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New Downloads for Windows Platforms - Week Ending - 9/23

posted Friday, September 30, 2005 7:56 AM by cavis
Security Fix for DirectX 8 — DirectX consists of a set of low-level Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) used by Windows programs for multimedia support. Within DirectX, the DirectShow technology performs client-side audio and video sourcing, Read More
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New Downloads for Developers - Week Ending - 9/23

posted Friday, September 30, 2005 7:43 AM by cavis
New Video & Audio based information for developers is located at these links: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/archive.aspx http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=14 http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/dotnetrocks/ Read More
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CSS to do multiple columns?

posted Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:33 PM by cavis
TechMemeorandum links to an interesting article at A List Apart on a new CSS spec that allows for the easy implementation of columnized text. I am NOT a web designer, but have certainly felt the pain of trying to get text formatted properly Read More
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In Texas for the SQL PASS Conference...

posted Monday, September 26, 2005 4:16 PM by cavis
You would think i would have gotten enough SQL in the past few months. I am attending the SQL PASS Conference in Grapevine, Tx this week. Nice to be back home for a week, get some more SQL training and see some friends and family…… Will Read More
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NPA Exchange Presentation...

posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:04 PM by cavis
For the 20+ in attendance at last night San Diego NPA session….thank you!  Here are the slides from the session. In the slides are links to some of the items discussed. Please let me know if there is a link missing or if you need more Read More
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Understanding Group Policy - Part 3

posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:17 AM by cavis
I picked up this webcast for tomorrow. I am placing some supporting information online now, and will update this post over the next week with anything I find that is interesting. if you have suggestions, hit the comments (I am still waiting to hear from Read More
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Listening to Customers....

posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 8:51 AM by cavis
I have a problem. I have a customer facing job and the distinct ability to forget someone’s name immediately after they say the final syllable. It is uncanny. Anything I can read or learn to help overcome this trait I try. Robert Scoble found this Read More
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Live Technet Briefings Event Feeds (RSS)

posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 3:17 PM by cavis
So you want to know when the next Live Technet Briefing is going to be in your area. You could go to http://www.technetbriefings.com and look it up. Or you could open your Feed Aggregator and get it there……what?!?!?!……Events Read More
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Google's WiFi Plans....

posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 8:11 AM by cavis
I have been trying to figure out where i stand on this Google WiFi thing. One one side we have a company that can help make WiFi access as widespread as McDonald’s. On the other we have the same company channeling and cataloging all of this information Read More
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New Downloads for Systems Management - Week Ending - 9/18

posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:38 AM by cavis
AVICode .NET Mgmt Pack for MOM 2005 — Targeted to systems operators responsible for monitoring system health, AVIcode’s .NET management pack operations edition for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 provides a consolidated view of all Read More
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New Downloads for SBS 2003 - Week Ending - 9/18

posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:35 AM by cavis
Release Notes for SBS 2003 Service Pack 1 — Welcome to the Release Notes for the Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 server software. These release notes contain information that will help ensure proper Read More
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New Downloads for Vista - Week Ending - 9/18

posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:33 AM by cavis
Windows Vista UX Guidelines — Use this page to download a preliminary draft of the Microsoft Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines (or “UX Guide” for short). These guidelines contain information on What’s New in Windows Read More
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New Downloads that are just Cool! - Week Ending - 9/18

posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:31 AM by cavis
Microsoft Location Finder — Microsoft Location Finder is a client-side application that turns a regular WiFi enabled laptop, Tablet or PC into a location determining device without the addition of any separate hardware. When launched by a user, Read More
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New Downloads for Digital Imaging - Week Ending - 9/18

posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:28 AM by cavis
Microsoft Digital Image Starter Edition 2006 — Microsoft Digital Image Starter Edition 2006 has all the high-quality, easy-to-use tools you need to create, organize, enhance, and share family memories – whether you're an advanced shutterbug Read More
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New Downloads for Exchange 2000/2003 - Week Ending - 9/18

posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:27 AM by cavis
Update for Exchange 2003 – KB888619 — This update resolves problems that were found in the Exchange 2003 DAV since Exchange 2003 SP1 was released. Click the More Information About This Download link in the Related Resources section for Read More
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New Downloads for SQL Server 2005 - Week Ending - 9/18

posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:24 AM by cavis
SQL Server 2005 September CTP: Books Online — Download Books Online for the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 CTP September 2005. Books Online is the primary documentation set for SQL Server 2005. It includes the following: Setup and upgrade instructions. Read More
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New Downloads for Live Communication Server - Week Ending - 9/18

posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:20 AM by cavis
Live Communication Server 2005 with SP1: All Technical Documents — This download contains the full documentation set written for the Live Communications Server 2005 with Service Pack 1. Live Meeting 2005 Meeting Console Stand-alone Installer — Read More
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New Downloads for Developers – Week Ending – 9/18

posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:12 AM by cavis
New Video & Audio based information for developers is located at these links: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/archive.aspx   http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=14  http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/  http://msdn.microsoft.com/dotnetrocks/ Read More
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New Downloads for Windows Server 2000/2003 - Week Ending - 9/18

posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 6:48 AM by cavis
Cululative Help Update for Windows 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack — Many enterprise customers have deployed the Windows Server 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack in their corporations in order to enable network administrators to administer Read More
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More on Bio-Metrics...

posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 6:28 AM by cavis
When it rains, it pours…..this article from The Scotsman talks about prisoners who were able to defeat fingerprint biometrics at a prison and basically go anywhere they wanted. This just bolsters my little rant from yesterday… Cheers&hellip Read More
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The Death of the Keyboard...and future rant...

posted Tuesday, September 20, 2005 2:45 PM by cavis
I wish I could say I had been on this bandwagon before now. But I thought it would take longer than this for me to really want to give up on keyboard based authentication. I like having to remember a series of keystrokes and entering them in proper Read More
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Google advertising Gmail....

posted Tuesday, September 20, 2005 1:48 PM by cavis
I went to do a Google search (first one of the day I think…..I am trying to wean myself….. I am liking SearchMSN more and more as I use it….I think it is just habit….more on that later) and I find the following on the Read More
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Group Policy Settings Spreadsheet...

posted Tuesday, September 20, 2005 1:29 PM by cavis
I mentioned this in a Group Policy webcast the other day. This is an Excel spreadsheet that has all of the Group Policy Objects and their settings – updated for 2003 SP1. It is nicely broken out by tabs for different ADM templates and Security Settings Read More
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Napoleon Dynamite and Bill Gates Video leaked...

posted Saturday, September 17, 2005 5:13 PM by cavis
Someone used a camera phone or something similiar to capture the BillG and Napoleon Dynamite clip at PDC. It isn’t great quality, it is shown from a pretty extreme angle, and it is funny. I debated on whether I should link to it or not and the way I see Read More
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XBox 360 Bundles....

posted Friday, September 16, 2005 6:54 AM by cavis
Michael Moore, a co-worker of mine, sent a note to my team about some XBox bundles that are being made by a variety of retailers. Amazon EB Games GameStop My Favorite is the XBox Omega Bundle being offered by GameStop. It is insanely pricey and Read More
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New Downloads for SQL Server -- Week Ending - 9/11

posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:31 PM by cavis
SQl Server Migration Assitant for Oracle v2.0 Beta — SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) is a complete suite of tools that dramatically cuts the effort, cost, and risk of migrating from Oracle to SQL Server. SSMA automates almost every aspect Read More
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New Downloads for Virtual Server 2005 - Week Ending - 9/11

posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:30 PM by cavis
Improving IT Efficiency at Microsoft using Virtual Server 2005 — Microsoft uses the new capability within Virtual Server to consolidate server in a data center and enhance utilization and reduce costs associated with large datacenters. Cheers! Read More
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New Downloads for Windows XP - Week Ending 9/11

posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:28 PM by cavis
Update for Windows XP x64 (KB903081) — Install this driver update (version 5.2.3790.2497) to address multiple possible issues associated with using the Microsoft Storport storage driver for your host bus adaptor (HBA) removable storage device in Read More
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New Downloads for Windows Server 2003 - Week Ending - 9/11

posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:27 PM by cavis
Step by Step Guide for setting up Server for NIS — Microsoft® Windows Server for NIS enables a Microsoft Windows–based Active Directory domain controller to administer UNIX Network Information Service (NIS) networks. This guide describes Read More
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New Downloads for Live Communication Server 2005

posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:46 PM by cavis
LCS 2005 Document: Upgrading from Evaluation for Full Release — This document guides you through the process of upgrading from Live Communications Server 2005 Evaluation Edition to the Live Communications Server 2005 Full Release. Cheers! Read More
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New Downloads for SBS 2003 - Week Ending - 9/11

posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:45 PM by cavis
Release Notes for SBS 2003 SP1 — Welcome to the Release Notes for the Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 server software. These release notes contain information that will help ensure proper installation and Read More
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New Downloads for Systems Management - Week Ending - 9/11

posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:42 PM by cavis
AVICode .NET Mgmt Pack for MOM 2005 — Targeted to systems operators responsible for monitoring system health, AVIcode’s .NET management pack operations edition for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 provides a consolidated view of all applications Read More
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New Downloads for Developers - Week Ending - 9/11

posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:04 PM by cavis
New Video & Audio based information for developers is located at these links: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/archive.aspx   http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=14  http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/  http://msdn.microsoft.com/dotnetrocks/ Read More
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SQL 2005 Updates...

posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:26 PM by cavis
I had my largest attended SQL presentation yesterday in Irvine, Ca. Crowd of 300 showed up in spite of PDC being around the corner in LA. (my event was FREE…..well…..almost….had to pay for parking). If you couldn’t make it Read More
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Napoleon DynaGates?

posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 7:30 AM by cavis
Bill Gates seen here with John Heder, star of Napoleon Dynamite. Microsoft has done many parodies over the years to help promote products or just to have fun. Rumor has it this one is to be used for college recruitment efforts. It was shown at our Read More
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Infinite Pocket PC...

posted Monday, September 12, 2005 7:35 AM by cavis
I was fixing the color on my iPaq Camera this morning while I was connected to it with SOTI and snapped this picture. I have alwas liked the redundant, infinite, self creating, whatever you want to call it pictures like this so I would share. Read More
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China Bans Skype...

posted Monday, September 12, 2005 7:04 AM by cavis
Wow……this just amazes me. The Chinese government’s heavy handed tactics rearing their ugly head again….. I wonder how this will impact eBay given their intentions to purchase Skype? (New York Times has a story on this as well) Read More
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Oracle to purchase Siebel....

posted Monday, September 12, 2005 6:49 AM by cavis
Software maker Oracle has agreed to acquire competitor Siebel Systems in a deal worth around $5.8 billion, the companies said Monday. Full Story here…. Wow…..Oracle will just not go away….. Cheers! Read More
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Football.....Cowboys Style!

posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:43 PM by cavis
Nothing like a Cowboys games!   I was fortunate enough to get to go to the Cowboys season opener today against the Chargers (eBay rules). I won’t bore you with a run down of the score since that is going to be in the paper. Besides…..it Read More
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Big week next week.....

posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 9:34 PM by cavis
PDC starts up Monday in LA. I have other commitments though so I won’t be there. Many of our MSDN presenters will though so look for them. BillG will be keynoting and it will be broacast live on the web. It is supposed to be accessible though Read More
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Mini-Microsoft....

posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 9:17 AM by cavis
I woke up this morning, made coffee, showered, shaved, started reading some blog news, and unltimately got smacked in the face with an awesome wake-up call. I was reading Rory’s latest posting about a blog called Mini-Microsoft. Rory says it Read More
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SQL 2005/Visual Studio 2005/Biztalk 2006 Launch Tour - Dates and Cities available....

posted Friday, September 09, 2005 6:48 PM by cavis
We now have registration cities and dates available for the Big Launch…… Here is a challenge to my faithful blog readers (now up to 7!)…… I want the largest attendance of any of the nationwide events. For the SoCal area it will be in Anaheim, Read More
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New Downloads for Exchange - Week Ending - 9/04

posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:52 PM by cavis
Role of Groups and Access Control Lists in Exchange 2000 Deployments — Exchange 2000 relies on Microsoft Windows 2000 groups and the Microsoft Active Directory directory service for both access control and distribution tasks. Familiarize yourself Read More
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New Download for Virtualization - Week Ending - 9/04

posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:51 PM by cavis
Installing the Virtual Server Admin Web Site on a Seperate Computer — Microsoft Virtual Server can be configured so that the Virtual Server service and the Administration Web site, with its corresponding installation of IIS, are on different computers. Read More
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New Downloads for Windows XP - Week Ending 9/04

posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:49 PM by cavis
Update for Windows XP – KB897663 — Install this update to ensure that a firewall exception created via the registry is listed in the Windows Firewall interface the same as if the exception was created in the interface itself. After you install Read More
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New Downloads for SQL - Week Ending - 9/04

posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:45 PM by cavis
SQL Server Report Pack for Office Sharepoint Portal Server 2003 — The Microsoft SQL Server Report Pack for Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 is a set of 8 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services reports that work with a sample Read More
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New Downloads for Windows Server 2003 - Week Ending - 9/04

posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:43 PM by cavis
Cumulative Help Update for Windows 2003 Multilingual UI Pack — Many enterprise customers have deployed the Windows Server 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack in their corporations in order to enable network administrators to administer the server Read More
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New Downloads for Systems Management - Week Ending - 9/04

posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:39 PM by cavis
MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition Product Datasheet — Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 Workgroup Edition introduces the enterprise-class operational management experience to IT environments of 10 servers or less. MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition Read More
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New Downloads for Networking - Week Ending - 9/04

posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:28 PM by cavis
Updates to Understanding IPv6 — The Microsoft Press book "Understanding IPv6," by Joseph Davies, was published in November 2002. Since then, there have been changes to Internet standards for IPv6 and in Microsoft's support for IPv6 in Windows XP Read More
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New Downloads for Security - Week Ending - 9/4

posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:27 PM by cavis
Anti-phishing White Paper — The focus of this white paper is to describe the basic workings of a new capability, the Microsoft® Phishing Filter, that will be included in the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 7. The Microsoft Phishing Filter Read More
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New Downloads for ITPros - Week Ending - 9/4

posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:22 PM by cavis
Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable (v2) — The Microsoft® Windows® Installer is an application installation and configuration service. WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe is the redistributable package for installing or upgrading Windows Read More
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New Downloads for Live Communication Server - Week Ending - 9/4

posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:12 PM by cavis
LCS 2005 Document: Updating to SP1 and Enabling Public IM connectivity — This document guides you through the process of updating from Live Communications Server 2005 to Live Communications Server 2005 with Service Pack 1 (SP1). It provides step-by-step Read More
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New Downloads for Developers -- Week Ending - 9/04

posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:03 PM by cavis
New Video & Audio based information for developers is located at these links: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/archive.aspx   http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=14 http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/  http://msdn.microsoft.com/dotnetrocks/ Read More
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Apple's New IPod Phone...

posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 12:59 PM by cavis
The BBC (and every other news org…) has reported on Apple's new hybrid IPod Phone. Boooooooooooooooooring. For weeks, there was all of this speculation about what kind of announcement Apple would make. Then it was surmised it would be an IPod phone. Read More
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NerdTV...

posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 7:35 AM by cavis
The first episode of the much hyped up NerdTV is now available for download…..This first episode interviews Andy Hertzfeld one of several people who developed the original Apple Macintosh operating systems. I am an old Apple user myself so I have looked Read More
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Miami Ink...

posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 12:14 AM by cavis
There is an odd phenomenon that exists out there. I am sure there is a name for it I just don’t know what it is….. You know how when you get a new car, you start to notice other people driving the same car? Or you get a new cell phone, you Read More
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Rock Solid SQL 2005 in Southern California!

posted Tuesday, September 06, 2005 10:07 AM by cavis
I am delivering two Rock Solid SQL 2005 sessions next week in SoCal…. September 13th — Irvine, Ca – 8am-12noon September 15th — San Diego (Mira Mesa), Ca – 8am-12noon Rock Solid SQL: Strengthen your SQL Servers with Read More
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SQL 2005 Roadshow in LA

posted Tuesday, September 06, 2005 9:58 AM by cavis
I will be at the Microsoft booth for the SQL 2005 Roadshow in LA this Thursday, Sept. 8th. You can also meet some of the local Technology Specialists and others from the SoCal district. Put a face on an email address and let us know what you think about Read More
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Understanding Group Policy Webcast - Friday

posted Tuesday, September 06, 2005 9:54 AM by cavis
I will be delivering Part 1 of a 3 part Webcast series on Understanding Group Policy this Friday. Here is Part 2 and Part 3 This a great series of webcasts for people who are new to Group Policy or have gotten their feet wet and want a little deeper information. Read More
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Virtual Server 2005 Webcast

posted Tuesday, September 06, 2005 9:46 AM by cavis
Kevin Remde, one of my fabulous co-workers is delivering a webcast on Virtual Server 2005 tomorrow. It is an overview of VS 2005 but don’t let that fool you. Even if you are familiar with Virtual PC or Virtual Server, you will find some interesting Read More
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Back from the break.....

posted Tuesday, September 06, 2005 9:37 AM by cavis
I took a break from blogging over the long weekend and gave some thought to how I have been posting so far and the direction I want to take in the future. I don’t want to be a geek all the time. I think the geek blogs that are “all geek Read More
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More on Start.com

posted Thursday, September 01, 2005 8:03 PM by cavis
Okay….I am hooked on this thing already. In the 10 years I have been working on the web, I have only had 3 different home pages for any substantial length of time. In order…..Yahoo!, MSNBC, Google, back to MSNBC. I have always Read More
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Start.com

posted Thursday, September 01, 2005 10:45 AM by cavis
While bouncing around the web today (or tomorrow or the next day or…..) Drop in on start.com. You can add feeds, news links, localized weather and other web information through a very easy to use interface.  It will require Read More
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