We must be getting close now - Microsoft today have released information on the Microsoft download site about Windows XP SP3 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=68c48dad-bc34-40be-8d85-6bb4f56f5110&DisplayLang=en The update will be up to 580MB and is only for the x86 / 32bit versions of Windows XP. From the Download site Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) … [Read more...]
Exchange 2007 SP1 is out
Most people wait for SP1 of a product to be released before deploying it. I'm not normally one of those people and I've been deploying Exchange 2007 now since March this year for a larger client of ours. I've currently got an open case with Microsoft on some funky intersite SMTP communications issues that has been going on now for 5 to 6 weeks. I was hoping that Exchange … [Read more...]
SharePoint Toolkit – now available for download
This was released at the World Wide Partner Conference this year and now it's available for download direct from Microsoft. It's a very cool toolkit that will help you understand, sell and implement Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0) solutions. You can download it direct from Microsoft - the files are now online here … [Read more...]
Damien says This is like Geek Porn
In our office, one of our guys Damien, is our resident coder/programmer guru. I showed him a book today "Windows Command-Line Administrators Pocket Consultant" from MS Press ISBN 978-0-7356-2038-4. This book is one I'm reading right now and shows how with nothing more than the tools that come with Windows 2003 and the Resource kit, you can script all kinds of cool things. … [Read more...]
The joys of beta testing
One of the joys of testing new software is the temporary error messages they have in it. Below is one from one of the packages I'm testing now. At least it's clear why things don't work J … [Read more...]