• Vista Aero Glass - performance hit (or not)

    Just read an interesting analysis at http://firingsquad.com/hardware/windows_vista_aero_glass_performance/ where they tested a couple of different systems running Windows Vista with Aero Glass switched on and off. ( Windows Aero - if you're not aware...
  • Sansa e280 - I took the plunge

    After my post last month about getting a new MP3 player, I went ahead and bought a Sansa e280 8Gb device from Amazon UK. In general I'm pretty pleased with it - battery life looks good, sound quality is good, it supports direct sync from Windows Media...
  • Travel's a curse

    We all know that travelling on business can be a pain, and the glamour of travelling on holiday has long since worn off... ... so I thought I'd share some useful travel websites to help ease the pain (if you feel that way, and haven't seen them before...
  • Use NewSID on cloned virtualised machines

    I came across a problem recently when a colleague was building a virtual Windows Server environment, and was reminded of it the other night when on a webcast with Exchange MVPs, when one of the attendees said he was hitting issues with Exchange 2007 servers...
  • Exchange Archiving - to be, or not to be?

    A lot of customers have looked at archiving solutions for Exchange over the last few years, and the most common reason for doing so is to reduce the volume of data held on the Exchange server. This obviously brings benefits for the administrators - they...