Monthly Archives: March 2012

Printer Driver Fun

Posted on March 16, 2012 by way0utwest

I bought my new Brother HL-2270DW laser last week and had to set it up. With the need to print something quickly, I plugged my MacBook Air into a USB cable, plugged that into the printer, and wondered what would … Continue reading →

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Waiting for SP1

Posted on March 16, 2012 by way0utwest

One of the classic tenets in upgrading Microsoft technology seems to be that it’s safer to wait for Service Pack 1 (SP1) before committing to the next version of any platform. There have been people asking if you will upgrade Windows, … Continue reading →

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Ownership Chains in SQL Server

Posted on March 14, 2012 by way0utwest

Someone asked the question recently about allowing a user to run a process,but not execute the individual pieces of the process. I replied that ownership chains allow this, and then explained things. Here’s a short example of that. Let’s suppose … Continue reading →

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An Azure Outage

Posted on March 14, 2012 by way0utwest

There was a Windows Azure outage on Feb 29, which resulted in the management service being down for about 8 hours. The actual virtual machines that most customers had were unaffected, but the ability to perform management functions was down for … Continue reading →

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