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August 2009 - Posts

• DPM certification obtained – Exam 70-658

  I wrote this exam on Monday.  I had heard through the grapevine that this exam was to be 20 questions.  This is not the case.  The exam is 74 questions and about 3 hours long! It was not easy but I pulled through! Islam and I may produce Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 7:19 AM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• BootMgr issue when installing Windows 7 RTM with Server 2008 in Multi-Boot

  Last week I took the plunge to install Windows 7 RTM on my laptop.  I ran into this crazy problem with BootMgr.  Read about it here! http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/networking/?p=1842 Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:04 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Automating Virtual Machine Host Deployment

  Wow, living under a rock has its’ drawbacks… I read an article in TechNet magazine on a plane awhile ago and could not find it again in my stack!  A colleague recently showed me that you can get at their content online. Please take the time to review Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:19 AM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Adjusted TechDays presentation schedule

  Hmm, it looks like there have been some adjustments.  I blogged some time ago about presenting at TechDays in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa.  View the post here: http://owsug.ca/blogs/brad/archive/2009/07/17/I-am-a-CONFIRMED-speaker-for-TechDays-2009-in-Toronto_2C00_-Montreal_2C00_-and-Ottawa.aspx Read More... Posted Monday, August 17, 2009 8:36 AM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Recovering OMEA JetBrains newsreader settings from Backup

  I blogged last year about this tool.  I really like it because it allows me to consolidate any RSS feeds I am interested in as well as newsgroups in a single program. I have tried to recover backup data before to the tool unsuccessfully as a result Read More... Posted Monday, August 17, 2009 8:27 AM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Windows 7 RTM bits are now available on TechNet and MSDN

  As also stated by our friend Rick Claus on Facebook.  Have at ‘er! Read More... Posted Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:44 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments