I’ve been struggling with this question from customers constantly since its introduction, and I still might have get one just to prove myself wrong, but I just do not see the BUSINESS benefit to an iPhone vs. a simple blackberry curve. I can crank through contacts, calendar and messges fast on the blackberry. Don’t see that happening on the iPhone.
I’m happy to report I have not really needed the air conditioning in my home office this year. The weather in NJ has been fantastic lately, and its already july 8th!
On of the ways I’ve been able to keep my office cool is by taking advantage of windows Vista’s ability to SLEEP. yes, it works, and works almost as well as a MAC! go figure. Between that and our virtual office system, I can work much more efficiently and cooler!
I recommend trying it if you are running vista, and while you are at it, check out some of these other power saving tips. Many of them will help you manage your heat too!
As we head into the holiday weekend, I figured we could post a playstation tip.
Do you have a Sony playstation PS3 at home? If you have FLAC files or DIVX movies, you can enjoy them on your big TV via your playstation. Just install the ps3mediaserver on an xp or linux box and go! So if it rains this weekend, get the Top Gear episodes out and enjoy them via the playstation.
We recently set this up to test it, and it really works beautifully.
Yesterday afternoon spammers started sending emails with a link to malware via a false Microsoft security alert.
Don’t be fooled, and don’t click on it!
The emails look like this:
Update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express (KB910721)
Brief Description Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express. This update is critical and provides you with the latest version of the Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express and offers the highest levels of stability and security.
Instructions
* Install Update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express (KB910721). To do this, follow these steps:
1. Run attached file officexp-KB910721-FullFile-ENU.exe
2. Restart Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express
Quick Details
* File Name: officexp-KB910721-FullFile-ENU.exe
* Version: 1.4
* Date Published: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:03:27 +0300
* Language: English
* File Size: 81 KB
System Requirements
* Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 98; Windows ME; Windows NT; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP; Windows Vista
* This update applies to the following product: Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express
We host email for several small business customers. After a recent Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) update, I’ve had a lot of trouble with the enterprise activation of new phones. The user enters the correct information on the blackberry, and it comes back with an error to contact the system administrator.
In 3 separate cases last week, with both a storm and a pearl, I had this problem. We are running the LATEST BES OS (v4.7) which was realased in the last few days, and even after I wiped the phones, it would NOT do the enterprise activation. Again it gave me a “contact system administrator” error on the blackberry.
Finally I installed the blackberry messenger software on the clients computer. Just by installing the software and connecting the phone, the enterprise activation worked.
For verizon customers you can get the software here:
If you send email from your domain you should really consider setting up a “Sender Policy Framework” (SPF) DNS record for it.
There are already great resources out there for setting up and for verifying your work; I won’t repeat them.
I WILL write about how to properly set the SPF at Network Solutions (NetSol).
After you use online resources to make up your SPF record string, at NetSol it is configured under.
Account Manager >> Dns >> Manage Advanced DNS Records >> Text (TXT Records)
Though their site has some documentation on SPF, it lacked a important piece of information.
The default TXT settings are:
* (All Others) and
@ (None)
Of these default fields, which one (if at all) should be overwritten?
The correct answer is, set your SPF record in the Text field of “@ (None)” line. Leave the TTL alone. Careful to add it to the right spot, adding your SPF to the “* (All Others)” won’t work, trust me I know.
That little tidbit of information may help someone.
With all of hte recent pirate activity in the ocean, several of our clients have expressed an interest in where their cargo is in the world at any given time. Sure UPS and Fedex will give you basic tracking info, but now people want to know what ship their containers are on. Shippers are providing this information and this site is coming in handy for at least seeing the cargo progress around the world:
So you have configured your Windows Server 2008 Terminal Server with:
Server Manager >> “Configure Remote Desktop” >> Systems Properties >> “Remote Desktop”
as “Allow connections from computers running any version of one of Remote Desktop (Less secure)”
And your XP clients get a quick RDP connection but Vista clients hang for a long time and sometimes connect and sometimes don’t, then it’s a firewall issue. (Clarification: this post does NOT apply to a TS Gateway.)
Not a firewall issue for traffic to the Terminal Server (TS) but a connection between the TS and your Domain Controller (DC)!
If your design includes a firewall between your TS and DC, first make sure you have the basic rules configured.
Then make sure you’re allowing outbound TCP port 49157 between TS and DC. It is a port used by svchost.exe and lsass.exe during authentication.
Presto! The connections from your Vista clients will be lightning fast.
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