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Our customer St. David Recruitment Services, based in Cardiff, were interviewed recently by Windows Vista Magazine to get their views on how Windows Vista helps their business every day. The case study appeared in Windows Vista SMB Supplement, which went out to over 200,000 readers as an insert in publications...
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Tim Long
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11-18-2008
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Filed under: TiGra News, Press Releases, Case Studies, Emerging Technology, Newsletter, SBS, Small Business, Small Business Server, IT, Microsoft, Windows Vista, News, TiGra Networks, SBSC, Small Business Specialist, Managed Services, MVP
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I'm curious how many Microsoft Partners are/are not deploying Windows Vista. I've started a discussion thread at the SBSC group on LinkedIn . If you're not already a member of that group, please take this opportunity to join if you are SBSC qualified.
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Businesses may be deterred from making investments in technology in the current economic climate, especially those planning to use finance to minimise cash flow impact and spread the cost over the life of the assets. With banks unwilling to lend to each other, let alone small businesses, it may seem...
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Here’s a handy hard drive cleanup tip for you that is applicable only if you have installed Windows Vista Service Pack 1 update. On my system, I used WinDirStat to see where all my hard drive space was going and discovered that my %SystemRoot%\WinSxS folder was over 15 Gb. In this screen shot taken from...
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I really like Windows DreamScene, I think it is a really cool feature of Windows Vista Ultimate, especially if you add StarDock DeskScapes . It’s just unfortunate that it is afraid of its own shadow. The slightest little problem and DreamScene commits suicide. It’s a real PITA having to go in and re...
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Are you making the most of Windows Search? This was one of the most important new features introduced with Windows Vista that can save you a good deal of time. Instead of clicking through layers of folder hierarchy, simply type the filename or a phrase that occurs in your document and Windows will find...
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When installing SQL Management Studio Express on Windows Vista x64 (and, perhaps, x86 too) you may well get an error code 29506, the installation will fail and roll-back. This appears to be a security issue with Windows Vista. I've seen this happen a few times on products where the installation does...
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If you're having performance problems on your Windows Vista systems, one thing you might take a look at is Windows Sidebar. It is quite badly behaved! I find it is consistently one of the biggest memory hogs and almost always the most prolific generator of page faults. You'll see hundreds or...
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I was just saying to someone the other day how "Windows Ultimate Extras" had been a disappointment and that I'd have been left wanting if that had been my main reason for using Windows Vista Ultimate. Today I noticed that there are some more Ultimate Extras available. There are three more...
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As you can see at David Overton's blog, Microsoft partners will once again be getting the full-install media (as opposed to upgrade) for Windows Vista Business as well as a single license for Windows Vista Ultimate. When Microsoft changed to upgrade media around a year ago, the partner community...
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I have taken on a new customer this week and they have an interesting business that deals with energy (gas and electricity), measuring consumption with smart meters and ultimately using less of it to reduce your carbon footprint and save money. They showed me a neat little box that measures the power...
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I have a few sites that are now totally Windows Vista Business and SBS 2003 where the users run as Standard User. One consequence of this is that printers have to be deployed by group policy, because standard users don't have permission to install print drivers. Windows Vista provides a mechanism...
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Tim Long
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Tim Long
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02-15-2008
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Filed under: IT, SBS, Hacks, Small Business Server, Microsoft, Windows Vista, Business, Troubleshooting, Debugging, War Stories, Partners
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The 2008 launch wave is gaining momentum. Microsoft announced a few hours ago that both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 have been released to manufacturing. Windows Vista service pack 1 will likely impact most users in the short term. At TiGra Networks, we've been actively involved...
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TiGra Networks
by
Tim Long
on
02-05-2008
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Filed under: TiGra News, Emerging Technology, IT Industry, Newsletter, SBS, Small Business, Small Business Server, Home Computing, IT, Microsoft, Windows Vista, News, TiGra Networks
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The 2008 launch wave is gaining momentum. Microsoft announced a few hours ago that both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 have been released to manufacturing. Windows Vista service pack 1 will likely impact most users in the short term. At TiGra Networks, we've been actively involved...
Posted to
Tim Long
by
Tim Long
on
02-05-2008
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Filed under: IT, SBS, Small Business Server, Beta Testing, Small Business, Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista, Newsletter, TiGra News, IT Industry, Home Computing, SBSC, Technology, TiGra Networks, Business, Small Business Specialist, Partners
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The recent spate of announcements from the government and others regarding "lost" confidential information has really annoyed me. I'm so angry because every shipped business edition of Windows since 2000 has included encryption technology that was easy to use. Just a few clicks could have...