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Comments on and within the UK SMB Community (Formerly ‘UK SMB Girl’)

First Victory for Microsoft against hard-loading reseller

Be warned, Microsoft is clamping down…
 
Taken from Microscope (28.05.2007) by Simon Quicke
 
“Microsoft’s tactics to use the small claims courts to penalise resellers found selling counterfeit product has resulted in its first victory, with further cases waiting to be resolved.
 
Michala Alexander, head of anti-piracy at Microsoft, said it had settled out of court for £1,800 with […]

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SBSC Assess & Win

The idea behind this promotion is to engage with the SMB customer who doesn’t have the time to really get an accurate picture of what his IT infrastructure looks like or what he can do with it. 
There are a few aspects of this new Microsoft SBSC project that I am unsure of. If you haven’t […]

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MS Evangelist slates OneNote?!

Eileen, Eileen, Eileen,
Let’s get one thing clear… OneNote rocks!
Everyday I read a wide range of information sources that talk about things that, whilst I may not need it now, I know that I will need to refer to it at some point soon. That’s where OneNote comes in; cut and paste the quote or article […]

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Symantec engages the community

I’ve just been along to the Kent SBS Group’s May meeting which went very well. It’s nice to be able to sit at the back of the audience and see someone else take on the responsibilities. Gareth (Johns) is doing an A1 job and is moving the group in the right direction with the support […]

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Outlook 2007: Previewing PDFs

Frustrated that you can preview everything but PDFs in Outlook 2007?
Download a program that will let you do this by clicking here.
There is no official support for this add-in, but questions can be sent to Tim Heuer who helped to develop the program with Foxit.

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When the tables are turned…

Hello all,
I reluctantly went shopping today; yes that’s right, I don’t really enjoy shopping unless I know exactly what I want. Today, I went to Bluewater to shop for a dress for my friend’s wedding next weekend. After a few hours of getting fed up touring the shops to find nothing but beach and casual […]

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I want another SBSC Symposium!

I’m sure the UK MotherShip is going to groan when they read this because I’m probably already covering something they are hopefully discussing. But as it’s half ten at night, they won’t be about, and if they are then they won’t want me interrupting them on their xbox dashboard (yes, you know who you are!).
Sometimes […]

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The SBS Show

Take your mind back to a few months ago and you may remember when Vlad announced that the SBS Show was to be no more!
Vlad had to beat back the emails and blog postings about our listeners’ dismay at the news, and although the VladCasts are very well received, some of us miss spending three hours recording […]

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Trying to get the right support.

Karl didn’t hold back when he decided to talk about what he thought of SBS support and it reminded me of the trouble I have when trying to get an answer to what I think to be a really simple question. There have been many times when I have to call on my friends within […]

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Disaster Recovery

Many of us understand the phrase ‘prevention is better than cure’ and indeed this has never been truer than in the case of protecting your IT and the information stored within it.
A few months ago, I was lucky enough to present to the Women in Business Conference on the subject of what IT can do […]

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