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Blog Post: Zotob, a hard and unfortunate lesson (again) for Enterprises

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Unless you have been on vacation on the moon for the last few days, you know that there is new exploit in the wild that mainly affect Windows 2000 and pre SP2 Windows XP OS’s called Zotob (and variants). This worm is hitting some of the same big name companies that were crippled by CodeRed, Sasser and...

on 18 Aug 2005
Blog Post: Automated install of Outlook Conferencing Addins

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My customer (Mike Vrabel) and I got completely frustrated today in trying to find a way to deploy the Outlook Conferencing Addin for Live Meeting 2007 via SMS. The Office web site gives you a ConfAddins_Setup.exe which is neither an MSI or provides you switches for automated install or answer file. ...

on 13 Feb 2008
Blog Post: Office 12: Highlight of TechReady

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We have gotten two incredible demos of Office 12 during the last two days. I'll be the first to say that Office has been been pretty much the same product since Office 2000. Office 12 changes that, here are a couple morsels that should make the final release. SharePoint integration is essential...

on 3 Aug 2005
Blog Post: Windows XP/XPe and Remote Desktop Services Single Sign On

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This week I was working with a retail customer that has plans to place HP Windows XP Embedded devices at their many retail stores. Applications will be served up either locally on the XPe device, through a remote desktop, or through Remote Applications. There is a slight challenge with this setup...

on 16 Apr 2009
Blog Post: MS AntiSyware team responds to Claria mumblings

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The AntiSpyware team has posted a response to the articles that have arose recently concerning Claria. The response is posted at http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/claria_letter.mspx Not really what anyone is looking for in terms of why Claria is now set to "ignore" seeing...

on 12 Jul 2005
Blog Post: Detour: Paving in progress

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There comes a time in every person’s life that they need to make an important decision. For me, that day is today. I am going to backup my data and pave my Windows XP personal desktop. This box has served me well for 2 years, but it has gotten to the point where things aren’t adding up like they...

on 20 Jul 2005
Blog Post: The making of Virtual Earth

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Kinda, well almost funny: http://www.virtualearthinfo.com/video.asp BTW, here is a cool app on virtual earth that tracks the International Space Station: http://www.vehacks.com/vehacks/nasaspacestation.htm

on 22 Aug 2005
Blog Post: Vista: Worth the upgrade?

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I admit that I was pretty skeptical about whether I could see both office users and consumers upgrading to Vista . To me it seemed like Vista was just XP SP 3 that we where going to charge for. After playing with a post Beta 1 build and a Brian Valentine demo this morning, I am convinced that everyone...

on 4 Aug 2005
Blog Post: Updating drivers from the command line

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So, I am off doing a desktop migration for a customer of approximately 5,000 desktops. Vista you ask? No, not that sexy. Just trying to help one of our core telco customers get everyone off Windows 2000 onto XP. And by the way, get in infrastructure in place like BDD using OSD with SMS (it's cool to...

on 8 Apr 2006
Blog Post: Windows 2000 to XP Upgrade Nuances

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In the process of helping a customer upgrade their remaining 5,000 desktops from Windows 2000 to XP, I have found a couple entertaining and frustrating issues with the upgrade process. First of all, this only applies to an unattended upgrade of Windows 2000 Professional but it might also affect...

on 24 Apr 2006