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How to share iTunes M4P music with your Facebook friends?

Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet. And recently, I found Facebook offers an application called Twist me! to help Facebook

How to strip DRM off iTunes music on Windows and Mac

This article is divided into the following four parts: Part 1. Strip DRM off iTunes music on Windows with burn-and-rip method Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc into your CD-ROM drive. You’d better use CD-RW disc as it can be used for more than once. Burn your playlist to make an audio CD. You cannot select the MP3 CD option since it

Online PowerShell training with Paul Robichaux

Microsoft has had a 3-day instructor lead PowerShell course available for a few months now. (6434: Automating Windows Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell). I can say with authority that it is an excellent course with a ton of detail. I highly recommend it. I ran across another PowerShell course, this one is given by Paul Robichaux.

SMTP Analyzer

SMTP Analyzer allows you to track all SMTP emails coming through your server. It provides useful information about your emails is stored in a SQL Server database, easily accessed by the Viewer. This ensures the security of your data and provides significant flexibility in archiving your information. Use it to troubleshoot SMTP mail flow issues

Darwine Installer for Mac OS X Leopard and Tiger

If your a Mac OS X Leopard or Tiger user and want to use Wine you can find precompiled binary downloads with FreeType 2.3.5, FontForge py25-20071210, and Liberation Fonts here.From the site: Random Tidbits of InformationInstead of having to run a script after installing Darwine to set fonts up, I’ve packaged everything into a .pkg that installs

Activate Administrator Account in Vista

In windows Vista there is an account named Administrator that you can use to make any changes to your computer that you want, without UAC bothering you. Unfortunately, this account is disabled by default and the older OS tricks to access the Administrator account will not work in vista. So to be able to activate the Administrator account and

EDITORIAL: 6th November 2007

Why You Should Use the ISA Firewall for SOX and HIPAA Compliance

SOX and HIPAA compliance requires that you exercise tight control over information moving between the protected network and the Internet. In order to meet these requirements, you must use an advanced stateful packet and application layer inspection firewall, such as the ISA Firewall. Simple firewalls such as the outdated PIX or similar "hardware" ...

Updated ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit Release and New ASP.NET AJAX Videos/Articles

Last week the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit team released Build 10618 of the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit. This fixed a few issues discovered with the release earlier this month including:

A fix for the Tabs naming

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Best Buy selling iphone 3G for $150 - Refurbished

Jan. 6, 2009, Today Electronic Retailer Best Buy announced that they are selling Refurbished versions of Apple Inc’s iPhone 3G at its stores that are priced about $50 less than new iPhones, which would cost $149.Best Buy informed that they are selling Refurbished iPhones which were returned within 30 days of purchase, are priced at $149 for the

PrintPage1 for Microsoft Outlook

Use PrintPage1 to print any email without all the previous exchanges of messages or disclaimers. It discards any messages that are appended at the bottom of the current message and that begin with From:. That means that even if the new message extends to two pages you get it all.

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Policy Authority for UC

Quest Policy Authority for UC enforces policies and archives instant messaging and other real-time communications. Its flexible architecture blocks unwanted protocols, improves security and hygiene, protects sensitive data, and enforces regulatory compliance. Policy Authority captures IM and file transfers, PIN-to-PIN and SMS messages further

McCain Campaign Sells Loaded Blackberry Smartphones

As part of winding down operations, the McCain-Palin campaign ended up making yet another tech-foible - selling 10 BlackBerry smartphones without wiping them clean. According to Fox News, the devices... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Configuring IPsec NAP (Network Address Protection) - Part 2: Installation of the NPS (Network Policy Server)

Now that we have our CA installed in the domain, we can configure a member server to act as a Network Protection Server. To do so, several steps will have to be followed again.Step 1: Install and configure the NPS: In my case, that would mean the “NPS.test.local” machine: Install WS08, configure the TCP/IP properties, join to the domain: I

Configuring IPsec NAP (Network Address Protection) - Part 1: Certificates

OK, so in my last post I’ve posted a brief summary of the IPSec NAP basics and the involved processes.Now I’ll be doing the same for the actual installation of the Network Address Protection infrastructure. I’m not including to many actions paths with a huge number of print screens, because it’s pretty self-explanatory when you know what

Good Morning Exchange community!

