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Windows 8: .NET Installation Issue
I couldn’t believe it. I had finally installed Windows 8, and I wasn’t able to blog about it. I use Windows Live Writer as my blogging tool (most of the time). One of the required pre-requisites is .NET Framework 3.5, and for whatever reason it would not install for me (see screenshot). The error code…
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Smart Screen? Smart!
Unlike most people I was (and am) a big fan of User Account Control (UAC) in Windows 7 (and even Vista). I have often referred to it as the ‘Are you really sure you want to do something stupid?’ button; it let you know that you were about to do something that would affect your…
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Windows Server 2012: Release Dates
If you didn’t realize that Windows Server 2012 was released to manufacturers (RTM) this week, you can easily be forgiven, as most of the hype went to its desktop cousin, Windows 8. That being said, Server 2012 is a huge milestone for Microsoft in a lot of areas, not the least of which is virtualization…
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Are you a Microsoft Certified Professional?
As we celebrate twenty years of Microsoft Learning, it is amazing to see some of the changes that the certification program has gone through. I remember the first day I was ever able to call myself a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). It was March 31, 2003, and I was ecstatic! When Microsoft Learning unveiled the…
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Fair Winds and Following Seas…
For the last seven years I have been in awe of Michael Niehaus and the work that he has done on Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (nee Business Desktop Deployment). When I met him five years ago I was in awe, and am glad to have had the opportunity to get to know him over the past…
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Windows Fever… Catch It!
This morning we in the field of Information Technology awake to a new reality… A virtual reality if you will, but one that is quite real. On July 5th I posted an article in this space called A Response to VMware’s ‘Get the Facts’ page comparing vSphere to Hyper-V and System Center. In the four…
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Windows 8 – Coming soon to a screen near you!
It was nice to be in the room for a change. For nearly two years now I have been counting down the #EndOfDaysXP on my Twitter feed (@MGarvis) and encouraging users and corporations to migrate to Windows 7. Since the Developer Preview for Windows 8 was released in November of last year I have been…
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USB Drives: Easily lost, but easily encrypted!
Peter Wolchak (Editor, Backbone Magazine) pinged me this morning… furious. ‘How long does it take to encrypt a USB key?’ Not very long… why? It turns out that Elections Canada is back in the news, and (again) not in a good way. A couple of employees had confidential information about 2.4 Million voters on thumb…
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Office 2013: First cool new feature for me!
Like so many geeks I have been patiently waiting for the beta release of Microsoft Office 2013. I downloaded and installed it this week, and have been liking it. I will start posting about new features as I discover them, and here is the first such post. Like many people I live in Outlook… or…
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Another Scam… and another article on Oakville.com
I have been a bad boy. I am usually a monthly columnist for www.Oakville.com, but of late I have been a little delinquent… deadlines being what they are, and I have to find the inspiration. I have, as a result, missed a couple of months. A few weeks ago I got an e-mail from a…
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The Demise of Windows SBS
On Thursday July 5th Microsoft made an announcement that shocked the small business IT world, although it came as little surprise to the SBS MVPs who had, I am told been informed (much to their communal displeasure) months ago. Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, a product that launched a thousand (and more) careers in IT,…
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Today is my 40th birthday. I have, over
Today is my 40th birthday. I have, over the past month, fallen … http://www.fitbit.com/user/22574L/journal/date/2012-07-05/24VXV9
The World According to Mitch
The day to day ramblings of an IT Professional (and so much more…)
The World According to Mitch 