Just returned from Microsoft Tech Days 2008 in Ottawa

And I got a buttload of free stuff from Tech Days 2008. Including, but not limited to – a Microsoft sticker, a cool toque, a spoon that also functions as a pen, a technet 6 month subscription, tech ed dvd sets, vs pro 2008, expression web, and a bunch of demo software. All in all it was a great day, but, I didn’t like the fact that it started at like 7:30 am, way too early for geeky people....

November 27, 2008 · 1 min · 86 words · Matt G

Adding Sharepoint WSP templates on SBS 2003

Here’s a quick list so you don’t have to type in all those CLI lines.. This will add the 20 application templates to Sharepoint 3 on your SBS or other Sharepoint server.. stsadm –o addsolution –filename AbsenceVacationSchedule.wsp stsadm -o deploysolution -name AbsenceVacationSchedule.wsp -allowgacdeployment -immediate stsadm –o addsolution –filename BudgetingTrackingMultipleProjects.wsp stsadm –o deploysolution –name BudgetingTrackingMultipleProjects.wsp -allowgacdeployment -immediate stsadm –o addsolution –filename BugDatabase.wsp stsadm –o deploysolution –name BugDatabase.wsp -allowgacdeployment -immediate stsadm –o addsolution –filename CallCenter....

May 14, 2008 · 2 min · 275 words · Matt G

SBS 2003 Disable Sync of Certain Offline Files like .PST or .MDB

Today I was noticing that some clients on the network were experiencing errors when users logged out and windows synced for them. In order to fix this, I had to do the following: TS to SBS Server Navigate to \\SBS\netlogon Edit the SBS_LOGIN_SCRIPT.bat file in this directory. It should look like: \\SBS\Clients\Setup\setup.exe /s SBS Change it to this: @echo off rem ================================================== rem rem Title: Login Script rem Author: The Author rem Date: April 4 2008 rem Description: Network Login Script rem rem ================================================== :SBS_SETUP rem Default sbs2k3 client setup \\SBS\Clients\Setup\setup....

April 5, 2008 · 1 min · 206 words · Matt G

Replace Notepad with Notepad2 on Windows XP SP2

I noticed yesterday that there was a new Notepad2 release. If you’re not aware, notepad2 is a fantastic replacement for the regular notepad that comes with your windows installation. Check out notepad2 here. In the past it’s been a bit of a pain in the ass to replace notepad with notepad2 on your windows xp box. This weekend I decided to replace it on my system with the new release, which now supports ....

May 6, 2007 · 2 min · 403 words · Matt G