MovableType upgraded.- February 23, 2008 Well I took the plunge and upgraded the site to MovableType 4 this afternoon. The whole process took about 40 minutes and most of that was trying to unpack the tar.gz file as I was using the AIX commands to extract instead of linux ones! I have a new layout design from my beta tests of MovableType so the design of this website may change drastically over the next couple of days. If you see anything broken then please let me know. Ok - the problems were with some of the plugins that needed...http://www.absoblogginlutely.net/mtblogarchive/009272.php Exchange 2007 Migration is almost done.- February 20, 2008 The migration from NT4 and Exchange 5.5 to Exchange2007 and Windows 2003 is almost done. This weekend was the installation of Exchange 2007 and the move of mailboxes. Unfortunately it did not go to plan. Upromote worked great on the first server that needed the software and after two or three reboots it was acting as a member server. The second server however did not go well. Instead the server bluescreened in the middle of the process and I was left with a server that was neither in a domain...http://www.absoblogginlutely.net/mtblogarchive/009269.php Valentines day warning.- February 13, 2008 I sent this around to a couple of my user sites today. I was glad to see that some of the users did actually read the notice as I got several replies back saying it made them laugh. Please note that there are several hoax valentine day cards going around the internet that links to malicious software. If you received a valentines day ecard please do not open it and tell your loved one not to be a cheapskate and buy a real card.http://www.absoblogginlutely.net/mtblogarchive/009262.php How to determine if Transition pack is installed on SBS- February 10, 2008 As part of an assessment recently I needed to know if a client had the Transition Pack installed on their Small Business Server - this allows the client to have more than 75 usersdevices connected to the server. They were not aware that they had purchased the transition pack (and as it's expensive I would imagine they would know they have purchased it) yet it looked like they had more than 75 userdevices. Looking online there didn't seem to be any information on how to tell if the pack had...http://www.absoblogginlutely.net/mtblogarchive/009260.php Exchange server upgrade - pt 2- February 10, 2008 This weekend was meant to be the second stage in a NT4 and Exchange 5.5 migration to Windows 2003, Exchange 2007. This process has been a big nightmare so far - this weekend wasn't helped by the cd being unreadable by any of the machines (although you could see some files the setup program wouldn't completely launch.) Trying to think of an alternative solution I wondered if the trial version of Exchange that is downloadable from Microsoft would work. However, although Microsoft say you can...http://www.absoblogginlutely.net/mtblogarchive/009259.php Technet offer- February 7, 2008 If you read this blog then hopefully you are aware of the $100 off a new Technet subscription. I've been toying around the idea with getting one of these - but it would still be $250! However from reading Keith's blog it looks like Microsoft are offering 40% off Technet subscriptions if you attend one of the WindowsVisual Studio 2008 launch events. My nearest one is in Columbus on March 20th so I will probably be taking advantage of this at that point - the price for the Technet Plus direct...http://www.absoblogginlutely.net/mtblogarchive/009258.php Flashmob in NYC- February 5, 2008 Nice to see that flashmobs are still going well GrandCentral station in New York had the latest one on Saturday. A neat video as more than 200 people froze for 5 minutes - I'd have found it really hard not to laugh.Thanks to mydigitallife.http://www.absoblogginlutely.net/mtblogarchive/009257.php Undersea internet cable cut- February 1, 2008 You may have heard that an undersea cable was cut affecting various countries internet access. Initially I didn't think this would concern me but apparently some of the companies who have off-shored their tech support to India like Microsoft are affected. This explains why it's been over two days to receive a hotfix from the Microsoft support website. Fortunately I got tired of waiting and called them up for it but I still haven't received my emailed version either.http://www.absoblogginlutely.net/mtblogarchive/009248.php |