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June 2006 - Posts

The desktop problem

One thing that came up in today's Tech Days is the "desktop issue"... 1.  Person complains that every time they use RWW their icons get shoved over because the screen they are using doesn't match the one they use for remote access.... this casuses Read More
posted Saturday, June 24, 2006 9:29 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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On the train back home

and I happen to set on the side of the train that doesn't have the working plug ins... and my battery is about ready to drop me off... so I do have another battery but it points out how dependent I still am on power. In fact I just warned Scott on IM Read More
posted Saturday, June 24, 2006 7:15 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Have Dew will Travel

In the Fresno airport waiting for a trip to San Francisco and reading the Harvard Business Review (well sort of reading it...the eyes are bleary at this hour of the morning) and there's an article about "Eager Sellers and Stony Buyers:  Understanding Read More
posted Saturday, June 24, 2006 7:42 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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TechDays in San Francisco area

I'll be on the road again (getting up at an ungodly hour and then taking the train back) to do a Saturday event on SBS... on Security and patch management, on Disaster Recovery, etc. etc... so if you happened to want to sit inside an airconditioned Read More
posted Friday, June 23, 2006 1:01 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Debugging 102

I probably should have made it clearer to David and others of what my Debugging 101 post was meant to do... I already know the root cause of the memory dumps... the intent is to show the masses out here how near obvious those memory dump files can be.  Read More
posted Friday, June 23, 2006 6:24 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Debugging 101

(drinking the Mountain dew for those following the blog.. doing a load of laundry.. ) Okay so I'm in the process of uploading a big dump file but I've already got the mini dump files up on the server if you want to try this out.. it's what we did on Read More
posted Thursday, June 22, 2006 6:59 PM by bradley | 2 Comments

Amazing what an extra ";" willl do

Fixed the comments.. I had an extra ";" in the forbidden spam words filter and it caused the blog comenting to fail... sorry about that. All fixed now. (Blog now fixed.. and I STILL need a Dew) Read More
posted Thursday, June 22, 2006 5:54 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Somehow I think I broke the comments

So I was messing with the comment spam filtering because blog spam was pretty bad and somehow I think I broke comments in the process... I'll trying to deal with it but I'm honestly sitting here on the couch vegging out (I need to do laundry as well) Read More
posted Thursday, June 22, 2006 4:20 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Quickbooks R7 info

 Quickbooks R7 info Release 7 (R7) as Auto Update Tomorrow, Thursday, June 22, we expect to make Release 7 available to you and your clients who are working in editions of QuickBooks® 2006 for Windows as an Auto Update. Earlier we told you about Read More
posted Wednesday, June 21, 2006 11:31 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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WSUS info - two blogs to watch

We had WSUS training yesterday and I'll be blogging some of those tips and tricks after SBS 2k3 R2 has it's debut after the WWPC but just a heads up on two blogs you should have in your aggregator.... The Patchaoholic blog that today has the list of Read More
posted Wednesday, June 21, 2006 6:03 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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One of our "cockroaches" is missing....

It's day two of the mini summit we have in Texas here and ... we nearly lost a "cockroach" tonight.  On the way to the dinner with about 20 someodd SBS MVPs and the PSS SBS team (aka the Podcast gang) we realized that Wayne Small wasn't with us... Read More
posted Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:26 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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"I will hunt you down"

I told a group of SBSers in Boston that I would hunt them down if they did not subscribe in their RSS reader to the Official SBS blog http://blogs.technet.com/sbs ...and let me say this to those of you guys reading this.... seriously.... if you do not Read More
posted Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:22 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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The Cockroach Store is now open

http://www.cafepress.com/smallbizworld With the world launch in Texas.. the Cockroach Shirts Store is now launched...   Read More
posted Monday, June 19, 2006 12:14 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Early info isn't sometimes GOOD info

Saw a post about how "Microsoft France"'s web site was hacked..but I'm not certain that ms.com's IIS was... the web post in question doesn't point to http://www.microsoft.com/france but rather a web site called http://experts.microsoft.com/fr and the Read More
posted Monday, June 19, 2006 4:11 AM by bradley | 0 Comments

Got the SBS 2k3 R2 Admin companion book

Charlie Russel brought us copies of the SBS 2k3 R2 admin companion book and it's really cool to see the final product.  I was exceedingly pleased and excited to be part of this book... mainly because it's a rewrite of the original book and includes Read More
posted Sunday, June 18, 2006 8:00 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Want to get a smidge of flavor of TechEd?

