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December 2009 - Posts

• Weird Hardware Compatibility Issue Discovered

  I have been in IT for some time now and am a fairly decent troubleshooter. Yesterday, I was working to resolve a network connectivity issue in my lab.  I have a PC/Server with an onboard Intel 882567LM PCIe Gigabit Ethernet controller and an 8-port Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:41 AM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Ping-Pong OWSUG User Group Event – December Event Cancelled

  Well this is not really pleasant news.  Despite getting alternate presenters and securing an alternate venue for next week’s event I followed the user group executives’ suggestion to cancel the December meeting. This is simply too short notice to Read More... Posted Friday, December 11, 2009 4:58 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• OWSUG December 17th Event – IT PRO SQL Event Double Head at Algonquin College in Ottawa - SQL Server for the Accidental DBA and Windows Azure for IT PROs

  We have a slight change of venue next week.  The topic for our presentation has also changed.  OWSUG will be hosting our monthly meeting at Algonquin College, exact location details will follow.  Based on the popularity of Edwin’s session Read More... Posted Friday, December 11, 2009 5:39 AM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• December OWSUG meeting cannot be held at the Microsoft Office – Alternatives to cancelling?

  Microsoft has been very generous to provide us use of their ‘Glacier’ room in downtown Ottawa to host Ottawa Windows Server User Group monthly meetings.  They also do this for the .NET user group and the SQL user group.  Not only do they allow Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 08, 2009 7:48 AM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Never thought I’d say this, but becoming a Newfie is cool!

  2 weeks ago, I was in St. Johns Newfoundland doing 2 back-to-back presentations on Windows 7 both for the St. Johns Memorial University as well as for their local IT PRO user group.  These presentations are part of the Windows 7 Springboard Technical Read More... Posted Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:25 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments