Tim Long

Forever in Electric Dreams
The life and times of a Small Business Server MVP and all-round technology enthusiast. Tim is founder of TiGra Networks, a company based in South Wales UK specialising in small business IT. This blog is aimed at Microsoft Small Business Specialists, IT professionals, Astronomers and anyone interested in science and technology.

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SBS/EBS Training
via Allison Pauli, Partner Marketing, Windows Server Solutions: Get Ready for the Windows Essential Server Solutions Launch with Technical Training Series The November 12, 2008 launch for Windows Essential Server Solutions is fast approaching!  Prepare...
Is Your ISP patched?
Is your ISP patched against the DNS cache poisoning ( US CERT advisory ) exploit? There are confirmed attacks in the wild . My ISP is patched. I asked them, and actually got an intelligent response. They escalated my ticket and a day later came the response...
ServerQuest: eighties retro chic
Move over Minesweeper! I received a link to this from my MVP lead and I'm hooked, despite the blatant advertising. The cleverly done retro-chic "plinky plonky" music, chunky graphics and office politics takes me straight back to the early...
SysInternals Live
What a radical idea. Microsoft has put all the Sysinternals utilities together in a single web folder, where you can easily download them all in one hit, or simply execute them directly from the web server, no fuss, no pfaff. From the Readme file: What...
Sean Daniel Demonstrates SBS 2008
If you don't happen to have a spare 64-bit system and/or can't wait for the public preview, you can see Sean Daniel (SBS Product Manager) discussing and demonstrating SBS 2008 online. SBS 2008 PM Interview and Demo | Media | TechNet Edge
Small Business Server 2008 Availability and Pricing Announced
Today, Microsoft formally announced availability of Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Server 2008, their server offerings for small- and medium-sized businesses, respectively. Pricing Although at face value, the price of Small Business...
Poor Man's URL Filtering for SBS
I just did a hack for one of my customers to stop one problem employee surfing on Facebook all day. While I'm no fan of blanket barring of web access, in this instance we needed some simple, short-term measures that didn't warrant any real expenditure...
CRM 4.0 Outlook Client Crashing
I've recently experienced a problem in the CRM 4.0 client for Outlook (both the desktop/online and laptop/offline versions) where Outlook would inexplicably crash every 15 minutes (the default CRM synchronisation interval is 15 minutes). We had narrowed...
Action Pack Changes
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...
Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 Go Gold
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...
Don't be caught out by the domain name registration scam
I saw this article in Microsoft's UK Security Newsletter (which you can subscribe to online). Ed Gibson, chief security advisor, relates the following story: The owner of a '.com' web domain name is telephonically contacted by someone claiming...
The Power of Community
Paul from Accendo Solutions has an article about how he recently used the Small Business Specialist Community to great effect on a job that would have been otherwise difficult to accomplish. Small business partners from around the UK came together to...
Printer Deployment for Windows Vista and Small Business Server 2003
I recently had a problem with a customer running all Windows Vista clients on an SBS 2003 R2 domain. The problem was how to deploy printers to users who have restricted access (i.e. standard users). The users cannot install the printer drivers themselves...
Small Business Specialist Group on LinkedIn
If you use LinkedIn, and you are a Small Business Specialist then join the SBSC group and display the Small Business Specialist logo on your LinkedIn profile. It costs nothing, generates no spam and will display your SBSC affiliation to your LinkedIn...
Farewell Robbie - or is it Aufweidersehen?
I couldn't possibly do a better job than Richard Evans in describing the impact that Robbie Upcroft has had on the UK Small Business Specialist Community. Richard mentions meeting Robbie for the first time at the inaugural meeting of SBS Midlands...
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