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Interactive command prompt under the system context and Server 2008

scambler — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:31:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Call of Duty Black Ops Woods Outfit

scambler — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:05:02 GMT

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...(read more)

Microsoft software licensing changes: What they mean for your business

scambler — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:44:18 GMT

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...(read more)

The tax system explained in beer!

scambler — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:19:48 GMT

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...(read more)

More on Window 7 and Server 2008 R2 RTM

scambler — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:22:00 GMT

Windows 7 Release Dates August 6th Independent Software and Hardware Vendors TechNet Subscribers Developers with MSDN Subscription August 7th Volume License Customers...(read more)

Global Support On Click and a worried sister

scambler — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:44:40 GMT

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...(read more)

Windows Azure Platform

scambler — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:15:24 GMT

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...(read more)

Hyper-V How To: Monitor Hyper-V R2 VMs in a Sidebar Gadget

scambler — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:52:01 GMT

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...(read more)

Killer SMS rumours sweep Egypt

scambler — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:26:21 GMT

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

The Crisis of Credit Visualized

scambler — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:53:41 GMT

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

Interesting Downloads for Week Ending 3-6-2009

scambler — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:53:17 GMT

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...(read more)

Early look: Jackman digs his claws into 'Wolverine'

scambler — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:35:51 GMT

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…...(read more)

IPD Guide - SQL Server 2008 available

scambler — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:00:35 GMT

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...(read more)

When Chuck Norris Checks His Gmail The Whole World Waits Until He is Done.

scambler — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:37:44 GMT

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,...(read more)

Stopping Conficker Spread using Group Policy

scambler — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:33:01 GMT

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...(read more)