Microsoft today announced plans for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 betas. I received this last night under embargo until today so here's an extract of what I know. What is Windows Vista Service Pack 1? Windows Vista SP1 is an update to Windows Vista that, along with improvements delivered to users via Windows Update, addresses feedback from our … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2007
What RSS reader do you use? Aka I wish MS had support this good!
I've used a few different RSS readers over the past 12 months and I've finally settled on one that I like. I tried to use Outlook 2007 but got fed up with the fact that it would all by it's own accord stop synchronising the feeds. I tried a number of things to resolve it, but ultimately they all failed to make it work the way it was supposed to. I tried RSS Bandit and for … [Read more...]
GFI Webmonitor for ISA v3.0 to v4.0 Upgrade may cause very slow internet access for users
Today I've done an inplace upgrade for a customers ISA 2004 server up to ISA 2006 the upgrade itself went well once we removed the Firewall Client Share in ISA 2004. The client uses GFI's Webmonitor for ISA Server to monitor their users and block certain sites. It works pretty well and gives them control over the users internet access above and beyond that provided by ISA. … [Read more...]
My New Blog
Hi Guys - many of you will know that I am extremely impressed with what Windows Sharepoint Services v3.0 can do. So much so that I decided to move my blog over here so that I can continue to blog and in fact increase my blogging. So welcome to my blog - I've had a few challenges in getting things running and soon I'll blog about how this blog was made up and how you can build … [Read more...]