Jeffreys Ruminations - Network Blog

I’ve been waiting a bit too long to update here and missed a few things…
First, Joseph Davies (aka “The Cable Guy” on Technet) has released the entire TCP/IP Fundamentals for  Microsoft Windows in PDF format.
Click here for the ebook
More to come later today or early tomorrow…

This is from a mailing list that I am on:
So, without further adieu, we are proud to present you with our “ExtraOutlook” tool that allows you to launch as many Outlook instances as you want. All you have to do is configure the profiles you want, and then type: ExtraOutlook.exe “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE” (after you [...]

This week, I’m a day late, but I have some new links to some interesting software products, a virus warning, and more news:
New Applications:

 ”Open Data Center Network Management System” - Late last week, I got an email asking me to evaluate and comment on this new application.  I haven’t had a chance to install or [...]

This is the first of (hopefully) a continual series of what is new in the Networking and IT World for the past week:

MS Internal use of Network Access Protection Channel 9 Video - Jeff Sigman (of the NAP team) and Brent Atkison (of MS-IT) talk about how NAP is implemented on the Microsoft network.
Ubuntu 7.10 [...]

Last week, I attended the “Winstock 07″ tour/seminar held on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA. Although we weren’t allowed to take any pictures during the event due to our non-disclosure agreements, I did take some pictures of campus, Seattle fall colors, and some nice views of Mt. Rainier. If you are so [...]

Wow… My last post was a holiday ago.
A few items of interest:

The wireless WAN problem I mentioned a few months ago has been solved using about $8 of supplies from my local Lowes store. The problem was due to the extreme heat that we have down here in Central Texas [...]

Please note that I am in the process of upgrading the blog this weekend…
Be patient if things aren’t working - I’ll try to get them back up shortly.
UPDATE 1
OK, I have completed the base upgrades to the current versions of Wordpress and I had to reset all of the plugins. Before you freak out, [...]

Toshiba has finally posted Vista drivers for the Toshiba M7 and R25 tablets - a month and a half late. What is frustrating about this is that these are the same drivers posted for the other Toshiba tablets (for the most part) early last month. Why did it take so long, Toshiba?
The R25 [...]

<Updated>See here for information on Vista support for the Toshiba M7/R25 Tablets</Updated>
Well, finally Vista is out for the public.  It has been a long road.  I remember a meeting at Microsoft way back in 2003 when Longhorn was first being discussed.  Much has changed in the past 4 years.  But it is finally done.  Or [...]

Since I have been MIA for the past month, I have slipped with providing links for new Networking-related downloads. Therefore, many of these are definitely on the older side…

Windows XP Remote Desktop Client (Vista Optimized) - 32 bit
Windows XP Remote Desktop Client (Vista Optimized) - 64 bit
Win2K3 Server Remote Desktop Client - 32 bit
Win2K3 [...]