September 11, 2007

"Privacy is Dead, Get Over It!" (Part 1) - Riveting seminar video from a White Hat Hacker's Conference by Steve Rambam - Private Investigator/Senior Director of Pallorium, Inc. The information that he discusses that can be found online, how nothing we do/are is "private" any more, etc. is a real eye-opener! Followed by Discussion.

April 10, 2007

• Business Services: Static IP and SMC Router Problems, with Fixes,

• New Routers,

• New Services to Compete with FIOS,

• etc.

February 13, 2007

November 14, 2006

Windows VISTA - Paul Thurrott, Editor of WinInfo, Windows & .Net Magazine, will discuss the Vista RTM (release to manufacturing) - What we can expect when it hits the street some months from now.

• http://www.win2000mag.com/WinInfo/
• http://www.winsupersite.com/
• In his Windows Vista talk, Paul will highlight actual features that are shipping in Vista. It is hoped and expected that Vista will RTM by the date of our meeting. Paul will discuss the pluses and minuses in upgrading your clients to Vista.

October 10, 2006

Acronis Software - Developers of Data Backup and Data Disaster Recovery software, Server Backup and Restore solutions. http://www.acronis.com

September 12, 2006

RSA Security - Mike Foley, Technology Marketing Manager will discuss their products for the SMB. http://www.rsasecurity.com

June 13, 2006

May 9, 2006

IE 7 Beta 2 - Paul Thurrott, Editor of WinInfo, Windows & .Net Magazine, will discuss the latest in Beta 2 for IE 7.

March 14, 2006

Diskeeper 10.0 - Rick Grassi, Northeast US Sales Manager for Diskeeper Corporation will discuss and demo the new features in their latest product.

February 14, 2006

"Mascot Server" - SBS 2003 Server System by Mark Coumounduros and Richard Jorgensen

• Discussion on implementing this server as a continuing learning experience for WinTech Members.

• This machine will be loaned out to WinTech Members for the intent of learning/trying different ideas and reporting back to the user group at the following month's meeting.

• Some proposed topics are:

  • Small Business Networking,

  • Dynamic DNS for a small/medium sized business,

  • Host your company's website on-site or contract out,

  • etc.

November 8, 2005

Windows VISTA Beta (aka Longhorn) - Paul Thurrott, Editor of WinInfo, Windows & .Net Magazine, will discuss the latest in Beta 1 for Vista (recently renamed from Longhorn).

June 14, 2005

• Longhorn - an update on the latest developments on the Next Generation of Windows (WinHEC 2005 distribution of Longhorn B5048)! by Paul Thurrott, Editor of WinInfo, Windows & .Net Magazine.

  • http://www.win2000mag.com/WinInfo/
  • http://www.winsupersite.com/
  • In his Windows Longhorn talk, Paul will highlight the latest features that we can expect in Longhorn. Paul will delve into each of the technologies, and demonstrate how they are exposed in Longhorn build 5048, the latest Longhorn build available at the time of the talk. Additionally, Paul will report on how Longhorn has improved since the last public build, and discuss changes we can expect to see in the coming months (a real Beta?).

May 10, 2005

April 12, 2005

February 8, 2005

November 9, 2004 - Windows XP SP2 - by Paul Thurrott, Editor of WinInfo, Windows & .Net Magazine.

• http://www.win2000mag.com/WinInfo/
• http://www.winsupersite.com/
• Discussion of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Windows XP SP2. Paul will try to help us separate the rumors from the facts.

September 14, 2004 - INTEL - presented by Tom Murphy

• How Do I Figure Out the New Intel Processor Numbering Scheme?

• Future of 64-bit Processors for Desktop & Notebooks

• Future of Centrino Technology

• WinXP SP2 Issues with Prescott & Other Problems with SP2!

June 8, 2004 - Longhorn - an update on the latest developments on the Next Generation of Windows (WinHEC 2004 distribution of Longhorn B4074)! by Paul Thurrott, Editor of WinInfo, Windows & .Net Magazine.

• http://www.win2000mag.com/WinInfo/
• http://www.winsupersite.com/
• In his Windows Longhorn talk, Paul will highlight Longhorn's next-generation presentation engine ("Avalon"), a new database-based storage engine ("WinFS"), and an integrated, Web services infrastructure ("Indigo"). Paul will delve into each of these technologies, and demonstrate how they are exposed in Longhorn build 4074, the latest Longhorn build available at the time of the talk. Additionally, Paul will report on how Longhorn has improved since the last public build, and discuss changes we can expect to see in the coming months.

