The Sean Blog
What the heck, Apple?
I have 5 different computers with iTunes. 5 different computers with the Apple Software Update...
Author: smearp Date: 11/26/2007
Thoughts on the WSU Apple Cup Victory
A cheery ribbing, in rhyming verse. By Sean. :) Tis our third Apple Cupin only 4 yearsand those...
Author: smearp Date: 11/24/2007
Office 2008 for Mac... $60!
Previously, I told you how to get Office 2007 Ultimate for $60. For one day only, you can do the...
Author: smearp Date: 11/22/2007
Fedora 8 (werewolf) on Virtual PC 2007
My "Running Linux in Virtual PC" posts seem to be some of my more popular reading, so...
Author: smearp Date: 11/12/2007
Happy Veterans Day!!!
Author: smearp Date: 11/12/2007
Microsoft Deployment Released!
Unified Tools and Guidance for Desktop and Server Deployment Automation. Download it today! We are...
Author: smearp Date: 11/10/2007
System Center: Control the Network, Control the Empire!
Author: smearp Date: 10/31/2007
Unleash The Power of WVHA
I spent some time in the lab today playing with Windows Vista hardware Assessment Tool (WVHA) 2.0....
Author: smearp Date: 10/29/2007
Clean up after your server!
While learning about the changes in Active Directory on Windows Server 2008 at a recent conference,...
Author: smearp Date: 10/29/2007
Time Machine: Apple's advertising is correct...
With every new OS, there are a few "Must Have" features that make the upgrade worthwhile. For Vista,...
Author: smearp Date: 10/27/2007
Halloweeny
Taken near North Bend, WA last night with my new Canon S5 IS :)
Author: smearp Date: 10/26/2007
New Virtual Machine Additions for Linux
Now with support for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10! I see that version 2.0 of the VM Additions for...
Author: smearp Date: 10/24/2007
Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) in Virtual PC
A new release of Ubuntu has just come out, so let's put it through the paces in Virtual PC 2007!...
Author: smearp Date: 10/22/2007
Performance based Microsoft Certification Testing
Pretty cool opportunity if you live in the Seattle/Redmond area... Attention AD people!! Microsoft...
Author: smearp Date: 10/19/2007
Resume Tips
Quick Disclaimer: Although this post is intended to be humorous, the following examples are all...
Author: smearp Date: 10/13/2007
VanPool
After approximately 6 months on a waiting list, a seat has opened up on the vanpool that drives...
Author: smearp Date: 10/10/2007
Protecting Exchange 2007 with Data Protection Manager 2007 - Walkthrough
Time for part two of my DPM 2007 Series (Part 1 showed installation), Protecting Exchange 2007 with...
Author: smearp Date: 10/09/2007
Virtualization Cookbooks
Just saw the following over on the Virtualization Blog. I have read a few of them, and they are...
Author: smearp Date: 10/06/2007
Installing Data Protection Manager 2007 - walkthrough
Data Protection Manager (hereafter DPM) is an awesome addition to the System Center suite of...
Author: smearp Date: 10/06/2007
.NET goes open source?
Well, not open source per se, but courtesy of Scott Guthrie's Blog: One of the things my team has...
Author: smearp Date: 10/03/2007
Anniversary
Well, today is my 1 year anniversary as a Full Time Employee (FTE) at Microsoft, which also happens...
Author: smearp Date: 10/02/2007
Map Active Directory in Visio
I see that we released the Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer today. I'm working from...
Author: smearp Date: 10/02/2007
Where did I leave my key?
If you are a standard user, the following post will not help you, but if you are a power user with...
Author: smearp Date: 09/28/2007
Uploading Spreadsheets into SharePoint Lists
Ran into an interesting issue when trying to upload a spreadsheet from Excel 2007 into SharePoint...
Author: smearp Date: 09/27/2007
Office for Starving Students
Are you a starving student? Would you like a copy of Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate for cheaper than...
Author: smearp Date: 09/12/2007
Random Observations From France
High School French and Real French are two different languages Everyone smokes Everybody drives a...
Author: smearp Date: 09/10/2007
Fingerprints as authentication
Authentication is an interesting component of network security. In order to be granted (or denied)...
Author: smearp Date: 09/08/2007
Relevance
I see that Mary Jo mentions that a major revision to the Microsoft Live Search 2.0 will be released...
Author: smearp Date: 09/08/2007
Joining computers to a domain with Smart Card authentication
So my main business computer recently switched from a Dell Desktop to an HP NC8430 laptop. I am...
Author: smearp Date: 09/08/2007
Hyperlinks in Entourage
I've been playing around with Entourage on my Mac for the last couple of days (in order to access my...
Author: smearp Date: 08/23/2007
Virtual Server HTTP 500 Error
There's probably a KB article about this, but I know the first time I ran into the problem above, it...
Author: smearp Date: 08/23/2007
Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
So... over the last couple of days, I have had the need to scan 1.2 Terabytes of data for viruses...
Author: smearp Date: 08/23/2007
Layers (Defense in Depth Part 1)
If you have spent any time working with Network security, you are familiar with the concept of...
Author: smearp Date: 08/01/2007
Phish for lunch
I just received the following email, which came across smelling quite phishy. Having recently aced...
Author: smearp Date: 07/31/2007
Building bridges
I was taking a look at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention page (OSCON is underway this week), and...
Author: smearp Date: 07/26/2007
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
I am in the midst of TechReady, an internal event that is simultaneously the coolest event at...
Author: smearp Date: 07/25/2007
Bridging the gap
If you have ever expanded out your system tray in Windows Vista, you may notice that there is a tiny...
Author: smearp Date: 07/25/2007
A Book to Buy
No... not Harry Potter. Judging by my trip to Costco today, every living human being on the planet...
Author: smearp Date: 07/22/2007
How many Microsoft Employees does it take to...
I finally signed up for Facebook to see what all they hype was... It's kind of cool, but what...
Author: smearp Date: 07/21/2007
System Center Remote Operations Manager – Rapid Deployment Program
All right… I'm going to go all market-y on you here. I know there is not a ton of information out...
Author: smearp Date: 07/21/2007
Windows Server 2008 Feature Posters
I know... everyone else has already covered this... These two posters, originally published in the...
Author: smearp Date: 07/21/2007
Going Back to Boot Camp
Nearly 10 years ago, I went to Marine Corps Boot Camp at MCRD San Diego. Those were good...
Author: smearp Date: 07/21/2007
Taking Screenshots in Boot Camp
In my next post, I'll cover my Boot Camp experience on my MacBook Pro. But in order to do so,...
Author: smearp Date: 07/21/2007
MacBook Pro - Windows Experience Index
If you are planning on running Windows Vista on a MacBook Pro... I just picked one of the new ones...
Author: smearp Date: 07/21/2007
If it sounds too good to be true...
There is nothing like coming in in the morning, checking the news, and finding out that your home...
Author: smearp Date: 07/17/2007
Where did my Vista Parental Controls go?
Parental Controls on Windows Vista are a great way to take charge of how your kiddoes use the...
Author: smearp Date: 07/09/2007
Can't make it to the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference?
This year will be my first Partner Conference, and I am looking forward to it!!! If you want to meet...
Author: smearp Date: 06/28/2007
Office 2007 - What ever happened to that menu option?
Have you ever wondered where that menu option went in the new Office 2007 applications? Now you can...
Author: smearp Date: 06/27/2007