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ISA Server 2006 TCP Retransmits
14 October 09 03:24 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   
Health Checks I perform ISA Server Health Checks for Premier Support (via Premier Field Engineering) as part of my role. I’ve seen something a few times recently that I thought it might be helpful to call out, while poking around in the Performance Monitor Read More...
My new roadmouse
07 October 09 01:43 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   
They wanted me to post about Windows phones. Well, I’m going to fight the power. Buck the trend. Talk about my new favourite travelling companion. It is the surprisingly-catchily-titled Microsoft Mobile Memory Mouse 8000. First cool feature : Magnets Read More...
ISA Server 2006 on Windows Server 2008: Nup
05 June 09 02:52 AM | tristank | 1 Comments   
Yuri’s blog explains some of the detail. But there’s slightly more subtlety to it, which I’ll try to snake-oil in front of you here: Can I install ISA 2006 on 32-bit Windows Server 2008 ? No , it only runs on Windows Server 2003. Okay, so technically, Read More...
Everything old…
31 May 09 11:33 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   
Bing , you say? Odd, I’m sure I’ve heard it somewhere before … Wait! It was me!? I’d like to thank the Academy… So, I assume I can look forward to a healthy bonus for coining the term!? Sure, the direction was apparently misguided, but the word is pure Read More...
“Microsoft is evil”, Barbeque Edition
31 May 09 01:34 PM | tristank | 5 Comments   
A friend of my mother’s was introduced to me at a family barbeque, and started in. Background: lives in a nice suburban neighbourhood, sends her kids to private school. “Lovely to see you!… So how do you feel about working for them?” (measured tone) Pretty Read More...
Windows 7 RC n-Trig multitouch drivers are out
18 May 09 08:04 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   
Some love for my lil’ Dell Latitude XT! Dell won’t sell me a battery slice for it, but I can still glide my fingers across it creepily! In this DuoSense Multi Touch RC Release: the pen should work as well as multitouch! No more having to pick one and Read More...
Vista-Stylez File Management in Windows 7 Beta
18 January 09 11:07 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   
If you’re finding file management frustrating because the folder pane seems strangely inactive in the Windows 7 beta, it’s probably because it is. It’s perfect for light filing use, but not so good for folder-stuffing and navigational acrobatics. Which Read More...
Shutting phones up with Bluetooth, revisited: musings
18 January 09 08:31 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   
I posted a while back that I was looking for some kind of  suppression device that could silence my ringer while I was in the office, and mentioned Bluetooth as a likely candidate. Since then, I got myself a car with a Bluetooth module in it, and Read More...
Home Hyper-V Networking Gotchas
13 January 09 10:12 PM | tristank | 5 Comments   
Before the holidays, I bought myself an early present: a new quad-core box with 4GB RAM, which I was going to use for a home Hyper-V lab, so that I could run a bunch of 64-bit VMs as well as the 32-bit staples I’ve been using for years (SBS 2003, and Read More...
Back With A Semblance
13 January 09 08:16 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   
It’s a new year, I have a new job, and I have new stories to tell*! I had a lovely Christmas break, thanks for asking, and now I’m back, I’ve moved into my new role as a Premier Field Engineer. PFEngineering is the part of the organization tasked with Read More...
What does it mean when there's no "broken page" icon in IE8?
10 September 08 06:59 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   
I was just catching up on some of my RSS feeds, and noticed that one of the pages I was at didn't have a broken page icon, but wasn't working quite right (some broken javascript in the photos area, I'm guessing... I'll investigate that next). I wondered Read More...
Game Season Approaches
24 August 08 05:25 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   
After what seems like a drought of epic proportions, the holiday releases are gradually going to thump their way out. Yay! What I'm looking forward to: Fallout 3 - once again, the Australian OFLC needs an R rating for interactive entertainment. I watched Read More...
Vocabulary Corner: Analuze
13 June 08 12:10 AM | tristank | 0 Comments   
Analuze: verb 1. A pointless analysis, as in "I'll analuze those logs if you really want me to, but the problem's not visible at that level" 2. A very difficult analysis: "You really, really want me to analuze that?" 3. A typo when Read More...
It's A Saving, not A Savings!
28 April 08 02:08 PM | tristank | 1 Comments   
Yes Atwood, it was you that drove me to this . "This power savings is achieved by dropping the CPU multiplier..." Gish! So I did a little digging to see whether I was alone in having the (vast unkempt) tufts of hair on my (manly) back try to Read More...
(ooh!) Foldershare Revamped!
18 March 08 03:00 AM | tristank | 0 Comments   
(This post brought to you by the number 3, and the letters WHY AM I NOT SLEEPING?) It's been a while - and suddenly: Pow! (and did I mention ooh?) A new Foldershare website ! Has the feel of SkyDrive to it. And a big, prominent beta logo. Wonder if that Read More...
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