TweetTo date, Maverick Solutions has advocated that most of its clients continue using Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, despite the release of later versions of both client and server operating systems. However, in the coming year or two, we need to begin to reconsider this position. The biggest reason we have recommended the continued [...]
TweetATTENTION WINDOWS NETWORK USERS It appears that in Microsoft’s Automated Update Service this week, Internet Explorer 8 was forced out as a priority update. For many recipients, it’ll simply be nice to have the latest version. However, we had refrained from deploying it for our clients who have domain-based networks, as there are bugs in its [...]
TweetFree software is nice, and free updates of new features to existing software is usually terrific. I experienced a bit of a difficulty with one of my latest free software updates, and I thought I’d share it with you, my readers, to save you some heartache. NetFlix is a pretty popular movie rental service – [...]
TweetWould you like your school to be on the cutting edge of technology, inexpensively? After lackluster public opinion of Windows Vista, Microsoft went back to the drawing board and expedited development of their next operating system, Windows 7. It has not yet been released to the general public, but I’ve seen a demonstration of it. [...]
TweetWow – has it been that long since the last entry?! We’ve gotta start taking this more seriously. Anyway, we just wanted to report that Brian has been asked to come back to staff Microsoft Tech-Ed again this year. Moving up the food chain slightly, this year, he’ll be moderating a discussion group on Wednesday [...]
Tweet…Washington State, that is. Our president and founder, Brian Blum, was just invited to participate in an exam development session for the upcoming certification program for the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), which means he’ll finally have an excuse to visit the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA. If he didn’t know it before, now he’s [...]
TweetMaverick Solutions’ founder and president, Brian Blum, has been selected to serve on the staff of Microsoft’s Tech·Ed conference, in June, in Orlando, FL. If you’ve never heard of Tech·Ed, here’s what Microsoft has to say about it: “Microsoft Tech·Ed North America 2008 IT Professionals is the Microsoft premier technical education conference just for IT [...]
