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With the Swine Flu H1N1 virus going around, chances are you may have staff or yourself needing to be able to work remotely. Some might be off for the flu itself, others may be off work to care for loved ones who have fallen ill. Regardless of the reason, as a network administrator one of [...]
Just a reminder to everyone (at least in North America) that time changes tonight. We fall back an hour and gain an hour of sleep. Always check your systems tomorrow to ensure they changed correctly. Last spring I made a post on how to set the time source on Windows Server 2008. Nothing has changed, [...]
TechDays is now in full swing. Vancouver and Toronto have both been completed and have gone well. The remaining cities are coming along in November and December. I will be presenting three sessions in Ottawa this year. Two sessions are part of the Windows Client track on Day 1 and one is in the Servers, [...]
I am just browsing Slashdot this evening and I see a interesting article on naming conventions. http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/02/2228254 I always find it interesting how people name machines. Some people name their servers based on a theme like cartoon characters or vehicles, ie, Homer, Bart, Maggie, etc. Others will use a scientific approach, like S-NX-MX-01 where the [...]
I was searching this morning when I started to notice warnings that the site I am being directed to might contain malware. I did a news search and sure enough, I am seeing results in thailand and on a site called Neowin reporting the same thing. Here is a screenshot of what I am [...]
Again, its the time of the year for the clocks to go back an hour. I forgot to mention this last week, so a little late. By now, hopefully all our workstations and servers are patched and we are not having any issues with the change in time.
I was at the keynote speech this morning and Ray Ozzie announced Windows Azure and an offering for cloud based services. Today was geared towards the developer but they will be moving down the road to pretty much offering the complete Microsoft suite of products.
I have noticed a few event going on in Toronto and Ottawa over the new few months. Events are always a good opportunity to get out and meet new contacts and network with your peers. Most of these events have a fee associated with them.
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