It's now been 3 whirlwind weeks since taking the helm of the Exchange team. As I'm getting to know the team, I wanted to take this opportunity to better introduce myself to the Exchange community. I feel fortunate to inherit such a strong product and exceptional team. The talent within the Exchange team has always been viewed as top-notch and I

Start Managed Folder Assistant for a single mailbox

When testing Managed Folders settings, you may need to frequently run the Managed Folder Assistant to process a mailbox on-demand so you can check the mailbox content and MRM logs to verify that the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Application Virtualization 4.5 Resource Kit Tools Now Available!

The App-V team is happy to announce the general availability of the App-V 4.5 Resource Kit Tools. The main goal of the resource toolkit is to enable IT administrators to unlock the full potential of the recently released App-V 4.5. This release consists...(read more)

Error codes you may receive implementing App-V 4.5 Application Source Root (ASR)

Here are a couple tips on some errors you might run into implementing Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 in a standalone mode. These were written up John Behneman, our resident App-V issue documenting machine. Hope this helps! ========...(read more)

Creating eDirectory SSL certificates with alternate names to use across round robin DNS load balanced web servers

We have three internal Apache web servers that we use for Groupwise webaccess 7.0.3. Each server will be accessed acrossed our intranet via round robin DNS at https://webaccess/gw/webacc for email. When users currently access this URL they are getting Internet Explorer Security Alerts, stating: The name on the security cerrtificate is

Rant: I Hate Boosters!

Troubleshooting Exchange Server Antispam: Disable Outlook Junk Mail

When troubleshooting antispam issues, particularly false positives (legitimate email incorrectly tagged as spam), frequently you run into scenarios where Exchange Server antispam features seem to be... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Troubleshooting error 0x8004010f when downloading the Offline Address Book

This is one of those subjects that keep coming up. A while ago, we had a post on how to troubleshoot error 0x8004010f when downloading an OAB in Outlook. Dave Goldman has been working on updating this guidance with latest tips and tricks and has, after a little encouragement, just published it on his blog today. Definitely a recommended reading if

Howto: Use the “Use Trusted App” utility to verify trusted applications and their keys can login to Groupwise post offices

Use Trusted App is a very handy tool that allows Groupwise administrators to verify that trusted applications can use their pre-defined keys to access Groupwise post offices and user mailboxes. Using this program is extremely simple: 1) Download and extract Forge-UseTrusted.zip 2) Run UseTrusted.exe 3) Specify the following information: - POA

The Top Three Rookie Mistakes - Part 2

A few days ago I started a three part series covering the top gotchas new SoftGrid Admins tend to run into with a short discussion on configuring the Content folder for your virtualized applications. Today I want to talk about specifying the Default...(read more)

Exchange Server Documentation Updates - September 2008

The Exchange Server documentation team is pleased to announce updates to the Exchange Server content. To see what content has changed for Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1, take a look at Exchange Server 2007 Documentation Updates. To see what content has changed for Exchange Server Analyzer, take a look at Exchange Server Analyzer Topic

VHDs available for testing Internet Explorer compatibility

Microsoft is providing four VHDs for download so users and developers can test the compatibility of various versions of Internet Explorer with their web sites and web applications. The most exciting VHD is IE 8 beta 2 running on Windows XP SP3. Other versions include Windows XP SP3 with IE6 VHD file, Windows XP SP2 with IE7 VHD file, and a

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SoftGrid: A folder on a mapped network drive appears to be invalid when a virtualized application is run

Here's a great tip from Jason Alanis, a real life SoftGrid support engineer in Texas. While we don't see this terribly often it can be confusing when you run into it. ======== Issue: When a virtualized application was streamed to a client, the client...(read more)