May 2004 - NEC's Solutions - Fault Tolerant Servers by John Devereaux, Systems Engineer, NEC

• http://www.necft.com/  - Fault Tolerant Servers
• http://www.nec64.com/  - IA-64 Servers
• http://necsolutions.com/  - General Purpose Servers

NOTE: Many thanks to John Devereaux and NEC for sponsoring the pizza and soda for this meeting.

April 2004 - RSA Security – Securing your Microsoft Environment and Provide Info on RSA SecurID for Microsoft Windows. Presented by John Masotta, Product Marketing Manager, and Alan McAdams, Systems Engineering Manager. http://www.rsasecurity.com/

March 2004 - Certification Programs by George Jasek, Pinnacle Training Corp. http://www.pinnacletraining.com/

• What's new and coming down the pike in the world of certifications?
• What kind of special deals we might want for our user group?

  NOTE: Many thanks to George Jasek & Pinnacle Training for a very substantial discount on training. Please contact George at <gjasek*at*pinnacletraining*dot*com> or 800-370-2791 for details. Please identify yourself as a member of Windows Technical Forum.

  Many thanks to John Ross and Ron Thibeau of Bluefin Technical Services for their generous donation of Microsoft Server 2003 Enterprise with 25Cals which was given away as a door prize at this meeting.

February 2004 - by Alex Voysest, Technology Specialist, Microsoft.

• Microsoft Baseline Security Analysis V1.2 - Newly Revised Version, Released 1/19/04

• • microsoft.public.security.baseline_analyzer newsgroup

• Microsoft Certification Program - What's New and Upcoming in the world of Microsoft Certifications?

January 2004 - Windows XP Hacks and what we might expect with Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) -  by Preston Gralla, author and freelance journalist.

• Author of "Windows XP Hacks" by O'Reilly, ISBN 0596002113 - Preston will discuss some of his tips, tricks and hacks on working with Windows XP.

• Preston will also discuss Windows XP SP2 (currently in Beta Testing) - the good, bad and ugly planned for SP2.

• More info on Preston can be found at http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1202

• O'Reilly's WindowsDevCenter is now "live" (reported 2/8/04)

December 2003 - Preview of "Longhorn" (the next generation Windows Operating System, using a totally different architecture) by Paul Thurrott, Editor of http://www.win2000mag.com/WinInfo/.

• Paul will give a brief Demo of Longhorn and then,

• Paul will entertain questions from the attendees, so bring your business associates and lots of questions.

• More information about Longhorn can be found at the following websites:

  • http://www.win2000mag.com/WinInfo/ and do a search for "Longhorn"

  • http://msdn.microsoft.com/longhorn/

• NOTE: We will be inviting Paul Thurott back when Beta 1 is released in mid-late 2004.

November 2003 - Preview of Small Business Server 2003 (SBS) by Alex Voysest, Microsoft Corp.

October 2003 - Virtual PC by Alex Voysest, Microsoft Corp.

• "Virtual Server is an enterprise-class virtualization solution for server consolidation and the efficient management of multiple operating system environments. Virtual Server is a Microsoft Windows®–based server application that enables users to run a broad range of operating systems—including Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, Linux, UNIX, and OS/2—concurrently on a single physical server. An evolution of a proven Virtual PC client virtualization product line from Connectix, Virtual Server is designed to run on industry standard Intel servers (IA32), from entry-level through high-performance solutions."

• "Microsoft to Deliver Virtual Machine Solution for Application Server Consolidation and Migration" http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/news/bulletins/vmnews.mspx

• Virtualization Document (Word Document, Zipped to 62KB)

February 2003:

• Amerivault –  Michael Connolly will discuss Amerivault's Data Backup and Protection Service. http://www.amerivault.com

  • Amerivault's primary service offering provides regular, automated backup and electronic vaulting services to its customer base. Utilizing industry-leading software, Amerivault's service recognizes and captures block level changes to files since the last backup session, encrypts the data for enhanced security, and compresses it to minimize transmission time. The encrypted data is then sent over the Internet or private telecommunication lines to highly-secure offsite Mass Storage Vaults. Automated, hands-off backup sessions are scheduled by customers according to their own needs. Retrieval can be accomplished online, real time from the customer's place of business or remotely.

  • Additionally, amerivault offers its recovery site service, which provides storage space for client-owned file servers at the amerivault data center, to insure timely business resumption in the event of a sustained client computer system outage.

