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"Use Outlook to Schedule Exchange Resources"

virtual — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:57:01 +0000

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291616#appliesto

How to Define a Resource Account
1. Create a new e-mail account for the resource by using the Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator account.
2. Start Outlook by using the new resource account to create the default folders in the mailbox on the server.
3. On the Tools menu, click Options.
4. Click Calendar Options, and then click Resource Scheduling.
5. Click to select all three Meeting Request options, and then click Set Permissions.
6. Click Add to add the users that will be allowed to use the resource.
7. Assign at least Author permissions for each user.
8. Click OK to close the dialog boxes, and then quit Outlook.

How to Direct-Book an Appointment to the Resource
You can book the resource at the same time that you create the meeting. You can view the free/busy information of the resource account in the Plan a Meeting form.

Use the following steps to invite attendees and resources to a meeting:
1. Click Calendar.
2. On the Actions menu, click Plan A Meeting.
3. In the Plan A Meeting dialog box, click Invite Others.
4. In the Type name or Select from List box, type the name of the person or resource that you want at the meeting.
5. For each name entered, click either Required, Optional, or Resources.

NOTE: As a rule, users should be invited as Required or Optional, and resources should be invited as Resources. The meeting invitation is addressed with the required and optional attendees appearing in the To box on the Appointment tab, and the resources appear in the Location box.
6. Click OK, and then use the scroll bars to view the free/busy time for invitees.
7. Click a time when all invitees are available. You can use AutoPick to find the next available free time for all invitees.
8. Click Make Meeting.

"Set Up Exchange Delegates"

virtual — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:21:03 +0000

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262399/fr

"Exchange Server 2007 SP1"

virtual — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:40:19 +0000

Microsoft has announced that the first service pack for Exchange Server 2007 is available today.
You can download the Exchange 2k7 SP1 here.
Features and changes Exchange 2007 SP1 brings to the table:

New Deployment Options
Client Access Server Role Improvements
Changes to Outlook Web Access
Improved POP and IMAP4 Transport
Enhancements to Exchange ActiveSync
Ameliorated High Availability
Improvements to Unified Messenging Roles

"MSN Messenger / Windows Live Messenger Black Theme"

virtual — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:30:13 +0000

Get the black theme for your Windows Live Messenger needs

"Enterprise IT Newsfeed NplusN Launched"

virtual — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:44:17 +0000

Enterprise IT site NplusN was built using RSS feeds, RSS2HTML, SimplePie, and joomla!
The site runs on Apache using PHP, MySQL and some javascript.
The site was built in roughly 30 minutes. If you count concept design and implementation you're looking at a maximum of about 2 hours time.

"Bash Sudo Shortcut for Ubuntu"

virtual — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:15:55 +0000

I'll admit it, I love Ubuntu. But I'll come right out and say as well that I would probably say that about most Linux distributions lately - you've come a long way!

When using the bash shell in Ubuntu ad Ubuntu server, there's one caveat to keep in mind: in order to run commands as root, you need to prefix them with the sudo command in order to avoid permissions problems.

There are two ways to avoid this.

1) The shotgun solution. Create a typical root account so you can run su then execute whatever commands you want, and hope you always log out. This can be accomplished by running the command:

sudo passwd

and defining a password. This works, but almost defeats the purpose, don't you think?

2) The time saver. You're bound to forget to prefix those chmod and make commands from time to time - you're human. With this little gem you won't be reminded of your "humanity" so often. When you enter a command that should have been run as root, but forget the sudo part, just type in sudo !! to issue the last command with sudo in front of it. Behold:

$apt-get install bbpress (you'll be able to do this soon, I promise!)
... Permission Denied - you know the drill
$sudo !!
$sudo apt-get install bbpress
Password:

There you go! Like I've always said, shotguns are sloppy solutions.

"Install .deb Packages in Ubuntu"

virtual — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:48:01 +0000

The generic way to do this in Debian is:

sudo dpkg -i PACKAGENAME.deb

For example, when I was trying out the latest webmin package that I downloaded from the webmin site instead of using apt-get for use with Ubuntu server on the G4 Yikes! machine, I had:

sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.350_all.deb

"ColorJack - Instant Illustrator Palettes"

virtual — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:03:51 +0000

Checkout this amazing web application that allows you to create palettes and open them in illustrator in a quick and dirty way.

"Extract Files Easily using Ruby in Linux/BSD"

virtual — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:49:22 +0000

the "e" command is a file extracting/expanding utility for *nix variants

"Windows Vista x64 Torrent Client"

virtual — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:59:14 +0000

Trying to download the latest and greatest Gentoo version on Windows Vista x64 and not having any luck with Azureus, your favorite torrent client? Well I was...
Until I decided to buck up and try uTorrent that is. The installation under Vista 64bit is flawless, and using Firefox I had no troubles whatsoever.
More importantly, that PPC version of G2 is installed and working thanks to this quick tip.
More in depth - the JRE for 64bit appears to not be working this week, maybe next week it'll be fixed again? In the meantime uTorrent works perfectly fine and seems to be slightly more responsive than Azureus for some tasks (such as moving files after a download has completed).

