Pigs fly! Microsoft leads in security according to InfoWorld

According to Roger Grimes at InfoWorld many leading security experts are giving Microsoft security accolades. Have a look at the article and decide for yourself but it does seem to me that the tide has been shifting for many years.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/pigs-fly-microsoft-leads-in-security-200
Some Notable Quotes from article:

“Many of the world’s most knowledgeable security experts are urging their favorite [...]

Dell site with drivers and walkthroughs for OSD for SCCM

Found this site from a post from Rod Trent a few days ago and I wanted to highlight it further. This site appears to have all of the drivers that you will need to deploy Dell Business Desktops through SCCM. This includes drivers and walkthroughs. Way to go Dell! Does anyone know if a site [...]

Tim Pawlenty (MN Republican Governor) not running for reelection

OH MY… Let the campaign for 2012 begin. Most of you know that Mr. Pawlenty was a presumed running mate for Senator McCain. StarTribune Article

Windows 7 Tips and Tricks

I have been running Windows 7 since M3, and I have to say I am VERY impressed. I can’t say that it is straight line faster than Vista but it doesn’t feel sluggish like Vista can at times. In that vein I came across a great article on Tips and Tricks that I wanted to [...]

Learned something about SCCM OSD today, just not sure what!

I was attempting to do a build of Windows 7 and I was using an x64 boot image on an x86 build. During the image build process it actually downloaded PE put it on disc, and rebooted similar to a refresh scenario. The strange thing was it still formatted. After the second reboot (after it [...]

Ever wonder why Office 2007 has the ribbon?

I personally like the ribbon in Office 2007 but there are some that do not. I think it is more intuitively designed and has made me significantly more efficient in creating large pieces of content.
With that said I recently came upon this post on Jensen Harris’s blog describing the history and reasoning behind the [...]

The Deployment Guys : Documenting Your Task Sequences Automagically

I had this sent to me by my friend Grant and it is a great way to build some good documentation. Have a look you will be surprised at the simplicity.
The Deployment Guys : Documenting Your Task Sequences Automagically

Script to delete drivers from SCCM in mass

I will make no claim to ownership nor to having actually tried this script. However knowing how irritating it is to actually delete lots of drivers from CM I had to post this. It is taken from the TechNet forums apparently posted by someone from MS.
 

‘ Connect to the SMS namespace
siteNamespace = GetSiteNamespace()
SET objWMIService = [...]

Update: Got my clear license plate cover ticket dismissed

A couple of weeks ago I got a ticket for a clear license plate cover that I documented here. I went to court today with pictures of it on and off and the very nice hearing officer dismissed it for me. She indicated that the officer will shine a light on the cover and if [...]

Got a ticket today for a clear license plate cover

While parked at a customer in St. Paul, MN this morning I received a ticket for having a “Plastic Cover on Front Plate” according to the ticket. Apparently this is in violation of Minnesota Statue 169.79.7 which says:
Subd. 7. Plate fastened and visible. All plates must be securely fastened so as to prevent them from [...]