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Migrating to https://blog.tristank.com/ . And still so terrific that 3 of 4 readers rated it "soporific"
Delegation, Delegation, Delegation, Delegation
If I had a buck for every time someone came to me with a problem accessing their SQL Server from a...
Author: Tristan K Date: 11/28/2005
ISA 2004 EE: UnicastInterHostCommSupport is enabled by ISA
Quickie: When used to configure NLB for an array, ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition enables the NLB...
Author: Tristan K Date: 11/14/2005
Thanks, but no thanks.
My trial decoder run of Intervideo's WinDVD decoder expired at home mid-week, so I tried out...
Author: Tristan K Date: 11/10/2005
The Windows Defender Blog
Finally, someone in marketing decided that a product name could be both functional and cool! Windows...
Author: Tristan K Date: 11/07/2005
PasteOff Scripting
Another real quickie: Anders from Sweden has just started a blog, and posted an interesting...
Author: Tristan K Date: 11/07/2005
FolderShare Rocks!
That's all*. I hadn't even heard of FolderShare before the announcement that we'd acquired them, but...
Author: Tristan K Date: 11/06/2005
OWA 2003: The Top Eleven Hidden Features
Caught over at the Exchange Team blog, an article full of useful tips. My new best friend is going...
Author: Tristan K Date: 11/01/2005
Today, I met Daniel Pearson...
...but I couldn't quite place the name. Had he introduced himself as "dan at zeroaffinity.com" I'd...
Author: Tristan K Date: 10/28/2005
RFC Deskbar Shortcut
Funny how you just assume you added a deskbar shortcut, but you didn't. For pasting into the MSN...
Author: Tristan K Date: 10/26/2005
Another Top Tip for Tech Interview Hopefuls
I'll add one to Shifty's list of Tips for Jobseekers: Accept All Changes before you hit Send. (Or...
Author: Tristan K Date: 10/26/2005
My Tablet PC: A Precision 650
I'm typing this entry on the same PC I use for my day-to-day work. It's a Dell Precision 650...
Author: Tristan K Date: 10/24/2005
Nvidia: You're Really Annoying Me
The Nvidia DVD Decoder (now called Purevideo) store is back, and better than ever*. It only took...
Author: Tristan K Date: 10/18/2005
What's He Up To?
It's once again quite busy here. The Support biz locally tends to be cyclic - in the same sort of...
Author: Tristan K Date: 10/13/2005
Engadget XBOX 360 Hands-On
Peter Rojas' article here: https://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000153062828/ My favourite part was the...
Author: Tristan K Date: 10/12/2005
Two Tips for better ISA Performance
via Amy's: https://isainsbs.blogspot.com/2005/10/from-jim-harrison-add-this-to-your-isa.html Short...
Author: Tristan K Date: 10/10/2005
Serenity Good
Yes, Serenity good. Not perfect, but good. There was something for everyone, from the Firefly crowd...
Author: Tristan K Date: 10/02/2005
Scripty Bits with Mark Yocom
Mark Yocom's blog has bubbled up from the background buzz of the bloggers on MSDN: He's blogging...
Author: Tristan K Date: 10/01/2005
Controlling Acceptable Internet Access With ISA Server
A reasonably frequently-asked question is: Can ISA Server 2004 control access to unsavoury sites...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/29/2005
Office 2003 SP2 Just Installed Itself!