"Install Project Looking Glass 1.0 in Ubuntu"

virtual — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:00:00 +0000

This oneliner was stolen from a Digg comment about the Java Project Looking Glass 1.0 announcement:

mkdir /tmp/project_looking_glass && cd /tmp/project_looking_glass && wget https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/files/documents/1834/46211/lg3d-core_1.0.0_i686.deb https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/files/documents/1834/46216/lg3d_jdk1.6.0_i686.deb https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/files/documents/1834/46215/lg3d_java3d_1.5.0_i686.deb && sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Copy, paste, and Bob's yer uncle.
Oh and there's a Project Looking Glass 1.0 LiveCD as well, it seems.

"15 Things to Change in Apple OS X Tiger"

virtual — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:59:08 +0000

Ooooooh yeahhhh.
Some of THESE points are very valid.
This one:
"10. Accessing Applications. The Dock offers a great way to show running applications and the programs you launch most often. But what about those applications you use only once in a while? The way it is now, you can either jam the Dock so full with program icons it's ridiculous or keep the Dock clean and then open a Finder window and drill down into the Applications folder to launch lesser-used apps. The previous generation Mac OS let you configure program launching on the Apple menu. While there are third-party solutions that give you back a semblance of that functionality, Apple needs to recognize this user need. (Reader Michael Cullison contributed to this pet peeve.)

What if, for example, the Dock could expand to show a second row (or column) of application icons? Some of us put the Application folder icon in the right side (or bottom) area of the Dock, which makes it easier to open the Application folder. And if you right-click the Application folder in that position, you'll see the contents of that folder in a pop-up menu. Perfecting that user experience and placing the Application folder on the Dock by default might be a good start. "
Is simply ludicrous, as you can do that already, by simply dragging the applications folder to the right side (where the trash is) of the dock, and expand the whole thing easily... Good job guys, way to look like angry switchers, once again.

"A Quick Guide to Google Analytics"

virtual — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:45:33 +0000

http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/1-14-2006-86366.asp

"Firefox Extension - Google Browser Sync"

virtual — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:17:09 +0000

In the last few years, I have been using Opera to keep track of my sessions, and it was fantastic.
But there's one problem: I power-browse the web all the time from many different locations, using many different computers, many different virtual machines, and many different operation systems.
Enter the Google Firefox Extension - Google Browser Sync. This plugin allows me to synchronize all cookies, bookmarks, logins, passwords, and current session across any operating system that supports Firefox, and has become completely essential to my browsing experience. It lets me continue research or reading easily, and painlessly.
You will need a gmail account in order to use the service, but aside from that it's smooth-sailing.
Yar!

"Snipplr - Source Code for TextMate and More"

virtual — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:03:03 +0000

It seems that there is a big push for easy to use code repositories these days, and there are new websites cropping up all over trying to appease the demand (or maybe Get There First).
One of the better code reposotories I use when trying to find wheels that don't need to be rebuilt is Snipplr. It has an unfortunate name, but the functionality is there.
I sincerely hope someone takes the idea, the userbase, the code, but not the name, and runs.
I can think of many names for something similar, and I'm sure you could too!
From the Snipplr site:
"Snipplr is a public source code repository that gives you a place to store and organize all the little pieces of code that you use each day. Best of all, it lets you share your code snippets with other coders and designers. Did we mention it works with TextMate, too? It's code 2.0."

"Vista, ReadyBoost, and Your 1GB of Flash RAM"

virtual — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:21:45 +0000

Jim Alchin chimes in not about antivirus this time, but about the benefits that we'll all see using ReadyBoost and SuperFetch in Windows Vista.
I've already noticed the increase on my physical machines, but have yet to find a use for it in virtual machines.
He links to a great ReadyBoost FAQ, and also points to the blog post from Tom Archer involving a ReadyBoost setup walkthrough with screenshots.

"Exemplified Apache .htaccess for Beginners"

virtual — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:54:24 +0000

I use .htaccess on a regular basis, but am by no means a guru.
.htaccess starts at easy, then takes it to a thousand.
Digging around, I found a very good article about .htaccess, some caveats, and some good examples.
A more extensive guide can of course be found by searching around the Apache htaccess documentation if you need more in depth knowledge.
For something a bit more complicated, and of more interest to yours, truly, head on over to the Apache rewrite rule documentation, where you'll typically find me milling about.

"Ejector - Eject Anything from your Mac, easily"

virtual — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:59:46 +0000

I have previously tried to explain the procedure to reliably ejecting CDs on Macs using OS X, and it's complicated. The CDs often get stuck, you need to go into openfirmware, and type: "eject cd" which typically works as a last resort.
This doesn't help with other devices though, which have the same problem presumably due to the mount implementation in Apple OS X.
Enter Ejector.
From the site:
"Ejector adds an Eject icon to the Mac OS X menu bar.
From it you can eject any disks, e.g. an iPod, a CD, a DVD, an USB Key and even a .dmg or a hard disk (including external one).
You can then safely disconnect them from your mac. "

"Google Adsense in Firefox Notification Pane"

virtual — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:20:47 +0000

This Adsense Firefox extension will allow you to check up on your Adsense earnings at all times without needing to leave the sites you are currently browsing.
If you're OCD like me, this will be your new best friend.

"Mac Pro running Eight Cores"

virtual — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 02:08:57 +0000

CNet labs decided to try out two of the brand new quad core Xeons in a Mac Pro, and what a surprise, it worked.
Check out the groovy system specs:
Mac Pro:
4 cores @ 3.0GHz, Mac OS X
OS X 10.4.8;
2x 3.0GHz Intel Xeon 5160;
2,048MB (2GB) DDR2 FB-SDRAM 667MHz;
512MB ATI Radeon X1900;
500GB Seagate 7,200rpm SATA/150

"Apple Intel-Based Xeon XServe Taken Apart"

virtual — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:05:34 +0000

It looks like Apple is finally shipping Intel-based Xeon Xserves, and I will get to have my hands in one soon.
PowerMax has some great take apart pics so you can get your Mac on.
Same pretty outside chasis as before: pretty buttons on the front with hex key lock, but it now has a mini-DVI connector for video, similar to video out on some iMacs and Apple Mac laptops.
Internally, you get a beast of a server.

"Multi Monitor Taskbar Manager"

virtual — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:49:34 +0000

I found a great application for Windows XP and Windows 2000 for managing applications in a multi-monitor setup.
The software is called Oscar's Multi Monitor Taskbar and allows you to do things like specify which monitor a window should open in, put a taskbar in the monitors other than the primary monitor, add a clipboard extender to other monitors, and search your clipboard using hotkeys.

"Songbird Media Player 0.2.1 Released"

virtual — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 05:52:18 +0000

I've been following Songbird since it's inception.
With excellent graphics, shwag, and a whizz-bang easy-to-use UI it was hook, line, and sinker. Oh and did I mention that the team includes some former Winamp coders? Well I did now.
The new release comprises a bunch of bugfixes and improvements - too many to list here.
To grab your own copy, mosey on over to:
http://www.songbirdnest.com/node/1017

"TSClientX - a Better RDP Client for Mac OS X"

virtual — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:45:43 +0000

After taking a long hard look at CoRD (Cocoa Remote Desktop), I found references TSClientX ( http://desktopecho.com/tsclientx/ ), which is also based on rDesktop, but includes some extra functionality.
TSClientX includes VNC and application publishing features not found in CoRD that could come in very handy when you need to publish apps from a Windows Server or desktop environment, but don't want to shell out for a Citrix solution, or wait for Windows Server Codename: Longhorn to be released.

"HOWTO - Connect two FreePBX Machines"

virtual — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:40:09 +0000

"One of the most common issues that people come up against is that they’ve rolled out one FreePBX machine, and now they want another, somewhere else. And to make it just that little bit harder, they want to link them together. At first, this can be a bit daunting, but it’s not - when you know how."

http://www.freepbx.org/2006/10/26/connecting-two-freepbx-machines-together/

"RDP Manager for your Windows System Tray"

virtual — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:29:33 +0000

http://www.anappaday.com/downloads/2006/09/day-6-rdp-manager.html
An application to manage RDP connections on your Windows desktop.
From the appaday website:

This is a configurable menu that sits in the systray and opens remote desktop windows to other machines. It's configurable up to n levels deep using the supplied example XML file example.

"Online Virtual Machine Builder"

virtual — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:26:42 +0000

http://www.dcgrendel.be/vmbuilder/
Allows you to create a blank virtual machine for use with VMware Player (or Workstation/Server), and then install the operating system by mounting a CDROM or ISO image, and completing the installation process.

"Microsoft Distributes Demo Software via VHD"

virtual — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:05:38 +0000

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/try/vhd/default.mspx
It looks like Microsoft is pulling a VMTN by letting users download pre-built virtual machines for things like Windows Server 2003 R2, SQL Server 2005, and Exchange Server 2007.

"FREE Terminal Server Monitoring Tool"

virtual — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:52:14 +0000

After being linked to by DABCC over at blandname.com, I had a poke around their site and must say I was very impressed - it's like they go searching around the net for news the *I* want to read! Virtual computing, thin client and remote management abound.
Further back in their archives I found this:
http://www.dabcc.com/article.aspx?id=2820
A free tool to monitor your workstations or servers running an RDP/RDC server.
The page has a great walkthrough for installation, so there's no need to say more - just download it today.

"VMware Workstation 6 Feature List"

virtual — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:43:35 +0000

I haven't been this excited since VMware server was announced as being free.
Here's the rundown:

• Record/replay - which allows you to record entire the runtime state of the VM as it changes, and then play it back for debugging purposes
• Support for Vista as host and guest, and for Solaris 10 as a guest
• Virtual battery for laptops that shows battery life
• Easy virtual disk mounting for Windows so you can mount a VM disk file as a drive
• New virtual hardware to include USB2 and a 64-bit sound driver
• Max RAM moves from 4GB to 8GB
• Improved and more flexible shared folders
• Cross-platform drag and drop and copy/paste operations
• Improved inter-operability with remote control software such as VNC
• Support for multiple displays
• Experimental support for quad-core machines and more virtual PCI slots

I just can't wait!