Review: SB EventLog Monitor

I have only one thing to say about this product, “How did I ever live without it”. If you manage more than one Microsoft Windows Server then you definitely need to be using SB EventLog Monitor.
So what does SB EventLog Monitor do that is so great, it collects, collates, and reports via a web interface [...]

Review: Script Your Documentation Instantly

If you are anything like me you probably have little to no documentation on your servers. Probably it is because you don’t have the time or the personal to perform the tedious (and boring) work required; you know it is important, but other things seem to take priority. Well, you no longer have any excuse [...]

Microsoft Tries to Persuade Linux Users

In an interesting move Microsoft recently flew out some leading anti-Microsoft people to a press briefing at their headquarters for an in depth look at their new Vista operating system. Check out the following articles for their reaction and reviews:

Gina Trapani of Lifehacker’s Q&A with Microsoft about Windows Vista
Robin Miller of Linux.com’s Microsoft desperately wants [...]

Windows Time Service on PDC

Whenever you are moving the PDC emulator role to another computer on a Windows Server 2003 network you need to make the following changes to the time service on both the new machine and the old.
Configure the Windows Time Service on the new PDC emulator

Open a Command Prompt.
Type the following command to display the time [...]

Presentation Zen, Gates vs. Jobs

Presentation Zen has two great articles that contrast the presentation styles (and implicitly the effectiveness) of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. The first article is titled Bill Gates and visual complexity and that was followed by Gates, Jobs, & the Zen aesthetic. Garr Reynolds, the author of the site, lays out in a very concise [...]