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Vocabulary Corner: Analuze

Analuze: verb 1. A pointless analysis, as in "I'll analuze those logs if you really want me to,...

Author: Tristan K Date: 06/12/2008

Generic Troubleshooting: "Is it still a problem?"

I've been doing this support thing for a while now. Frequently, the basics are what get overlooked...

Author: Tristan K Date: 04/28/2008

Can Bluetooth Shut My Phone Up?

I love my Touch Dual, but I'm one of those people that constantly forgets to shut it up when I'm at...

Author: Tristan K Date: 04/28/2008

It's A Saving, not A Savings!

Yes Atwood, it was you that drove me to this. "This power savings is achieved by dropping the...

Author: Tristan K Date: 04/27/2008

The Cat's Out Of The Bag: ISA Server will become ForeFront TMG

So, we all know that ISA 2006 doesn't work on Windows Server 2008. Massive architectural changes to...

Author: Tristan K Date: 04/09/2008

(ooh!) Foldershare Revamped!

(This post brought to you by the number 3, and the letters WHY AM I NOT SLEEPING?) It's been a while...

Author: Tristan K Date: 03/17/2008

Post-SP2 TCP Offload Fix

I've mentioned Chimney before. Now, a new Windows Update fix for TCP Offload, which turns it off. It...

Author: Tristan K Date: 03/16/2008

IIS7 Modules Aplenty - WebDAV, Bitrate Throttling

New modules, supported by Microsoft, are now officially RTMd (RTWd?) and available for use with IIS...

Author: Tristan K Date: 03/15/2008

"Stacking" NTLM Authentication

This question came up today (well, actually, it was about four weeks ago I started typing this, but...

Author: Tristan K Date: 03/11/2008

What's in IIS 7.0 for me?

While having a seemingly-innocuous chat with a colleague, I was asked to "throw together a few...

Author: Tristan K Date: 02/28/2008

Windows Server 2008 Desktop Edition

WS08 Workstation, Anyone?  Apart from those pesky Live applications that won't install (why...

Author: Tristan K Date: 02/28/2008

SetSPN improvements in Windows Server 2008! W00t!

Update: Most recent SetSPN ramblings (short: use -S instead of -A). All this stuff is based on a...

Author: Tristan K Date: 12/21/2007

Anthology Of Interest

Okay, so there's no interest here, but perhaps an anthology anyway. Yes I've been gone a while;...

Author: Tristan K Date: 12/17/2007

Kerb Notes Down for a bit

Due to one of my hosters changing their hosting policy, and the other having unspecified ongoing...

Author: Tristan K Date: 11/04/2007

401.3, you say? Not 403?

You're running an IIS 6.0 website, and you have a virtual directory configured for anonymous...

Author: Tristan K Date: 10/22/2007

Tip o' the Week: WEVTUTIL for EVTX/EVT file conversion

This week, a pointer to a solution to a problem I occasionally hit. Windows Vista (and by extension...

Author: Tristan K Date: 10/05/2007

I've gone soft!

Yes, perhaps my friends are right. Or perhaps they're just not nice people. Oh, enough with the...

Author: Tristan K Date: 09/20/2007

ROCKtober approaches again

Fans of this blog - of whom there are at least six (see mum? 100% up on last year, despite the lack...

Author: Tristan K Date: 08/28/2007

Jason Brown's new blog

The traitorous malcontent (and former MVP) that left my cubicle for greener pastures has set up his...

Author: Tristan K Date: 08/02/2007

Netmon vs Chimney

I recently encountered TCP Chimney for the first time in the wild. Short version: Chimney is an...

Author: Tristan K Date: 07/22/2007

Fear The Hand Of Non-Selection

One of those "remember it for when you need it" posts: On Tiny, I've been unable to select text in...

Author: Tristan K Date: 07/22/2007

Happy New Year!

Last post for this FY, so I'm going to make it as content-free as I possibly can, for your visual...

Author: Tristan K Date: 06/29/2007

KDC_ERR_BADOPTION when attempting constrained delegation

Hit this earlier while working with someone else on a Kerberos delegation problem. All the SPNs...

Author: Tristan K Date: 06/18/2007

Two New Updates for Aussie Windows Vista Media Centre Owners

The Media Center dev team have been working to address a couple of problems that have particularly...

Author: Tristan K Date: 06/15/2007

Can I use SQL Server 2005 as the Biztalk Server 2004 database?

No - SQL 2005 and Biztalk 2004 aren't currently supported together, except with an "arm's length"...

Author: Tristan K Date: 06/12/2007

Quickly* pinging everything on a subnet

For when you don't remember that you set your wireless gateway's static IP to .253, and it's not...

Author: Tristan K Date: 05/24/2007

Still Alive...

Not much to report - tons of work to do and only 27 hours a day to get it all done in! I did catch...

Author: Tristan K Date: 05/24/2007

Wondering how many Autocolor* Colors* there are?

    • Yes, I know that real people spell it "colour". I'm sorry. Um, a lot! More than I have the...

Author: Tristan K Date: 05/10/2007

IIS 7 - LH Beta 3 Launch Stuff

Tons of cool new things in Longhorn Beta 3 on the IIS front, including: ... the first beta of our...

Author: Tristan K Date: 04/26/2007

FAQ: How can I bundle IIS 6.0 (or IIS 7.0) with my application on an older OS?

I've seen a few variations on this question come up recently, generally of the form: "We have...

Author: Tristan K Date: 04/22/2007

Aussie HD-DVD add-on selling well?

I'd heard they were out, but couldn't find one for money nor begging at the local shopping centre...

Author: Tristan K Date: 04/15/2007

A Tiny Measure Of Progress

Prompted by Joseph's lamentations, I thought I'd check on how Tiny was doing in the performance...

Author: Tristan K Date: 04/14/2007

New Day Office Videos

Thanks to Long Zheng for pointing to these. They're brilliant....

Author: Tristan K Date: 04/13/2007

360 Elite, Eh?

We announced what appears to have been the world's worst-kept gaming secret! From my perspective (as...

Author: Tristan K Date: 03/28/2007

Every Windows Admin Should Know: Template User vs Mr Nobody

Raymond beats me to the punch (mine was going to be rant-i-er, but five times* as funny), on how the...

Author: Tristan K Date: 03/08/2007

(Gasp)

Oh noes! They found out our secrets! How!? Who would have thought that anyone would produce a...

Author: Tristan K Date: 03/07/2007

Cool new content for beginning developers

MSDN just launched a content site for beginning and amateur developers. If you're learning to...

Author: Tristan K Date: 03/02/2007

I want to publish a website to the Internet. How do I enable Kerberos?

Ya don't. You can't win. But there are alternatives to fighting. Why Not? Windows Kerberos doesn't...

Author: Tristan K Date: 03/01/2007

Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver for Windows: Installation Experience

"Experience" is a lovely word for a corporate blog. Discuss. Anyway, my experience was that it...

Author: Tristan K Date: 03/01/2007

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