Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Microsoft Shared View

This is the best remote assistance software I've used yet. All you need is a Windows Live account and install the software:

https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=94&wa=wsignin1.0

Not only is this great for remote troubleshooting, but you can connect up to 15 users which do not need Windows Live account to view the session. I like how you can move your mouse around with a ghost type look when assisting someone without having to take control.

Windows Mobile 6 Emulator

This emulator is great to use when troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync issues.  In order to run Windows Mobile 6 emulator, you will need Virutal PC 2007 and the Windows Mobile image.  You do not need to load the image in Virtual PC, instead load the Windows Mobile emulator program.

Download Virutal PC 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=04D26402-3199-48A3-AFA2-2DC0B40A73B6&displaylang=en

Download the Windows Mobile 6 emulator

The download is the: 0409/Windows Mobile 6 Professional Images (USA).msi image

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=38c46aa8-1dd7-426f-a913-4f370a65a582&DisplayLang=en#filelist

Once you install both components, go to Start>All Programs>Windows Mobile 6SDK>Standalong Emulator Images>US English>Professional

Once you open the emulator, go to File>Configure>Network, then check the "Enable NE2000 PCMIA network adapter and bind to:" checkbox, then select your active network connection.

When using the mobile eumator, set the network connection as "My Work Network"

You can then test ActiveSync after adding your Microsoft Exchange Outlook profile.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

It's about that time

Today is my last day at MaximumASP. I've learned more here than anywhere else I've worked. My fellow associates are truly seasoned professionals in the web hosting business. The support team is the absolute best. One strong point is how customers call into support and reach a high level engineer every time! That provides the fastest resolution to their problems. Learning new technologies as they were in beta was also great.

Leaving this company was a difficult decision for my family as there were so many positive things that we are leaving. We prayed and asked God to open/close the door on this decision. It was left open.

Most of all, I am going to miss the people I worked with. We worked hard and played hard. Just lookup "Max Lunch Hour" on YouTube. We also had many different physical competions like 500 pushup a day, bench press comps, races, and others. We definintely kept eachother in shape!

So I'll be going to a consulting company to help customers meet their technology needs. This should be fun as there is a wide variety of work and scenarios that I'll ge to deal with. Over and out.

Monday, September 29, 2008

Marine Corps Marathon - Not looking good now

I had only six more weeks until the Marine Corps Marathon in DC when I decided to go play soccer with the guys.  I totally ignored how my coach in high school told me not to play any other sports when training for races because of the risk of injury.  Anyhow, I injured my foot when I accidentally stomped on the ground awkwardly.  I went to get an X-ray the next day and the Dr. said that there was no fracture so it should heal within two weeks.  This was very scary for me because I really wanted to run this race.  I've been training solid for 4 months, but from the way it looks now all that training is going down the drain.

I tried to run the other day and could only complete 3 miles because of the pain.  This past weekend I was supposed to complete 29 miles, but I couldn't run any.  I fear that I will be unable to heal within a couple weeks and will be so far out of marathon shape that I will be unable to complete it.  Not to mention I would have to rest a few days before the race.  So if my foot doesn't completely heal within two weeks, I'm not going risk the injury getting any worse.  I've always wanted to run this race and this is terrible for me, but it is all my fault. Hopefully, I will not have to explain to my brothers/family, friends what I did.  And I still talk to my coach so I hope he doesn't ask me about it.

Praying for a healing!