Windows 8 Release and special pricing

The day has come and Microsoft has released Windows 8 to great fanfare as you can see below:

If you have yet to purchase a copy there are two current promotions you should be aware of.

The first promotion applies to those who have purchased a PC preloaded with Windows 7 between the 2nd of June, 2012 and 31st of January, 2013. You lucky people can pickup Windows 8 Pro Upgrade for $14.99 @ http://www.windowsupgradeoffer.com/

The second promotion is a launch special pricing on Windows 8 for just $39.99 @ http://windows.microsoft.com/

Get it while its hot folks!

Windows 8/Server 2012 ISO to bootable USB

3 October 2012·376 words·2 mins

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So you’re one of the lucky people (Technet, MSDN etc…) to have early access to Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012.

Exchange 2010 and "The certificate status could not be determined because the revocation check failed"

20 October 2012·234 words·2 mins

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On Friday while I was preparing our new Exchange 2010 VM for coexistance with our current Exchange 2007 physical box (more on that later) I ran into a annoying snag.

Make time to set (NTP) time

10 October 2012·401 words·2 mins

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Any any Windows domain environment one of the most overlooked but ultimately crippling when things are wrong component is time.

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