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

Email Scam: Taking the Military Tact

Oh You… Spammers! It’s amazing the tactics that these Spammers go through to try and steal money from you.  This one is attempting to target our Patriotic feelings by claiming to be coming from an America Soldier. Hello friend, My name is Scott Whittington, I am an American soldier, I am serving in the military with the 1st Armored Division … Read more

Use the Snipping Tool to Capture Menus

When Vista came on the scene one of the new features I thought was pretty cool was the new Snipping tool.  It’s a really useful little utility and for the most part it’s great.  In Windows 7, the tool is still there (no improvements that I can see).  But, one of the things about this little utility that bothered me … Read more

Add Additional Domain to Exchange 2003 SBS

I had to add a new e-mail domain for a client to their existing 2003 Small Business server.  Without removing the existing mail domain and without going into each user here are the steps I went through to add the new mail domain. First, open the Exchange System Manager.  You can find it by clicking: start button —> All Programs … Read more

Remove Words from Firefox Custom Dictionary

Ever type a word you know to be correct yet Firefox says is misspelled?  Say something like snigglefritz…  Thinking there could be numerous spellings for snigglefritz,  I know that mine is the correct one.  What I really hate is Firefox telling me it’s wrong every time I type it. One way to get around that is to add your spelling … Read more

Friday Funny: Advice for Yankees moving South

Hope your week has been great!  I found this week’s Friday Funny lurking in a folder called “funny stuff” on one of my external hard drives.  It is perfect advice for any of you Northerners who are thinking of moving or just traveling down south.  You might even want to print this one out so you can have a reference … Read more

Set-up an FTP Server on Windows 2003 Server

Setting up an FTP server on Windows 2003 Server is a pretty simple process.  Why would you need an FTP server?  Well, if you are hosting websites you might want to allow designers and customers access to their webfolders  (not me… no one accesses my server but me but you can.. 🙂 ) and an FTP server is a great … Read more