FYI, your trusty SST TechNet evangelists are all signed up for the upcoming BETA programs for Exchange Server. Harold Wong has been a leading force on our team in the Exchange arena and is driving technical readiness (for us) to insure you’ll get quality information via webcasts, blog entries, TechNet TV (hint) and live seminars. Trust…
Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO
Heart attack time. There’s nothing worse than reviewing a Windows Server 2003 event log and seeing row after row of red X application event log entries. This is especially true for something like a bunch of nastygrams indicating group policy is failing on your Active Directory (AD) Domain Controller (DC). It happened on my DC. …
Are you bad enough?
Everyone thinks they’re kewl. You could be kewler riding around on one of these. The gang at Orange County Choppers is making Microsoft a custom chopper and it’s part of a contest from the SQL Server 2005 product group. What’s the catch? Well, you need to migrate from Oracle to SQL Server and tell us your story. …
WinV Commeth
Like it or not, the cows (or steers) were put out to pasture. The Texas Longhorn fans will be disappointed but I think unless they beat OU this year, they don’t deserve to be our mascot anyway. Hee Hee. Anyway, the Windows Marketing organization has come up with a new name for the next generation…
3G EVDO Here I Come!!!
I took the plunge. I signed on the dotted line. I’m locked for a year. I’ll have high speed wireless wherever I go in my territory. Now I need to get my boss to pay for it. No problem, he’s easy. Actually, it should be a no brainer. I bet I spent more on WIFI…
The Need For Speed
I endured the last fiscal year on the road without decent connectivity. Sure, you can get really good connections in a hotel room now, but that doesn’t do jack when you’re at a meeting location like a theatre. I swore I wasn’t going to do that in FY06 which started a couple of weeks ago….
HDTV help needed
I’ve been saving my pennies. I have enough saved to buy a really nice High Def TV. I have no idea what to get. I have decided it’s going to be a 50” screen. Moving from a 36” analog TV to a 42” high def TV seems too small a jump. Does anyone have recommendations…
The Horrors Of Teens And Their Blogs
Last week, I started researching teen blogs. I figured I’m pretty tough skinned and could handle anything I find my children doing. However, I stumbled across something even more horrifying… As it turns out, I found out my dog Elvis has been sneaking around and has setup his own blog. Needless to say, I was shocked!!! …
Got SQL 2005?
Normally I don’t repost stuff that is available from microsoft.com, but this is just too juicy to resist. For months now it’s been fairly difficult to get your hands on the new version of SQL Server. Usually Beta code is pretty easy to get. Sure, you could download SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 Express Edition, but…
DNS testing – try these automated tests
Have you ever wondered if your DNS mad skillz are really up to par? Would you like to test your DNS implementation? Are you tired of pouring over the standard text books and looking at whitepapers? Hey, I don’t blame you one byte. So stop fretting and head over to http://www.dnsreport.com/. The site is simple and…