November 2007 - Posts

Windows PowerShell Graphical Help File (Version 2.0) Update
27 November 07 02:53 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

View the Windows PowerShell 2.0 help (including cmdlet help and the About topics) in a fully-searchable, graphical format (a standard Windows .chm file). Also included in the help file is the VBScript to Windows PowerShell Conversion Guide and a collection of PowerShell Tips of the Week.

Download…

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System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library (November 2007)
27 November 07 02:51 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Download an updated version of the documentation for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 for a computer running the Configuration Manager console.

Download…

Australian Partner Business Briefings on Microsoft Virtualisation
27 November 07 12:04 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

Source:  Plumbing & Wiring in a Microsoft World

Running across cities in 5 Australian states, these briefings are designed to help Microsoft Partners understand the business opportunity that the new wave of server technologies will present. The first ones are running in November and December and will cover Microsoft Virtualisation and Management  [RH]

REGISTER NOW:

· Brisbane                            November 30th:   http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032359092&Culture=en-AU

· Sydney                              December 6th :    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032359090&Culture=en-AU

· Melbourne                         December 7th :    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032359091&Culture=en-AU

· Adelaide                            December 14th:   http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032359093&Culture=en-AU

· Perth                                 December 13th:   http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032359094&Culture=en-AU

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The Bridge Between OpsMgr and System Center Essentials: Remote Operations Manager
27 November 07 12:00 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

Good info on ROM:

http://ops-mgr.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!3D3B8489FCAA9B51!304.entry

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MOM2005: Slow performance for MOM 2005 reports
27 November 07 11:55 AM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

Here's a tip on an issue we seem to be seeing every so often.  We've had a few calls lately where when running reports for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005, you may experience some of the following symptoms:

- Reports run slow.
- Reports run for hours before completing.
- Reports run for hours and never complete.
- Reports run for a long time and return timeout errors.
- Reports run for a long time and return query execution errors.

Read the rest…

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Poll: What's the Best "Army of Darkness" Quote?
27 November 07 08:19 AM | rodtrent | with no comments
http://blogs.amctv.com/monsterfest/2007/11/poll-what-the-b.html
QuickTime's not fixed...
26 November 07 06:06 PM | rodtrent | with no comments
http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=4333&zoneid=71
Stupid holiday gifts
26 November 07 05:59 PM | rodtrent | with no comments
http://www.stupid.com/
Flaw leaves Microsoft looking like a turkey
26 November 07 05:56 PM | rodtrent | with no comments
http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=4331&zoneid=71
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Scoble reviews the Amazon.com Kindle...
26 November 07 03:49 PM | rodtrent | 2 comment(s)

…wants someone fired and wants to beat up the designer.

http://www.myITforum.com/absolutevc/?v=500

Proof that Comcast is "blocking" ports
26 November 07 03:39 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)
http://www.espinola.net/blog/archives/21
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Mobipocket is pretty cool
26 November 07 02:53 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

If you’re looking for eBook reader software, so far I’d have to suggest you try out MobiPocket Reader.  It works great on the PC and also on the Smartphone.  The MobiPocket web site keeps your purchased items stored for you so you can download them at any time.

The Reader software not only stores and manages your purchased eBooks (prc format), but is also a RSS Feed Reader.  It grabs your RSS feeds and has a pretty handy interface for reading them.  It doesn’t allow transferring the feeds to your mobile device, though.  I thought for sure it would allow that since the MobiPocket Reader itself does a great job of keeping your PC and mobile device synched with your eBook content.

Just a quick button press and a book I purchased from the web site synched with my cradled Smartphone so I can read it on my plane ride to the 1E RoadShow on Thursday.

Hmmm…however, it does say on their web site that you can read the RSS feeds offline on your mobile device.  I’ll have to figure out how to do that — it’s not readily visible.  They say they have 300,000 feeds in their eNews repository.  What’s cool, too, is that any feed you add to MobiPocket Reader, it gives you an option to share the feed with the MobiPocket community.  Suffice to say, I threw in a few myITforum.com feeds to share.

So far, it looks good.  I’ll keep plugging away at it for the next few days so I can give a better, more informed review.

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Mobipocket supports Smartphones
26 November 07 12:27 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

So…I’m looking for an eBook reader for my Smartphone today.  Did you know that Mobipocket is a subsidiary of Amazon.com?  I didn’t, either, until I started looking for eBooks on Amazon.com.  Amazon.com used to have their own eBooks distribution methods, but not any more, it looks like.

I’m downloading and trying out the Mobipocket software now.  I’ll let you know how it goes.

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What happened to Microsoft Reader?
26 November 07 12:09 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

Microsoft Reader used to be an app that I had to have on my PC and PocketPC.  I thought the app would go places.  It just crossed my mind today so I jumped out the Reader web site to check on it.

I downloaded, installed, and activated it on my Windows Vista laptop, because I still have some Reader-format books I’d like to finish.  It installed and activated, no problem.  Then, I downloaded the PocketPC version to install on my Windows Smartphone.  No dice.  It does not support Smartphones.  What?

Amazon.com comes out with poptart-sized device that you have to carry in *addition* to everything else you lug around, yet Microsoft hasn’t invested any more time and effort into their Reader product?  Everyone carries a phone around with them.  It makes perfect sense to turn Smartphones into a book reader instead of developing yet another device.

So…I’m stuck with reading Reader books on my laptop that is the size of an old Catholic translation of the Bible.

Crazy.

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Who would have thought the Zune 80 is out of stock
26 November 07 11:34 AM | rodtrent | 4 comment(s)

With Christmas right around the corner, I thought a great gift for the kids would be a new rev Zune 4 or Zune 8.  I thought these babies would go quick.  But, looking at Amazon.com that’s not the case.  The Zune 80 is the beast this Christmas, I guess.  It’s sold out.

The price difference made be the deciding factor for folks.

A Zune 8 is $189.99.  A Zune 80 is less than a $100 more at $249.99.

It’s interesting.  Folks I talk to these days, both adult and kid alike, are really keen on the Zune over an iPod.  That’s a huge change from a couple years ago.

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