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Just got off the phone with a Cingular agent who was on my side
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rodtrent
Interesting stuff. I talked to (not mentioning the name) today at Cingular. It was recorded anyway, but this person didn’t care about losing the job because this person didn’t agree with Cingular’s...
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Cingular doesn't want to refund my phone
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rodtrent
All I can say, is don’t choose Cingular if it doesn’t work in your area. They told me it would work fine during the original contact. These folks are hard to deal with. Basically, I’m...
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More MOM goodness
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rodtrent
The following Management Packs for MOM were released or re-released today: Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) Management Pack for MOM 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid...
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Price Gouging across the U.S. because of Katrina?
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rodtrent
The U.S. department of Energy wants to you complain (chimp) about it. Go here and lodge your complaint. http://gaswatch.energy.gov/ From what I’ve heard on the news this week, higher prices for gas...
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Linux denies they are unsafe
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rodtrent
But, of course… OSDL Declines Linux vs. Windows Study
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New MOM KBs
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rodtrent
Updates that are made to alerts in the destination management group may not be applied in the zone management group in Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Although the MSSQLServer service does not stop,...
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New SMS 2003 KB : An advertised program does not run when a user logs on to the SMS 2003 Advanced Client computer
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rodtrent
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;905794
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Teaching of Creationism Is Endorsed in New Survey
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rodtrent
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/31/national/31religion.html?ei=5090&en=1ca44f3c9718912e&ex=1283140800&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print
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MOM Product Team Blog
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rodtrent
How does MOM 2005 Eval to licensed version upgrade work?
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This is good! This is good!
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rodtrent
Eileen promoted this link today, and it’s a whopper. http://blogs.technet.com/eileen_brown/archive/2005/08/31/deploy_OAB_with_SMS.aspx
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Visiting Mr. Gormly's house this weekend
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rodtrent
Mr. Gormly has invited our family to his house for a cookout this weekend. Can’t wait! I’ll let you know if I singe my eyebrows on the grill or not (that’s a long story). As some of you...
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New MOM KB
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rodtrent
A virtual server error message periodically appears when a virtual hard disk file cannot be read in MOM 2005
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T-Mobile up to the task?
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rodtrent
They aren’t up to the task here…let’s hope they do a much better job for the Katrina victims. T-Mobile Opens Wi-Fi to Katrina Victims Sorry, to be so cynical about this, but the T-Mobile...
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He's a blogging machine!!!!!
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rodtrent
Since his return, Mr. Gormly has posted an astounding number of great posts on his web blog.
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Talked to a guy today...
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rodtrent
…whose brother lives in New Orleans. He can’t get hold of him because the cell towers have been turned off so emergency crews can communicate. He’s worried. Let’s hope things are...
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Mental Floss
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rodtrent
Sorry, just had to post on this. Meg started getting this magazine recently and quite honestly it’s the ONLY magazine I read from cover-to-cover. If you’re looking for something a bit quirky...
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RC2 of Windows Server 2003 released
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rodtrent
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1854367,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
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If you're ever in the New England area
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rodtrent
Garth Jones posted this link as something he attended recently. I may have to check this out, being a Sci-Fi channel Ghosthunters fan. http://www.newenglandghosttours.com/
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He's back...
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rodtrent
After a tussle with the corporate structure, Mr. Gormly is back: http://www.myitforum.com/blog/jgormly/
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Now this is cool...
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rodtrent
FrontPage 2003 Sample: Creating an RSS Feed
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KiXtart 2010 4.51 Beta 1
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rodtrent
KiXtart 2010 4.5 1 is a m inor update with the following fixes & enhancements: GetFileSize has been enhanced so it can operate on open files. GetFileTime has been enhanced so it can operate on open...
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I've noticed...
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rodtrent
…that IE7 beta is much kinder to TabletPCs — particularly the convertibles. I have a Gateway convertible that I generally use in Portrait mode. With IE6, I would transform my TabletPC into...
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BlogSpam
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rodtrent
<Elmer Fudd mode on> I’m hunting the blog Spammer </Elmer Fudd mode off> This is ridiculous. Even though I’ve turned off Comments on my web blog, there are those that still get...
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Dan needs help with the MAWMUG!
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rodtrent
http://www.myitforum.com/blog/dthomson/archive/2005/08/28/13202.aspx
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Interesting table from PRNewswire
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rodtrent
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Survey Response Percent of Respondents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I use feed aggregation...
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List of cool things coming from myITforum.com in the next two years
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rodtrent
Get ready! Things are moving ahead in the next couple weeks, and here’s what we’ll be working on shortly. If you have any additional comments or suggestions, feel free to drop them my way:...
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For the TechRepublic folks...
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rodtrent
Seen the myITforum.com IE toolbar? Works great! Less filling! http://www.myitforum.com/articles/14/view.asp?id=7437
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PP brings back my childhood
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rodtrent
I gotta thank PP for starting to blog at myITforum.com. His posts really bring me back to childhood, and help build community. Today’s post really got to me… http://www.myitforum.com/blog...
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So -- Google Adsense
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rodtrent
I’m still testing. I noted last week about the wacky, crazy dollar amounts that were coming through. Since then, the dollar amounts have diminished to around $.69 per day. Was someone at Google listening...
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myITforum.com member? The 'Learn' sites are giving you some love!
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rodtrent
15% off coupon for myITforum folks at the 'Learn' sites http://www.myitforum.com/blog/rtrent/archive/2005/08/26/13148.aspx Not a myITforum.com member? Drop by and sign-up! http://www.myITforum.com
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