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I had a rather anxious phone call from a DBA friend today He had a production SQL 2008 server running in Window Authentication mode, someone had removed the main admin login. He was getting quite upset as he could not see any possible way to add it back in again, this account was the only account...

If you bought the prestige edition of COD Black Ops , you will get a free Woods Outfit for your Avatar. There has been lots of questions about how to put this outfit on. The answer is very simple. Go to the avatar section under the 'suits' it will be available in there.

NEWS Changes to Microsoft's software pricing and licensing could have a big impact on IT departments. This is according to analysts at Forrester Research, who have identified five changes that could affect CIOs who are planning new purchases or simply trying to comply with their existing contracts...

Suppose that, every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to £100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this... * The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing * The fifth would pay £1 * The sixth would pay £3 * The seventh would pay...

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I just received a phone call from a very worried sister. She had just received a phone call from a company called Global Support On Click. They explained to her that there was a problem with her computer, which of course they could fix, all she had to do was turn her computer on and let them connect...

Windows® Azure is a cloud services operating system that serves as the development, service hosting and service management environment for the Azure Services Platform. Useful Links ·         What is the Azure Services Platform? ·        ...

I have been rebuilding my SCCM test environment recently, it all runs on Hyper-V and have been looking for an easy way to monitor the Hyper-V boxes, have a look at this Sidebar Gadget , this fits the bill nicely. I am going to install this later today.

This brought a smile to my face today, different kind of SMS…. Read the article…

I would like to thank Garth for putting me on to this The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis

Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance Backup and Recovery of Small Business Server 2003 using Data Protection Manager 2007 Brief Description Learn how to use Data Protection Manager 2007 to back up Windows SBS 2003. Overview This white paper written by Andrew Alaniz of Computer Technology...

I am really looking forward to this film, I just hope it is not a disappointment and ventures to far from the comic.. Read the whole article here…

The Infrastructure Planning and Design team has released a new guide, Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008. This guide, when used in conjunction with product documentation, will help companies confidently plan the implementation of a SQL Server 2008 infrastructure. Fundamental tasks are addressed to help the...

Google users hit by mail blackout GMail is used by more than 113m people worldwide Google has apologised for the outage that hit business and consumer users of its popular e-mail service. The GMail service went offline at 0930 GMT and, Google claims, was unavailable to all for "approximately two...

This will not clean the system of the Conficker malware, it will only stop the spread of the malware. The malware should be cleaned by your anti-virus product, if not, the steps to manually clean the malware in this KB can be followed. Create new policy that will apply to all machines in a specific OU...

From - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd451012.aspx Windows 7 beta 1 includes some handy new shortcut key combinations that allow you to navigate and manage the Windows workspace more efficiently. Here are 10 new Windows 7 shortcuts that will help you speed up your workflow (“Win” means...

Comparing 64 to 32 bit windows…. This is an excerpt from Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Deployment Scenarios ( http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/64bit/x64/deploy.mspx) This is broken down by the System Type (e.g Database, Application, etc), 32-Bit Pain Points and, 64-Bit Technical/Business...

What is the purpose of this alert? This alert is to notify you that Microsoft has published new resources regarding the Conficker Worm on February 6, 2009. These resources aim to help customers by providing consolidated information about Conficker that customers can use to protect their systems and with...

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Struggling US banking giant Citigroup has announced plans to split the firm in two, as it reported a quarterly loss of $8.29bn (£5.6bn). Read more……..

Steve Jobs' medical leave from Apple is likely to be permanent, analysts say. In a letter to Apple staff on Wednesday, Jobs said he was taking a five-month medical leave because his health issues are "more complex than I originally thought In the note, Jobs promised to return to Apple in the...

More jobs going in banking… this time Barclays Read the story…

Banking giant Barclays is to axe 400 jobs in its IT departments after a review of its operations, it was announced. The bank said it would try to mitigate compulsory redundancies by releasing contractors, closing vacancies and offering workers the chance to apply for other jobs read more….

Some of you may have heard of DudeWorks, if not then you need to know that they have some great addons for SMS / SCCM Below are their New Year Deals Save 50% Inventory Manager Enterprise license Package* for as low as $997 - 50% off the base license cost!!! Retail...

Did your Zune stop working at the end of December... Read more....