09:31 BrianM022 : Hiya 09:32 MindOfRoot : Hey. Welcome. 09:32 BrianM022 : Thanks 09:32 BrianM022 : I still hear loopback 09:32 jeffculb : evening all 09:32 steve-PSB : hey 09:34 ryno1 : Steve, solve the internet drops yet? 09:34 niemeierrichard : NO, but he is working on it 09:34 steve-PSB : Unfortunately due to my schedule, I haven't been able to meet a tech here yet. 09:35 ustreamer-2471 : busy boy 09:35 ryno1 : they don't come out on weekends? 09:36 steve-PSB : yeah, but I've not been available. 09:37 jeffculb : only had 1 night near freezing here was 70 today 09:37 steve-PSB : :( 09:38 steve-PSB : I wish 09:39 BrianM022 : HA 09:39 ryno1 : It's getting worse 09:39 BrianM022 : I feel bad 09:39 ryno1 : does he have a landline? 09:39 BrianM022 : That happens at work when I am on Skype....its gets really annoying 09:43 ryno1 : Rich, thanks for the link to the sysaid ticketing system. I just put it in at work and love it! 09:44 niemeierrichard : Very cool let me know how it goes for you 09:44 steve-PSB : Ticketing systems rule. 09:45 steve-PSB : I'm partial to Ticketdesk 09:45 ryno1 : I loved the fact that I didn't have to write some custom tix system. couldn't believe it was free 09:45 steve-PSB : yeah, free rocks 09:47 BrianM022 : Good idea 09:47 niemeierrichard : Maybe your could write a quick review for us to followup for other listeners 09:48 ryno1 : Ok, no problem 09:49 ustreamer-84850 : late to the party ... is there supposed to be video? 09:49 BrianM022 : yes 09:49 BrianM022 : refresh it 09:49 Absoblogginlutely : i've got video here so it should work. 09:49 BrianM022 : Ohh Automated Install Kit 09:52 Absoblogginlutely : i'd be interested in more feedback as you go on this - I'v been thinking abut waik vs wds - preferably a portable system i can take to different clients. one day i'll get a round tuit 09:55 BrianM022 : Those notifications don't get annoying? 09:57 ustreamer-93155 : Oh ... Visual Studio extension for snarl too 09:59 ustreamer-93155 : http://www.microsoft.com/learning/snacks/default.mspx 09:59 BrianM022 : I was just gonna ask for that...thnx 09:59 ustreamer-93155 : I love snacks 09:59 ustreamer-93155 : and naps 10:01 niemeierrichard : not sure learning naps would be effective? 10:01 niemeierrichard : But if you figure it out I'm in. 10:02 BrianM022 : Subliminal Learning? 10:02 Absoblogginlutely : i have a simiar issue to steve with microsoft forums - it sends to my hotmail account tha i never check as it gets too much spam. 10:02 ustreamer-93155 : osmosis ... nap on the keyboard 10:03 Absoblogginlutely : i logged in and set up mobile alerts. 10:03 Absoblogginlutely : set mobile provider to "other" and then put your gmail address in as the destination. 10:04 Absoblogginlutely : what annoys me is that they cancel hotmail accounts if you don't log into them -yet its your primary key for a passport account! 10:07 steve-PSB : http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001191.html 10:09 Absoblogginlutely : remember it crowd and emailing the fire brigade? 10:09 Absoblogginlutely : worked for morris... 10:09 steve-PSB : yeah 10:09 Absoblogginlutely : ;-) 10:11 jeffculb : as you state email for cya, the rest by im, phone, etc 10:11 jeffculb : i avg 500 a day of which 10 mean anything 10:15 jeffculb : if you didn't call, and leave a mgs wasn't important 10:17 Absoblogginlutely : yammer? 