Along with Visio 2003 SP2, OneNote 2003 SP2 and an Outlook Junk Email filter update. I remember...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/27/2005
Microsoft.com Operations on x64
The Microsoft.Com Operations blog just posted about their experiences moving from x86 to x64, most...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/26/2005
Mental Note: Serenity Party Friday
I bought the Firefly DVD set a week ago, and my girlfriend and I chewed through them in three nights...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/25/2005
x64-friendly Smartcard Reader
I've had a Gemplus 430 USB card reader since we started using Smart Cards for RAS, all those years...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/22/2005
Subtleties of Denying Traffic
In ISA Server 2004, if you're using custom ports as part of a publishing rule for a protocol, an...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/22/2005
A Plea To WPF/Avalon Developers
Don't make me hate you. Now that Windows Presentation Foundation (the vector monkey formerly known...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/19/2005
Live Logging FTW! An Example
(for the over-15s reading this blog, FTW means "for the win", and means something/someone is really...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/18/2005
Support Terms #891: Frisbee Moment
The Frisbee Moment This phrase is coined from the episode of the Simpsons where Bart is going to...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/16/2005
Another IT Pro OPML Update
I'm sure I've missed someone, but either way, the grand total of Aussie IT Pro bloggers (that's...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/14/2005
More on The Client Menace and Authentication
A comment from my diatribe about keyloggers from DoofusDan inspired more words (and unfortunately...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/12/2005
Dystopia Tomorrow...
(Australian time) Or today, US time. We are aiming to release the demo before 11:59pm GMT on 9th of...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/09/2005
IE6 Phishing Philter Phrom MSN
The MSN Search blog just announced that they've made available a Phishing Filter for IE6 (for XPSP2,...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/08/2005
What I Worry About When Web Publishing
In a word: Keyloggers. The Client Menace. A particularly sharp chap at Tech.Ed asked me what I...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/07/2005
My Tech.Ed AU 2005 In Blurry Slightly Truncated Pictures
Just running through my newly-broken phone (dropped from booth height to the hard, unforgiving floor...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/05/2005
Mr. McLaren's Blogging!
Andrew McLaren's decided to share some of his vast - and sometimes even useful - selection of...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/05/2005
Dystopia Nears Release
One of the other GTSC guys popped up on the Friday over lunch at Tech.Ed, and told me I had to check...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/04/2005
Tech.Ed 2005: Without A Belt
I was packing on Monday afternoon. I'd taken Monday off sick - my first sick day since starting with...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/04/2005
Tech.Ed AU 2005: Done and Dusted
Just got home and I thought I'd capture a quick reaction before it wore off: OH YEAH! Was that an...
Author: Tristan K Date: 09/02/2005
Off to Tech.Ed Tomorrow...
And as seems traditional for me at this time of year, I've developed a cough/cold combination....
Author: Tristan K Date: 08/29/2005
Personal Development Plan: Must Include Media Training
Guess I know what to put in my PDP for this year: Reduced Head Bob When Talking To A Camera! (I...
Author: Tristan K Date: 08/26/2005
Support Terms #194: Numbing
The Numbing From Dilbert, we derive The Numbing - the null state following that terrible moment in...
Author: Tristan K Date: 08/25/2005
Ctrl+C In A Message Box Does What!?
OK, so now searching for this reveals it as a widely-known and somewhat ancient tip, but I didn't...
Author: Tristan K Date: 08/23/2005
The New, Official, SBS Support Blog
Straight from the guys at the coalface, we've got the SBS Support Blog. Subscribe now, ask questions...
Author: Tristan K Date: 08/22/2005
New IE Column in MSDN: Exploring Internet Explorer
via IEBlog, it's the first Exploring IE column: The Local Intranet Zone and Proxies: The Surprising...
Author: Tristan K Date: 08/20/2005
Just a quickie: Props Out To Jeff
I read a bunch of one-man blogs regularly, but one of my favourites is the CodingHorror blog. Props...
Author: Tristan K Date: 08/17/2005
Tech.Ed AU: Screen Scrapin' RSS feed for Mediacasts Site
No RSS feed, yet, eh? Now ya do! I knocked up a quick script to take care of this niggling problem,...
Author: Tristan K Date: 08/16/2005
Tech.Ed AU: The Finalizer, Visitors and Sessions
First up: Not GC-related, but to all the Oz Tech.Ed attendees that would like to see a Support...
Author: Tristan K Date: 08/15/2005