November 2006 - Posts
News Windows Powershell 1.0 RTW Windows PowerShell 1.0 is finally released. Download Windows PowerShell 1.0 for Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. Download Windows PowerShell RC2 for Windows Vista or Windows Server code-name "Longhorn." Senior VP Bob
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This has slipped in under the radar! Source: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=72d6aa49-787d-4118-ba5f-4f30fe913628&DisplayLang=en XML Notepad 2007 provides a simple intuitive user interface for browsing and editing XML documents.
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Saw this at IT Forum in Barcelona a few weeks back. It just rocks! Download the trial and see for yourself! http://www.powergadgets.com/ Once you have it try these: get-process | out-chart -refresh 0:0:1 get-wmiobject win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Memory |
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After the events of the last couple of weeks it has made me realise a few things. So my tag line is nolonger “The Ramblings of a Mad Blogger “ but the latin Carpe diem. The translation to “seize the day” feels right .. if you know
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So I wanted to open up a PowerShell session and make sure I could use all my Exchange 2007 features and PowerGagets I have installed. I asked around and was directed to the xxx-pssnapin commands. Now I just r un this: get-pssnapin -registered | add-pssnapin
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Want to move all mailboxes on your server to one database? get-mailbox | Move-Mailbox -targetdatabase "first storage group\mailbox database"
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Myself and Brett played with some coding last week and I wanted to share with you what we done. Brett’s original script is to deploy an Exchange 2007 server. It basically runs setup, installs exchange and then imports data from a number of CSVs
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Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is now available to users of Windows Server 2003. You can download Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 using the links below. Please note the different links for standard (x86) and 64-bit (x64) versions. Check the sharepoint
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I don't know how many of you out there are animal lovers, but my cat Mak, was run over and killed last night. He was just over 7 and a loving caring cat. His loss is causing unbelievable grief for me and my wife. I am going to post a tribute to the him
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What a month this is turning out to be. So today Windows PowerShell RTMed and is available for download. If you script, you NEED to check this out, it ROCKS! Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2006/11/14/windows-powershell-1-0-released.aspx
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More vista stuff There is a free Microsoft eLearning clinic here: https://www.microsoftelearning.com/eLearning/courseDetail.aspx?courseId=60546 There is a really good Technet page, which makes an excellent starting point for network admins and IT Pros:
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Introducing VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace - Certified, Production-Ready, No Install, Instant On VMware is pleased to announce the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace. You can download evaluation and purchase production-ready enterprise software
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Today the Sysinternals TechCenter went live with the following 3 sites: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich http://blogs.technet.com/sysinternals Mark Russinovich updated the following utilities for the
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Yeah baby – two down ony Exchange 2007 to go! It’s official – It’s time! REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 8, 2006 — As Windows Vista is released to manufacturing (RTM) today — a significant milestone for Microsoft and its partners
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/security/guide.mspx The guide documents the major security-related countermeasures available in Windows Vista, the vulnerabilities that the countermeasures address, and the functionality considerations related
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You have been warned Source: http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/parcel_delivery.html The following chain letter has been distributed widely. The chain letter contains factual inaccuracies as a £15 telephone tariff does not exist. According to
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Shawn showed me this http://www.microsoft.com/technet/try/vhd/default.mspx Using the power of virtual machines, you can now quickly evaluate Microsoft and partner solutions through a series of pre-configured Virtual Hard Disks (VHD). You can download
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Humm, this could be interesting! Source: http://mostlyexchange.blogspot.com/2006/11/maximum-e2k7-transport-rules.html … how many Tranport Rules can be created in Exchange 2007. You can have a maximum of 1,000 rules. These are processed for EACH
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I just love this Source: http://www.alibutt.com/?p=279 When you receive a STOP error, Windows displays the STOP on a Blue screen, hence the name BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death). If you prefer a Red screen with White text, or any other color combination that
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Check it out http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9fb32b6c-e847-4488-a242-d76bee92a21b&displaylang=en
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I’m sure you all know about this!?! http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/ee/ee_advanced.aspx
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Check this out from Bharat, very cool! http://www.exchangepedia.com/blog/2006/09/addremove-windows-components-and-other.html I love the hibernate one! %windir%\system32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Hibernate So I have been doing some hunting
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Oh dear, I think this is a hotfix you are going to want to install! Source: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;921539&sd=rss&spid=1773 Consider the following scenario. On the Exchange Advanced tab in the Active Directory Users
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You know what, I totally missed this http://blog.flaphead.dns2go.com/archive/2006/11/06/3605.aspx . All the talk is about Office 2007 except … Microsoft Office RTM also marks a critical step toward worldwide business availability of the 2007 Office
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Not long now! Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/nov06/11-062007OfficeRTMPR.mspx REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 6, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the completion of the 2007 Microsoft ® Office system code and confirmed
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This poped up in my mailbox over night: Zune™ is almost here. So, thanks for registering to learn more. Hope you enjoyed what we have shown so far. We have a lot more going on. Zune.net went live today. Check it out to learn more. Plus, Coming Zune
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Okay so I have been playing, as you would expect. If you interested this is a tube gadget for your windows vista sidebar. Basically it opens up the London Underground website and looks for the tube travel information and then displays it in a table on
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I turned my 360 on last night and it offered an “update”. Engadget has it’s finger on the the pulse! http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/xbox-360-fall-update-details-revealed-1080p-auto-download-wmv/ Microsoft has finally seen fit to
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