10:18 MindOfRoot : http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/09/08/list-of-enterprise-microblogging-tools-twitter-for-the-intranet/ 10:18 steve-PSB : http://advice.cio.com/meridith_levinson/10_things_you_should_never_write_in_an_e_mail_or_instant_message 10:20 Absoblogginlutely : "i love you" is proably not good either 10:22 BrianM022 : lol 10:22 Absoblogginlutely : reminds me of this one - http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2008-11-22 10:23 Absoblogginlutely : i've had clients automatically say "love you" at the end of a phone conversation and then realise what they just said. 10:23 ustreamer-93155 : @Abs unless it's to your sys admin 10:23 steve-PSB : that is a great one.. I showed that to my wife and she got it. 10:27 ustreamer-93155 : Steve rocks 10:27 ustreamer-93155 : Exchange 2007 ... Powershell! 10:27 Absoblogginlutely : ah - exchange2007 sucks 10:27 steve-PSB : andy - I catch myself about to say that oftne 10:27 Absoblogginlutely : you also need the 32 bit to prep your schema if you don't have a 64bit schema master - 10:28 steve-PSB : 93155- Exchange and PS rock. 10:28 Absoblogginlutely : how many people have a 64bit schema master? 10:28 ustreamer-93155 : :-) 10:28 ustreamer-93155 : bringin' me down otherwise 10:29 Absoblogginlutely : i can't install the latest rollup with exchange2007 either - the patch tries to write to c:l\file.txt - yes - the install misses out the first backslash. 10:29 ustreamer-93155 : argh 10:31 steve-PSB : ouch 10:31 ustreamer-93155 : ... yet ... Keith ... yet 10:31 ustreamer-93155 : we'll getz you one day 10:32 ustreamer-93155 : over the PS side ... 10:32 Absoblogginlutely : when it works i think exchange is great. 10:32 Absoblogginlutely : just sucks when it doesn't. 10:33 Absoblogginlutely : you coud parse logs with powershell 10:34 ustreamer-93155 : probly with one line of script .... 10:34 ustreamer-93155 : ;-) 10:34 Absoblogginlutely : lol - yeah - one line that wraps to about 3 on the screen. 10:34 ustreamer-93155 : that counts! 10:35 steve-PSB : still one line 10:35 Absoblogginlutely : i went to a ms event and the guy wrote a 3 line powershell script saying how simple it was. 10:35 ustreamer-93155 : your font is not my problem ;-) 10:35 Absoblogginlutely : i wrote find /i "text" *.log 10:35 Absoblogginlutely : - 1 line. 10:36 ustreamer-93155 : yes! 10:36 BrianM022 : perfect timing 10:36 Absoblogginlutely : ive actually looked at the idera stuff - the sql monitor was pretty good. 10:37 Absoblogginlutely : also isn't powershell auto completion already part of the shell anyway? 10:37 ustreamer-93155 : 'tis 10:37 steve-PSB : yeah, but PS+ is better 10:38 Absoblogginlutely : I also can't see the point of powertabs that does "tab completion" 10:38 steve-PSB : or Mow's Powertab 10:38 Absoblogginlutely : having said that - i've not tried powertab.... 10:38 ustreamer-93155 : those are more than auto-completion ... more help 10:39 ustreamer-93155 : Hi Andy 10:40 Absoblogginlutely : yep - you would need two monitors 10:42 Absoblogginlutely : ah - ok - i didn't get that bit - was probably concentrating on driving at that point. 10:42 BrianM022 : check out KVM2USB too 10:43 ustreamer-93155 : epiphany! 10:43 Absoblogginlutely : unless you have old pc's that don't support pci ;-) 10:44 BrianM022 : Its expensive 10:44 niemeierrichard : http://www.epiphan.com/products/frame-grabbers/kvm2usb/ 10:44 Absoblogginlutely : that does look good. 10:44 ustreamer-93155 : want! 10:45 Absoblogginlutely : amazon wish list anyone? 10:45 Absoblogginlutely : hope you didn't get extended warranty 10:46 BrianM022 : "He bought it, lets leave town" 10:46 Absoblogginlutely : lol - me too. 10:46 ustreamer-93155 : if you buy a car, do you get a bank? 10:46 BrianM022 : haha 10:46 Absoblogginlutely : "sale of good act" worked great in the uk. 10:46 BrianM022 :