Personal Skype Is Still Open For Business
It is common knowledge that Skype For Business has just over a year to live, with EOL scheduled for July 31st as companies are migrated to Teams. We also recently...
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Tag: EoL
Special bug for those who really want to keep using Windows 7
A bunch of sites are reporting that a bug is preventing some Windows 7 users from shutting down. As far as I can tell, while the bug first arose about a...
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Sonos Speakers Go Silent And Under Armour Record Is Wiped
The Internet of Things has once again reminded us how incredibly poorly thought out the various devices which call that place home are. Users of a variety of Sonos smart devices, including…
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Shockwave Director Exit Stage Left
While its sibling, Adobe Flash, still has 2020 and the rest of 2019 to entertain you with web games, the company has officially ended support for Shockwave Player. Attempting to go to…
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Nice OS you have there; shame if something happened to it
It does have to be said that running a 10 year old Microsoft OS might not be the wisest decision; though it is better than running one 18 years old. However,…
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Blizzard Cutting Support for Windows XP and Vista
Most companies have already abandoned Windows XP and Vista, including Microsoft once Vista leaves extended support in April, but Blizzard is known for long-term support. This is...
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Windows 7 and 8.1 did stop shipping to OEMs
We've known for quite some time that Microsoft planned to stop providing OEMs with keys for Windows 7 or 8.1 this Halloween and they have made good on that promise. If you…
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A day for living dangerously in a Microsoft ecosystem
Today is the day, Server 2003 is no longer supported by Microsoft, at least not without a payment of $600 per server to extend coverage. No more patches for exploits nor will…
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What if a server OS died and no one cared
In a lack of foresight that will not take anyone working professionally in IT by surprise, 70% of business are ignoring the fact that Windows Server 2003 hits EoL next Tuesday. The…
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Google Chrome Team Commits to XP Throughout 2015
It has been a year since Microsoft cut off extended support for Windows XP including Internet Explorer security updates for the platform. Yeah, I know, it doesn't feel like it. Other browser…
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Ignorance may be bliss but it will cost you $600 per Server 2003 installation
If you ever feel ignored when offering technical advice to executives or anyone ranking above you in your business then this statistic about Server 2003 that The Register quotes will come as…
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Need a consulting gig and know AD and Exchange?
There are over eight million active servers running Server 2003 according to the stats The Register has seen and who knows how many Server 2000 installs still kicking around but...
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