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SnowSoftware - Snow License Manager for SMS
09 January 2008 14:44

Rod Trent over at MyITForum blogged about this , looks like quite a cool tool so wanted to reblog here. Snow License Manager automatically combines infrastructure information provided by Microsoft SMS® with information such as software contracts, purchased licenses, ownership, and prices. Snow License Manager ensures central control of all your contracts and... Read More...

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Filed under: General, Technology, SMS2003

Failure to install SMS2003 Management Point
22 November 2007 13:45

Ok finally figured out the solution to a problem with installing MP's that's been bugging me the last couple of days. Essentially It revolves around the SMS2003 Advanced Client not behaving itself. I've got a couple of SMS2003 RTM sites that have problems reinstalling their MP. The MP was installed first followed by the SMS2003 Advanced Client. Initially... Read More...

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Microsoft setting forward on a project to back up your BRAIN!
16 November 2007 11:18

There is a MyLifeBits Project on the Microsoft Research website thats very very interesting! They haven't developed a brain-interface yet, but once the Microsoft Surface project is fully out the door expect Bord-type implants to be included in the retail box for MyLifeBits!!! MyLifeBits is a lifetime store of everything . It is the fulfillment of Vannevar... Read More...

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WMUG - System Center Configuration\Operations Manager presentation
30 September 2007 22:01

Hey there, Our first WMUG meeting has been confirmed, and we're busy putting together some good content for you! I'm especially looking forward to the day, as the first meet will be in the newly refurbished MS office at Cardinal Place, London . If you're interested in a unbiased and technical comparison of SMS2003 and System Centre Configuration Manager... Read More...

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Filed under: Technology, System Center, Community

Hackers @ Microsoft ... New blog
28 August 2007 13:02

Interesting new blog propped up by MSDN ... Think we're going to get bloggage from the Hack0rs that work for M1cr0s0ft ;-) Worth bookmarking and keeping an eye on this one. http://blogs.msdn.com/hackers/ Read More...

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Vista Battery life - Cool app from Microsofts CodePlex
22 August 2007 13:41

I stumbled in to this on my travels. A tool that helps save battery power in Vista . Not tried this, will install it later tonight but thought i'd link it as a cool new tool. Read More...

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Vista Squad next meeting on 6th September - Venue London
20 August 2007 15:53

Heads up!!! The Vista Squad are having their next meeting on the 6th of September, in London. They have Mike Taulty and Stephen Lamb presenting, so should be a really cool meeting! http://vistasquad.co.uk/blogs/announcements/archive/2007/08/10/vista-squad-3-0.aspx The location will be: Microsoft London (Cardinal Place), 100 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 5JL.... Read More...

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Using Outlook with connector to read Hotmail or Live mailbox
16 August 2007 10:56

Handy blog about using MS Outlook to get access to you're Windows Live\Hotmail inbox http://msmvps.com/blogs/petizme/archive/2007/08/15/use-hotmail-or-live-on-outlook-w-connector.aspx Read More...

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Microsoft VHD Downloads
06 June 2007 13:41

More content available on the Microsoft VHD website. Check it out here You might not know, but you can swing back and forth between VMWare VMDK file format to Microsoft Virtual Server VHD format using the following tools: Virtual Server Migration Tool VMWare Converter You can also convert Physical machines in to Virtual machines as well as being able to create... Read More...

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SSD Drives - 800M bytes/second sustained throughput
23 May 2007 23:14

Have you every heard a hard drive die? Click, Clunk … soon those days will be just mere memories! those clever boffins out there have begun turning out Solid State (hard) Drives (SDD) that can operate at far faster speed, and in more harsh environments than our tradition spin and read drives. These little puppies are going to phase out our existing approach... Read More...

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Classic Computing
14 May 2007 19:06

Doug Engelbart demonstrating stuff that we now take for granted … On December 9, 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart and the group of 17 researchers working with him in the Augmentation Research Center at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, CA, presented a 90-minute live public demonstration of the online system, NLS, they had been working on since 1962... Read More...

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Mark Russinovich - Inside the Windows Vista Kernel
11 April 2007 20:09

Any self-professed admin who's worth his salt knows who Mark Russinovich is, he joined forces with Microsoft in July 2006 , a union that can only help the community at large as he's closer to the code and inside the belly of the beast so to speak :> He's been a busy bee presenting for Microsoft, and getting his hands dirty in Vista. Here is a set of articles... Read More...

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Windows Vista Boot Mechanism
04 February 2007 18:46

Some interesting info (and a fundamental change) on the boot process in Vista http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/85cd5efe-c349-427c-b035-c2719d4af7781033.mspx?mfr=true Read More...

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Intels new 45nm die production process
27 January 2007 12:36

These chips, they just get smaller and smaller! Bit-tech have a good review of the new 45nm technology process that Intel recently announced. And on a side-note, my brother Fred who works at Bit-tech, reviewed the Zalman HD135 HTPC Enclosure earlier this month, worth a read Read More...

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The Secret Life of Machines
07 January 2007 16:03

Found whole series (it seems) of The Secret Life of Machines Excerpt: Just how does a video recorder work? And how about fax machines, cars, washing machines, electric light, telephones, vacuum cleaners, and refrigerators? You'll find the answers here. This site is designed as a companion to the TV series 'The Secret Life Of Machines' written by Tim Hunkin, and... Read More...

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