I've been here in Seattle since last Friday for the MVP summit which started last night. I'm staying in a hotel in downtown Seattle, and when I walked into the hotel, I walked right into a line of Seattles finest police in full uniform... I wondered what I had done... I mean - I know I'm important (NOT!) but hey - I didn't expect the police presence. I joked with one of the … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2008
What is C:\Windows\Installer and why does it take up so much space?
On one of my servers, I got a low disk space alert today for the C: drive. This server hosts a number of websites including this blog so I was somewhat puzzled as to what would consume so much space. The C: drive on this server is 30GB in size. I use a freeware utility called TreeSize Free to determine where the space is - it's a cool utility and allows you to drill down … [Read more...]
SMBNation Webinar – Susan Bradley on Vista SP1
I received a note today from the legendary HarryB letting me know about a webinar coming up that is timed to suit the Australia/New Zealand time zones. This webinar is a free event and will focus on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and is being presented by Susan Bradley. It's on April 17th - but I'm not sure if that date is Aussie or US date, so check out the link below for more … [Read more...]
Trend release new engine VSAPI 8.7
Trend have announced that they are releasing a new engine v8.7 which addresses a number of improvements to overcome resource issues that occurred some time back as well as implementing new features. The new engine will automatically download and distribute to your sites from April 22nd onwards, so you don't need to do anything about it. However, if you want to get in and … [Read more...]
Are you running a business or a hobby?
Interesting question huh. Many of us in the SMB IT Pro sector have more fallen into our business rather than actively planned our business. As such many of us treat it more as a hobby that we make money out of than a business that can sustain itself. Is that the wrong thing to do? I mean a hobby is very enjoyable and the passion we put into a hobby means we often get some … [Read more...]