Update August 31 2005 by Ian Matthews of Up & Running Technolgies Inc Here are the quick facts and screen shots of Windows Vista. RELEASE DATES: Beta 1 was released in August to MSDN and TECHNET subscribers. Beta 2 is should be released in January 2006 to anyone is wants Read more…
written by Ian Matthews June 3, 2005 There are many articles which reference slip streaming and many of them provide the basic instruction. However, most of them do not tell you how to make the resulting Windows + SP CD bootable; the process below will: copy the entire Windows CD Read more…
Prepared by Ian Matthews July 14, 2010 If you are like me you probably have to go looking for the exact specifications for external connectors like USB and Firewire every few months. For some reason, I have been unable to find a simple table that contains the core information Read more…
Prepared by Ian Matthews – June 4, 2010 As usual these instructions and notes are written mainly for me as a cook book to use at various clients. There is no warranty or guarantee express or implied in these notes so be careful. If you are a professional network administrator you Read more…
By Ian Matthews November 16, 2008, updated August 28, 2010 I am regularly asked by clients how to optimize their web site. The first thing to know is that, with few exceptions, Google is the only engine you need to optimize for. Today, all of the other engines will follow Read more…
Prepared by Ian Matthews April 23 2007 – Updated July 1 2007 There are many ways to make external devices bootable. USB/Flash/Pen/Thumb/Memory Sticks and even real external hard drives are now commonly used as boot devices. The process detailed below can be understood and successfully completed by anyone with basic Read more…
By Ian Matthews January 31, 2006 If you have ever been responsible for purchasing a firewall you know it can be quite intimidating. There are lots of buzzwords and lots of fast talking salesmen. This document is intended to provide a simple grid for you to evaluate competing products. For Read more…
By Ian Matthews, July 2005 Click HERE for an explanation of current e911 issues. Click HERE for an biased but still valid comparison of Skype and a New Service called Gizmo. Voice over IP (generally through internet) has been in popular use since the late 1990’s. Using a computer to Read more…
Prepared by Ian Matthews May 24, 2005 After dealing with several odd problems that have been caused by the seriously enhanced security provided by McAfee version 8 I thought I should document the solution. Problem 1: Can not send email from servers Backup Software called Vital Vault Problem 2: Can Read more…
Prepared by Ian Matthews August 2003 Most companies have a general awareness of new Canadian privacy legislation but lack detailed information they can use to develop a compliance strategy. The purpose of this paper is to highlight some of the key items in the legislation so that companies can start Read more…
This document is reprinted from “Intel:Build a Real Server” section of a Microsoft “How To Technology Fair” handout dated Aug 2000. Updated by Ian Matthews of Up & Running Technologies on August 28 2010 to include RAID 6. We also have a very simple explanation of SAN, NAS, DAS, iSCSI, FiberChannel updated Read more…
August 24th, 2010, 15:32 GMT| By Marius Oiaga …15 years after an immensely successful platform was launched, the Redmond company now owns the fastest selling operating system in history. Windows 7 licenses are being sold at a rate of more than 7 copies per second, with 175 million copies of Read more…
By Ian Matthews I have seen Office 2000, 2003 and now in 2007 in Word and Excel open “blank” several times over the years. If you have this problem there are four ways to view the data in the file you openned: Click VIEW, then select FULL SCREEN. All other views show Read more…
By Ian Matthews, Up & Running Technologies Inc, April 22, 2010, Last Updated April 23. 2010 NOTICE: This information is provided without warrenty or guarentee; use at your own risk! Several problems were corrected with the help of the good people at the blackberryforums.com and I suggest you use them Read more…
Prepared by Ian Matthews Written April 20, 2010, Last Updated April 21, 2010 NOTE: This is MY cookbook for ForeFront 2010 installs and you should use with caution.� As usual my instructions are provided without warrenty or guarentee of any sort. So you have installed your Exchange 2007 or Read more…
A Newbies Guide to Getting Exchange 2010 Configured By Ian Matthews, Up & Running Technologies Inc, April 11, 2010 Last Updated April 16, 2010 You should know four things before you start: I am have taken two or three small Exchange 2010 courses and I am pretty good with 2007 Read more…