QuickTime Alternative
Anyone else sick of all the bundled software? Not that M$ would ever do anything like this, but the Apple QuickTime/iTunes/Safari installs which update and encourage you to download all three packages are getting a bit old. I expect this from Microsoft, but Apple, come on. They’re supposed to Think Different.
Anyway I digress, there is [...]
Critical Windows Patch
This doesn’t happen often for Microsoft, a patch outside the usual second Tuesday routine. Apparently a Critical patch for the server service that affects earlier versions of Windows (2000/XP/Server 2003 (they don’t mention the expired NT4)) and an Important fix for the latest versions (Vista/ Server 2008) was needed for this vulnerability that they just couldn’t [...]
Microsoft IFilter Pack
Thanks to Paul Thurrott for posting this about the MS IFilter pack made available last week.
These Office 2007 search filters can be added to SharePoint, Exchange and SQL so that the new Office files based on XML can be indexed by the search service.
These filters are already apart of Windows Desktop Search 4.0 in Vista, XP [...]
Place for Passwords
How many passwords do you have? With dozens of customers, past and present, plus an endless amount of website logins and registrations, where to keep all of those pesky passwords?
Previously I used a Microsoft Wordfile, which was password protected and encrypted. That worked to a point, but it soon became just a long list of [...]
Read Them All
Most people like magazines, right? They are thin, portable and the text comes in easily digestible chunks (aka articles). I am apparently a big fan as I am currently subscribed to ten, yes ten, magazines.
Now it started rather simply, I would get Car & Driver or MotorTrend for a year or two and then stop [...]
Adding a Windows Server 2008 DC to a Windows 2003 Domain
Having just promoted a Windows Server 2008 system to Domain Controller status, there were some things that needed to happen. Similar to previous Windows Server releases there needed to be some updating to the schema and domain since the Active Directory was Windows 2003.
Since this new 2008 server was in a different site than the [...]
Windows Server 2008 Inside Out
As I’ve mentioned in the past, I’m currently working on an Exchange 2007 roll-out and it’s on Windows 2008 servers.
During this endeavor, I’ve been using the Windows Server 2008 Inside Out book as a reference guide and I must say it is quite good. William Stanek is a good author and the book delves into [...]
Vista Boot Manager
Boot.ini is dead (mostly) and the new sheriff in town is BCDEdit. I have a dual-boot system, XP and Vista, on two physical drives. It’s now been over six months since I booted into XP, so that small 160GB drive needs to be replaced with a larger 400GB drive.
When boot.ini was king, no problem, now with the new [...]
Blogs I Follow, Part 1
Sure I have a blog, but which tech blogs do I follow? Well, as it turns out too many, thus the “Part I” in the title.
In no particular order (some of which are in the Blogroll):
Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite - Probably my favorite technews writer. His sarcasm and pragmatism keeps me reading.
Bink.nu - Basically a good, frequently updated, [...]
Travel the Stars from your Desktop
Here’s a fun space exploration program that’s been around for a while, Celestia. Celestia allows you to zoom around the solar system and beyond with amazing images and accuracy. It supports Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems.
For those wanting to travel further out and for you sci-fi fans (and who isn’t?), go to the “motherload” [...]