The Live Team at Microsoft have released an update over that past few days, and are trying hard push ram it down your hard drive. They have flagged this 160 Mb piece of unneeded junkware as essential. It isn't in any way. Its a collection of Microsoft tools and utilities that very few need, and far fewer want, let alone need the latest version. And its size just goes to show how much is it this essential update.

MSFT loses Ray Ozzie and the role of Chief Software Architect - how does the market react? As of right now, its trading at 25.10 -0.72 (-2.79%). Of course if you look at it over 1m or 3m its flat. Does that mean the market really doesn't care?

This holiday season you may find yourself at Grandmom or Mom's house and using their computer. And WHAM you find yourself as the holiday tech support guru having to remove all sorts of junk, garbage, spyware and malware. In this case, they decided to download a coupon and got the CMV5_Class virus.

Can I run a family blog on Microsoft's Windows Home Server? It appears out of the box you can not. If you go to a community developed add-on called whiist http://www.whsplus.com/2009/04/13/whiist/ you get this missing functionailty restored.

You want to take the new Windows 7 exam? here is everything you need to know.

IT Managers need to get the most out of their investments, and that includes their Microsoft Active Directory (AD) environment. So many organizations use AD as the backbone for Microsoft Windows authentication, but it is an expandable database that can do so much more for your enterprise. Let's talk about how you can reduce your IT costs by managing your Active Directory investments.

Microsoft has released MS08-068, a security update. As an administrator running a Microsoft shop, what do you need to know and what do you need to do? First off you can read the official update on the Microsoft security website here - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-nov.mspx

Microsoft Groove users have to be careful when using Groove to transfer very large files. Groove is a great application for what it does - sync large numbers of files across disconnected users. Groove is great to have users share and collaborate on many small files, multiple files, and users that are working all over. That includes in the office, at home and anywhere they have connectivity back to the Internet or home server.

  SCCM Administrators can configure their site server computer accounts as the push account by using a client user account password. If your clients are part of a domain, the client push account was have local administrator rights on the target client machines.