We received an email from Verizon to inform us that the Monitorsync software that synchronizes Exchange with Verizon’s web service (and then cellphones) also needs a patch for daylight savings time. Great timing with less than a week to go!
I did my first Exchange server/Timezone change tonight and the process is more complicated than it should be, but not as complicated as it could be. My notes from the patch is in the extended entry but note that I am not an expert and that advice should be taken from Microsoft’s official DST website
I can finally select my blogs within MovableType and not get the Can’t call method “entry_id” on an undefined value at lib/MT/App/CMS.pm line 1956 error message. Although drastic, the solution was to truncate the mt_tbping table as per the instructions in the MovableType forums. Unfortunately I missed the solution on the forums until someone posted on the page yesterday.
Google Reader Notifier Firefox Extension – useful as it tells you how many unread posts you are behind on without having to log into the site or go to google.com/ig
There are some Community provided extensions to Powershell which look pretty good – the clipboard functions would be useful. I may be getting started on powershell in the near future with work – we want to come up with some scripted server checkups routines that will save us having to obtain the data by hand – WMI scripting with vbs script seems the favourite so far (as it is unlikely to need installing) whereas powershell is new (and needs installing)
Microsoft have some programming tutorials for beginners – it’s been a while since I did any MS programming so I may take a look myself. It is split into two tracks, web based programming and desktop programming.
At work we all have nicknames – mine is Batman because I always have gadgets and tools for any problem at work but now we have been told we need to take the superhero quiz. I was pleased with my result but interestingly enough I’m only 25% batman –
Your results:
You are Spider-Man
| You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.  |
Click here to take the “Which Superhero am I?” quiz…
If you are installing the Kronos DST patch and it prompts you for the database owner username and password, use tkcsowner for both username and password. This seems a bit of a security loophole (you can also find the default password for the suprkron username on google too). Entering this into the upgrade routine, you will be able to continue with the upgrade and not have to wait up to 4 hours for a tech to call you back with this information.
Note that these are default passwords and available in google searches quite easily IF you know these are the usernames that you need.
Oh, and by the way you need to reboot after the installation 🙁
There has been a worm infecting Windows servers running the popular plesk package (that provides shared windows hosting) due to a vulnerability in mailenable. My host has provided details on available fix, but first they disabled pop3 access to prevent the worm spreading. An interesting method of propagation and a pretty drastic measure to stop it – hopefully everyone signs up for the forum notifications or their helpdesk is going to be very busy.
We got Blackberry 8703e leashes at work on Friday afternoon so I’ve spent quite a bit of time over the weekend playing around with the functionality and working out how to do things. It’s a shame that their legal department spends more time writing a HUGE software licence and warranty booklet – 133 pages in all the different languages yet the getting started manual is only 51 pages, 10 of those are the terms and conditions. Strangely enough there is no mention of how long to keep the blackberry charged before using it or any instructions as to the various lights on the device, normally there are warnings of dire consequences and doom if batteries are not charged for 18 hours OR MORE!
The original Wendy’s is going to close on Friday. I’ve never actually eaten there but I may just try and get in there one day this week to see what it’s like – I think the memorabilia would be quite interesting.