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Last week Microsoft “Windows Genuine Advantage” was enforced on Windows Update sites and I posted a story about it. Since that post 13% of my traffic was to that story, roughly 20GB of traffic went to the people who showed … Continue reading →

Took a few days off to finalize some internal cleanup and do a technical seminar in South Florida, so here are a few things that showed up on my radar: Eric Ligman’s Webcasts Eric is the Microsoft smallbiz guy (or … Continue reading →

.. that’s just a little bit more than the SLA will allow. Reboot time, YEEHAW! Remember that every second Tuesday of the month is the official Microsoft patch-day. There are 6 updates (some critical) so plan/announce the maintenance window because … Continue reading →

So I’ve skipped one live event in close to two years and the bad feedback pours in from South Florida. Apparently more than a few of you found the TS2 content for August/September quite weak which in its own is … Continue reading →

Yes, again. I’ve got some bad news for those of you still with the sour taste in your mouth from XP Service Pack 2…. Service Pack 3 for Windows XP is coming and you need to get ready. If you … Continue reading →

With all the hype over Windows Vista, SQL Server 2005, SBA 2006, Diamond (next version of MCE) and all the other software we will not see for the foreseeable future it is easy to forget the problems true IT professionals … Continue reading →

So here is my first impression of Longhorn along with a somewhat attractive screenshot: Other interesting stuff? There seems to be a built-in, easy to use Windows Backup which is very good. IE 7 by default looks a lot less … Continue reading →

If you missed the Small Business Specialist webcast yesterday, the TS2 presentation is now available online. I saw a good part of the presentation and it was quite specific, informative and even motivational. If you are still on the fence … Continue reading →

Windows Vista (aka, Longhorn) has entered the beta stage. I am on a 2 hour wait till the 2.4 Gb DVD ISO image has completely downloaded to my system so I can being playing with it. It is only available … Continue reading →

For about a year now Microsoft has been testing the Genuine Advantage program that checks if the license of your Windows system is valid or if it is a pirated copy. This system has been in place for some premium … Continue reading →