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April 2005 - Posts

Skype for Windows Mobile Smartphone

I was just having a conversation about this with someone on Monday and, lo and behold, here it is At the moment, it's chat only (no voice) and it has quite a high data usage rate. Still worth checking out though as its a step in the right direction Read More
posted Friday, April 29, 2005 11:29 AM by adam | 2 Comments
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I've been invited to the Microsoft House!

A new version of Big Brother perhaps? Not quite. Basically, its a house that Microsoft have kitted out with all the latest gubbins to show how you can live a completeley connected life. The unique thing about this house is that all the devices and appliances Read More
posted Thursday, April 28, 2005 12:16 PM by adam | 3 Comments
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I've been nominated to the MCP Hall of Fame!

I'm pleased to announce that I've been nominated to the top 5 for Round 3 of the Windows IT Pro Magazine MCP Hall of Fame The competition has even been featured in Forbes Magazine If you would like to vote for me go to www.windowsitpro.com/mcphalloffame Read More
posted Thursday, April 21, 2005 12:01 AM by adam | 3 Comments
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Active Directory Step-by-Step Guides

Note: I'm clearing through my e-mail prior to a reformat so there may be a couple of these posts today :) Having written many of these type of steps in my time, I appreciate the importance of good, clear instructions to walk you through a topic you aren't Read More
posted Tuesday, April 19, 2005 11:38 AM by adam | 1 Comments
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Securing a New PC with Zone Alarm

Craig has a great blog post about installing Zone Alarm on a new Dell PC. along with some worthwhile advice on upgrading security software (download, disconnect, upgrade, reconnect). Personally, I think this should be automatic but there you go... Read More
posted Tuesday, April 19, 2005 10:10 AM by adam | 1 Comments
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With PowerPoint, size IS everything!

I've been meaning to share these two PowerPoint tips for a while... There area couple of things you can do to reduce the size of a PowerPoint deck: 1) From the File menu, click Properties. On the Summary tab, clear the Save preview picture check Read More
posted Monday, April 18, 2005 3:25 PM by adam | 2 Comments
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LiveMessage Alerting

There is now an alternative way to keep up to date on my new blog entries. Just click the button in the menu bar (or use the one below) to receive free alerts through MSN Messenger Read More
posted Monday, April 18, 2005 11:49 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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New Microsoft Certification - MCAP

Microsoft are looking into an idea that i proposed to mswish a long time ago MCAP would be a sit down exam with results assessed individually in a similar fashion to CCIE or CISSP More info here. Read More
posted Thursday, April 14, 2005 4:46 PM by adam | 4 Comments
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Windows Mobile 2005 a Blackberry Killer?

Praveen blogged a link to an article on CRN about how the forthcoming version of Windows Mobile, when combined with Exchange 2003 SP2 will be a Blackberry killer. I've recently done extensive research on this very topic which i will now share Read More
posted Thursday, April 14, 2005 3:53 PM by adam | 2 Comments
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The 'Dojo gets a mention in Eweek!

Cool. Very Cool. Read More
posted Thursday, April 14, 2005 2:41 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Microsoft System Center DPM Beta

A public beta of Data Protection Manager (which I think is the first product under the System Center banner, although I could be wrong) is now available for download. I'm just downloading and installing now so i'll let you know how I get on (it's a whopping Read More
posted Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:39 PM by adam | 4 Comments
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It's nice when old things are cool

Being relatively young in this industry known as IT, I think its great when old things are still cool. Keni blogged about how to create a send to link to send files to your mobile device/storage card which I remember from a newsgroup donkeys Read More
posted Wednesday, April 13, 2005 1:13 PM by adam | 2 Comments
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Supporting Regulatory Compliance with Exchange 2003

I know that this is an old doc but I came across it again during some recent research and it's still applicable so I thought i'd share it. It's also useful for anyone going down the ISO17799/BS15000 route who has some messaging documentation to write. Read More
posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 6:26 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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New Rootkit Detection Tool

F-Secure have released a beta version of their new rootkit detection tool, Blacklight. The product decription says  'F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination Technology detects objects that are hidden from users and security tools and offers the Read More
posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:05 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Things that make you go Ooh!

Every now and then, you see something that makes you go Ooh! (Think the aliens in the grab machine in Toy Story) Two things have made me go Ooh today (well three actually but i'm not going to tell you #3 yet) #1 is The Microsoft Security Risk Self-Assessment Read More
posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 2:52 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Possibly the coolest Microsoft site ever?

This new site for anyone into DJ'ing and electronic music production. Its also built on top of Community Server 1.0 Check it out here. Read More
posted Monday, April 11, 2005 12:28 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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CellTrack GSM Location Tracker

Just found a cool app that uses GSM cell triangulation plotted against an online database to tell you where you are. At the moment, its just for Windows Mobile-based smartphones (not sure if there are plans for any other platforms). You can also name Read More
posted Monday, April 11, 2005 11:48 AM by adam | 2 Comments
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Microsoft UK Community Leaders Summit

I spent the day at Microsoft UK yesterday for the UK Community Leaders Summit. I'll add some more detail to this post as soon as i have a moment over the weekend including links to all of the groups represented. Read More
posted Friday, April 08, 2005 3:46 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Dell Server for £99 - One Day Only

Looks like Dell have one of their price promotions again Today (and only today), you can get a Dell PowerEdge SC420 for £99 It's a fairly reasonable spec for the price so well worth a look: Intel® Celeron® Processor 2.53GHz 256MB Read More
posted Monday, April 04, 2005 10:12 AM by adam | 1 Comments
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