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September 2004 - Posts

One last change before DSL..

I wrote about it in a recent content design spec and several people have blogged about it but from tomorrow, i'll be doing it for real. What am I rambling on about? Running as a non-admin user of course. Why would I want to do this? The premise is Read More
posted Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:10 AM by adam | 1 Comments
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UK Geek Dinners?

Based on my experiences in Seattle (and the fact that every other bugger is having one), anyone interested in hosting or attending a geek dinner? Either comment here or IM me using one of the addresses on the right Read More
posted Wednesday, September 29, 2004 5:40 PM by adam | 5 Comments
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Dell Printer Offer is Back

A while back, I blogged about Dell having their 720 colour printer for 20 quid inclusive of VAT and delivery. Well the offer is back until the 4th October and this time, the printer is just a tenner. Get it here. Read More
posted Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:42 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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New Wireless Gateway

I just bought a new wireless gateway, the Netgear DG834G My ADSL doesnt actually get activated till Saturday morning but i'm hoping I can get it setup beforehand and ready to go. If anyone has any experience of this device, let me know how you found Read More
posted Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:02 PM by adam | 4 Comments
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E-mail firm baits hackers with security challenge

Just saw this on News.com. Lots of these competitions always end in tears.. British e-mail firm Avecho has offered a £10,000 ($18,056) award to anyone who can deliver a virus past its GlassWall filtering product. To participate contestants must Read More
posted Tuesday, September 28, 2004 4:49 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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SQL Server 2000 Report Pack for Microsoft Exchange

Just saw this while looking for some SQL bits.. The SQL Server 2000 Report Pack for Microsoft Exchange is a set of 13 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services reports that work with a Microsoft Exchange sample reporting database. With the Report Read More
posted Tuesday, September 28, 2004 12:22 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Sleepless in Seattle..

Well close to Seattle anyway Any regular readers of my blog will know that one of my colleagues climbed Mt Ranier in WA. They may also know that Rainier is a volcano. Greg Hughes has a great blog posting about the recent seismic activity in Mt St. Read More
posted Monday, September 27, 2004 5:58 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Free Security Training from Microsoft

Microsoft have a load of security clinics and hands-on labs available for free at http://www.microsoftelearning.com/security/ A lot of it is based on material produced by the group I'm currently working with and is well worth checking out. Our free Read More
posted Monday, September 27, 2004 12:26 PM by adam | 8 Comments
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A New Blogger..

My friend and colleague, Richard Harrison is blogging He works with the security guidance team at Microsoft so, as you might expect, his blog has somewhat of a security focus (mine seems to have too lately) Be sure to check it out Read More
posted Saturday, September 25, 2004 12:26 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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A Proper GDI Scanner

As most of you probably know, Microsoft recently announced a vulnerability in their GDI+ Engine in Windows and other applications that use it. However, the security bulletin was rather pants and quite muddled and the scanner that was pushed out via Windows Read More
posted Friday, September 24, 2004 11:56 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Microsoft Time Zones App

Already Wednesday and this is my first blog post of the week :S Microsoft has released a handy new application that sits in your system tray and will show you the times in multiple cities. Download it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bff59fcf-3148-40b8-a286-fe7274f6e4d8&DisplayLang=en Read More
posted Wednesday, September 22, 2004 3:30 PM by adam | 5 Comments
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Event: Active Directory Week

Just got this on e-mail.. From September 27 to October 1, Tech Net & MS Executive Circle will be running a series of 15 webcasts focused on AD, ranging from a basic intro to the benefits of AD, to deployment considerations, to how to secure and optimize Read More
posted Sunday, September 19, 2004 1:29 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Visual analysis of Spam and Virii

Raymond never fails to disappoint. Following his series of posts on the /4gb switch, he now provides us with a visual analysis of every piece of spam he's received since 1997. Read More
posted Friday, September 17, 2004 10:12 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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TechNet Expands the Virtual Lab

Bob just blogged this.. TechNet has again expanded the TechNet Virtual Lab. The initial version of the lab went live with Windows Server 2003. With this expansion, six new labs and 22 new modules have been added to the program, covering Exchange Server, Read More
posted Thursday, September 16, 2004 2:52 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Password Drilldown Chat

Two guys from the team I'm currently working with in Redmond (Mike Danseglio and Kurt Dillard) are hosting a chat on all things related to Windows passwords on 9/21/2004 at 10:00 AM PST  Passwords have been used since early computing Read More
posted Tuesday, September 14, 2004 5:46 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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I'm back..

I'm back from my week off and I have to say it was great to just have some family time for a change. On the personal front, there are about 3 1/2 weeks to go until our 3rd daughter is born. Combine this with the project im working on and you'll see Read More
posted Tuesday, September 14, 2004 4:57 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Vacation

I'm on a week off work this week so dont be surprised if blog posts are pretty thin. Read More
posted Monday, September 06, 2004 9:06 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Veritas buys KVS!

Just saw this on Paul's blog in which he quite rightly says that this will make things interesting. Maybe we might see a non-sucky version of Backup Exec one day after all :) Source: http://www.kvsinc.com/fw/main/default.asp?DocID=1908Source: http://www.veritas.com/news/press/PressReleaseDetail.jhtml?NewsId=62751 Read More
posted Thursday, September 02, 2004 12:19 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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