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Windows 7 is a crossgrade?

Posted on January 26, 2010 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Windows 7 is a crossgrade?

A person I know recently wrote a nice little blog piece about how Windows 7 is a Crossgrade. They made some really nice points, but missed the mark on a bunch of others. First off, the statement that you do not “own” your copy of Windows is correct, this statement is also true of OSX….

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So remember when I said keep it simple…

Posted on June 9, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on So remember when I said keep it simple…

I really need to take my own advice sometimes. Ok, most of the time. Here is the whole scenario. A few months ago, I saved a client’s SBS 2003 server without rebuilding it. Client was happy. Since then they have been getting odd ball disconnect messages for no rhyme nor reason. the main machine that…

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Licensing… WTF!

Posted on April 28, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Licensing… WTF!

So I’ve been working on a project at the office which is more annoying than anything I’ve ever done. I am going through licensing and see what we have, where we need to update, and what is what. The problem is twofold. First, the prior people never kept good documentation, so finding the actually pieces…

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