Recently, while installing CRM on a client’s server, we discovered a "broken" SQL Server installation. Enterprise Manager wouldn’t run, and certain SQL Services were no longer working. In order to clear this up, I tried to do an uninstall and reinstall of SQL Server. Unfortunately, during the uninstall, it errored out. So I was left with a SQL…
Once again I went down a rabbit hole on the Internet. Eventually I ended up at http://www.actsofgord.com and read about a video game store owner’s experiences… Many of those revolved around being sued, or suing people… Here’s the great quote: "I remember a happier time when people used to threaten to sue because they were in…
We run Microsoft Small Business Server in our business, and we receive daily reports from the server on its health. Unfortunately, on Wednesday the email indicated thousands of critical errors. It only took a moment to determine that these were coming from the MSCRMExRouterService (Exchange Router). The Exchange Router takes emails delivered to the…
Last Saturday, the Tampa Code Camp for 2007 was held at the St. Pete College EpiCenter. At that event, for the first time, I did a presentation on Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0. A good time was had by all! Well, except for the minor projection issues, and the screen scaling issues. Unfortunately, the session…
I complain so often about poor customer service that I thought it would be worth it to call out a company that takes servicing their customers seriously. On June 20th I ordered a new Thinkpad T60 from Lenovo, with some very high end specs. It shipped on June 22nd from Hong Kong and was at…
I’ve been experimenting with subscription music services. A while ago I started with Rhapsody, and while I despised their darn application (why not just be an add in in Windows Media Player?!), I enjoyed their service. Unfortunately, after I converted to Windows Vista (super duper edition), I discovered that Rhapsody didn’t work with Vista. …
On Monday we moved our offices. As part of the move, we changed the IP addressing scheme in our office. As we started using CRM, we noticed that certain things were running quite slowly. For example, if you attempted to open an Account window, it could take up to 15 seconds, even if you had…
It happened *again*. Our XBox 360 died with the ring of 3 red lights. This is the second time in six months this has happened. Unfortunately, this time it was out of warranty, so I’m out $139 to get it repaired. We use the XBox 360 pretty much every day. Not so much as…
I’m pretty sure I’m not normal. This Hitachi, um, demo of perpendicular storage technology appeals to me… Enjoy the show, and make sure you can hear the song!
Karmic retribution is a bitch. While eating some Chinese food with friends on Friday night I mentioned that the last time I had been really sick was something like 10 years before and it was from food poisoning. We all had a good chuckle. At 3am Saturday morning I woke up and began the…