I discovered four days ago that my local area connection was disabled. The wireless was working fine. Trying to enable it resulted in "Connection Failed". A call to Dell Tech Support resulted in using System Restore (Start > All Progr ...[Read More]

I've created my main site with two blog subsites. I want to show the last 5 "recent" (under 90 days) posts on the main page of the main site. A Content Query Web Part would be perfect here, but unfortunately, that is only available in MO ...[Read More]

My goal is to extend my main production site from an unconventional port (i.e., not 80) to a site in the cloud with host headers on port 80 where I'll allow anonymous access. I may allow (or require) FBA access on port 80 at some point, and past ex ...[Read More]

This is frustrating. I bought a new Dell M4300, and it reboots at inopportune times: when going from the power supply from the factory to a 65-watt power supply from a different Dell computer after closing lid for suspend mode when plugging into th ...[Read More]

I have seen many family sites, and many sites using WSS and several that use this mix. My plan is to make ours blog-driven, but that may prove over-ambitious. At least we'll be able to put up photos. I like Matthew McDermott's series of posts for ...[Read More]

New Laptop, lots of horsepower I bought a new laptop, but it's got about as much horsepower as my web server from 7 years ago. Old ServerDell Precision M4300 (laptop)1 GB RAM4 GB RAMWin 2k ServerXP Pro3 x 18 GB RAID 5 (36 GB available), ?? RPM1 x ...[Read More]

At this rate, I'll be a blogging guru soon. The Word UI is so much better than the text entry control. My quick key commands for outlining work, spell checker, etc. Again, a post from click2learn was a help, but more because it reminded me of the ...[Read More]

Well, here it goes.  It looks pretty easy.  I can save as draft or publish this.  There is publish, save as draft, category dropdown which must be published.  There is also formatting tools.  Nice.    There are some blog entries on how to blog.  One ...[Read More]

To begin using your site, click Create a Post under Admin Links to the right. What is a Blog? A Blog is a site designed to help you share information. Blogs can be used as news sites, journals, diaries, team sites, and more. It is your pla ...[Read More]