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Interesting tidbits about Microsoft Office 365 and other products. Occasional rants about travel, gaming and gadgets.
Windows 2000 to XP Upgrade Nuances
In the process of helping a customer upgrade their remaining 5,000 desktops from Windows 2000 to XP,...
Author: quato Date: 04/24/2006
Updating drivers from the command line
So, I am off doing a desktop migration for a customer of approximately 5,000 desktops. Vista you...
Author: quato Date: 04/08/2006
Bedlam DL3 (revisited)
So, I am on a few distribution lists that pertain directly to my every day job. I have a few others...
Author: quato Date: 02/24/2006
Domain Migration vs SharePoint
As companies get acquired or you migrate off different platforms to AD, there can be quite a mess in...
Author: quato Date: 02/15/2006
Gripes and praise about Communicator Web Access
I am working on an LCS design for a customer and saw that LCS’ Communicator Web Access shipped in...
Author: quato Date: 01/25/2006
Changes to SharePoint 2003 Installs
I recently worked on another SharePoint project where we did unusual things with SharePoint. But,...
Author: quato Date: 01/25/2006
Watch out for sober attack on Jan 6, 2006
Stephen shares information about a virus attack timed for Jan 6, 2006
Author: quato Date: 01/05/2006
Microsoft announces multiyear deal with DirecTV for media devices
I just saw this tasty morsel from the press release at CES about Billg’ keynote: “Gates also...
Author: quato Date: 01/05/2006
UltimateTV vs Comcast’s HD/DVR
Updated I have gotten a lot of comments and questions internally at Microsoft because I offered...
Author: quato Date: 12/02/2005
Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 3.5 released today
This morning, Microsoft announced version 3.5 of the Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration...
Author: quato Date: 11/28/2005
Grayline Tours: Parking Garages of High Tech Companies
I love coming up to Redmond or going out to Silicon Valley, and not because of the brain power...
Author: quato Date: 11/17/2005
HVMC v3.5 training
I am up in Redmond this week for training on our new High Volume Messaging and Collaboration (HVMC)...
Author: quato Date: 11/16/2005
I can finally build my Media Center PC, well almost
Looks like I will be able to finally build a Media Center PC next year and have cable and HD content...
Author: quato Date: 11/16/2005
Get a third admin RDP session for FREE!!
Many administrators have missed that there is a "hidden" third connection that can be made to...
Author: quato Date: 11/03/2005
Small Business Server 2003 Upgrade from Hell
Last week, I decided to take a few vacation days and fly out to Ogden, Utah to help my wife’s old...
Author: quato Date: 11/02/2005
Microsoft Support from India
I admit it, I am not the all-knowing Microsoft consultant I should be. The real truth is, our...
Author: quato Date: 10/27/2005
The marathon is upon me
I sit here in the third floor of Macy's in dowtown San Francisco while my wife Deanna searches for...
Author: quato Date: 10/21/2005
LCS and UPN's
I was messing around with LCS last night here in my lab. I had installed LCS a couple times and...
Author: quato Date: 10/18/2005
Xbox Live Connectivity, NAT, Voice Problems, Windows Connect now explained
I just saw that Major Nelson posted links to an interview with Jim Barber, Xbox Connectivity Program...
Author: quato Date: 10/05/2005
Monday Night Figure Skating on ABC
What the hell were they thinking? I sit here in a pub at the airport, eating a burger in front of a...
Author: quato Date: 10/03/2005
Someone from Google tried to recruit me
I got an interesting email from Charles Lenhard at Google wanting to know if I was interested in a...
Author: quato Date: 09/27/2005
IPSEC: Member to DC isn’t supported, but…
I stumbled across this issue a couple weeks ago, and Steve Riley clarified some of it for me. We...
Author: quato Date: 09/25/2005
RANT: Traveling gripes this week and a business idea for someone
I have been on the road again this week, this time to Richmond, VA where I can’t get a direct flight...
