* This article originally ran on StateScoop on May 7, 2013.

Depending on which state CIO you ask (or even which time of day you ask him/her), consolidation is either the best or the worst thing that's ever happened to government IT.

On the one hand, those virtual machines are saving you thousands of dollars (maybe millions) in server costs, power, and space. On the other hand, virtualized machines are fueling the proliferation of unnecessary data storage (so-called “VM sprawl”), and those storage costs are biting into your savings.
 

As Linux Magazine’s Ken Hess puts it: “[Virtualization], a technology sold as ‘money saving,’ often has the opposite effect when left unchecked.”

To be fair, though, blaming virtualization for your unnecessary data storage is a little like blaming your credit card...

Error message windows usually contain number codes that sometimes is hard to understand the real meaning.
I found a nice app called Error Messages for Windows , a free tool that can help you find out the meanings of Windows error codes and messages. This tool contains the complete list of Windows error codes and their correspondent description. It also lets you display and print all of the error codes and messages defined for your version of Windows.

If you have software programs that produce numeric error codes now you can find out what they really mean.

System requirements:  MS Windows 7, 8, Vista , XP, Millennium Edition , 98 , MS Windows 2000 and 95/NT

License: Freeware

Link : Error Messages for Windows  

Hi all,

Just posting a PDF that's an updated packaging guide for Office 2010.  This guide covers dealing with the Licensing Services in office and how to remove them from a layer and capturing one as well.

Microsoft announced the availability of the Internet Explorer Administration Kit 10, which is destined to simplify the creation, deployment, and management of Internet Explorer 10 packages.  It can be used to configure the out-of-box Internet Explorer 10 experience, and to manage user settings after deployment.

Official download : Internet Explorer Administration Kit 10

Please note: You must have Internet Explorer 10 installed on your computer in order for IEAK 10 to run successfully.

System requirements

Supported operating systems: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8

• Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster
• RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
• Hard disk space:16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
• Graphics Card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver

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