Yearly Archives: 2006

Changing Jobs

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I’m changing jobs.

I’ve decided to work in a slightly different field, still on campus, still with computers, but with a more defined task and, most strikingly, a different department. So, in about a month, you’ll see a new category get added to the list and you’ll probably see a marked change in the subject and topics of work related posts that show up here.

Those who know me and where I’m going will hopefully find this question from my wife just as funny as I did:

So, when does your lightsaber change from green to red?

What are these toys?

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Please settle a dispute between myself, my wife and several of our friends and relatives: What insect, animal or being would you classify each of the toys below as? They do not all have to the be same, but if you think they are, that is fine also. Please post your answers in the comments, thanks.

Toy 1
Toy 1


Toy 2
Toy 2


Toy 3
Toy 3



Larger pictures in the galleries.

Deploying Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System with Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) Vista (Part 1)

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It looks like MS has finally realized there are operations that want to deploy desktops in as streamlined a method as possible and aren’t the hulking behemoths of OEMs or very large corporate customers.

They are planning on making the Business Desktop Deployment solutions available to all, along with WinPE in the initial Vista release.

The sessions in general were good overviews of the process for install and deployment of Vista and/or Office 2007. The average deployment will have to change:

  • are you using administrative install points for Office and not Local Install Source? Get ready to learn about LIS.
  • Are you using multicast today? Hope your vendor catches up and releases an add on to Windows Deployment Services, the replacement to RIS, to support it
  • Are you using RIS? You should be, it seems
  • Did you know about the Desktop Deployment resources that are already available?

Exchange Server 2003 Best Practices from Microsoft IT

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There were some great pointers in the session, though very few of them apply to an environment where you have fewer total mailboxes (~600) than MS puts on each cluster node (~4000).

I did get a bit of a relaxation moment at the beginning when the presenter asked how many people were still running Exchange 5.5, I’d say ~5% of the room raised their hands. We need to get off of it, but we’re not the last guy running it. Nobody was willing to admit they were still running Exchange 5.0, though I can’t imagine anyone is.

Many of these sessions are going to be best re-digested later once the conference DVDs show up.

Oh, and at lunch today they had Diet Mt Dew, YAY!