Expired updates

It’s strange, but there seems to be a large number of “expired” updates in WSUS these days. Because of server restarts due to updates (which annoys the crap out of me), I have been reticent to approve the weekly updates. This has caused a small back-log of updates waiting to be either approved [...]

The eternal “Configuring updates…”

Well, I have been setting up the Vista box from a clean install so that I can get it ready for testing and/or development work. All seemed well, Vista installed fine, updated like it was supposed to from our WSUS server. After a couple of days, I decided it was time to go [...]

Sabine Pass Schools and how to handle Hurricane Ike

Well, they finally made the call to evacuate Sabine Pass, which is right on the Gulf Coast of Texas without any protection from storms at all. Last night, the Sabine Pass ISD had a posting saying that school would be out on Friday, Sept 12, because they “anticipated… rising water” on the main highway [...]

Why I don’t like Google’s Terms of Service

When Google prepared to release their Chrome browser, it seems they just copied their Terms of Service for their services like Google Docs, and pasted that into Chrome’s Terms of Services.

The new Microsoft ad campaign

Huh? Wait, no really, huh?
I finally saw what I believe is “the” Seinfeld-Microsoft ad on youtube. First, I thought I had the wrong video, and this had to be something else, but then again, I can’t believe there are that many videos of Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld out there.

Why has the Tablet PC failed?

Recently, I reformatted and setup a Tablet PC for one of our departments, and brought it back to them, so they can figure out what to do with it. Oddly enough, they weren’t enthused about getting it back. Its not like they hated it, just didn’t care.
Here is some of the things they [...]