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  • My mailbox is lean and mean

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    I just put the archive kaa pai yow to my mailbox. It just dropped some weight. I was weighing in at nearly 1GB in size and it’s now down to just under 300MB. Archive slash and burn is your friend. So are those little search folders in Outlook that let...

  • Setting up your laptop to run SCVMM 2008

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Now that System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 has released, I’m sure many of you are wanting to kick the tires.  The good news is that we’ve made that relatively easy to accomplish on a laptop but there are some assumptions to make...

  • ROCKBAND parties will never be the same

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    My team has many diverse skills.  We are the current Microsoft TechReady Champs in Halo 3 Singles, Guitar Hero,  and some of the other legacy arcade games as demonstrated at the last TechReady held in Seattle July 2008.  We destroyed all...

  • Azure Services Platform and Windows Azure Announced

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    The Azure™ Services Platform is designed to help developers quickly and easily create, deploy, manage, and distribute web services and applications on the Internet. Windows® Azure is a cloud services operating system that serves as the development, service...

  • Hyper-V “Needs Attention” after SCVMM 2008 RTM install

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    If you are like most people and start doing installs without Reading The Fabulous Manual (RTFM), then you’ll likely see the same issue nearly everyone I know has hit. You see, after installing the RTM bits of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008...

  • Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067 – Webcast – Morning of 10/24

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    On October 23, 2008, Microsoft released an out-of-band security bulletin. Join us for a brief overview of the technical details of the security bulletin. The intent of this webcast is to address your concerns. Therefore, most of the webcast is devoted...

  • Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067 – Critical

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Server service. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an affected system received a specially crafted RPC request. On Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows...

  • The best Windows Mobile 6.1 phone on the market?

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    I have a Palm Treo Pro arriving tomorrow.  It was a pretty tough decision to purchase the device.  The primary reason is because it is an expensive device.  But in the end the funding came through in some unexpected ways so I made the plunge...

  • System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 RTM’s !!!

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 provides a management solution for the virtualized data center that helps enable centralized management of IT infrastructure, increased server utilization, and dynamic resource optimization across multiple virtualization...

  • Halo 3 Master Chief Collectors Edition costume now available

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Looking for an official Bungie Halo 3 licensed costume?  Well, the Rubies officially licensed costume is finally out.  Check out the detail on the costume.  Get the costume at http://www.odysseycostumes.com/master-chief.html .  High...

  • Get Hands-on with Virtualization – 8 US Cities Left To Go

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Attend the event that lets you touch, talk about, and experience Microsoft® virtualization solutions. Hear from Microsoft virtualization experts on how Microsoft uses virtualization in its own data centers. Dive into robust hands-on labs and gain a technical...

  • Installing Windows Server 2008 x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad W500

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Now that I have the ThinkPad W500 back from the TS2 team, I decided to run back through the install of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 using the instructions I documented for the ThinkPad T400. As expected, the instructions are nearly identical. In...

  • Installing Windows Server 2008 x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T400

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    If you decide to flatten your Lenovo ThinkPad T400 or W500 and install another operating system, the good news is that all of the core drivers are on the Lenovo Support Downloads and Drivers area .  I installed two different operating systems to...

  • How about a $10,000 Dell laptop?

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Ok, this probably doesn’t qualify as a laptop.  But if you have money to blow and want the latest and greatest 17” machine on the market, what do you get?  How about the coveted Dell Precision M6400 Covet?  Here’s a sample shopping cart...

  • Lenovo ThinkPad T400 - mini review

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    I have two of Lenovo’s latest and greatest machines sitting here side by side.  If I were forced to choose between the two of them, it would be a hard choice.  Since I already did a short review of the ThinkPad W500, let’s focus on the T400...

  • Microsoft Volume Licensing Reference Guide

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    It’s no wonder I am a little clueless on Volume Licensing.  Volume licensing is a pretty complicated maze but fortunately a nice new guide has just been published on the subject and it’s only 79 pages.  Only. Here’s the abstract from the download...

  • Windows Server 2008 NPS Technical reference

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    The Windows Server 2008 Network Policy Server (NPS) Technical Reference provides information describing what NPS is, how NPS works, and NPS tools and settings. NPS is the Microsoft implementation of Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)...

  • Microsoft Security Assessment Tool 4.0 now available for download

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    The Microsoft Security Assessment Tool 4.0 is the revised version of the original Microsoft Security Risk Self-Assessment Tool (MSRSAT), released in 2004 and the Microsoft Security Assessment Tool 2.0 released in 2006. Security issues have evolved since...

  • Thumbs up or down for the new Macs?

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    My current MacBook Pro is coming up on it’s one year anniversary.  It’s hardly old and in pristine shape.  I baby all the machines I have.  Scratch free is a good thing if you decide to sell.  But should I sell the one I have? Today...

  • I wonder if Apple solved their heat issues

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    In a few more days Apple is expected to announce the details of their updated notebook line.  Speculation has been rampant about a variety of new features expected to debut.  Maybe Apple will have a tablet PC style device this time around. ...

  • MVP Screencast Contest now live

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    As I indicated a few days ago, we have some cool prizes and the first contest started today.  Matt Hester has all of the details on his blog .  Like all Microsoft contests, there are official rules .  As you can see from the details on...

  • Microsoft US TechDays – registration open

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    If technology is the backbone of your business, you won't want to miss out on the TechDays '08 event in Washington DC. Filled with exclusive product information presented by insider experts, TechDays '08 will show developers, IT professionals, IT executives...

  • SharePoint Server 2007 Whitepapers now available

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Workflow Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Workflow solution delivers highly flexible tools like InfoPath Forms Services for data collection and workflow interaction and SharePoint® Designer for easy workflow design and customization including...

  • Windows Vista Springboard Performance roundtable transcript

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    A few days ago I posted the video to the latest Springboard Series episode on Windows Vista performance.  It’s actually a pretty interesting 60 minutes video.  The transcript is now available and I’m sure you’ll want to dig around in it. Here...

  • Halo 3 Recon Details Emerge

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Bungie has several projects underway within the studio, one of which is a brand new campaign experience for Halo 3 that they teased about two weeks ago. They have lifted some of the shroud of secrecy and shed a little more light on what they’ve been working...
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