ROBERT OWEN — Technology Leader & Musician
Technology leadership, music, and the space where they overlap

Remote Desktop /console change in Vista SP1

A while back I blogged about Remote Desktop in Windows XP. Since the start of my Vista Quest I have continued to use the Vista remote desktop with great success. That is until I installed Services pack 1. Here lately I’ve been noticing some differences when I log into some servers I manage. Nothing drastic mind you but there were … Read more

Friday Funny – The Druggist

Ahh, the Friday Funnies. They've not been around in a while. Now they're back with the following little gem I received in my e-mail. The Druggist: Upon arriving home, a husband was met at the door by his sobbing wife. Tearfully, she explained, “It's the druggist. He insulted me terribly this morning on the phone. I had to call multiple … Read more

Site of the Week: FreeRice.com

It's been a while since my last Site-of-the-week… Sorry for the long delay but nothing has really shown through, IMHO, until now. My wife found this one and I think it's great! FreeRice.com FreeRice is a sister site of the world poverty site,

Unable to log you on because of an account restriction

Here’s a “duh” for you… If, when trying to log onto a Win XP machine via Remote Desktop, you get: “Unable to log you on because of an account restriction.” This can occur if the account you are using to connect with has a null (blank) password. Apparently you cannot establish Remote Desktop connections when you are using an account … Read more

Vista Service Pack 1 – The Update

Ok. All things considered in a Microsoft world, this was a pretty painless update. It may be hard to read but, the image left says that this installation will take an hour or more. Well, it's not joking. The entire process took me right at 1 hour to complete. Step one – Download the update. Now, make sure and download … Read more

Get Fax Receipts from SBS 2003 Fax Services

This had eluded me.. But I just found the solution so I thought I would post it… I had to reinstall a Windows 2003 Small Business Server last week.. This particular customer made use of the Fax Service. Before the reinstall the Fax Service would e-mail a receipt through Exchange to the sending user but this was no longer happening. … Read more