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Tech Support P0rn Seeking qualified tech girls for specialized phone hostess positions. Requirements: You must be over 18. [check, but just barely. ;) ]You can be described as a "Tech Girl", "Geek Chick" or "Network Ops Cutie". [check]You need a pleasant Read More
posted Wednesday, June 30, 2004 9:04 AM by adam | 6 Comments
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I need a new dial-up provider

At the moment, I'm on Freeserve anytime which costs me something like £15 a month and lets me connect via a free number. Only problem is, they cycle the connection every 2 hours. Apparently this is so they can maintain a consistent quality Read More
posted Tuesday, June 29, 2004 3:31 PM by adam | 3 Comments
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Scenarios and Procedures for Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: Security

Just time for this quickly before I head off to bed.. Securing your Microsoft® Systems Management Server (SMS) environment is not a task you can complete once and forget about. You get secure, either by planning a secure implementation or securing Read More
posted Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:36 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Mad and Escapism?

Quite a few people seem to be looking at anagrams lately The best one I could find for Adam's Mindspace was 'Mad and Escapism'. Very appropriate, I thought :) Other gems include: Manic, dead spasm - How I feel sometimes when im writing AFTER having Read More
posted Monday, June 28, 2004 3:13 PM by adam | 2 Comments
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UK Event: Free Live Opera

In a bid to bring culture to the masses (no, really), I thought I'd share this that I just got in my e-mail: , copy http://sdm3.rm04.net/servlet/MailView?ms=MjUzMTk5S0&r=NTM5NDc2OTEwS0&j=NDA1OTkyMAS2 into your browser. Read More
posted Monday, June 28, 2004 2:36 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Microsoft offer a reply to Gmail

Microsoft have responded officially about the improvements they intend to make to Hotmail in order to stave off a mass desertion to gmail et al.. Free customers will now get 250mb and paying customers will get 2gb. Will I biin my Gmail and come back Read More
posted Thursday, June 24, 2004 1:47 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Indepth Info on Exchange Backups

Nino put up a great post on Monday about backing up Exchange servers Some of you might wonder - why write about this subject? Well, every day I see customers calling in with Exchange servers that have experienced some sort of disaster... we all know Read More
posted Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:47 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Gmail invites

For anyone who doesnt have Gmail yet, I have 6 invitations going begging. Email me via the contact form rather than a long comment thread here and If I have any by the time I get your e-mail, you can have them UPDATE: They're all gone now. Read More
posted Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:39 AM by adam | 1 Comments
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PSS Paper on Memory Dumps

Thanks Michael I remember back in the old days when I did my first round of NT MCSE training, they covered memory dump examinations, blue screens and such. It's amazing how many people I encounter these days who haven't a clue about either. A Read More
posted Wednesday, June 23, 2004 9:17 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Microsoft Hardware collaborate with Phillipe Starck

Apparently Microsoft hardware and Phillipe Starck have been working on a hardware product that is "Performance + Art" We wont be able to find out what it is until July 8th but maybe its a special contoured mouse or something. In case you dont know, Read More
posted Wednesday, June 23, 2004 9:07 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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It's broadband Jim, but not as we know it!

OK I've had this for a few days now and I'm not quite sure you can call it broadband. Narrowband with whooshing downloads is probably better ;) It's quite bizarre because I would have expected your run of the mill web browsing to speed up but this Read More
posted Wednesday, June 23, 2004 8:45 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Satellite Broadband is now on!

Granted its only for download but I'd forgotten how fast this could be :) I'll let you know how I get on ;) Read More
posted Tuesday, June 22, 2004 12:41 AM by adam | 1 Comments
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The Lowdown on ESEUTIL

Lots of people I know have used this tool at some point in their Exchange experience. Mike has written an in-depth post on using it. Here's a nightmare scenario for an Exchange administrator: The disk system where your Exchange databases live goes Read More
posted Saturday, June 19, 2004 12:06 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Badmail Changes in Exchange 2003 SP1

Evan posted about changes to Badmail functionality in Ex2003 SP1 Prior to Exchange 2003 SP1, if your SMTP protocol virtual server didn't have anywhere to go with a timed-out email, it would drop it in the BadMail directory on your server. This directory Read More
posted Saturday, June 19, 2004 11:59 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Number Five is Alive!

No.. not the robot.. Windows Update V5 is now RTW It's miles better than V4. My favourite new feature is the notification area (systray) pop up that reminds you that you need to reboot Check it out by using the Windows update link in your Start Read More
posted Thursday, June 17, 2004 11:42 PM by adam | 2 Comments
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The ultimate Retro Computer Collection

Just found this on Ebay.. This collection of Retro Gaming/Computing items have been collected by myself over the years. I'm moving house soon and lack of suitable storage means the collection has to go. I will attempt to list the items for sale below, Read More
posted Tuesday, June 15, 2004 6:45 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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ISA 2004 RTM Tomorrow

According to Steve Bink, ISA Server 2004 will RTM tomorrow. Can't wait Read More
posted Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:49 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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New Microsoft AV Guidance

No, I don't mean audio-visual. I'm talking about Anti-Virus Microsoft have produced an in-depth guide on Anti Virus Defense It was actually written by one of my colleagues who is permanently based in Redmond and it's well worth a look Although Read More
posted Tuesday, June 15, 2004 9:28 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Satellite Broadband - Coming to a PC near me soon!

I just got my Satellite broadband connection kit so now I just have to call up and arrange the engineer to come and install all the cable. The cool part is thatit uses my existing Satellite Television dish The uncool part is that it still uses my terrestrial Read More
posted Tuesday, June 15, 2004 9:20 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Visual Sourcesafe Roadmap

Visual Sourcesafe is just about the only tool in the Visual Studio Suite that I'm able to use. I'd consider myself a fairly experienced user of it and I have to say i was largely unimpressed with the 6.0c and d revisions delivered with VS.NET and VS.NET Read More
posted Monday, June 14, 2004 10:28 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Newslook Goes Gold

Received an e-mail from Simon last night that Newslook has reached RTM NewsLook goes live! This is at www.ghytred.com/NewsLook/NewsLook0160.zip.  Many thanks for your time, ideas, and patience during the beta; NewsLook is totally different to Read More
posted Monday, June 14, 2004 10:20 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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UK Exchange Server Professionals Inaugural Event

Registration is now open for the UK Exchange Server Professional Inaugural Event.   This event will take place at Microsoft Campus, Reading on 5th July from 6pm - 9pm.   There will be 2 Technical presentations and a technology demonstration. Read More
posted Monday, June 14, 2004 10:12 AM by adam | 1 Comments
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TechNet Webcast: Windows Storage Server 2003 - A Technical Overview

Just got this on the e-mail. Not sure if it will cover the Exchange feature pack or not. 22/06/2004 10:00 - 22/06/2004 11:30 Language: English Online event - Live Meeting Broadcast from Microsoft Head Office, Berkshire United Kingdom General Read More
posted Friday, June 11, 2004 12:12 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Visio 2003 IT Pro Resource Kit

Correct me if Im wrong, but Im sure that similar functionality use to exist in a previous version of Visio..? I bought it anyway as its worth $20 of anyone's money Accurate, visually appealing Network Diagrams; Auto Discover your networks Read More
posted Friday, June 11, 2004 11:57 AM by adam | 1 Comments
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Changing the default range of free/busy data published for all users

This is something ive come across in the real world on several occasions Melissa tells you how you can globally configure this for various permutations of windows and outlook check it out here. Read More
posted Friday, June 11, 2004 11:06 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Taking Advantage of RPC/HTTP changes in Exchange 2003 SP1

Exchange 2003 SP1 has some improved functionality on the RPC/HTTP(S) front. Evan has a great post on what these improvements are and how to deploy/use them. In Exchange 2003 SP1 there's a new, and arguably better way to configure RPC/HTTPS (lots of Read More
posted Thursday, June 10, 2004 2:18 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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What do I need to install Exchange System Manager

Carol has a handy post on the Exchange Team blog about the various prerequisites for installing ESM on different versions of Windows. Check it out here. Read More
posted Thursday, June 10, 2004 2:09 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Webcast: Exchange 2003 in Multi-Forest Environments

This link comes courtesy of Brian who, after some nagging, managed to get it posted up. **********************************************Description:  With the many mergers and acquisitions in today’s business world, many IT departments are faced Read More
posted Thursday, June 10, 2004 2:05 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Why no posts yesterday?

We went for our 20 week scan yesterday The sonographer couldnt see any boy 'bits' so it looks like another girl We're still not sure about a name so I guess we'll decide nearer the time. I settled on a Ford Galaxy MPV in the end and a diesel one at Read More
posted Thursday, June 10, 2004 9:59 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Do I get another Windows Powered SmartPhone?

Hmmm.. Orange have a new model out in the summer The SPV C500 measures 10.8 x 4.6 x 1.6cm and weighs just 100g. The device sports a 16-bit colour display and includes Bluetooth support. It contains 64MB of memory, but there's a Mini SD card slot to Read More
posted Tuesday, June 08, 2004 3:08 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Ultramon is my new favourite app

When I cleaned my desk at the weekend, I set up the laptop with an additional flat panel so I can work on multiple screens. Trouble is, Microsoft haven't improved this much since they introduced it. A quick google search turned up UltraMon. This is Read More
posted Tuesday, June 08, 2004 2:58 PM by adam | 3 Comments
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The "Quick Start for S/MIME in Exchange Server 2003" paper is available... or is it?

there's a new KB article pointing to a download of the QuickStart for S/MIME in Exchange 2003 paper only the link doesn't work. The correct download link is here (it's now included in the Message Security Guide apparently). Read More
posted Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:14 AM by adam | 1 Comments
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Communication overload makes people SAD

This is from InfoSync A new study reveals the obvious: Office workers want to contact anyone, anytime, but hate it when people contact them, resulting in Stress, Anger and Distraction. A new research study conducted by the University of Surrey focuses Read More
posted Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:05 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Kunal's Link Blogger now available in SharePoint flavour

Robert reports that Kunal now has the SharePoint version of his link blogger available. We are just starting a Sharepoint eval at work and I think this would be useful as I often find stuff I want to share with others.. Read More
posted Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:00 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Determine the True amount of WhiteSpace in an Exchange Database

Jeremy wrote this a while back but its still excellent stuff.. “If I add up all the space used by mailboxes, why doesn’t roughly match the size of the database? And what does that number represent in the 1221 event I receive?” Read More
posted Tuesday, June 08, 2004 9:22 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Collaborative Clipboard

Collaboration technologies are one of my current favourites. Spike is an application that lets you share your clipboard across a network (to both OSX and Windows) What's more, you can get it free from here. Read More
posted Tuesday, June 08, 2004 9:14 AM by adam | 2 Comments
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Microsoft Expression

A year or so ago, Microsoft purchased a small company called Creature House and all of their associated products and technologies. First fruit of this is Microsoft Expression 3 which is a little bit like Freehand mixed with Corel Draw. Better still, Read More
posted Tuesday, June 08, 2004 8:56 AM by adam | 4 Comments
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Prolific posting coming this way

I may post quite a bit today as I'm clearing out my RSS queue of things i've been meaning to post for ages. I'm onot a fan of one post for about 15 different things as im sure all my exchange subscribers dont want to know about wireless martial arts Read More
posted Tuesday, June 08, 2004 8:49 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Word 2003 Reading Layout

Jonathan says we should use the reading layout in Word 2003 and save a tree. I have to say, I'm with him every step of the way. I used to work in a mortgage company where every document was huge yet people insisted on printing them, looking over them Read More
posted Monday, June 07, 2004 11:51 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Technet UK focuses on Exchange

Technet UK has had a redesign. As part of this, they have a new section called Technet Focus. This month, they are looking at Exchange Server. They have an assortment of short video clips too which I believe were done by Content Master. Read More
posted Monday, June 07, 2004 2:09 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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MIIS Resources

You may remember that, a few weeks ago, I asked for some MIIS 2003 resources for a new UE project that I'm starting for a customer. Brian Redmond is the Man! He has a complete list of websites, white papers and walkthroughs Thanks Brian :) Read More
posted Monday, June 07, 2004 1:01 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Gel mouse pad weirdness

I actually tidied my desk yesterday (well kind of.. Faye directed and I produced ;) I got one of those mouse pads with the built in gel wrist pad and it feels extremely weird. I'm guessing I'll get used to it after a while but so far I'm not convinced Read More
posted Monday, June 07, 2004 10:40 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Exchange Site Consolidation using Exchange 2003 SP1

Evan has written some great posts with regard to using the improved consolidation functionality in Exchange 2003 SP1 Here, he covers all the relevant documentation you should use and in this post, he covers removal of Exchange 5.5 following the completion Read More
posted Monday, June 07, 2004 10:23 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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New Preview Chapters in the Exchange Library

