Well after months of testing the first service pack for Windows Server 2008 was released Service Pack 2 yes that sound strange doesn t it the first Service Pack for Server 2008 is SP2, that is because Server 2008 was released at SP1 level because it shares the same code base as Windows Vista. So Microsoft have now created Service Pack 2 which applies to both Vista … [Read more...]

Ok so now I ve finished testing it, there is one downside that I ve found that might make it a little more difficult for me as an IT Pro. During testing I ve found a few times that the Windows Live Family Safety Filter will prevent me from doing some basic testing (Pings etc) unless it is signed in. Now given I am administrator on my laptop it s not an issue for me to … [Read more...]

I ve been trialling out the Windows Live Family Safety Filter so that I could have it running on the computers for my kids. I ve got a teenager and a soon to be teenager, and I need to monitor both and block some of the less than desirable web sites from their computers. My kids often take their computers to friends places and therefore I needed a solution that will work … [Read more...]

If you like me totally forgot about it then you might notice that your appointments on your Windows Mobile device are out by an hour today vs what you have in your Outlook Calendar. I m based in Sydney, Australia and Daylight savings was modified last year to end on the First Saturday in April it used to be the last Saturday of March. This simple change means that unless … [Read more...]

I've got a larger non SBS site and we discovered that a recent upgrade to GFI WebMonitor caused the AV updates to randomly stop to the servers. The site uses Trend Micro's OfficeScan product and we were experiencing an error message during the update cycle that suggested that the AV pattern file updates were corrupt. We traced it back to the GFi WebMonitor software which was … [Read more...]