Using Outlook 2007 at UVM
Please note: Microsoft Outlook is not among the recommended email clients supported by ETS. However, I use it regularly to access my UVM email (along with Pine ...
Author: Geoff
Sr. System Administrator at the University of Vermont
Five Ways to Improve Your Perl Programming
brian d foy has an article up at O’Reilly with some good tools and tips for better Perl programming. As teasers for his forth-coming Mastering Perl, he me...
Remote Assistance in XP and Vista
I’m providing a training session on using Windows Remote Assistance to our helpline staff this afternoon. I’ve found it quite useful in working with...
Process Monitor webcast
Here’s a webcast of Microsoft Technical Fellow and Windows Rockstar Mark Russinovich presenting Process Monitor. I haven’t had a chance to watch the...
DVD Playback in Vista Enterprise
[The following is taken mostly from a response to a colleagues question] Vista Business and Enterprise Editions do not include the codec necessary to decrypt an...
Windows Mobile Device Center
Windows Mobile Device Center is the replacement in Windows Vista for the ActiveSync product used with previous versions of Window. WMDC isn’t included in ...
First Vista BSODs
Yesterday, I experienced my first Blue Screen of Death in about four months of steady use, and I know the culprit. I had just reinstalled Vista at the end of la...
Scripting network configuration
I’m working on a project to reconfigure a subnet, and I need to update the network configuration of all the hosts in that subnet. I decided that it’...
Network diagnosis in Windows Vista
Just watched a webcast on the new Network Connectivity Status Indicator and the Network Diagnostics Framework. These tools are designed to provide useful networ...
UVM email in Outlook Mobile
I don’t sync my email with Outlook on my PC. Instead, I use Outlook Mobile on my Treo 700w to connect directly to the University’s mail server. Belo...