Mar 12, 2007 | humor, network
From Max Barry’s marvelous book Company, about corporate life in the weeks after the computer network goes dead:”Two weeks ago the network went down; soon after Senior Management assured the company it would have the problem fixed within a few days; now...
Feb 16, 2007 | computers, hardware, Home_Server, Microsoft, network
Here’s a review of a beta release of Microsoft Windows Home Server, which continues to look like a genuinely exciting advance for home computing. Here are my earlier thoughts on the preview at the Consumer Electronics show last month.When it is final, most of us...
Jan 31, 2007 | network, SBS
Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 includes wonderful tools for remote access – Remote Web Workplace provides access to office desktop computers, and Outlook Web Access makes Outlook folders available anywhere.After upgrading to Internet Explorer 7, SBS users...
Dec 13, 2006 | network, search, Vista
EDIT: On December 19, Microsoft released an add-in to index files on network shares in Windows Vista. See this comment.ORIGINAL POST:Windows Vista cannot index files on a network share. It cannot do instant searches for text in files stored on a network server.This is...
Dec 7, 2006 | network, Office
Microsoft Office 2007 will arrive on January 30 along with Windows Vista. My sense is that it will have a much different effect at large companies than in small businesses.Everyone’s initial impression will be disorientation, since menus and buttons are...
Jul 19, 2006 | hardware, network
I love 802.11x wireless networking, but it makes me crazy too. It’s solid technology that keeps calling attention to itself – routers stop working or signals aren’t strong enough or laptops suddenly refuse to associate with an access point or signals...
