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This has come up twice in the last few months - and amazed me each time.... i just always thought it was commonly knowledge that taking snapshot of a DC is jsut something you dont do.... but apparently not. So - in order to point out that its not just me - here's a couple…
Continue readingA few weeks ago, my new phone arrived – the HTC Titan. I had stayed away from Windows Phone 7 simply because of the lack of tethering and iphone because I don’t like products that are successful because of marketing rather than technical superiority…. But when the titan got announced – I was interested in…
Continue readinghttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh505660.aspx yes, its exciting for nerdy people - the rest of you - if your not nerdy - how the fuck did you get to this blog ? Of most interest to me (like many) SCCM 2012 RC... but im interested in having a play withy orchestrator too....
Continue readingAn employee passed this onto me today.... a good article on testing SCCM packages (which seems to be a struggle for some clients) http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/archive/2011/10/13/how-to-quickly-and-easily-test-your-configmgr-packages.aspx
Continue readinghttp://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2011/09/20/storage-and-continuous-availability-enhancements-in-windows-server-8.aspx Quite frankly, that sounds like some cool shit... as always, devil will be in the detail - which Microsoft always tends to gloss over.... but it still sounds cool! We'll wait and see how cool it actually is when we hit beta/RC.
Continue readingA couple of my fave games when i was a youngster were Syndicate and Syndicate Wars back on the good ol amiga.... The remake, which is an FPS, not an isometric team shooter, looks interesting though.... http://www.shacknews.com/article/70384/syndicate-debut-trailer-gets-into-your-head There are so many old games that could do with a remake... the difficult thing ofcourse is making…
Continue readinghttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/08/delivering-fast-boot-times-in-windows-8.aspx as always - lets wait and see what it turns out like in RTM... as MS is run by marketing people and lawyers, that, well, never let reality get in the way of a good PR opportunity... but the fact that boot times have finally been seen as important is definately a good step…
Continue readingEvery now and again ill have a look at the stats for this blog - and also the clustermap...... im always amazed that i have readers from the artic (apparently).... im amazed that penguin flippers would be able to type accurately or use a mouse.... or polar bear paws.... just goes to show how fucking…
Continue readingSo with my new house currently being built - ive been spending some time working out what i want to go into it around automation etc... I'll be putting in Lync 2010 with a sip trunk as my phone system... but what about front door camera and door strike access, intercom ? Mobotix use a…
Continue readinghttp://bink.nu/news/new-copy-features-in-windows-8.aspx a step in the right direction..... now base everything off of robocopy - the most awesome command line file copy tool ever :-)
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