Quick Reference for determining when a server was last rebooted

On May 17, 2012, in SharePoint, Windows Server 2008, by swallbridge

I’m always googling this information because I can’t recall the event ID so I’ve decided to quickly paraphrase it. If, as part of troubleshooting, you are trying to determine when the last Windows Server reboot was, these are useful clues:   In the Windows System Event Log Event 6005 – this was when the server [...]

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Yes. SharePoint can look this pretty and be this easy to use

We’re pretty chuffed about our internal Intranet, running on SharePoint 2010 (and enhanced by components from Nintex and Surfray. We’ve always been powered by SharePoint (file server, eww, what’s that?) and over the years it has evolved into something that really works and grows with us. To get the most out of SharePoint (performance, usability [...]

Come get your Hyper-V, Citrix Xen Desktop and System Center Game face on! May 22nd at Ambrosia with MVP Mitch Garvis

On May 9, 2012, in Hyper-V, Virtualization, Windows, Windows Server 2008, by swallbridge

itgroove and Microsoft are hosting an evening with MVP Mitch Garvis on the topic of "Architecting and Supporting the Back-End Infrastructure for the consumerization of IT". Come get your Hyper-V, Citrix Xen Desktop and System Center Game face on!  May 22nd at Ambrosia. Learn More Here or to Register

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How to get the SMTP Message Headers in various Outlook Versions

On May 3, 2012, in Exchange, Office 2007, Office 2010, Office 365, Outlook, by swallbridge

If you are trying to determine the IP of the sender of a bullsh#t email message (A spammer), you’ll want to get the info from the message headers. Below are the various methods to get it as Outlook has changed the interface with every version. Note, you need the original message. If someone forwards a [...]

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7 Signs You’ll Eventually Hate Your IT Company… if You Don’t Already

On May 2, 2012, in itgroove, Rants, SBS, SharePoint, Victoria, by swallbridge

There are a lot of businesses that love their outsourced IT providers, and couldn’t imagine going without them. On the other hand, there are also more than a few who aren’t happy with the service and technology support they’re getting, and are actively counting down the days until their current agreement ends. Obviously, you want [...]

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Installing Office 2007 MODI (OCR Scanning) bits into your Office 2010

I’m filing this under SharePoint because it is relevant to wanting to scan into SharePoint (using say, Dark Blue Duck) and still being able to OCR documents as part of the scan. What Microsoft decided for some reason not to include OCR abilities in Office 2010 (yet had included it in Office 2007). Maybe a [...]

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1 Resolution for failing to create a sub site (web) from a template

On April 18, 2012, in SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, by swallbridge

Problem If you spent a bunch of time creating a sweet template in your SharePoint site collection and then were unable to make new sub sites (they’re called Webs really, but that’s a different conversation) due an error similar to the following… Error The site template requires that the Feature {af6d9aec-7c38-4dda-997f-cc1ddbb87c92} be activated in the [...]

PortableApps.com–great in a pinch

On April 17, 2012, in Best Practices, Windows, Windows Server 2008, by swallbridge

Technorati: 8H833AZX68VQ Every once in a while I find myself at Portableapps.com because its uber handy. Essentially, they have taken a number of popular applications and turned them into standalone applications (the “install” process simply creates a folder structure and an EXE to launch and doesn’t install to the registry, start menu, etc.). In other [...]

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itgroove–protecting Vancouver Island businesses from Mutant Robot Attacks since 2003

On April 12, 2012, in Internet, itgroove, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, Victoria, Victoria, by swallbridge

Sometimes I just can’t help myself. Darren thinks I’m crazy, yet somehow my wife gets it (loves it actually).

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If you live in Victoria, BC and are into SharePoint, you should join us

It’s been a while since I’ve reminded the local community so thought I’d take a second and provide a refresher… Every month in Victoria you have an opportunity to learn (for free, with pizza included!) something new about SharePoint.  We are the Victoria SharePoint Users Group – www.meetup.com/vsharepoint – please consider signing up.  Our next [...]

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