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Blogcast: How to create yourown blogcast

****Edited broken links :-) **** Well I've had quite a few mails asking me how to create blogcasts since the Exchange team published my blogcast series on how to upgrade from Exchnge 5.5 to Exchange 2003. So here's some infomation covering the various

An amazing set of support resources

Blake submitted an amazing set of links to the Industry Insiders blog yesterday, the links took me over an hour to check that they were all current and valid, so heaven only knows how long they took to collate.  He has managed to get every single

The TechNet Index

I've been sent a mail about how TechNet has been organised to make it much more easy to navigate the site.  I've had a browse during today and I'm impressed.  here are some of the features: TechNet Indexes have been placed onto http://microsoft.com/technet/index. 

Outlook Address books and GAL options

Warren was searching though the office sites and found my blog. (you can find people who blog on different categories and topics here).  He said that he wasn't a techie, but couldn't get his head around the problem he'd been having with Outlook. 

MSN Messenger - lost or stolen password (or secret question)

I get quite a few emails on this after my posts about MSN Messenger 7.0 beta (or 7.o betta as some people call it J ) Usually the mail consists of either the password being lost or stolen, maybe forgetting or losing the secret question, or an inability

17 tips for dealing with Outlook meeting requests

Ever had a meeting "disappear" from your calendar?   Here's a link showing how you can keep track of all those appointments in Outlook without dropping a single one.  

Preventing write operations to USB block storage devices

My colleague Julius sent this handy tip around on email the other day, and didn't blog about it - so I have! Although it may be more appropriate if you're a security guy, you may find it of use . Controlling block storage devices on

Change password in MSN Messenger

I've had a few questions asking me how to change your password in MSN Messenger.  To change your password, click here: http://memberservices.passport.net/click the "change my password" link and change it to something that others will not easily guess. 

MSN Messenger - blocking everyone not on your contact list

In a recent blog I mentioned that you could block unwanted anonymous people from contacting you by configuring your options. I've been asked how this can be acheived iusing MSN Messenger.  The help text gives the following advice: In the main

MOM 2005 Management Pack Development guide

The MOM 2005 MP guide has been released to the Web.  This guide provides information about developing MOM 2005 Management Packs and is specifically focused on features new to MOM 2005 that affect Management Pack development.You can use this guide

RSS feeds and how to use them

I know that for all experienced bloggers out there, RSS feeds are a piece of cake, and the little orange XML button by the side of links actually mean something.  But, I'm a Systems Engineer, not a Developer, and the world of XML is completely mystifying