Dec 23, 2008 | computers, hardware, HP, printers, software
The headline tells the story of this Microsoft Knowledge Base article: Severe system performance problems occur on a Windows Vista or Windows XP-based computer after you install HP printer software, version 11 (Microsoft KB960673) To be honest, I don’t know if...
Dec 8, 2008 | computers, domains, network, OneCare, SBS, security
One glitch in the SBS 2008 migration nagged at me – it didn’t make sense that the computers with the individual version of Windows Live OneCare were not reporting in to the SBS 2008 console, which tracks the security status of all the workstations on the...
Dec 5, 2008 | computers, domains, mail, Microsoft, mobile, network, OneCare, printers, SBS, security, software
Let me leave a few notes behind about some of the glitches during the migration from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008. I don’t have many answers but perhaps it will help someone to know that I’m able to commiserate with them. (Loyal clients – this is not aimed...
Nov 25, 2008 | computers, SBS
I’m posting a bit slowly this week. Small Business Server 2008 was released on November 12 and I’m getting ready for my first migration of an existing SBS 2003 server to the new platform – trying to learn the quirks ahead of time and getting my first...
Nov 20, 2008 | business, computers
The publisher of PC Magazine announced the end of the print edition – the last copy will be printed in January. I ended my subscription and wrote a eulogy for PC Magazine earlier this year but it still makes me sad to see it go – I’m old school and I...
Nov 19, 2008 | computers, Microsoft, OneCare, SBS, security, software, Vista, WinXP
That rumbling you feel is a seismic shift in the field of security software. This will affect every single one of you and cause major changes in the entire industry. Microsoft announced today that it will deliver free antivirus and anti-spyware software for all...