March 2005 - Posts

My x64 Upgrade Experience
31 March 05 07:27 AM | tristank | 0 Comments   

The 64-Bit Fresh Install Experience on an A8N-SLI... Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature, x64 Early Adoption

And the Windows Server 2003 x64 version is out there too!
30 March 05 11:27 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

Versions of Microsoft Windows for AMD64 and EM64T are now available: Windows Server 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/trial/default.mspx MSDN Subscriber Downloads have both versions available now, under Windows Server 2003 and Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, ISA Server, Terminal Server, Networking

Windows Server 2003 SP1 Out Now
30 March 05 09:55 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=22CFC239-337C-4D81-8354-72593B1C1F43 If you've been waiting for this - it's finally baked! Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, ISA Server, Terminal Server, Networking

The Great Blog Migration
27 March 05 06:29 PM | tristank | 2 Comments   

EBTDF is now http://blogs.technet.com/tristank/ , as opposed to the old one. I apologize to all six long-term subscribers, and all three comment spammers. This is how I measure my progress: after about a year of running this blog, I can now use the word Read More...

Aussies! Want To See Something Specific At Tech-Ed 2005?
23 March 05 10:50 AM | tristank | (Comments Off)   

Busy month so far, so a quickie: head over to Michael Kleef's blog, where he's looking for feedback on the security track and other session planning. Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, ISA Server, Networking, Aussie

ISA 2004 Standard Edition SP1 Available Now
02 March 05 06:24 PM | tristank | 4 Comments   

(When it rains, it pours...) The first Service Pack for Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 is now available for download. Get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=69c5d85c-5c80-473c-9cb4-60dda75d568d&displaylang=e Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature, ISA Server, Networking

ISA 2004 Enterprise Edition Trial Download Now Available
02 March 05 09:35 AM | tristank | 5 Comments   

Go get it from http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/evaluation/trial/ . Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature, ISA Server, Networking

Evil Features: I like 'em.
01 March 05 06:52 PM | tristank | 12 Comments   

I quite liked the idea of Smart Tags. Unlike "Smart Tags Are Evil" Scoble . I like the way Smart Tags work in Word documents, and I wish they'd been included in IE. Perhaps not in the "sponsored" format that was mooted (links to MSN/Google properties, Read More...

Filed under: Developery, Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature