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My thoughts on Surface RT

After a week, here's my thoughts on my Surface RT so far ...

Speed up your Surface ...

A possible settings change to make your Surface even nicer ...

Windows 8 RT Phone - what do you plan?

It slices! It dices! It will clean as it blends! Or will it?

Nature of the Beast

How do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you explain an idea like AuTechHeads?

Here be dragons - AuTechHeads v3.0!

AuTechHeads is 3 years old .. and the website is now at v3.0!

How to add your KMS keys for Windows 8 and Server 2012

Get your KMS Server ready for your new Windows 8 clients and Server 2012 OS's!

AVM Fritz!box 7390 – the ultimate home or small business router!

What's red and silver all over, and does everything for you, bar the dishes?

Top 5 Office 2010 features

This blog entry is not meant to be an IP transfer nor a thought provoker; rather this is more of a "did you know you could...." kind of blog.

Consolidated list of Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Hotfixes

An updated list of hotfixes for DPM servers, consolidated into a standard list of hotfixes for Win2k8 R2 SP1!

AuTechHeads 1st Anniversary Party - Registrations Open!

It's time to get your registration on. We're ready to party - are you?

Multiple Xbox 360 consoles and the Xbox Live Family Pack!

I was very lucky and privileged to have the help of some great AuTechHeads members in getting an Xbox 360 S. I've had fun getting it up and running with...

Empty users’ Recycle Bin with PowerShell and GPO

Want to force-empty domain user Recycle Bins (sounds like a Jedi power)? Can be done with PowerShell and GPO.

Fixing the Blackberry Enterprise Server Administration Service

Lost your ability to administer Blackberry Enterprise Server? Here's a way to gain access, and a heads up on a bug ...

Windows Home Server 2011 Review

In which I install WHS 2011, and try to work out who Microsoft's target market are ...

iPhone 4S / iOS 5 Battery issue fix!

Having issues with the battery life in your iPhone 4S? Take a read of these tips to try and improve your battery life.

Brisbane AuTechHeads Social Drinks - December 3

Posted Tuesday, 29 November 2011 1:20 PM By Simone (profile)

Quick post to let everyone know that the AuTechHeads are getting together for social drinks on December 3, 7pm after Infrastructure Saturday. We're meeting at the Villager in Brisbane. All AuTechHeads members are welcome, attending Infrastructure Saturday is not a prerequisite so please spread the word and RSVP ....

Hi All,

Quick post to let everyone know that the AuTechHeads are getting together for social drinks on December 3, 7pm after Infrastructure Saturday. We're meeting at the Villager in Brisbane.

All AuTechHeads members are welcome, attending Infrastructure Saturday is not a prerequisite so please spread the word and RSVP so we can book the venue with correct numbers.If you're a new member or you're looking to meet some new people in the group please come along and introduce yourself.

If you're interested in sponsoring this event or future events please get in touch with any of the core team members.

Where: The Villager, 185 George Street, Brisbane
When: 7pm - lateWhat: Drinks (Beer & Wine) + Snacks & a lucky door prize all sponsored by TechSmith !

Numbers are limited
RSVP by November 30

My first ever AuTechHeads Blog – TechEd Australia Wrap Up.

Posted Sunday, 4 September 2011 11:29 PM By Simone (profile)

I was lucky enough to attend TechEd again this year and had a fantastic week. Like most people I’m heading back to work with tons of new ideas and a renewed enthusiasm in the technology I work with every day. If you missed it this year, this is my wrap up.

Highlight:
The most amazing part of this week for me personally was winning runner up in the Microsoft Women in IT Community Contributor Award. I was genuinely shocked when I was called up and I’m still really touched that people thought of me. For those of you that nominated me, a massive thank you. I meant a lot to me and has really inspired me to keep at it.

Of course the biggest thank you goes to Catherine Eibner (@ceibner) who does lots of hard work to help promote the WIT cause. I think she does a stellar job and deserves to be recognised for her hard work.

Speaker/ Sessions Highlights:
My favourite sessions were delivered by Rhonda Layfeild (@deploym ...

My thoughts on Surface RT - AuTechHeads Blogs

Yep, I wasn't especially clear on that. I am aware there's an ability to work around this (and assume this is the reference). I meant a 'supported' configuration option, perhaps one that optionally submits sites for review to include in the official whitelist...

-- Matt Marlor

You can add sites to the flash whitelist, There is a whole thread on the xda forums about it. I tested it myself and it does indeed work. How long the loophole stays open for is the big question

-- Si

Speed up your Surface ... - AuTechHeads Blogs

It was late at night, so this post probably wasn't the greatest/most coherent .. but changing the page file minimum and maximum setting to Recommended definitely seems to have made a substantial and noticeable difference, and I've now had a few confirmations...

Windows 8 RT Phone - what do you plan? - AuTechHeads Blogs

I agree Matt. The push towards "If you can't do something in Metro, just switch across to Explorer" will fail horribly on a touchscreen tablet or RT device. I can't imagine running OS X on an iPad, it would be terrible. But for people that want a device to...

-- Nigel Wadsworth

Coalface Tech Episode 29 - Eh? U TechEd! - AuTechHeads

that is hillarious. Thanks for letting me sub in on the show and chatting!

-- Rick Claus

thanks for the shoutout guys. And Rick, at least you got to do the AD session in NZ, and you got the better evals this year - share the joy! ;-)(and I did mention what the 31st bit was for during the AD session!) :-P

-- Pete Calvert

Tips for First-Timers - AuTechHeads Blogs

Thanks for this post. I too was debating if it was worth bringing my laptop along to the sessions, good to see I won't be alone when doing so.

-- Rebecca Adamson

How to add your KMS keys for Windows 8 and Server 2012 - AuTechHeads Blogs

Is also worth noting that you MUST have SP1 installed. Because our KMS server was on a dedicated VM, it somehow got missed on our patching cycle (we basically forgot it existed). We soon found out when we got the "This update is not applicable to your setup...

-- Colin Smith

Windows To Go - AuTechHeads Blogs

It's actually an SSD drive with a USB interface. I dare say that supporting any USB is too risky due to the high failure rates of crappy USBs, which in turn won't look good for Microsoft.

-- Adam Fowler

I wonder why they've "locked it down" to those two USB keys ? I have a perfectly good 64Gb key I could use...

-- moldor

thanks.. my 3rd teched this year and almost forgot the business cards!!

-- Brent England

Awesome post Brownie. Much wisdom.. wish I was going :-)

I'm really going to miss it this year. Some great sessions, great products, and of course the party.

Yeah, I like to use a laptop for a) furious tweeting and b) taking notes. Occasionally a bit of c) keeping up with work emails (still on the clock!).Good point about the wireless!

-- chrisbrownie

These are great tips! This is going to be my first TechEd and I've been wondering whether people are actually going to bring their laptops in during the sessions and whether there are charging stations etc. I'm also gonna bring my D-Link mobile companion...

-- Michael Aulia @CravingTech.com

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