Category Archives: General

The future of Windows administration?

Posted on Sunday 5 June 2011 by

This article http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Seven-steps-Windows-Server-administrators-should-consider.html suggests 7 things that Windows admins should be looking at: IPv6 Investigate the cloud Review licenses Leverage virtualisation Pilot VDI Learn PowerShell Learn the new DR options I thought this was an interesting view of the world … Continue reading →

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This made me smile

Posted on Friday 20 May 2011 by

The notice about browser age popped up today.  Look what I’m running.  Do they know something we don’t?  

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SC Virtual Machine Manager

Posted on Friday 19 November 2010 by

Spent the last two evenings trying to install and configure SC VMM.  Total failure.  Kept getting an error about not being able to connect to the agent on the host – this is after the initial failure of trying to … Continue reading →

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Windows Live 2011

Posted on Saturday 2 October 2010 by

The Windows Live family has been updated – the two I use the most Writer and Mail have had some significant changes and what look to be improvements. Download from http://explore.live.com/home

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Back in Business

Posted on Friday 1 October 2010 by

The migration from Windows Live Spaces to Word Press seems to have been accomplished OK. I will be resurrecting my original blog now that I am on a supported platform. Expect the usual mixture of PowerShell, general Microsoft stuff and … Continue reading →

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Upgrade?

Posted on Tuesday 8 June 2010 by

Live.com has been upgraded – biggest change seems to be to the SkyDrive and we now get the ability to use Web versions of Office. May or may not be useful. Big downside is that the statistics on the blog have … Continue reading →

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Netbook

Posted on Thursday 3 June 2010 by

After recently reviewing the book on netbooks I decided to buy one.  I have a couple of uses that immediately came to mind: running my ebook reader software – its a lot easier to hold the netbook and the screen … Continue reading →

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Windows Netbooks: The Path to Low Cost Computing

Posted on Sunday 30 May 2010 by

  Author: James Floyd Kelly Publisher: Apress ISBN: 978-1-4302-2399-3 My usual three criteria for judging a book are: Is it technically accurate? Does deliver the material it claims to deliver? Is worth the cost of purchase and the time I … Continue reading →

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HA and DR book

Posted on Friday 7 May 2010 by

The first chapter of my latest book for RealTime Publishers is available for free download. The title is The Shortcut Guide to Understanding the Differences Between High Availability and Disaster Recovery. Download from http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/sgudb.php

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50% discount extended

Posted on Friday 5 March 2010 by

  Manning www.manning.com have extended their 50% discount across the weekend as follows: (Today) Friday March 5, 2010: 50% off all MEAPs. Use code dotd0305tw Saturday March 6, 2010: 50% off all print books. Use code dotd0306tw Sunday March 7, … Continue reading →

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