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Not sure if anyone still needs one, or is even interested, but I have 100+ to spare. Drop me a PM with your e-mail address and I will send you the link.

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TechNet Radio: Microsoft Services and IT Service Management: MOF vs. ITIL

Yay - go Mitch.

They have got to be joking! Setting up disk protection on SteadyState was a 10 minute job, including the learning curve. Microsoft are now suggesting you should use the tools in MDT 2010 to re-install the computer every night. The MS deployment tools are notoriously complex and impenetrable compared to SteadyState. Surely they are not serious?

Given the spending cuts coming down the road, I'm considering my options for future employment. Wondering if anyone out there would pay for software packaging. I know that a lot of people on here do their own, but perhaps smaller schools would be interested. Any thoughts?

Loved it !! Tim Burton meets Ren & Stimpy !!

Hi. I'm no SharePoint, Kerberos, or ISA expert, but your question intrigues me so I did a little Googling. I'm sure you've done the same, but for the record, here are links to what I found. The phrase 'Constrained Delegation' came up in many posts/articles. Kerberos Constrained Delegation in ISA Server 2006 Kerberos Protocol Transition and Constrained Delegation Configuring ISA Firewalls (ISA 2006 RC) to Support User Certificate Authentication using Kerberos Constrained Delegation (Part 1) – Front-end/Back-end Exchange Server Publishing Scenario If these links are wildly off track then please let me know and I'll remove this post.

Only thing I can think of is a rule that fires when mail has been sent that saves a copy in the Sent Items of the shared mailbox. No idea if this will work.

I'm trying to follow up the keyboard issue with Dell. Their website directed me to send an email specifically for keyboard issues. Today I receive an email saying Dell do not offer email support for Vostros !!! (marge simpson growl). I have heard of protective film that can be fitted to glossy screens that reduces the reflectiveness. Not sure how well this would fare in a school environment.

I have seen something similar to this when I used ROBOCOPY to backup files from a Windows 7 laptop to an external USB hard drive. Certain folders were hidden. At the time, I made a wild guess that Windows was hiding the folder as some kind of security measure, but looking back that doesn't seem very likely.

I would not call myself and expert in Microsoft licensing (who would!), but to my knowledge, the usual requirement to run a copy of Windows XP, on either a physical or virtual machine, is that you own a licence. So, if you run XP on the host and two XP VMs, you should have 3 licences. However, I believe there is some provision within products like Technet and MSDN, which give you access to all the Microsoft products and allow you to use them for testing/evaluation purposes. This means testing/evaluating that MS product, not as a platform for testing other products. Also, if you are signed up to some form of volume licensing (e.g. Schools Agreement), then you may have access to the Microsoft Volume Licensing web portal. I've a feeling that this also gives you access to the products for testing and evaluation. As I said at the beginning though; If you need to put 3 copies of XP into production (physical or VM), you would need 3 licences. I should probably point out that certain versions of Windows 7 (e.g. Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate) allow you to use 'XP Mode' which is essentially a copy of XP running in a VM. Again. My understanding is the the licence for this is included. If you are signed up for volume licensing (e.g. School Agreement), then you may be licensed to use MDOP (Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack), which includes a component called MED-V (Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualisation). This is the enterprise version of 'XP Mode' and presumably licences the use of 1 (or more?) XP VMs on Windows 7 installations. Have you looked here: Microsoft Volume Licensing - Microsoft Licensing for Virtualization or here: http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/en/us/products-desktop.aspx

It's arrived and very nice it is too. The only complaint I would have to far is that the keyboard is a bit rattly on the right hand side. Not sure if this is a fault or just part of the design. Windows Experience Index = 4.4

Sophos have noted that their protection should tool should be removed before installing the MS patch.