Then listen to Vlad's Podcast of me, Dave Sobel and Alun Jones!  And we were indeed shutting down the place... it was amazing to think of the logistics of that event. But whether your go to TechEd, WorldWide Partner Conference, SMBNation, or SMBTN's Read More
posted Saturday, June 17, 2006 6:05 AM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Zero day Excel

<Do you really need to have Excel files come into your office via email?  No?  Then why the heck are your alllowing them to enter in the first place?  Block them. From the Incidents listserve...  There has been a report of a targeted Read More
posted Friday, June 16, 2006 12:47 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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On the Security Couch...

So here I am on the last day ... sitting on the "Security Couch" and we just came out of a focus group where we all agreed that Security cut across all products, and that you couldn't have any product not have thoughts about security..... The real issue Read More
posted Friday, June 16, 2006 11:30 AM by bradley | 1 Comments
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When you get a BSOD after patching ... dig deeper

So this blog comment points out how to debug issues in patching 1.  Don't uninstall all patches... if you can tell from debugging a bluescreen that it's a driver like that.... pulling off all umpteen patches is not the answer.... read the bulletins Read More
posted Thursday, June 15, 2006 8:26 PM by bradley | 5 Comments
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Issues with 06-025

06-025 is having issues...read more here: http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?n&storyid=1419 Read More
posted Thursday, June 15, 2006 12:06 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Want to test Mobility and you don't have a Mobile 5 device?

Then you need this to emulate Windows Mobile 5 devices without the hassle of the Visual Studio and all that........ Courtesy of Sean Furman.... you need this link (and Happyfunboy did want to point out he was first about this... but... Sean told Read More
posted Thursday, June 15, 2006 11:44 AM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Blogging from the room

In the "Vista Security Tidbits" presentation waiting for it to begin... and I need to make sure I get the DVD because it's now in the "rats I have to miss this to go to that" session. What am I missing? Dump analsysi (and thanks to PeterGal's blog that Read More
posted Thursday, June 15, 2006 6:40 AM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Outlook over http (thanks to Sean Furman)

At the Birds of a Feather today I was reminded that I've never blogged about this...courtesy of Sean Furman .. he reminded me to go grab this and blog it..   I finally was able to remove the dialog box requesting the username/id/password.  Read More
posted Wednesday, June 14, 2006 9:33 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Blogging from the bus...

So on the way to the Center and blogging from the bus... well as long as the battery holds out anyway.... And for those coming to the Birds of a Feather on SBS..make sure that I've had enough Mountain Dew in the system to hand out the SBS Server Hardening Read More
posted Wednesday, June 14, 2006 5:38 AM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Exploits out

 Exploits out for some  of the issues yesterday.. Window Media.. Word.. etc...Exploits for most recent Microsoft Patches  http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?n&storyid=1415 That means that the issues and attacks based on this might be getting Read More
posted Wednesday, June 14, 2006 4:26 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather on all things SBS (and not just security) will be at 2 p.m. room 203..at least I think it's room 203 as bleary eyed as I am and as small of writing on the mini guide... All SBSers are welcome including those that aren't SBSers but Read More
posted Wednesday, June 14, 2006 4:21 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Wow.. that's a lotta patches..

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-jun.mspx Wow.. lots of patches today... including one that I don't agree with ... the patch for RRAS says that Remote Access service is not "running by default on a Windows 2003 server".. and on Read More
posted Tuesday, June 13, 2006 1:41 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Sometimes it's the little things in life..

Sometimes it's the little things in life that make you smile... like the line to the men's bathroom at TechEd... ..when of course the women's restroom has no line.. Read More
posted Monday, June 12, 2006 10:06 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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Live from Boston

..want to see the keynotes from TechEd? http://virtualteched.com/default.aspx Watch them here.. live.. Read More
posted Sunday, June 11, 2006 4:00 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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I forgot to pack a powerstrip...

You know you are in geekout land when the airport has this.. and hotel room key looks like this....but I should have packed a powerstrip... we do have the wireless set up so that the gals can share the highspeed Internet..and yes that's a snap shot of Read More
posted Saturday, June 10, 2006 7:27 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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So how do you get started in using Sharepoiint?

The other day (and sorry for being tardy) I got pinged about resources to get started with Sharepoint and I forgot to point folks in the direction of David's blog http://uksbsguy.com/blogs/doverton/archive/2006/06/06/537.aspx Scroll down a bit as it's Read More
posted Saturday, June 10, 2006 6:57 AM by admin | 1 Comments
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Microsoft you are blowing the trust in patching....

