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It’s time to get ready for the “second tuesday” patchday and review the new updates. Here is whats coming down the pipe on October 11, 2005 which is next Tuesday: Security Updates • 8 Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. … Continue reading →

In response to the previous blog post, here is the update on the security strategy. Today in Munich, Germany, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.’s chief executive officer, and Mike Nash, corporate vice president of the Security Technology Unit, outlined Microsoft’s companywide … Continue reading →

One of the most frequent questions we used to get at Connections was on Microsoft AntiSpyware – Will it be free, how much will it cost, will it ever leave beta? Greg Boyd did a great job dancing around this … Continue reading →

A few months ago I winged a mobility presentation for the South Florida Technology Network and talked about my biggest frustrations with the PocketPC platform. No, not the reboots 🙂 but the glazed donut effect that makes your phone impossible … Continue reading →

If you’ve never heard of bugzilla you’ve probably been under a rock for a very long time. It is one of the best bug tracking systems out there but it does run off the web which can be impractical at … Continue reading →

This article covers the common problems small businesses have with Microsoft licensing. It is a brief overview of how to present, sell and standardize clients platform with Microsoft Open Value 2.0 licensing program. It is a decent overview of the … Continue reading →

Beta invitation for System Center Reporting Manager is officially in beta. Below are invitation instructions from Eileen Brown so get on it if you’d like to play with this next generation reporting/monitoring tool. 1. Go to the Microsoft Betaplace Site … Continue reading →

Don’t get SBS 2003? Think its a crippled version of real servers that barely resembles the big boy? Well, you need to read this document. It is an SBS primer for IT Professionals coming from the Enteprise environment, covering the … Continue reading →

.. the more they stay the same. Several major vendors got in a fight with Microsoft back in the day over their right to preload Linux on their systems. Microsoft (well, Ballmer) allgeded that PC’s without an OS were exclusively … Continue reading →

Why is it that my pages are attracting drunk college kids with nothing better to do? Case and point, the IM below. This came in from a school (clipper.rollins.edu % [66.195.118.2]) and someone out there is paying for this kids … Continue reading →