Tony Northrup, author of the MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit described a problem with his Dell D820 laptop that anyone who owns a Dell laptop should read. To summarize, any headset plugged into the analog headset and microphone port may introduce background noise (static) that can be eliminated by using a USB headset instead. He attributes the root cause…
Pete Abilla has a good series going on his blog with a look at barriers to organizational transformation. Part 1 didn’t do much for me, but Part 2 definitely started to pique my interest. Part 1: http://www.shmula.com/1466/turnaround-and-change-management-do-not-waste-a-good-crisis Part 2: http://www.shmula.com/1510/why-transformation-efforts-fail
While installing AppV at a customer, we ran into a serious problem causing time to be eaten up. Every time we tried to connect to the AppV database through the AppV management console, we received the error “0000c800”. After reviewing logs from various places, it seemed there was an authentication issue. Most of the…
(I am gonna park my ITSM credentials at the door for this somewhat tongue in cheek post.) What’s good for the User often is not good for the Administrator. With Peter’s help, I have compiled a list of the top ten(nish) things which may drive up aspirin sales to the EPM implementing community: The ability…
So if you read my previous post, you’re probably wondering just what this has to do with Project Portfolio Management, ITIL and Fractal Organizations – or why I equate PPM and ITIL – and probably some of you are wondering just what ITIL is exactly. Well, today, let’s talk about Project Management, specifically the processes…
The DataGeneral class provides access to the most often used features of ADO.NET in a simple-to-use class boosting developer productivity. DataGeneral is lightweight for maximum performance. It employs Microsoft best practices. DataGeneral provides the best features of Enterprise Libraries Data Application block. In my experience, I like the Enterprise libraries Application Blocks to learn…
I have observed a fundamental pattern in software design – a polarity with what I shall call ‘Task Oriented’ designs and ‘Domain Oriented’ designs. One or the other emphasis may be more appropriate to one kind of application or another. But usually a balanced approach utilizing a measure of each gives us the best results. …
Windows 7 introduces support for search federation to remote data stores using OpenSearch technologies that enable users to access and interact with their remote data from within Windows Explorer. The picture below shows an example of searching an existing SharePoint 2007 site from within Windows Explorer. The user selects the SharePoint site search connector in…
For years, the PMI has teased me with mentions of a Schedule Management Plan in the PMBOK. It obviously existed, and even was listed as an input to one of the Time Management processes, but it never got called out as its own separate artifact with its own planning process. Obviously, this implied some sort…
If you want to add a control to your InfoPath form to do an active directory lookup, then the Contact Selector Control will work for you. In order to add this control to your form, there are some certain guidelines that need to be followed. DOs: To add the control to your form, you first…
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