Is Cloud Computing Really Risk Transference?
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The current buzz in the technology industry is all about this idea of Cloud Computing. It goes by many many names but we’ll just stick with this one to eliminate confusion.

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Where shouldthe new guy start?
Wednesday, 22 Oct, 2008 – 4:01 | No Comment

Since this will turn into a parallel thread with the other thread above, do you have an idea of how many users and desktops you are dealing with? How many servers? What version of …

Welcome to the Spiceworks Buzz Brigade!
Tuesday, 21 Oct, 2008 – 13:00 | No Comment

Are there any promotional materials available besides web banners? Laptop bags with the logo, stickers, pens, patches (The new Spiceworks store!). An Outlook helpdesk add on would create some buzz too. …

Do you require your users to power off their workstations at night?
Monday, 20 Oct, 2008 – 13:23 | No Comment

Yep, like most of you, mine are trained to log off when they leave so the patches can be pushed at night. wolfeee — Best …

how to enable samba on XP
Monday, 20 Oct, 2008 – 12:51 | No Comment

My version is XP Home with SP2, recently installed SP3. Also I don’t readily see the dialog window to set up static IP. I assumed it would be standard as Windows 2000 Pro and …

one of my client workstations lost some downloaded fonts..how do I get them back
Monday, 20 Oct, 2008 – 8:51 | No Comment

She had some downloaded fonts that just disappeared. Nothing different was done except automatic updates. What would cause this and how do I fix it? Laurie8741 — …

Hyper-V Server 2008 and MMC on Server 2003
Thursday, 16 Oct, 2008 – 9:07 | No Comment

The Hyper-V Server 2008 has a very basic UI installed on the server just to do basic things like change time, domain,iIp address, windows updates. These tasks are all performed from their little terminal …

Adobe Contribute problems
Thursday, 16 Oct, 2008 – 8:05 | No Comment

Is any one using Adobe Contribute to manage a website?
The Problem:
We are using Adobe Contribute to update the site. All is fine until the hosting service changed ther terms and then dumped …

Incorrect "new software" data
Wednesday, 15 Oct, 2008 – 10:10 | No Comment

Most likely you don’t see the software on the Environment Summary > Applications tab because there is no install date collected for that software. That’s what happened here when I tried to reproduce this …

What should be included in a "Network and Systems" audit?
Tuesday, 14 Oct, 2008 – 7:43 | No Comment

So, we were talking the other day at work about a new task management want’s from IT, but they weren’t too specific about the details. In a nutshell, the company would like quarterly “Systems …

How do I permanently fix a Windows Print Spooler error?
Sunday, 12 Oct, 2008 – 6:38 | No Comment

We had a similar problem after one of the Windows updates on Server 2003. The printer would be online until you went to print to it, and then as the job would get to …

WPKG - Push/Pull Service Packs, hotfixes, or installations in Windows for Free
Friday, 10 Oct, 2008 – 23:33 | No Comment

WPKG is an automated software deployment, upgrade and removal program for Windows. It can be used to push/pull software packages, such as Service Packs, hotfixes, or program installations from a central server (for example, …

Windows XP Activation
Friday, 10 Oct, 2008 – 8:23 | No Comment

You said you can connect to the internet, so you have already won half the battle.
Now, did you try going to Windows Update? If you go to Windows Update site do you get …