When I worked as an IT administrator at a large company I cringed when I saw a message like this float by:

Usually in the To field it was sent to “All Employees”. A large number of attachments work fine when everyone is directly connected to Exchange on the LAN.

The problem arises when users on a slow link far across the WAN receive the same message, and they all start trying to look at the pictures at the same time.

Boom - the remote sites are all very slow, or totally down. All because everyone wants to see if they can catch someone doing something bad at the company party.

So when you see a message like this, and need to act fast - say remove that message from all mailboxes ASAP. How do you do it?

Strangely enough, this can be accomplished by using the ExMerge utility for Exchange.

It can be downloaded from here

I say strangely, because normally you would use this utility to move mailboxes to another exchange server. It is packed with features, and we…

Today, quite a few households have wireless networks that are unsecure - wide open for anyone to connect to. This could be a huge problem especially if PC’s in that home are sharing important family files - like photos and documents - that shouldn’t be Read More……(read more)

Today, quite a few households have wireless networks that are unsecure - wide open for anyone to connect to. This could be a huge problem especially if PC’s in that home are sharing important family files - like photos and documents - that shouldn’t be seen by strangers. In Windows Live OneCare 2.0, a new feature is coming that will let users of Windows Live OneCare secure an unsecure wireless network in their home. I decided to give this new feature a try and share my experience.

Once I connected to the unsecure wireless network, I launched Windows Live OneCare and was alerted by Windows Live OneCare that I was on an unsecure wireless network and that it can help me to secure it.  I clicked “Turn-on” and started the process. Here is a video demo of me going through the process of securing an unsecure wireless network:

Video: Demo: OneCare Wireless Security

I’d like to take a few moments to elaborate on a few things from the video. First off: the router I used to test

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“A geek physician has reviewed the medical literature that explores if a relationship exists between computer use and carpal tunnel syndrome. ‘Typing at the keyboard or using the mouse for hours and hours upon end just seems like it has to be horrible for your joints, right?’ His conclusions certainly seem to contradict the thinking of many: ‘The current research shows that computer use has very little role in causing carpal tunnel syndrome.’ It even seems that both Harvard and the Journal of the American Medical Association agree with his conclusions.”

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