  • Our service is a fully automated, cost effective and fail safe solution to insure your business can recover when disaster strikes.

  • Link to Presentation Slides in PowerPoint Slide Presentation Amerivault Presentation Feb 2003.pps

• MailWise (Intelligent Email Protection) - David Strickler, President of DWS/MailWise will discuss how MailWise can be used cost-effectively to Stop SPAM, Viruses and Unsavory Content before it gets to your company's firewall! http://www.mailwise.com

  • This article in Mass High Tech about this company makes their offering look very interesting. See http://www.masshightech.com/displayarticledetail.asp?art_id=61672&cat_id=97 for “MailWise says ‘Spam, spam, no thank you, ma’am!’” in the latest issue.

  • Link to Presentation Slides in Adobe Acrobat MailWise slides for Windows Technical Forum 0203.pdf

October 2001 - Executive Software Utilities by Len Segal, Segal Computer Consulting -- Diskeeper 6.0 - Defragger for WinNT/2000/9x/XP, Undelete 2.0 - Instant File Recovery for WinNT/2000, DiskAlert - True Early Warning for Disk Problems www.execsoft.com

April 2001 - Veritas - Mark Sexton and a Systems Engineer will discuss their new products and Compaq - a storage specialist will discuss enterprise solutions using Veritas products.

February 2000 - Windows 2000 - What's New and Changed? - Part II by Len Segal, President of Segal Computer Consulting (Microsoft MVP)

January 2000 - Windows 2000 - What's New and Changed? by Len Segal, President of Segal Computer Consulting (Microsoft MVP)

December 1999 - PowerQuest's Tools for IS/IT Professionals - Partition Magic 5.0, Drive Image Pro 3.0, ServerMagic 3.0, Lost and Found, etc. We will discuss using imaging/cloning for workstation and server deployments, upgrades, and disaster recovery. Presented by Bob Goldsmith & a Technical Engineer, PowerQuest Corp.

November 1999 -  Exchange Server Collaboration with Outlook ("Using Exchange with Office, NT Server and Win9x Clients for Shared Calendars") by Eric Chew ( Microsoft MVP)

October 1999 - Command Line Tools for Windows by Tom Rawson, President of JP Software <http://www.jpsoft.com/>.

August 1999 - Windows 98 SE- New Features, Upgrading & Implementation Issues by Len Segal, President of Segal Computer Consulting

July 1999 - ISDN & DSL Implementation Issues, by Lowell Gray, President of Shore.Net

June 1999 - Windows NT - Now and the Future (Windows 2000) by John Wilson, Sr. Consultant, Microsoft Corporation

May 1999 - Remote Access Service (RAS) -  by Mark Sexton, Account Manager and Bill Word, Support Engineer (from TN Office),  Digi International

April 1999 - Y2K – Technical & Legal Issues Presented by Joe LaFerrara, Attorney at Lucash, Gesmer & Updegrove, LLP and Mike Griffin, Y2K Coordinator at Cole Hersee.

March 1999 - "Legal Issues for IS/IT Professionals" Presented by Bill Contente, Partner at Lucash, Gesmer & Updegrove, LLP

February 1999 - "Seagate Backup and Restoring from Floppy (Win9x)" Presented by Dan Stolts, President of Intelligent Solutions

January 1999 - "DMA & IRQ Conflict Resolution" Presented by Art LaCroix, President of BCC.

December 1998 - “WinNT 5 WS (Win 2000) User Settings Management (Group Policy) and Software Installation”. Topics will include: Active Directory, group Policy, Offline Folders, Synchronization Manager, and the Enhanced Shell. Presented by Dean Leonard, Technology Specialist II, Microsoft Corporation. 

November 1998 - “Registry Backups in Win98” Part 2, (E.G. How It Works, What's Different From Win95, Practical Issues, Etc.). Presented by Len Segal (Consultant, Segal Computer Consulting) and Art LaCroix (President, BCC).

October 1998 - “Registry Backups in Win98”, (e.g. How it works, what's different from Win95, practical issues, etc.). Presented by Len Segal (Consultant, Segal Computer Consulting) and Art LaCroix (President, BCC).

September 1998 - "Microsoft Certification Issues and Tips” We will discuss the ATEC (Microsoft Authorized Training & Education Center) training vs. non-ATEC (aka "out of the box") training. Presenters: Marie Tosi (Microsoft Corp.), and Len Segal (Consultant, Segal Computer Consulting).