Today on my accounting listserve someone posted in that a patch had hurt him... so much so that he was turning off automatic updates and leaving them off...  I just wasted a few hours of my life when my computer could not connect to my network.  Read More
posted Friday, June 09, 2006 12:02 PM by bradley | 7 Comments
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SBA wins awards...

Hey did you see this? Microsoft Small Business Applications: http://blogs.msdn.com/rajattaneja/default.aspxThe Tech Gap: 2006 Innovation Awards Honor Technologies that Advance and Enhance Productivity: http://www.thetechgap.com/2006/06/2006_innovation.html#moreMicrosoft Read More
posted Thursday, June 08, 2006 8:36 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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It's the hardware, dude....

<warning religious wars ahead> First off Vlad wrote an interesting 'why SBS works for Small business" on his blog.. and then EmailBattles has the audacity to say why Linux is superior to SBS.... ready for this? But while Vlad suggests that people Read More
posted Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:13 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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I really wasn't going to blog about SBS 2003 r2...but...

Okay so it's pretty clear from the public news that SBS 2003 R2 RTMd just recently.. and honestly.. I really wasn't going to blog about it... why?  Well because for one.. right after I would blog about the RTM RTMing you'd ask me "so what's the Read More
posted Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:02 PM by bradley | 9 Comments
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Ouch a lot of security patches out next week...

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/advance.mspx and given that I'm in Boston next week.. I'll have to decide whether to patch remotely or not.. yeah I'll be reading those bulletins and Read More
posted Thursday, June 08, 2006 12:10 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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The Sky is falling Podcast - Episode 2

The sky is falling Podcast Episode 2 Links regarding topics discussed: Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/advance.mspx Welcome to the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog! : June Read More
posted Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:05 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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oh yeah... it's on order..

Yoda Backpack - Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/yoda-backpack-179185.php bummed I can't get it in time for Boston.. but oh yeah... it's on order.. Read More
posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 7:58 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Whoa..they DO get it.....

This question was seen in the beta tester application of a certain software package..... is that software.... a.  The latest and greatest Google app killer targeting another Microsoft app? b.  The latest and greatest voice over IP dohicky Read More
posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 7:31 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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The book is ordered and somewhere...but maybe I'll buy one at TechEd

http://virtualteched.com/default.aspx I'm on the VirtualTechEd site watching the video of the interview with Michael Howard about his new book on the Security Development Lifecycle..yes the book is ordered and shipping from Amazon soon....and it Read More
posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 7:20 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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DNS in a SBS network

DNS For Simple SBS 2003 Setup, AlphaOne Computing, Brighton, Sussex: http://www.alphaone-comp.com/kbase/2006/06/dns_for_simple_sbs_2003_setup.php hmmm ... I don't open the SBS DNS console like that.. I run the connect to Internet and Email wizard....and Read More
posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 5:42 PM by bradley | 7 Comments
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Edukatin' those end users

I've send email to someone and when they email back.. up in the header file their IT staff has placed the following right in the subject line: "CAUTION-Email contains attachment -DO NOT OPEN IT unless you are expecting it. Even if it is from a known Read More
posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 12:32 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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WSUS sp1 will be on MU today

WSUS Product Team Blog : WSUS SP1 published to MU and available to WSUS today: http://blogs.technet.com/wsus/archive/2006/06/07/433695.aspx Read More
posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 12:16 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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How long does is take you to reboot?

In the blog comments..... a poster says.... . Everytime I write up a memo to use WSUS it gets shot down by my boss as "Too dangerous", "It might break something", "But patches force me to reboot and I can't work then". and to that I say .. TOUGH. Reboot... Read More
posted Tuesday, June 06, 2006 7:41 PM by bradley | 8 Comments
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KBs of interest

FIX: You experience high memory usage in the W3wp.exe process on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that has Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 installed: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=916984Information about Microsoft ActiveSync 4.0 error Read More
posted Tuesday, June 06, 2006 6:49 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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This KB is subtitled... don't rip out your MSDE's okay?

