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July 2006 - Posts

Badwater......don't drink it....

posted Wednesday, July 26, 2006 7:26 AM by cavis
…but feel free to run it…   I was talking to some teammates about running and I mentioned a TV show I recorded about an endurance runner here in Seattle. He was showcased on a local program regarding his first attempt at running the Read More
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Looking for User Groups....

posted Monday, July 24, 2006 3:33 PM by cavis
….because I want to hang out with other geeks! Since I am new to the Redmond area, I would like to get involved in some local user groups. In the interest of transparency, I will state up front that working with user groups fulfills a work-related Read More
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Upcoming Technet Events...

posted Monday, July 24, 2006 3:11 PM by cavis
There are several events coming up you should know about… Windows Vista Technical Overview, Exchange 2003 Operations & Exchange 2007 Sneak Peak – I will be presenting this information on 8/15 in Portland, OR and 8/17 in Redmond, Read More
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Big Changes coming to Technet Subscriptions....

posted Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:11 PM by cavis
I am sitting in a Microsoft IT Pro Evangelist session listening to Scott Stout, Program Director of the Microsoft Technet Subscription program, tell us about some great new changes and offerings in the Technet Subscription program. Check this out….. Read More
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Rant and Rave #1....just the address please....

posted Friday, July 21, 2006 1:23 PM by cavis
I have had an interesting time of late trying to identify a new ISP. Seems there is no single, unified place, anywhere in all of existence (that I can find) where I can provide only the service address and get a list of providers that service me. Read More
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Basic Group Policy Troubleshooting....

posted Thursday, July 20, 2006 7:30 AM by cavis
One of the most common troubleshooting question I receive is regarding Group Policy. Usually because a policy does not seem to be applying to the user or computer as configured on the DC.   So let’s look at the basic troubleshooting for 2000/2003/XP Read More
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Check out this AUV....

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2006 8:06 AM by cavis
….and just what is an AUV? It is an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle… About two years ago I met Christopher Carter at a Technet Event in southern California. He and I talked about a project he was working on with some colleagues to make an Read More
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xCasting....

posted Wednesday, July 12, 2006 9:58 PM by cavis
I have been tossing around the idea of creating some xCasts on different things for a while. What is an ‘xCast’? Just a catch all category for all the different types of “casts” that can be created these days. I recently hooked Read More
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Exchange 2003 Tip and Tricks Webcast Resources

posted Friday, July 07, 2006 8:33 AM by cavis
Here are some additional resources for the webcast I am delivering today. If you have not had a chance to sign up, head out to this link. EXC-05 Session Info on Technet Exchange Server 2003 Home Page Tools for Exchange Server 2003 Download the Exchange Read More
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Windows Update very smooth with Windows 2003 R2...

posted Wednesday, July 05, 2006 11:53 PM by cavis
When was the last time you went out to Windows Update? I started setting up a Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise server this evening to add in as a DC to my home domain. I do this stuff all the time and have gotten pretty automatic with the process. I realized Read More
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Exchange 2003 Tips and Tricks Webcast

posted Wednesday, July 05, 2006 1:27 PM by cavis
I am delivering a Webcast on Exchange 2003 Tips and Tricks this Friday at 11:30am Pacific Time. I will dive into some of the features of Exchange 2003 Server that you may not be familiar with or just don’t have an opportunity to work with on a Read More
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