Mastering Windows Vista

As mentioned in a previous post, I’m studying for the 70-620 Configuring Vista certification exam. As part of this process, I’ve read 85% of Mark Minasi’s book, Mastering Windows Vista Business. The book starts rather low tech, moves toward more work related topics and higher level information as the it progresses. It covers a lot of [...]

Google as IT

I must say that over the years, troubleshooting has become much easier with the rise of the search engine. Many an issue has been solved just by visiting a search portal with the exact (or vague) error message. One of my favorite resources is Google’s Special Searches which are narrowly defined for Microsoft, Linux, Apple and [...]

IM Chattin’ Part Deux

Well it’s not been quite two weeks since I’ve started using Miranda IM and I’ve made the decision to go back to Trillan. The plan was to unify all my chat clients and that was Miranda IM‘s promise, but all it did was add more work for me. The install and configuration was lackluster, it [...]

Microsoft Press E-books

Microsoft Press Books, while not always the best in their catagory are certainly useful. One feature I’ve come to really appreciate is that most of their books include a CD-ROM containing a full copy of the manual in eBook format, typically PDF. This isn’t to say other publishers like Sybex and O’Reilly don’t do this, but it [...]

VMware Server 2.0 Released

VMware Server 2.0 (the free version) was released yesterday and is a great testing and learning tool for hosting multiple operating systems on one system. I’ve used this quite a lot at client sites, hosting a Windows workstation to add to a domain without having a GPO applied to my company laptop. This has also been invaluable [...]

Network Card Unseen

Today I was examining a customer’s Lenovo X60 which failed to see its internal network card in the Windows Device Manager. It recently returned from having the motherboard replaced (cola was spilled into the keyboard). After trying to get Windows XP to discover the device for a few minutes, I rebooted, went into the BIOS (use F1, not [...]

Geek Envy

Okay, I thought I was one of the cool kids for getting a 24″ LCD. But whiIe checking out the SBS Dvia Blog today I see this: Four 24″ monitors on a Vista system. If only I wasn’t spending money on food and gas… Share this:

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