Author: quato Date: 09/22/2005
Microsoft Music Phone, and what I really want for Christmas
It looks like Microsoft will be trying to keep up with Apple’s iPod phone by announcing a phone with...
Author: quato Date: 09/08/2005
RSS for SharePoint
Dan Larson just published his RSS plugin for SharePoint. Dan has done some awesome work on his own,...
Author: quato Date: 08/29/2005
The making of Virtual Earth
Kinda, well almost funny: https://www.virtualearthinfo.com/video.asp BTW, here is a cool app on...
Author: quato Date: 08/22/2005
Earth vs. the Satellite, where to get TV?
I sit here listening to a presentation about Microsoft’s IPTV offerings, that are being implemented...
Author: quato Date: 08/12/2005
Why don't people use RMS (even at Microsoft)?
So, Microsoft has had RMS (Rights Management Server) implemented for at least 2 years. This allows...
Author: quato Date: 08/08/2005
Vista: Worth the upgrade?
I admit that I was pretty skeptical about whether I could see both office users and consumers...
Author: quato Date: 08/03/2005
Office 12: Highlight of TechReady
We have gotten two incredible demos of Office 12 during the last two days. I'll be the first to say...
Author: quato Date: 08/03/2005
TechReady: Billg was excellent
I am here in downtown Seattle attending Microsoft's internal geek fest, this year called TechReady....
Author: quato Date: 08/01/2005
Forza Sounds: The Answer
I wrote about this a little while ago, that I was intrigued at how good the real car sounds were in...
Author: quato Date: 07/28/2005
Origins of CTRL-ALT-DEL
Thanks for the link Mark, check out the origins of CTRL-ATL-DEL. Click the picture of Bill Gates on...
Author: quato Date: 07/27/2005
Turn off MAPI on Exchange, good news for hosters, but....
I just saw this post from the Exchange team. This is great news for hosters that want to offer a...
Author: quato Date: 07/27/2005
RANT: Exchange Calendar and Contact email problems
I don't know exactly what or when this happened, but email has become a lot harder to use,...
Author: quato Date: 07/27/2005
Escape from yesterworld
This is a pretty funny marketing site for SQL 2005 and VS 2005. https://www.escapeyesterworld.com/
Author: quato Date: 07/27/2005
Halo, the movie
Looks like Halo the movie is getting closer to becoming reality. I saw this blurb on MSNBC about the...
Author: quato Date: 07/26/2005
Second star to the left and straight on till morning
I had a bunch of stuff to do this morning, so I decided to record our return to space this morning...
Author: quato Date: 07/26/2005
Welcome to Windows Vista
New name for “longhorn” announced as Windows Vista.
Author: quato Date: 07/22/2005
Stick to computers, the stock market is wacky
I admit it, I think I was playing solitaire on my laptop (resembled a desktop) back in college when...
Author: quato Date: 07/21/2005
RSS in the browser and OS?
I was just reading the link from Dave Winer’s post “Microsoft will not swallow RSS any more than...
Author: quato Date: 07/21/2005
Woops, dad I didn't mean to post a picture of your Xbox 360 dev box on the Internet
Great, now I am going to have to have a talk with my son Mason. Don't take pictures of the stuff...
Author: quato Date: 07/20/2005
Microsoft to Acquire FrontBridge Technologies, a Leading Provider of Secure Messaging Services
Cool news for Exchange! But, won't this be seen as competing with our partners that are ASP's?...
Author: quato Date: 07/20/2005
Detour: Paving in progress
There comes a time in every person’s life that they need to make an important decision. For me, that...
Author: quato Date: 07/20/2005
Forza Motorsports: How did they do that?
I have been playing Forza for the last couple weeks. I have to admit that this is the best racing...
Author: quato Date: 07/20/2005
Your favorite alternative names for Longhorn
Scoble is asking for the most entertaining alternative names for Longhorn. Please link over and...
Author: quato Date: 07/17/2005