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OpsMgr, SCE And MOM Blog

KB918712 - When you try to install MOM 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Reporting, the prerequisite checking process fails

Posted over 7 years ago

by CliveEastwood
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This KB article is now posted http://support.microsoft.com/?id=918712 . See my previous post.
OpsMgr, SCE And MOM Blog

KB918711 - Error message when you try to install the Availability Reporting Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Service Pack 1: "Error: -2147217900: failed to execute SQL string"

Posted over 7 years ago

by CliveEastwood
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This KB article is now live see my past articles http://support.microsoft.com/?id=918711
Ward Pond's SQL Server blog

Database Programming: SET Options That Impact XML Access In SQL Server 2005

Posted over 7 years ago

by WardPond
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SET options impacting XML access are described....
Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog

How Can I Remove Blank Spaces Before and After a String Value?

Posted over 7 years ago

by ScriptingGuy1
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Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a custom in-house application that writes data to a log file. The problem is that the data often has a bunch of blank spaces before and after it. How can I remove all the blank spaces that come before and after my data? --...
Melville Thomson's Blog

Should I move to SQL 2005? (Future Matters)

Posted over 7 years ago

by TechNet Archive
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I just want to say WOW. Eileen and I went straight from the Birmingham roadshow to Manchester. We presented sessions for Unisys at Their Future Matters Conference today the 3rd of May. That is the reason for the WOW! The conference was at the Manchester...
Off Campus

Opening .XPS documents in Windows XP

Posted over 7 years ago

by Michael Greene
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XPS documents will no doubt start to surface on the web over the course of this summer. If you're not yet ready to load Vista as your day-to-day OS there are options for you to open and read .XPS files in XP. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/viewxps...
Microsoft Work Essentials Community Blog

Microsoft PowerPoint for trial lawyers

Posted over 7 years ago

by Cnorred
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Cliff Atkinson , a frequent contributor to the Work Essentials site , was the subject of a great write-up in the LA Times for his collaboration with trial lawyers using PowerPoint to present their cases in court. This is an excellent example of the intersection...
Melville Thomson's Blog

TechNet Roadshow 2006 Birmingham Update

Posted over 7 years ago

by TechNet Archive
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On Tuesday the Birmingham event took place to a packed audience, I heard various numbers passed around but it was very close to 600 of you. It was good to be in Birmingham again I met lots of familiar faces which was really great. I did attempt quite...
Full of I.T.

Best of Questions and Answers from Webcast: Tools and Techniques for Managing a Windows Vista Desktop Deployment (May 3, 2006)

Posted over 7 years ago

by Kevin Remde
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Below I’ve pasted an edited and cleaned up copy of most of the Q&A from today’s webcast on Tools and Techniques for Managing a Windows Vista Desktop Deployment (Level 200) HUGE thank you to John Baker , Kai Axford , and John Weston...
The Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server Blog

Inside SBS Episode #18 - The POP3 Connector - Now Available

Posted over 7 years ago

by Mark Stanfill
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Please join the Inside SBS podcast gang for a round-table discussion on everyone's favorite SBS component - the POP3 Connector. We do a deep technical dive in to how the POP3 Connector works under the covers and discuss best practices, common misconfigurations...
Microsoft Switzerland Security Blog

Schneier on Bitlocker

Posted over 7 years ago

by Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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You know Bruce Schneier? He is not too big a fan of Microsoft. Now he wrote about the new Windows Vista feature called Bitlocker (boot protection and full disk encryption). Read yourself: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/05/bitlocker.html ...
John Weston Stories, Information, and random thoughts.

Windows Vista Deployment Webcast Q&A

Posted over 7 years ago

by jweston
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As promissed here is the Q&A log from the webcast I did on Monday. Enjoy. Question: Do the WIM image files need to have all drivers built-in for each hardware platform it will be installed on? Answer: no, see http://www.microsoft.com/technet...