Deliberations
Thoughts on the problems and solutions I work with every day, along with musings on random topics.
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VMWare Workstation and Windows 7
I've been having weird connectivity issues with Windows 7 and VMWare Workstation 6.5.2. None of the networking "really" worked, even in bridged mode - nslookup worked, ping worked, but anything using … more
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Windows Mobile 6.1 and Australian DST
I have an HTC Touch Pro. Runs Windows Mobile 6.1 - and I'm really happy with the device. Unfortunately WinMo 6 timezone definitions do not include the right settings for Australia - we changed the … more
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Australian BlackList released to the world
Well, no surprises there. The Australian list of blocked sites is supposedly now in the wild - and all reports I've seen thus far indicate it's correct, at least for the most part.
ACMA has come … more
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Fixing WDS Long Boot Times
Here’s a little tip from a colleague of mine, who we’ll call Geoff for no reason other than that that is his name.
When deploying images from Windows Deployment Services (WDS), sometimes the WDS … more
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Australians Can’t Drive
For the past couple of months I’ve been commuting from my house in suburban Sydney to a customer site in Orange, about 3 hours (225km, 140mi) away. About half of the commute time is highway driving, … more
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Microsoft Doesn’t "Get" Documentation (In Other News, Water is Wet)
I don’t mean to say that TechNet and MSDN are bad – quite the opposite in fact. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen such a huge repository of documentation. But what always appears to be missing is the “ … more
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No, you can't (necessarily) teach someone how to solve problems
M' very good friend Nathan Gropman (with whom I work ... wait, no, with whom I am co-employed - he works while I skive off) has postulated that you can teach a person to solve problems, with the … more
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ActiveSync: Consumer Email means Windows Live
This is a bit of a WTF, because the MS documentation doesn't seem to match up with the implementation.
There are two policy settings that seem to prevent users from establishing their own personal … more
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The Great Firewall of Australia
Note: Blunt opinion follows. These are not necessarily the views of my employers, past, present or future.
In recent times Australia has been blessed cursed with a series of clueless, idiotic … more
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Building a CA Hierarchy: Part Oops. How I Screwed Up
This is part Oops of the Building a CA Hierarchy series. If you're just starting, you might want to read the other parts:
Part 1. Building the Root CA Part 2. Configuring the Root CA Part 3. … more