snow License Manager automatically combines infrastructure information provided by Microsoft SMS® with information such as software contracts, purchased...(read more)

SMS2003 SP3

RobM — Wed, 16 May 2007 11:35:00 GMT

There has been some real good content generated by the communities for SMS2003 SP3 so far, and here is my ten cents worth in the form of a quick review located here.

Also, if you haven't checked out Roger Zanders SMS Client Tool (not the SMS toolkit version ;-) then check out a brief review and heavy linkage here :> Sherry Kissenger and myself converted the documentation to English, go check it out :>

Keep up the good work Rod\Ron, the new site is looking awesome :>

Mikes little bundle of SMS'ness :>

RobM — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:50:00 GMT

Congrats Michael!

SMS2005 ... Watch out, Microsoft may turn up at your door and offer you $$$ to buy that name, or issue you with a legal notice to cease and desist!

I wonder if Sophia is going to operate on a 25hr clock?

BTW I think Sophia is one of the loveliest names to choose for a girl.