Programs that use other instances of SQL Server 2000, MSDE 2000, or SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows) may fail when you remove an instance of SQL Server 2000, MSDE 2000, or SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows): http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=91876 Read More
posted Tuesday, June 06, 2006 6:40 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Okay so today is NOT the second Tuesday of the month...

and that means that today is NOT Patch Tuesday... that also means that next Tuesday will be patch Tuesday and I WILL BE AWAY FROM MY NETWORK... which means about Friday night after I have remoted into the office and installed the patches there..I will Read More
posted Tuesday, June 06, 2006 12:09 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Sometimes it's the little things

So this morning the power was dropping and the lights were blinking.. so we called PG&E and got them to come over and look.. I was joking that it was due to changing out our old Scientific America cable box with the new digital one that takes a rocket Read More
posted Tuesday, June 06, 2006 12:02 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Exchange IMF guide on the Download site

This guide explains how to deploy and configure Intelligent Message Filter in your Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 organization. Read More
posted Monday, June 05, 2006 8:35 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Okay so a little 'too much' security sometimes..maybe is a good thing.

So I'm out searching the blogs tonight on Technorati and I hit and entry on myspace talking about SBS ... but.. uh.. like I can't to the page... and then it hits me.. I blocked myspace.com in ISA Server.  You know the other day when folks said Read More
posted Monday, June 05, 2006 5:28 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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So what do you think?

Okay so we're taking a poll..... read this article.... a couple of folks have pinged and says the author sure sounds like he used the www.sbsmigration.com method to move his problem server... the use of "TempDC" ...and the word "SwingMigration" made Read More
posted Monday, June 05, 2006 12:16 PM by bradley | 12 Comments
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Chris... we shoot SBS stuff around here all the time...

I need to track down Chris Johnson and tell him we have an entire community out here just on SBS.. yes there is information specifically on SBS.... That can be a problem when it comes to getting help. "You might find Windows-type things on the Internet," Read More
posted Saturday, June 03, 2006 8:48 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Dr. Jesper Johansson's Fan Club at TechEd

For those that are planning to be at TechEd in Boston... well. I'll be the first to admit I'm a security 'groupee'.  See that security track at TechEd?  Well you could make that the entire event and I'd be happy.. and in fact.. I've of the opinion Read More
posted Sunday, June 04, 2006 3:23 AM by admin | 0 Comments
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It was a sign..

So I'm in the Los Angeles Union station walking (okay near running) to catch the surfliner train south to meet up with friends for the weekend.. and all of a sudden right in front of me scampers across the walk way was a sign.... .. a big.. rust colored Read More
posted Friday, June 02, 2006 10:39 PM by bradley | 7 Comments

So I don't get it?

So I'm listening to the www.sbsshow.com episode 20 and they are talkng about the process of finding a trusted peer resource and building up a network of peers... and here's the thing.. blogs aren't really new.... we've been doing this trusted network Read More
posted Friday, June 02, 2006 8:50 PM by bradley | 1 Comments

You have to wonder sometimes about the data they get

So yesterday Eweek called and asked me their 400 questions to get a free magazine survey.. and you just have to wonder sometimes about surveys... because due to my 'Jack of all trades, Master of None" I have many if not all of the boxes of "what technologies Read More
posted Friday, June 02, 2006 12:18 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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Those dime store reading glasses...

" Age 40 is that magic number when you need those dime store reading glasses hung around your neck. " As stated by Grey Lancaster.... Dell, Microsoft and ESPECIALLY Apple's Ipods are making me go blind. Seriously... blind.. totally blind.. because Read More
posted Thursday, June 01, 2006 6:52 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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The SBS Community Survey... making your voice heard

 In many of these communities many folks have complained about Microsoft not listening.. well folks... and I'm sorry if you said in the past "Microsoft isn't listening"... well now it's more like "you aren't stepping up to the plate when asked". Read More
posted Thursday, June 01, 2006 5:47 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Symantec Def issues?

Just got an email about issues they are seeing (possibly) with Symantec def files?In case anyone else sees this...watch those dat file updates...."We had major issues with our 2000 PRO SP4 PCs this morning. Constantrebooting and blue screens. I was Read More
posted Thursday, June 01, 2006 1:17 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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For those that are already WSUSing.....

Service pack 1 has been released.. This document describes known issues affecting Windows Server Update Services Service Pack 1 (WSUS SP1) The good news is that this allows WSUS to be installed on SQL 2005 and that includes workgroup edition. Read More
posted Thursday, June 01, 2006 12:14 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Where files are stored....

<Sis> So where are my photos located <me> So where did you save them? <Sis> I don't know. <me> so where does the program save them? <Sis> I don't know. <me> Okay but they are somewhere on your harddrive, Read More
posted Thursday, June 01, 2006 12:03 PM by bradley | 5 Comments
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