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In March, 2004 I wrote and posted this article to my website. I was reminded of it this evening when I opened an e-mail from someone warning me of the latest and greatest virus. Some of the wording had not even changed in six years! My article is a bit dated, but worth the read. –Mitch...
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I had never been to Halifax (or anywhere in Nova Scotia) before, so I was not upset that a scheduling blunder gave me a free day to tour around. My arrival coincided with the arrival of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who began her 22nd Canadian visit here. It also came during the celebrations...
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Mitch Garvis
on 07-01-2010
Filed under: Article, Fleet Review, Sub-Lieutenant Charles Watters, Halifax, Royalty, Navy, Charles Watters, Canada, Royal Canadian Navy, Queen
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This morning my son broke a rule. He was punished. Last week he forgot a school book at home. He had to suffer the consequences by sitting in class without his book. While as a father I was not happy with either situation, I was at least glad that he accepted the consequences for his...
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As many of you know I spend a lot of time working in, consulting with, and teaching virtualization. Because I am such a strong believer in certifications I was proud of the three virtualization certs I previously held – two Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certs and one VMware-centric...
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Mitch Garvis
on 05-03-2010
Filed under: MIcrosoft, Beta, VMM, SCVMM, Virtualization, Virtual PC, Windows, IT Pro, Microsoft Learning, Article, Server, Operating System, Certifications, Certificates, Exams, Learning, Server 2008 R2, Server Core, VMware, hyper-v, Infrastructure
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If you are looking for a good deal on electronics, you should consider heading to one of the big electronics stores in the weeks after Christmas. .Not only do they have pretty good specials, but you are also very likely to find open-box specials – returned items that are complete, new products...
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on 04-01-2010
Filed under: warnings, Toys, Article, Professionalism, contents, Piracy, Family, Retailer, Video, Big Box, CamCorder, Camera
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If you are looking for a good deal on electronics, you should consider heading to one of the big electronics stores in the weeks after Christmas. .Not only do they have pretty good specials, but you are also very likely to find open-box specials – returned items that are complete, new products...
Posted to
The World According to Mitch
by
Mitch Garvis
on 04-01-2010
Filed under: warnings, Toys, Article, Professionalism, contents, Piracy, Family, Retailer, Video, Big Box, CamCorder, Camera
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As I sit watching Rabbi Wise’s computer upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 I am thinking about a conversation that he and I just had. Three weeks ago he and I started discussing the benefits of Windows 7 over his currently Windows Vista, and he asked if I thought it was really worth the upgrade...
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In her recent article ‘ Windows 7: Seven points of imperfection ’ (posted on IT World Canada, and written for PC World US) Jacqueline Emigh calls out seven deficiencies in Microsoft’s new client operating system. While I understand that columnists have to find a hook to please their editors, I...
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Mitch Garvis
on 12-07-2009
Filed under: MIcrosoft, Windows 7, Windows, Microsoft Canada, Article, Client OS, Windows 7 Launch Party, IT World Canada, Jacqueline Emigh, Imperfections, PC World, problems
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This article came over my RSS feed from Global Knowledge; it is an article from January by David Davis which outlines 10 things you shouldn’t do with your Cisco router. If you were to turn it upside down, it is a really good reminder of ten tips you should always follow with your Cisco router…...
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<Originally posted October, 2006> Earlier today someone referenced this article from my old blog which will, eventually, be migrated over to my new blog. However in the meantime I am reposting it. To be frank the perfect record no longer stands true. –MDG Don’t Mess With Juju: Even...
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There are two schools of thought when it comes to physical memory over-commitment between virtual machines. The first school of thought is that it is a great way for virtual machines to leverage more memory than the host server actually has. the memory resources available to the Guest OS machines exceed...
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My wife’s 17” HP Pavillion laptop broke; when I say that it broke I do not mean that the OS crashed or that the hard disk was defective, or even that the motherboard fried, which are all legitimate reasons for computers to stop working. It seems that a couple of people liked to carry the open laptop...
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Back when I was a computer support technician I used to carry a binder of CDs and DVDs, including (but certainly not limited to!) every version and edition of Windows client and server. This came in handy every time I replaced a hard drive because I could reinstall the OS without having to take...
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Mitch Garvis
on 10-16-2009
Filed under: MIcrosoft, Windows 7, Windows, USB Deployment Point, Article, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Tim Mintner, Multiple-OS Deployments, Server 2008, Server, Servers, Business Desktop Deployment, Deployment Point, Deployment, Operating System, Server 2008 R2, Server Core, BDD, MDT, Client OS
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If a tool is cumbersome, unwieldy, inefficient, and difficult to use, would you use it? Would you look forward to the experience? Neither would I; so when at the end of last year my son’s Grade 5 homeroom teacher told me that the computers in the school were unreasonably slow, extremely cluttered, and...
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by
Mitch Garvis
on 10-15-2009
Filed under: Windows 7, Windows, STEP, Springboard, Microsoft Canada, Article, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, School, MGA, Meadow Green Academy, Case Study
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This article explains how to install a new domain forest on Windows Server Core, or in the Windows Server CLI (Command Line Interpreter). I will not discuss any other option for RODCs, existing domains, child domains, and so on… there are a plethora of articles out there that describe those already...
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by
Mitch Garvis
on 10-12-2009
Filed under: Article, Server 2008, Server, Servers, Operating System, Domain Controller, Steve Syfuhs, Server 2008 R2, dcpromo, unattend, Server Core, Forest, Domain, dcpromo.exe
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I want to start this article by stating that I do feel sorry for Joel… but I have no sympathy for him. If you are unfamiliar with the case, here is the article written by none other than Joel Tenenbaum about his case: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/jul/27/filesharing-music-industry ....
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I have noticed of late a trend… a plethora of articles listing the contents of one’s laptop bag. Far be it from me to miss a writing bandwagon, so here it goes! Laptop Bag: Firstly I should mention that I switch laptop bags with boring frequency; at present I have the Ogio VP Messenger which was...
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Of all of the innovative technologies I came face to face with at TechEd last month the most incredible of them all was a gentleman in a wheelchair. It wasn’t just any wheelchair of course… it was (I would later learn) an iBOT… a wheelchair designed to free the disabled from the shackles that truly bind...
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I am a member of a private community of Microsoft Certified Trainers on a well known networking site. In the last couple of days one of my colleagues complained that his students were passing their exams by using Brain Dumps, and that these tools diminished the value of the certifications. ...
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on 03-19-2009
Filed under: IT Pro, Microsoft Learning, Article, Education, Certifications, Cert Security, Certificates, Exams, Learning, Scams, brain dumps, CertGuard, Professionalism
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I came across this piece in the 180 Systems Blog ( www.180systemsblog.com ) this evening and found it fascinating. Please feel free to visit them for more insightful pieces. -M A man sat at a subway station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He...