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Things to watch out for in the dreaded TFS 2005 to TFS 2008 Upgrade
First of all, allot yourself an entire weekend. Microsoft said that depending on the size of your databases, the upgrade takes 4 hours to 40 hours (make sure all dbs have been backed up). And they are not kidding.***Second, make sure the account that you are using...
Best free utility to map .iso files in Windows 2003
Virtual CloneDrive - http://www.slysoft.com/en/download.html
What files are backed up when doing a System State backup?
Following are the files included in the System State data:Boot files, including the system files and all files protected by Windows File Protection (WFP)Active Directory (on domain controller only) SYSVOL (on domain controller only) Certificate Services (on...
Google Adds Gadgets to Gmail
Go to Account Settings and click Labs. I recommend turning on the following ones as of now:Custom keyboard shortcuts - very useful - click "c" and you are ready to compose a messageMuzzleRight-side chatRight-side labelsGoogle Calendar gadgetGoogle Docs...
Recommended Network Monitoring Tools and Websites
These are a bunch of tools that we investigated this week that we will be running on a weekly basis to give us better insight into our network to ensure high performance and minimize antivirus/spyware/intrusion threats. Antivirus Software NOD32 Server - for...
How to Install Open Office 3.0 in Ubuntu
Unless you’ve been in an isolation chamber, you’ve probably noticed that OpenOffice.org 3.0 was released yesterday. It’s been a while in the coming and now the latest version of our favourite, and most affordable, office suite is here.If you’re running Ubuntu (or...