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Monday, June 16, 2008 10:04 AM

No TV service for a year.....

I canceled my cable TV service today. Later this afternoon I am going to drop off the HD DVR and since I have consistently overpaid my bill for the last year they actually owe me money when all is said and done. People that know me real well might think
Posted by chrisavis | 8 Comments
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:13 PM

BitLocker Interview is finally online.....

BUT! You won't be accessing it directly from my blog. Instead, I have posted it through the Technet EDGE portal . Why?  Because the file is 325 megs in size and hosting it at home really isn't an option. Also, I am limited on storage space for where
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Monday, May 19, 2008 9:01 AM

IT Pro Momentum Program - Helping you test/pilot Microsoft Technologies...

Need some help to test/pilot the latest Microsoft infrastructure technologies list here? Windows Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 IIS7 Forefront Edge (ISA) Forefront Client & Server Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 or Windows Server Virtualization Windows Vista
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:59 AM

I can fix that slow WiFi for you....

*** Updated *** - Corrected the command for enabled autotuning. I travel a fair amount which means I live on WiFi connections to stay connected. When I first started using Vista I noticed that I had problems with some WiFi connections. The issues could
Posted by chrisavis | 1 Comments
Monday, April 14, 2008 8:56 AM

Second Life and a Windows 2008 Launch....

Not everyone has been able to make it to one of our Live Windows 2008 Launch events. So a small group of us here at Microsoft are heading into Second Life world to deliver our launch content. We will be "in world" on April 26th to deliver our
Posted by chrisavis | 1 Comments
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:55 AM

Cutting the wires....

subtitled......Oh Tesla, oh Tesla....where art thou? Trapeze Networks is on stage right now at the Angelbeat conference and he is talking about the 802.11n wireless spec. The promise of super high speed wireless connectivity is finally becoming a reality.
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:29 AM

Angelbeat in Hartford, CT...

Back on the east coast again!  I am in Hartford, CT speaking at an Angelbeat conference. Today. There have been some interesting talks by SonicWall, ArcMail and IronPort so far. Cisco is on stage right now with Packeteer and NetApp scheduled just
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:25 PM

Are you running Internet Explorer 8?

What?   That's right....IE 8. IE8 Beta 1 to be specific. I am running the Vista x64 edition and while I have only been running it for the better part of 3 days, I am pleased. There are some new features I have not had a chance to check out yet.
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 5:37 AM

Launch Time....

Yeah, yeah, yeah..... Chris Henley beat me out by presenting in Los Angeles last week, but nothing is like New York (btw...that is me sinking the putt if you click the previous link). I am sitting in the green room at the Sheraton Towers on 7th Ave, just
Posted by chrisavis | 5 Comments
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:21 PM

Has it really been 3 weeks since my last post?

Wow. I took advantage of some hardware issues and hectic travel to take a break from blogging but I didn't expect it to be 3 weeks. It is amazing how easy it is to relax (be lazy...) and stay relaxed (stay lazy...). A lot has happened in the past few
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:12 AM

Look Ma...No moving parts....

Solid State "hard drives" are starting to get a lot more press these days. I ran across this article a few moments ago. The promise of solid state drives has been a long time coming. I used battery backed RAM on my Apple //gs 20 years ago. I
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 5:36 AM

Virtualizing Vista Home & Premium editions...

Mary Jo Foley has reported that we are "lifting the ban" on Virtualizing these two editions of Vista. I see this as a good thing for consumers and IT staff who want to do testing with less expensive versions of the OS. It also provides for some
Posted by chrisavis | 0 Comments
Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:30 PM

BitLocker with only a single partition....

No...I don't have a secret method of BitLocking a single partition. But my buddy John Baker posted about a tool that will reconfigure your machine for BitLocker if you decide to implement it after you have already configured your hard drive as a single
Posted by chrisavis | 1 Comments
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 11:18 AM

Intro to Exchange Webcast in about an hour and a half....

Short notice I know, but I want to get this out there. I am delivering Part 1 of an 8 part series on Exchange this afternoon at 1pm Pac. This is the Intro to Exchange session. We will review the Exchange roles, why Exchange is 64 bit only, and then spend
Posted by chrisavis | 1 Comments
Friday, January 11, 2008 8:06 AM

What do you want in a Webcast?

For that matter.....Do you even like Microsoft Webcasts? My team is on a conference call right now and we are discussing webcast attendance and how to get more people to attend. All of us are raising some interesting questions but we are on the inside
Posted by chrisavis | 8 Comments
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