Alison posted on the Exchange Team blog that some new preview chapters are up. The latest batch includes Configuring Offline Address Books, Making Your Exchange Server 2003 Organization Fault Tolerant, and Using Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Read More
posted Monday, June 07, 2004 10:10 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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How to troubleshoot client RPC over HTTP connection issues in Office Outlook 2003

Just seen a revised KB article on troubleshooting RPC/HTTP Issues SUMMARY You can configure user accounts in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 to connect to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 over the Internet without requiring virtual private network Read More
posted Friday, June 04, 2004 9:16 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Managing Exchange Migration with Enterprise Vault

KVS have released a white paper on using Enterprise Vault as a tool to aid your migration to Exchange 2003. Many organizations today are considering either replacing their legacy mail system, for example GroupWise or ccMail, with Microsoft Exchange or Read More
posted Friday, June 04, 2004 10:56 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Windows Media Player 10 Technical Beta

Sean Alexander and his team have delivered the technical beta of Windows Media Player 10. The updated UI works for me. Especially on Miniplayer.. Sleek New Design. A streamlined and sleek new design delivers a fresh new look and improved ease of use, Read More
posted Thursday, June 03, 2004 11:59 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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R2 will have RDP over HTTP Proxy

According to Steve Bink, the R2 update to Windows Server 2003 will include a proxy for RDP which will allow VPN-less terminal server access in the same way that we can currently access Exchange servers using the RPC proxy. At TechEd this week, Microsoft Read More
posted Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:29 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Who needs Gmail??

As an Exchange guy, I probably shouldnt be telling you this but Aventuremail are offering 2gb free email storage along with spam and AV filtering and NO ADS! On my first login, it told me that the system was busy and to try again later which is something Read More
posted Wednesday, June 02, 2004 11:29 PM by adam | 7 Comments
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MCP Mag becomes Redmond Magazine :s

Not sure why they felt the need to change but MCP Magazine is rebranding itself as 'Redmond Magazine' with the new tagline 'Independent Voice of the Microsoft IT Community'. Check out the detail here. Just noticed that this is my 300th post - here's Read More
posted Wednesday, June 02, 2004 1:32 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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UK Exchange Server Professionals Website

The UK Exchange Server Professionals website is now up and running. If you are interested in joining this group, we will be having a launch event (hopefully) at the beginning of July. Please visit the website and submit your details and we'll keep you Read More
posted Wednesday, June 02, 2004 12:06 PM by adam | 2 Comments
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Who's who in PSS?

Jeremy has posted an excellent entry that details what all the various roles are in Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS). So if you don't know your TAM from your TL, check it out. Read More
posted Wednesday, June 02, 2004 11:04 AM by adam | 1 Comments
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Exchange 2000 Post SP3 Rollup Re-released

In case you missed this over on the Exchange Team Blog.. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=43F5CDF6-D1E6-4476-B5F2-E17371236C3C&displaylang=en If you already downloaded this update, get it again - it was re-released to correct Read More
posted Wednesday, June 02, 2004 9:41 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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RC1 of Newslook now available

Simon has been hard at work and delivered RC1 of Newslook Read the release notes for more info on what it contains but Simon says he expects to end the beta period on 12th or 13th June Read More
posted Tuesday, June 01, 2004 3:11 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Got IMF? Get IMF Archive Manager

So you've probably all had a chance to play with IMF by now. If so, you'll be wanting to get your hands on the IMF tool that Microsoft forgot to write. IMF Archive Manager is a C# GUI tool released as shared source on GotDotNet that provides a tree Read More
posted Tuesday, June 01, 2004 3:03 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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106 Tips and Tricks for Office

Got this from Marc via Amanda Amanda makes a very good point - MS Office is an app that almost everyone I know uses on a daily basis so anything that can help us all use it better (even if it's just one tip) is worth passing on. Read More
posted Tuesday, June 01, 2004 2:50 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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New Exchange Docs

2 new documents from the Exchange UE (User Education) Team: Exchange Server 2003 Disaster Recovery Operations Guide This guide explains how to back up and restore the critical data in your Exchange organization. It covers how to use the backup utility Read More
posted Tuesday, June 01, 2004 2:45 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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