You Had Me At EHLO... : 'Requesting data from the Exchange server...' or 'Outlook is trying to retrieve data…' client messages

You Had Me At EHLO... : 'Requesting data from the Exchange server...' or 'Outlook is trying to retrieve data…' client messages: "Requesting data from the Exchange server...' or 'Outlook is trying to retrieve data…' client messages"

Good article from the Exchange team with good links on troubleshooting this annoying issue.

Desktop Linux For The Windows Power User : Introduction - Review Tom's Hardware

Desktop Linux For The Windows Power User : Introduction - Review Tom's Hardware: "Desktop Linux For The Windows Power User"

Great article on the new Ubuntu 9.04 version, also code named Jaunty Jackalope. This is written a windows user for windows users. This definitely has me looking at Ubuntu again.

Free PDF printer

I highly recommend staying away from PDF995. The freeware version has Ads that are a pain to deal with. I'm talking big pop ups that you have to click thru. Then the setup, trying to deploy it out to many stations if you actually bought the product? They have an Autosetup.exe file that you have to ask for that does a silent install, but to try and create an MSI package.... they want you still run 3 executables after the package has been pushed out. come on. There are other software products that offer their products in MSI format and give you the deployment guides and tools when you buy their software, or other products are just simple to install. Such products are PrimoPDF or Bullzip. Both of these are very simple to use and install, have no ADs or non intrusive Ads.
Consider yourself warned, stay away from PDF995 and search for alternatives like PrimoPDF and Bullzip. Then you can use FoxIt to read the pdf's you just created. All for free.

HelpHTA

Found this nice free utility called HelpHTA, created by Rob Dunn. This utility lets you gather some useful information from computers, start & stop services, view install programs, etc.
Here is a screen shot.

Sort by Color In Excel.

Sort by Color In Excel. Excel User Defined Function
Found a good article on how to use a user defined function in Excel to sort cells by color.

Considerations for server-side Automation of Office

Link to MS Article on using Server-Side automation on a web server.
"SUMMARY
Developers can use Automation to Microsoft Office to build custom solutions that utilize the capabilities and features that are built into the Office product. While such programmatic development can be implemented on a client system with relative ease, there are a number of complications that can occur if Automation is to take place from server-side code such as Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP), DCOM, or a Windows NT Service.

This article discusses the complications that developers may face, offers alternatives to Automation that can speed performance, and suggests ways to configure Office if server-side Automation is unavoidable. Developers should be aware, however, that the suggestions provided below are for informational purposes only. Microsoft does not recommend or support server-side Automation of Office."

VirtualHost Examples - Apache HTTP Server

VirtualHost Examples - Apache HTTP Server

More examples of setting up virtual hosts for apache.

Installing and configuring Apache on Windows XP: Virtual Hosts

Installing and configuring Apache on Windows XP: Virtual Hosts

Great article on setting up virtual hosts using Apache and some good general info on Apache web server.