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That's interesting! Thanks for that.

I can indeed confirm that these things run very hot-- but mostly when plugged in to the mains. When charging my MBP last night it was running at 74 degrees C. It was hot. But then the temperature was up last night anyway- and I was listening to a podcast whilst surfing and downloading SP2 for my Parallels install of XP Pro. So it wasn't that bad. Took charger out after it finished and within 30 minutes the MBP was down to 39C. Cool. If you read the guy's site he explains that it is in fact a joke- he used tin foil for the egg by the way ;-) And as someone points out, you can cook an egg between 50-55 C...doesn't have to be too hot to get a nice tasty eggling out of that now, does it? And my Dell Inspiron 510m could beat that when charging my lap can tell ya!! Yum.

SQL Server is a bit of a beast- but I found that downloading SQL Server Express and learning that first gave me a good skills' transfer and an easier transition. You can download SQL Server Express from Microsoft. You're gonna be busy! :-)

lol!

Congratulations! Sharepoint resources are in abundance- I have used this one in the past and it's pretty good at giving you an overall picture of how it works and what to do to implement the technologies within it: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0735621713/202-1063019-4791014?v=glance&n=266239 Exchange- again there are many books and recources out there- but this is one of the best: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/032122874X/202-1063019-4791014?v=glance&n=266239 Also these: http://www.msexchange.org/ http://www.sharepointu.com/ http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A637EFF6-8224-4B19-A6A4-3E33FA13D230&displaylang=en Hope they help! Paul

QT Pro is the way to go... ..mmmm..that rhymes.... Paul :-)

And so say all of us!

True. :-P

I moved from VMWare Server to Parallels this week. :-)

On a MacBok Pro Parallels is fantastic. Running Boot Camp on a Mac presents you with a different set of functionality than virtual computing allows, but they both have strengths and weaknesses. For me, virtual environments offer more than native use of the system. I need virtual servers for learning and testing on, so I use Parallels to run two 2003 Server machines and two clients. I can run Exchange Server, SMS, or even mix Linux and AD together and test how it would all fit... I can't do that with a native XP install. Performance of Parallel is outstanding considering it doesn't have full access to the system (though it is the only VM solution out there that takes advantage of the new Intel Processors VT technology to my knowledge). Networking is fast, system access times are very responsive and even running an AD server it doesn't seem to balk at all- and that's running with 256MB RAM! If you want native XP I would still stick with a laptop that has it on permanently. If you want the best of both in a convenient and flexible package, Parallels does that and then some. It's good. Paul

Sounds familiar. We were told that a web server and email server were frowned upon. It can be done. But they move very slowly.

We have had connection loss and the other symptoms you described all week. Annoying. EMBC are....cr...interesting. To say the least.

You litte gems you! Thanks a bunch. Just goes to show I should spend even *more* time reading edugeek- especially that wiki ;-) Thanks again!!

That's a great podcast :-)

I will be settling into my new position in September (Senior Systems Manager), and one of the first things I want to get done is the formulation of an AUP for the school network. Over the last two years I have had to watch as staff and students bring in personal laptops, devices, memory sticks etc and access all the recources on the network- and in some cases copy music and videos etc to their shared area. I have had little chance to do anything about this (except clean out the areas every few weeks). I think we need to manage this situation from a legal perspective from the outset, and so want to make sure that we are following and publishing and making people aware of an "Acceptable Use Policy". This will go hand-in-hand with my implementation this past week of Server 2003 R2s File Screening tool set; I have started blocking students (and soon staff too) from saving MP3 and other music and also movie files to their home areas- at least until we know what we are dealing with and how to balance the need for files for work with the legalities of storing music files etc on a school network. Sooo---anyone got an AUP or developed one lately and have any pointers for this newbie? You can PM or email the information or post it here so that others can get some idea of what it takes. All help will be heard and considered--and very much appreciated. By the way- I have been to BECTAs site and am printing off different documents as I type so that's one resource I have found and am using. Anything else out there?? Thanks! Paul

Please send him one CVs- there's a ton on the internet if you search; templates can be had by simply opening up Word or Pages if you are a Mac user.

Ahhh...Mr Smiff. Nice one sir!

We picked up our results for around 40 students and I think they did extremely well considering the fact that: 1. The ICT support staff (me) were given only one month to install, configure, and get ready for, the test 2. The students got one session of familiarisation and then went straight into the summative test Most of them hit their ILA, and quite a lot moved beyond their ILA. Good stuff really.

Scrub that- just found the information on the web site. Thanks anyway!

Does that amount need to be paid up front, or are there payment schemes (a la Open University)? This degree would be ideal for me- I want to go into teaching ultimately...poor thing...

Brrrrr..... Runs Windows XP Tablet. I'd rather use a PSP- root kit and all! At £800 a pop- I think I'll stick to my iBook too... http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/0,39023100,39256659,00.htm Looking forward to your review and pictures though :-)

I use Dell OpenManage for our PowerEdge servers, and our other servers use Intel management tools for server boards. You will usually find that if you have a branded server then it comes with some kind of vendor stamped management/monitoring suite.

Defragging will prolong the life of your nice shiny SCSI hard drives on your server. Trust me- not defragging your server will have more of a negative effect than just causing pretty red blocks in your analysis screen!

LOL 19 here with some nice air con...on the lower site (where Shane is)- it's a nice 36.5...hehehehehe...

Hey. It's true- we shouldn't be too down on loopback processing, because it is a very good tool for assigning things like printers and proxy settings. We have been moving slowly to assigning printers via this method (loopback with merge) for some time and have had no problems. In general though you would keep things cleaner than using loopback processing if you can. I know someone who manages a very large (2000+) client network who uses loopback for printers and terminal services components and it works brilliantly! Loopback is dead. Long live loopback!