Complete list of SCCM log files
A client found this the other day and passed it on - quite a handy list - can now give this to other clients :-) http://blogs.msdn.com/lxchen/archive/2009/04/03/a-list-of-sccm-log-files.aspx
Continue readingMoving from 2000 FRS to 2003 R2 DFS-R
Today, i did my first ever gig migrating a Windows 2000 AD based DFS with FRS environment into a 2003 R2 DFS-R environment (should also be the same for a 2008/2008 R2 DFS environment). These ofcourse should be few and far between, because, well, if your still running 2000 and dont have a good reason…
Continue readingOCS 2007 R2 – KB974571 breaks front end service
So i dilligently installed the latest round of patches from patch tuesday (patch wednesday in australia) and found my OCS 2007 R2 on 2008 x64 had an issue with the front end service not starting. The logs displayed the following message: "The evaluation period for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 has expired. Please upgrade…
Continue reading"Corporate lingo clouding communication"
A story today on the Australian ABC news website (Australia's only channel that actually gets anywhere near reporting real news) around "corporate lingo clouding communication - i.e. the use of wank words cost people their lives in recent busfires. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/07/2707490.htm I dont think this comes to a surprise to anyone with a brain - stating…
Continue readingIsa tmg to support multiple ISP connections
i saw this post over on the ISA/TMG blog today http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2009/10/05/forefront-tmg-isp-redundancy-feature.aspx This is something that customers have been asking for ages. Being that i havent been following the featureset of TMG closely (im waiting for it to at least hit RC until having a play) i was excited to see that this is finally part…
Continue readingPC rip offs – a good, but unsurprising bunch of events
PC Pro in the UK has a good article on the dodginess of the PC sales industry - its not really anything new, most people in IT know never to use a larger store for purchasing PC gear, but its still good to see the level of dodginess documented. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/351958/the-high-street-rip-off
Continue readingScan, scan, scannity, scan
So, over the past few months ive been performing the ultimately fun task of scanning all my bills, statements and various other bits of paper sent to me over the years in the hope that when we do find a house to move to (one day) - we will have substantially less to move... while…
Continue readingup!
Went to see "up" a few nights ago - it was the first 3d movie ive seen since freddy's revenge back in the 90's sometime - when the 3D was terrible. I was quite impressed by the 3D now - it actually worked! The glasses get a bit annoying by the end of the movie…
Continue readingExchange 2007 SP2 in an environment running all 2008 R2 DC's
An employee pointed out this artcile at the exchange team blog - http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/09/02/452284.aspx He also, correctly, pointed out how bad this part of the post is Windows Server 2008 R2 is "not widely available yet" - perhaps the MS guys need to be reminded how difficult it makes it for partners to push new products…
Continue readingNew chevelle album
A new chevelle album, "sci-fi crimes" was released on 1st of sept - and being my one of my favourite bands - i duly purchased it. ( http://www.chevelleinc.com/ ) I generally take a few listens to get into any album - but at the moment im struggling to pick a stand out track (maybe "fell…
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