James O'Neill's blog
Windows Platform, Virtualization and PowerShell with a little Photography for good measure.
Moving to ultimate part 1.
On the roadshow I've been saying how great the Microsoft IT build of Vista is. The sheer simplicity...
Author: James ONeill Date: 04/03/2007
Announcement rumour
I don't normally get involved in rumours, preferring to keep to facts, but news seems to be out at a...
Author: James ONeill Date: 04/01/2007
The Numpty paradox: trying not to insult customers
A long time ago, in a company far far away, I ran a Novell network (2.15 !). The other administrator...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/30/2007
Things that suck / Things that rock
I think everyone knows the saying an optimist says the glass is half full, and a pessimist says it...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/30/2007
Jon Honeyball got it wrong.
GAG HALFRUNT: Zis iz most regrettable. VOGON CAPTAIN: A personal friend? GAG HALFRUNT: Ah no, in my...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/29/2007
The "people ready" journey
I'm off to Belgium tomorrow and, fortunately, I've just printed my boarding pass. Despite plans to...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/27/2007
When communication about Unified Communications doesn't communicate anything.
A year ago tomorrow, I posted something entitled "Civilisation will come to an end because no one...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/27/2007
Whither (or wither) Virtual PC Express.
I was a bit surprised to find someone still blogging about VPC Express - especially as they linked...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/27/2007
Office Communications server 2007 Beta available for public download.
Little more to say. It's here Documents are available separately. So is speech server Given our...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/26/2007
On Time-zones...
Spring is here, Spring is here ... I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring, yes I do,...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/18/2007
Windows Vista Deployment slides
I was presenting "Everything you want to know about Vista imaging but were afraid to ask" again this...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/18/2007
Vista Squad - our newest UK user group.
This user group is going to try to concentrate on those things which are Vista specific - rather...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/18/2007
ePHOTOzine article on Windows Vista
I was asked a little while ago if I would answer some questions form the UK's leading online photo...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/18/2007
Windows Server Virtualization and memory
Mark Wilson asked an interesting question about virtualization. Would Windows Server Virtualization...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/17/2007
64 bit – and the end of the line for some things.
I like 64 bit vista. It's proved be excellent at performance, reliability and application...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/17/2007
Windows Vista "breaking" OWA
One of the things that annoys any technical person is when you get asked a question and have to...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/15/2007
The mobility dilemma.
I'm on my third Orange C500 phone. The first got lost on a flight home from the Channel Islands at...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/11/2007
Tech-ed EMEA 2007: save the dates
Tech-Ed 2006 was a judged to be a great success and we're keeping the timing ,format (Tech-ed...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/10/2007
Pentax manifesto.
Regular readers (it seems I have some) may have picked up that (a) I use Pentax cameras and (b) I...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/09/2007
Windows Server Virtualization round-up
A few days ago I blogged about a Longhorn Server Virtualization video featuring Jeff Woolsey. I said...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/09/2007
Rolling your own support for 64 bit Vista.
A few days ago someone who had installed 64 bit Vista asked us "why Microsoft developed an operating...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/09/2007
Office Communications Server 2007 Beta announced
I said last week that Jeff Raikes was going to make an announcement, he has. It starts:"Within three...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/07/2007
Getting PDF Preview in Vista and Outlook. A "must have".
In place preview of files is a great feature of Vista's shell and Outlook 2007. The lack of support...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/06/2007
Ooh 'eck. Now I'm the blog Police ?
No sense denying it, I like Mary Jo Foley linking to something I wrote. Although being cast as a...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/04/2007
Vista Reliability...
Later this afternoon I'm going to reboot this Dell Latitude 820 for the second time since I finished...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/03/2007
See Longhorn server core and Virtualization
One of the things that people argue about whenever we discuss "blogging smart" is when it is fitting...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/03/2007
At Voice-con next week Jeff Raikes will announce...
Er, no. After what I said about leaking a few days ago I'm not going ruin Jeff's carefully prepared...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/01/2007
Groove, Vista and "better together"
Groove is infectious. Everyone who has started using it in the office, loves it and sets up...
Author: James ONeill Date: 03/01/2007
Bye bye NTL... could this be a whole new beginning
When I moved into my house BT told me I couldn't keep my number. So I decided I would take cable TV...
Author: James ONeill Date: 02/28/2007
Brave and stupid posts.
Someone ... and I don't know his name ... leaked some information about Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1...
Author: James ONeill Date: 02/28/2007
The Campaign for real numbers
Sorry to rant about phones twice on the same day, but hopefully this will get something out of my...
Author: James ONeill Date: 02/21/2007
Voice mail must become extinct .
Eileen blogged a few days back about her frustration that we can't roll out Unified Messaging any...
Author: James ONeill Date: 02/21/2007
Get into the Groove ...
The serendipity fairy has been at it again. On Tuesday Eileen posted something about Groove to her...
Author: James ONeill Date: 02/15/2007
Not exactly a valentine for IBM
One of those odd coincidences. Back in January 26 when I was blogging about IBM FUD , I mentioned an...
Author: James ONeill Date: 02/14/2007
Virtualization - never knowing where your next core comes from ?
Returning from TechReady4 I've noticed some trends in how we are going to think about datacenters...
Author: James ONeill Date: 02/13/2007
Change the world and go home.
It's been quiet on my blog this week because I have been in Seattle for the twice yearly Geek-fest...
Author: James ONeill Date: 02/09/2007
After 83 days I need to empty the trash :-)
Technorati tags: Microsoft, Exchange, 2007, Outlook Web Access, OWA No this isn't a reference to my...
Author: James ONeill Date: 02/01/2007
Another machine another rebuild and a Backup headache.
Santa came late this year, and brought me a new Dell Latitude 820. Nice. Two 64-bit cores, a...
Author: James ONeill Date: 01/31/2007
The mouse James Bond would have.
A week or so ago I wrote about daft voices, and I feel like this should be in the voice of Sean...
Author: James ONeill Date: 01/28/2007
Another lesson in FUD, from a past master.
A little culture to lead into the weekend. A quote from Voltaire no less. I have never made but one...
Author: James ONeill Date: 01/26/2007
Interview with a top Microsoft person.
Somewhere in my "Pending" file is a blog post about working for Microsoft provisionally entitled...
Author: James ONeill Date: 01/26/2007
A guide to FUD, thanks to Canon.
One of the Interesting things about this job is getting a new point of view on how Marketing and PR...
Author: James ONeill Date: 01/21/2007
Vista activation
One of the things I learnt in the run up to last week’s BETT show was about licensing. I often joke...
Author: James ONeill Date: 01/19/2007
Friday Humour
I seem to be able reduce the other members of the team to laughter with silly voices. I met up with...
Author: James ONeill Date: 01/19/2007
Ooops. I gave out some duff information about limiting logons
As Eileen has already said our team spent last week at the BETT show. My first "proper" IT job after...
Author: James ONeill Date: 01/18/2007
Business Desktop Deployment 2007, now available.
There's lots of of information on the Technet Desktop deployment page. To quote from the mail I had...
Author: James ONeill Date: 01/18/2007
End of an era. Apple is no longer a computer company.
I don't know what has happened between Steve Jobs' company and the one owned by the Beatles. It was...
Author: James ONeill Date: 01/09/2007
The first Windows Vista "Ultimate Extras"
Darren blogged about Bill Gates Keynote at CES, which I watched at home last night. In passing was...
Author: James ONeill Date: 01/09/2007
Vista Backup ...
It's quite impressive how many different sorts of backup we've put into Vista, and the launch of...
Author: James ONeill Date: 01/08/2007
A good day to be a fake doctor ...
I mentioned we had something big planned for the CES show in Vegas, and that something is Windows...
Author: James ONeill Date: 01/08/2007