I started getting that message when I moved our internal SharePoint server from a physical machine to our VMWare server. We have made lots of customizations to Sharepoint – so when ever we touch the thing it creates headaches. We were getting this message for *all* web parts, so I knew it couldn’t be a […]

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Well the day has finally come – Windows 2008, and Vista SP1 have been released to manufacturing. If you are a MSDN subscriber you can download both of them – if you can get in. Right now it looks like the MSDN servers are being crushed by the number of people trying to download: For […]

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Microsoft has announced the upgrade paths available for Windows Server 2008: If you are currently running: You can upgrade to: Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2) Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (R2, […]

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Well we hear in the news today that Microsoft is trying to buy yahoo. This would be for a cool $44.6 Billion. 62% more than the current stock price. Obviously this is Microsoft’s desperate bid to out maneuver Google. I don’t think Google has anything to worry about. Lets look at the latest marketing campaign […]

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I have been using Office 2007 for some time now, and I just ran across a free download from MS: 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS I like to save many of my documents as PDF, since they readable/printable across many platforms. I have been using FinePrint’s PDF Factory – but […]

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A while back we released a IE 7 blocking tool. It uses a registry key that Automatic update checks. If it is present, IE 7 will not automatically install. Starting February 12th, IE 7 will begin showing up on Automatic updates, and ignore the special registry key. It will be up to the user to […]

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I received an email earlier this week from a reader (Brian): The Hide/Show Menu main menu doesn’t seem to work with this utility. I can easily hide it via other means, but your utility doesn’t seem to do it. All other changes apply, but not that one. He did quite a bit of research for […]

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Back in November Microsoft quietly added KB925876 to their list of “Optional Software Updates”. I was foolish enough to simply select all, and install the latest version of Remote Desktop without even realizing it. A few things annoy me about this release. First of all I wasted a considerable amount of time trying to figure […]

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Neither of them have been released yet (Except 2003 SP2), but now is the time to start thinking about blocking the automatic install of these service packs. This will allow you to set your own timetable for deployment. You have 4 options for preventing the automatic install of these service packs: 1. Download our Network […]

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