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Why is Windows Server 2008 R2 being overlooked? Part 2 – Why aren’t people moving to it?

Like most situations, there are legitimate reasons why some organizations/admins aren’t moving to R2, and there are many bogus reasons. Legitimate reasons; Core application compatibility issues . Unfortunately there are some core Microsoft applications...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2010 11:18 AM by Matt Freestone

Why is Windows Server 2008 R2 being overlooked? Part 1 – Why you should look at it

I have been asked by many server admins over the last year about Server 2008 R2, and every time the question essentially is, “So, is there any reason to run R2?” They ask this question assuming to already know the answer of “of course not” and are...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2010 10:32 AM by Matt Freestone

Windows Phone 7 Series = Zune Phones

Yep, Microsoft has finally announced the Zune Phones. Notice that’s plural, Zune Phones. That means each handset maker is going to be able to make their own dream phone. Also, they’ll have a centralized marketplace like the Apple store...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2010 4:34 PM by Matt Freestone

Is your data safe with Google?

I’m not going to say much here as believe it or not I don’t like starting firestorms. But it begs the question, do you feel safe hosting your data with Google? This includes your search data, your email, Google docs, etc. Google has...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2010 10:55 AM by Matt Freestone

Updated! - Snow Leopard makes Vista ‘issues’ pale in comparison?

Please, correct me if I am wrong but I am hearing from people who have upgraded their Mac’s to Snow Leopard these below major issues/disappointments (now updated with additional user feedback); 1. If you sign in as the ‘Guest’ user account, it deletes...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2009 10:16 AM by Matt Freestone

WARNING! - Windows Update # – KB974571 Breaks OCS 2007 R2!!

I awoke this morning to users telling me they couldn’t sign into OCS. This is very bad as we’re an 100% Enterprise Voice shop. Upon investigation the OCS Edge servers access edge service wouldn’t start. I checked the event logs and found...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2009 8:41 AM by Matt Freestone

The crack down on blogging begins…

The FTC has changed it’s guidelines saying that bloggers must disclose any gifts or money paid to them by products they review. Sounds like a good thing, right? Unfortunately no. The reason why it’s a bad thing is the language is intentionally...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2009 9:08 AM by Matt Freestone

Pigeon’s do faster data transfer in Africa!

http://www.therawfeed.com/2009/09/carrier-pigeon-used-to-send-data-faster.html This isn’t a joke, a company is using carrier pigeons with usb thumb drives attached to them to transfer data between offices. While hilarious, it sounds like it’s actually...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2009 10:31 AM by Matt Freestone

Apple losing market share, looks like ‘PC Hunter’ ads are effective…

I’m sure this is going to incur the wrath of the Apple boys again but here we go! First, apparently Apple legal contacted Microsoft to pull their ‘PC Hunter’ ads because Apple decided to drop $100 off the price of some of their laptops. Uhhh… Ok...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2009 10:37 AM by Matt Freestone

Microsoft Security Essentials (Morro) is Anti-Virus actually worth having!

Myself, like many of you I am sure, hate anti-virus products. In fact, I hate them so much that I haven’t ran an anti-virus product on any of my machines for a good 5 years. (I have ran them for limited runs to beta test them, etc.) ...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2009 9:49 AM by Matt Freestone

FTC to crack down on bloggers

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090621/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_bloggers_freebie_disclosures Now, whenever we get products from companies here at WindowsConnected.com we typically do a contest and give the hardware away to our readers and we always post honest...

Published Sun, Jun 06 2009 11:04 PM by Matt Freestone

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