June 2006 - Posts
Neowin.net - Colorado Sherrifs go Wardriving
Come one now…I love the part where they take your computer for months. Are they trying to find networks or uppatched computers? Is this really something Sherrifs are qualified to do? And what wireless network is secure? Shouldn’t they focus on drunk drivers instead of sitting out in front of a residence for hours at a time? Or maybe handing out tickets to people that drive 40 in a school...
O'Grady's PowerPage - Your Mobile Technology Destination
O'Grady's PowerPage - Your Mobile Technology Destination . If you thought that the legend of the PowerBook battery catching fire was bad... AN INQUIRER READER attending a conference in Japan was sat just feet away from a laptop computer that suddenly exploded into flames, in what could have been a deadly accident. Gaston, our astonished reader reports: "The damn thing was on fire and produced several...
Faster and Cooler: Intel Releases Xeon 5011 Processor - Gizmodo
AMD has had their foot on Intel’s neck for quite sometime now and now it looks as if Intel may actually make it up on their feet again and even land a few punches in the processor battle. I sat in on a roadmap from Intel a few months back and without getting into NDA/Confidential information I would be surprised if Intel does not win this round. It is quite exciting to see Longhorn, Vista, Office...
SMS 2003 R2 Now Available on MSDN
Microsoft released the 120 day eval version a few weeks ago on the SMS home page , the full version is now on the MSDN site for subscribers . If you installed the 120 day evaluation version you have to uninstall it before installing the release version, which is the main reason I did not install it. I also don’t like to be on the bleeding edge for production or things that others rely on. I do...
SMS Logs and Status Messages Explained - New Features
For those who are helping me test, thank you very much !!! So far there have been very few problems, only two. I have the next version available for download now. This one allows you to add your own notes to each status message, log file, and Inbox. The idea is that when you have problems that are related you can add your own notes to help you in the future if you encounter the same issues. Building...
Testers Needed - SMS 2003 Troubleshooting Application
I am looking for some help testing an application I wrote that combines all the Microsoft status messages, Inbox definitions, and log definitions into a single resource instead of looking at several spreadsheets. This release is the first version and I have plans to add more to it but I wanted to get this portion out for testing and feedback to help guide the future development. The purpose of this...
Advanced Client Install Logs Flowchart
When I posted this originally I did not include the flowchart and stated if you wanted a copy to email me. At the time I did not think there would be so many requests for this and the Advanced Client Software Distribution Logs Flowchart. Here it is again with the actual flowchart. (remove the .txt extension)
Microsoft Research Group Shot
Microsoft Research Group Shot . This came out in January but I just saw it on Lifehacker today, this is certainly a tool I could use. It seems that I can almost never get people to stand together long enough to get everyone perfect. Overview We are happy to introduce Microsoft Research Group Shot. MSR Group Shot helps you create a perfect group photo out of a series of group photos. With Group Shot...
RE: Has your Management Point Failed to Reinstall?
Nice post Brent. It's nice to see that posts are being made on this blog . Keep up the great work! Regards. Here are some of my own noted on MP Troubleshooting (TS) and for much more detail check out the attached Microsoft MP Troubleshooting guide: MP Install TS MP logs are stored in SMS\Logs for setup ONLY and in SMS_CCM\Logs for functionality of MP, these include Ccmexec.log, MP-Function.log processing...
Inventory Tool for Dell Update
Version 3 of the Dell update/scan tool has been released. Get it here .
RE: SlicedBread = Your Favorite TechNet Search as RSS Feed
This reminds me of Feedster and I like it, when I plug in SMS 2003 here is what I get. Rejoice that the boffins at TechNet have released a new scoped TechNet search , that includes an RSS feed of your favorite search. How great is that? You scope your search to the products and technologies that are relevant to you, then save your search query as an RSS feed, so that future search results matching...
Updated - Scenarios and Procedures Guide for SMS 2003 - Security
Follow these established best practices to create the most secure SMS environment possible, and then follow the guidance to maintain the most secure environment possible. This document has been updated to reflect changes in Microsoft Systems Management Server Service Pack 2. A little light reading for Fathers day..find it here
RE: SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack Update for Vista Open Beta
And it appears that you can get the non-eval version of SMS 2003 R2 from the MSDN site now. Wow that is a long title..Anyway, the update for the SMS 2003 OSD that will support the native Vista WIM file format is now open as a public beta. To get access to the beta sign into Connect ( http://connect.microsoft.com ) and click on Available Connections. There is no content posted to the site yet but it...
RE: Personal Luxury Submersible Yachts
In a marketing class I took earlier this year we had to do introductions and one of the questions you had to answer was tell the class one thing most people don't know about you. Most people said things like 'people think I am stuck up but I am really not.' When I responded I told the class that I wanted to build my own yacht to retire on. It's true, at least the retire part is, maybe not the building...
RE: Joe's Goals tracker
This seems like a goof idea if you are competitive. I like this idea and for my personality type it would work well. I try to do something similar now. Web application Joe's Goals is a simple, slick way to track your progress on achieving positive intentions (and avoiding negative ones) online. Much like a web-based version of Benjamin Franklin's personal guideline tracker , with Joe's Goals you get...
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