Dave's Tech and More Blog

My place to talk about whatever is on my mind, mostly Microsoft-based technology.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Bug or Feature? Part 1 of ???

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This is the first in an unknown number of posts about bugs vs features.  It was inspired by the following. I was recently discussing XenDe...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Microsoft unveils Surface

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Words that sum up my thoughts on the June 18, 2012 announcement from Microsoft of the new Surface tablets that will run various flavors of W...
Thursday, October 06, 2011

UserAccountControl Values

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Something that's always been difficult for me, probably because I rarely use this information, is remembering what the userAccountContro...
Friday, September 02, 2011

Interviewing with Microsoft

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I've been lucky enough to interview with Microsoft a few times in the last 9 months or so.  I've learned that when you interview wit...
Thursday, June 09, 2011

Thoughts on Microsoft Certification

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This could be somewhat of a controversial post.  It deals with certification and braindumps and "cheating".  You have been warned....

Maturing on the job

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I was exchanging e-mails with an old friend today, and started talking about my experiences and how I've changed since I started working...
Tuesday, May 03, 2011

PowerShell script to get Password Expiration

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A little something I just wrote that will dump to a .CSV file the Password Expiration date for a list of users from an input text file.  It...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Lenovo ThinkPad W520 review link

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Keith Combs' mini-review of the Lenovo ThinkPad W520 Oh, by the way - you can order one from Lenovo starting today. :)
Monday, March 21, 2011

Lenovo piques my curiosity with the ThinkPad W520

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Ok, Lenovo, you have my attention again - Lenovo ThinkPad W520 The page says "Available late March 2011".  It's March 21, do...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011

AD Web Services on Windows Server 2003/2008

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Here's a little something I learned when trying to enable the functionality of the Active Directory Module for Powershell a few weeks b...

Reflections on my Lenovo T500

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In June 2009, I purchased a Lenovo T500 laptop.  I selected it because it was, at the time, near the top-of-the-line for specs - T9400 Intel...
Monday, April 19, 2010

Office 2010 - RTM

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Office 2010 has gone RTM as of 4/16/2010! TechNetPlus and MSDN subscribers will be able to grab the bits on 4/22/2010, Volume Licensing cus...
Monday, April 12, 2010

Time flying again

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Long time, no blog. But enough about me. ;) There are just a slew of new products that have come down the pike and/or are coming soon from ...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Windows 7 RC - April 30

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For anyone who has an MSDN or TechNet subscription, circle April 30, 2009 on your calendars - that's the day the RC for Windows 7 is sla...
Monday, May 05, 2008

Yahoo! drives! another! nail! in! its! coffin!

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So, Yahoo! has rejected Microsoft's last offer of $33/share, saying it won't accept anything less than $37/share for the company. T...
Thursday, May 01, 2008

Rant about people saying America needs to "change"

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This was a post I made earlier today on a message forum, in response to several people who were advocating limiting oil company profits. A ...
Monday, March 03, 2008

Time flies....

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Time flies when you don't pay attention to your blog. :) It's been a year, I figure it's time to update this puppy. I'm with...
Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Where am I?

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Not blogging for the nearly 3 months, that's for sure. I'm busy with work and home life. Work is great - we're working with th...
Friday, December 08, 2006

Exchange 2007 is out!

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Exchange 2007 is now RTM. Whoo hoo!!! http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/12/07/431782.aspx
Friday, December 01, 2006

Some avatars I like

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It's up to you to figure out what they are for. ;)
Tuesday, November 14, 2006

1...2...3...

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1. Office RTM's - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX100487411033.aspx?pid=CL100571081033 2. Vista RTM's - http://www.mi...
Monday, October 02, 2006

Good times, for a techie

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These are the days a techie loves - lots of new software coming out from everyone's favorite (?) company, Microsoft. In no particular o...
Monday, August 14, 2006

Trippin'

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Ok, time for an update, since it's been about two months. I attended a technical training class last month in New York City. Manhattan, ...
Monday, June 26, 2006

Exchange 2007 Demo videos

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The Exchange team posted a lot of new demo videos. Take some time and check some of the videos out at: http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/pr...
Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Wish I was there...

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Tech-Ed 2006, in Boston. What I would consider the ultimate Microsoft gathering. I was hoping to go this year, but those plans were nixed....
Friday, June 02, 2006

Excitement for Exchange 2007

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I'm still having a hard time saying "Exchange 2007", because "Exchange 12" just seems to roll off the tongue much ea...

No media bias = BS

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How the media, in the Bush presidency, portrays 75,000 new jobs in a month: "Job growth faltered in May, with employers boosting payrol...
Wednesday, February 15, 2006

A new job

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Well, I'm at my new job, which started on Monday. I'm excited to be here! My title is Consultant, and I'll be working with clie...

I have succumbed...

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to the blog. Help me, please.... Ok, there must be a point to a blog, right? Here's mine - a place to vent, rant, or simply enlighten....
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