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Gmail and other Google Apps Leaves Beta Status

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:27:56 -0700

After 5 years of remaining in BETA, today Google announced it’s Google Apps suite (Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Talk etc..) will shedding it’s notorious BETA badge today 7/7. All in all, not the largest news story of the day being that the BETA badge really never kept anyone from not using the services however, I [...]

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Microsoft IT Environment Health Scanner Released

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:04:41 -0700

Today Microsoft released the IT Environment Health Scanner (V. 6.0.5700.44) for small to medium sized businesses. To install you will need to know the IP address of your primary firewall, subnet mask and Windows Domain Admin rights (and Exchange Server rights if you have Exchange in your environment). The download is Freeware so I encourage [...]

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How-To Enable Out Of Office Assistant Auto-Reply in Outlook 2007

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:31:07 -0700

Enabling the Out of Office Auto Response feature in Outlook (also called Vacation Mode by some) is a handy way of letting co-workers or customers know your away from the Office (vacation / holiday etc..) and not checking email regularly. Turning on the feature is very simple both from the Outlook desktop client (outlook 2000/2003/2007) [...]

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Fire at Verizon - Washington FIOS Network Offline

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:48:36 -0700

Update July 4th – Further information on the Internet confirms the fire was not actually at a Verizon Central Office (kinda…) but the Fisher Communications Data Center in Seattle. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10279084-93.html http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/washington/stories/NW_070309WAB-AP-komo-fire-KS.4ba29c2.html http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Bing_Travel_is_back_36_hours_later_49935637.html The outage occurred after a “Spark” with some telecommunications equipment which resulted in a small fire. The data center fire suppression system kicked in and [...]

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System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 R2 Released

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:34:02 -0700

Although a day late, SCOM 2007 R2 just hit the Microsoft MLVS site and is available for download. SCOM 2007 is a huge release for the SCOM (formerly known as MOM – Microsoft Operations Manger) with many new features and upgrades including improved performance, support for NON Windows Servers such as Linux and Unix, integration with [...]

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GFI Freeware – LANguard and Home Backup

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:44:32 -0700

GFI recently advertised FreeWare products on the cover of the July Issues of TechNet Magazine kicking off it’s We Care imitative. I’ve always been a fan of GFI and even more so now after reviewing the advertised link! GFI really is giving away 3 great products (only 2 are available at the time of [...]

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SCOM 2007 R2 RTM – Pulls a NO-SHOW

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:24:19 -0700

Well… I can’t wait any longer. Microsoft promised Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 would be released TODAY 7/1/09 however as of 5:15pm PST, I see nothing on the Microsoft MVLS site other than the older 2007 W/SP1 version. The same is true on the MSDN Subscriber Downloads site. UPDATE 07/02/09 @ 8am PST [...]

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Firefox 3.5 Released – Groovy New Features

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:05:26 -0700

The wait is over, Firefox 3.5 has finally been released and is available for immediate download. I’ll soon be writing about some of the new features of Firefox 3.5 (Improved privacy and improved clearing of history, tab tearing, video support etc..). Until then however, here’s the official list from the Mozilla Site: From the download [...]

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Windows 7 Beta Bi-Hourly Reboots start 7/1/2009

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:56:58 -0700

This is a reminder for any groovyReaders who may still be running the Windows 7 Beta. Starting tomorrow July 1st, 2009 your computers will begin to reboot every 120 minutes. Microsoft confirmed this behavior here. Further, the Beta will completely expire on August 1st, 2009. The simple fix is to dump the Beta and upgrade/install [...]

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Microsoft Store Offers Discounts for Windows 7 Pre-Order

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:39:00 -0700

If you think you might want to upgrade your Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista computer to Windows 7 (release date set for October 22nd, 2009), you might want to take a look at a recent offer over in the Microsoft Store. For a limited time only (6/26 – 7/11) you can Pre-Order the [...]

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How-To Setup a Private Family WordPress Blog

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:50:24 -0700

If your looking to run a Private Friends and Family Website, look no further! John Kolbert just did everyone a HUGE favor by releasing the Wordpress Plugin Absolute Privacy. Like John, I’ve ran a “Private” family blog for friends and family which I secured using a less than elegant Site Password via an .htaccess [...]

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How-To Remove an OS from Windows Dual Boot Config

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:42:12 -0700

A few weeks back I explained How-To install Windows 7 in a Dual-Boot Configuration using a .VHD file as the Windows 7 System Drive. A few days later I explained how to make Windows 7 in a Dual Boot scenario the primary boot OS. Now after receiving about 20 emails the topic from readers, [...]

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Microsoft Kills the MONEY Product Line

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:45:14 -0700

Last night I opened up my copy of MS Money only to be alerted by Microsoft that they will be ending future development on the product. About 10 years ago I got a free copy of Microsoft Money from a friend at Microsoft so I made the switch from Intuit Quicken… oops Intuit is obviously trying [...]

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Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook Takes on Exchange Server

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:53:51 -0700

Today GOOGLE landed a right hook with the release of Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook. At $4.16 per Employee/Account per month (Google Apps Premier Edition) the Google Apps service has finally delivered on making Outlook / Exchange a true commodity product. $50k per 1000 users and you can essentially outsource your Exchange servers [...]

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How To Delay or Schedule Delivery of Email Using Outlook

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:21:05 -0700

Delaying or Scheduling the sending / delivery of an Email in Outlook can be VERY handy for those times when you want to draft and send an email but don’t want it delivered until a specific date and time. Many people do this at work for specific announcements which they don’t want sent out [...]

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Apple Announces Details on Next iPhone 3G S

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:44:47 -0700

The new Apple iPhone 3G S will be available from AT&T 2 days after the iPhone OS 3.0 is released on June 17th. The price as shown on the Apple site will be $199 for the 16GB Phone and $299 for the 32GB for new AT&T customers only. If your an existing customer and your [...]

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How-To Get Free BingTones from Microsoft

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:07:51 -0700

Ok… I know this isn’t a typical How-To article however I just couldn’t resist. Turns out Microsoft wants to BING you phone. This morning Microsoft released 3 three Bing-branded ringtones for your mobile phone. They are calling them BingTones. You can find the links here: Three Bing-branded ringtones for your mobile device (BineTones.zip) Three BingTones for your phone [...]

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bing.com Gets 3D Maps

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:46:22 -0700

This morning I started playing with the new 3d Maps Service over on bing.com. You can grab the free download here which will plug-in to your IE install. The service will install Virtual Earth however when launched it will take you over to Bing.com. The engine looks a lot like the legacy Virtual Earth and [...]

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groovyPost Feedback – New Video How-To Post

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:30:00 -0700

As many of you probably noticed, this week I did something a little new by adding a Video How-To to my latest post. As the first video I expected it to be a little rough around the edges however overall I think it went pretty well. What do you think? Do you like it? Does [...]

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How-To Change Default OS for Dual Boot System

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:35:42 -0700

Recently I wrote an article which explains How-To Install Windows 7 into a .VHD (Virtual Hard Drive) and configure it to Dual Boot with Windows Vista and since then I’ve been getting tons of emails with questions. The question about how-to set Windows 7 as the default OS for a Dual-Boot system is a [...]

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