Archive for November, 2004
Back with a new blog
I’ve been offline for a couple of weeks, on paternity leave after the birth of my son, Matthew.
Now I’m back at work, and Conchango is encouraging its consultants to blog under their name. I’ll still post here, but anything work related will be mirrored on my new Conchango blog.
Posted: November 29th, 2004 under Site notices.
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Passed Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-224
Today I passed the Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-224: Installing, configuring and administering Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server.
Microsoft’s non-disclosure agreement prevents me from saying too much about the exam but much to my relief I scored maximum points in three areas (“installing and upgrading Exchange 2000 Server”, “configuring Exchange 2000 Server” and “managing Exchange 2000 server [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2004 under Certification, Exchange Server.
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Quality tips for webmasters
I’m no web site designer, but anyone who has seen my main website recently will have noticed that it is undergoing a few changes. I hope to extend the new style to my other websites soon (including this blog), but time is not on my side.
During my code validation with the W3C Markup Validation [...]
Posted: November 8th, 2004 under Useful websites, Website development.
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Your e-mail: anytime, anyplace, anywhere
For some time now, I’ve been using the mail2web.com web service for reading my e-mail when I’m away from home.
The basic service doesn’t require registration (no details are stored as it is basically an HTTP wrapper for POP3 and IMAP4 servers), but registered users can use a customised mail2web site with multiple e-mail accounts, favourite [...]
Posted: November 4th, 2004 under E-mail, Useful websites.
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Accessing the Internet using Vodafone GPRS and a PDA with Bluetooth
I’ve been trying to get my PDA (an HP iPAQ 2210) to connect to the Internet via a Bluetooth connection to my business mobile phone (a Nokia 6310i). I was having problems with this until I found the details on the Vodafone website (Get More from Your Mobile | Internet on the Move | Set [...]
Posted: November 4th, 2004 under Internet, Mobility, Windows Mobile.
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Microsoft error code lookup tool
Today’s Windows IT Pro magazine network Windows Tips and Tricks Update, highlights Microsoft’s Error Code Lookup tool. The tool can be used to determine error values from decimal and hexadecimal error codes presented by Windows operating systems, looking up one or more values at a time and showing informational data associated with the value where [...]
Posted: November 1st, 2004 under Useful software, Windows.
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Burn CDs from the command line
A few days back I downloaded and ran a fantastically useful tool for writing CDs from the command line – Alex Feinman’s CreateCD. It seems to work well, and appears fast, with plenty of functionality. In a recent Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine article, CreateCD was even discussed as a method for creating backups using CD-RW [...]
Posted: November 1st, 2004 under Useful software.
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Microsoft launches Partner Pack for Windows
Microsoft has released another add-on pack for Windows, but this time most of the software is supplied by partners. The Partner Pack for Windows is aimed at consumers and includes:
Games (Super Slyder and Serpentine).
Homestead Photosite (web photo publishing application).
Microsoft Time Zone (displays the time in multiple zones around the world).
Computer Associates eTrust (antivirus software).
Google Deskbar [...]
Posted: November 1st, 2004 under Useful software, Windows.
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