Just to remind me because I always forget about it I was trying to do some maintenance on the SQL database that I use for one of my sites. I used SQL Management Studio to connect ok but when I tried to expand the database container I got this error (with username and dbname being
Road to Gold!
Slightly off topic but it’s my blog 😉 Even though the London Olympics wont be here until 2012 did you know British athletes are competing in an Olympic event at the moment? Even better they actually stand a chance of bringing some gold medals home! Athletes from 60+ countries from around the world are currently
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Small Business Server 2008 – Installation, Migration and Configuration
A book review! Small Business Server 2008 – Installation, Migration, and Configuration by David Overton While there are some great books for anyone working in the SBS space I’m of the opinion there aren’t enough written in the UK so it was with great anticipation I awaited the release of this book once I’d heard
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Xbox Live Arcade Games – Faith Somewhat Restored
In principle I think Xbox Live Arcade Games are a great idea Games that you can download quickly and easily and get playing with the minimum of fuss. Decent demos so you can try before you buy at a “reasonable” price point The thing is recently I’ve found some of them to be a bit….crap
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Microsoft Partner Network: 2009
I’ve been asked to spread the word about an upcoming event On Wednesday 7 October, the Microsoft UK team will be inviting partners to the number one UK channel event, Microsoft Partner Network: 2009 at Wembley Stadium. This free event will give attendees insights into current Microsoft strategies and the direction the company is taking
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Bletchley Park Funding
I’ve blogged a couple of times about Bletchley Park It’s no secret in the UK that funding for the site is hard to come by For some reason it’s not eligible for lottery funding or any of the government funding that goes into museums and galleries so relies on admissions fees and donations(IBM and PGP
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Can’t set message flags in OWA using IE8
Busy busy weekend to go before the busy week I’m expecting! This morning I got a call from a remote user to say they couldn’t set message flags when using Outlook Web Access (Exchange 2003) I logged into an account on the same server and had no problems setting the flag Then I discovered they
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Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
In case you have been living under a rock Windows 7 RTM was made available to Technet and MSDN subscribers yesterday I grabbed my ISO’s this morning and was thinking about how best to approach the upgrade on my netbook. I then remembered that when Vista was first released there was a tool for letting
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Microsoft Partner Network and SBSC
I’m blogging on this a couple of weeks after the event because I’ll be honest I wasn’t entirely sure how I felt about this At WPC a couple of weeks ago it was announced an overhaul to the partner programme is on the way There is a great explanation of it on the UK SBSC
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PC PRO – SMB Feature – What happened?
I’ve been sitting on this one for a few weeks as PC Pro magazine articles don’t appear on the site straight away (which i can understand) First let me start off my saying I’ve previously been a massive fan of PC Pro magazine. My interest in the magazine has waned in recently years for a