May 2007 - Posts
New Windows Live Betas
Windows Live Messenger 8.5 and Windows Live Writer as well as Windows Live Mail have been released. If you are up for some Messenger beta testing beta' read the rest of this post If you aren't up for beta testing beta' check back next time Important Details: Get Messenger 8.5 Beta1 (build 517) here Send feedback here Talk about it here Get support here Markets (Country + Language) in order...
Get A Free Copy Of Visual Studio 2005 Basic Edition
All you have to do is attend two LabCasts and then fill out the eval! Read on for more info. Microsoft is running a new campaign that allows you to get a free, complimentary copy of Visual Studio 2005 Basic Edition by attending two Visual Basic 2005 Labcasts and filling out an evaluation form for each session. If you register and attend only one session, you will get Selected chapters from Programming...
Kevinsul's Management Blog : The Quick and Cheap Steps to Perform a Lab Installation of Configuration Manager 2007 Beta 2
The Quick and Cheap Steps to Perform a Lab Installation of Configuration Manager 2007 Beta 2 Pre-Requisites: The below instructions assume that you have two machines (virtual or physical). One of the machines will act as the domain controller and SCCM client. HW requirements for the domain controller should meet or exceed the following criteria: - P-III @ 1Ghz or better - 256 MB RAM or better - Adequate...
SCCM RC Available For Download
Update: "Technically, this is * not * the RC1 build. It’s a build from the RC1 branch of the source, but the actual RC1 is still a few weeks away. -Michael" Maybe it really will be out in August!?! We all know how much Bill loves it when we speculate... SCCM 2007 Release Candidate (RC) available for TAP customers The Release Candidate (RC) version 5790 of System Center Configuration Manager...
kwikSynCh Dual USB Charger
This is much cheaper than the alternatives I have seen such as iGo, it does rely on you having a power source where the iGo plugs into your power source, but either one requires power. This is much cheaper than the iGo and is one less thing to carry well. When I was over in the UK I was charging my phone in my hotel room, but had to charge it in the bathroom because the shaver outlet was the only one...
Goodbye Time Waster Cable!
You would think from my recent posts that I am having a horrible couple of weeks but I swear I am not! Other than the recent hate mail I have received from some of the SMS list subscribers that has caused me to unsubscribe from the list and a couple isolated incidents the last couple weeks have been great! My flight back from the UK being one of the worst, but I won't go into that...But this post...
New Windows® Defender Out
A new version of Windows Defender is available for download. Highlights are below. Overview This is the most current release of Windows Defender. If Windows Defender informed you that an update is available, you are running an older version. We encourage you to upgrade to this version. You can check your version of Windows Defender by clicking the down arrow next to the help icon and choosing ‘About...
Why I Hate Movies
Some of you that know me know that I hate movies. I think they are a waist of time, are far too predictable, they are all the same stories retold, going to see a movie is far too expensive, their are annoying, rude people that surround you, the chairs are uncomfortable compared to mine at home, and so on. I was in LA last week at the Microsoft office doing a training event and got home on Thursday...
AZSMUG Meeting June 12th
I will once again do my best to attend this meeting but it is always schedule permitting. My wife and I will actually be in Phoenix on the 11th doing our final walk through on our new house but we just fly in that morning and back out that night. We are planning on having our fifth meeting. This meeting will be held at Microsoft's downtown Phoenix Office: 2929 N Central Ave, suite 1400 on Tuesday...
Microsoft released the promised fix on 100% CPU usage svchost/msi - Donna's SecurityFlash
Microsoft released the promised fix on 100% CPU usage svchost/msi There was a hotfix+WSUS 3.0 patch/upgrade weeks ago (see here and here ) and as Microsoft has promised, an MSI fix will be available this month. They've released the fix today and you should received it thru Windows Updates or Microsoft Update website. See calendar of update entry here: http://www.dozleng.com/updates/calendar38956...
Error message in the WUSSyncXML.log file when the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates tries to synchronize and to download software updates: Error retrieving object PackageID
Error message in the WUSSyncXML.log file when the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates tries to synchronize and to download software updates: "Error retrieving object PackageID" View products that this article applies to. Article ID:936906 Last Review:May 14, 2007 Revision:1.0 On This Page SYMPTOMS CAUSE RESOLUTION Method 1 Method 2 SYMPTOMS The Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU...
SMS Hardware Inventory Causes Client CPU To Hit 100%
Update : Garth has reported this same problem with browser objects on his blog . "Take a look at your browse objects, do they have the same language setting as your PC? If not there have been reports of the PC hit 100% CPU if the language of a browser object is not the same as the local PC." Just when you thought it was okay to use SMS during the day again a new CPU taxing problem pops up...
Ben Hunter : Top Ten - Most Common BDD 2007 issues
What do you mean you still don't read Ben's blog? It is non-stop information all around BDD, all great, all packed with information, and updated regularly. To make it even easier for you to subscribe here is the RSS feed for his blog. Top Ten - Most Common BDD 2007 issues I see the same issues coming up over and over again with BDD 2007. So, I decided it was time for my own Top Ten List! Number...
How Verizon Is Saving Millions Using NightWatchman And Other Technologies
If you didn't believe me when I said reducing your power consumption could save you millions? Would you will believe the CIO of Verizon? In the article below he explains how 1E's NightWatchman alone is going to save them $500,000 per year! Through NightWatchman, application rationalization, and thin client technology they have saved $20 million so far. How Verizon Does Green Computing John...
Booting Your Vista Box From A WIM File Stored Locally
Let me first say Happy Mothers Day to all the wonderful Mothers out there hopefully you are having/had a superb Mothers Day!!! Today is Mothers Day in the US if you hadn't guessed. This is just amazing, this is the third time today that I have found someone already had a solution to a question I was asked just this last week. This is one, managing SMS clients in both workgroup and a domain, and...
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