Earth Day - Use Your Computer to Help Others

It is earth day, and I am sure there will be plenty of blogs and companies out there who will focus on how to reduce our carbon footprint, save energy and the like. So I thought I would be a little different today.

I am suggesting that all you geeks out there put your computer and your large brain to work and actually help our fellow man. You can do this by actually having some fun yourself and improving your vocabulary. Yes, in addition to feeling good about yourself for helping someone else, you are also helping yourself.

Go on over to FreeRice and fill up as many bowls as you can by guessing. . .I mean choosing the correct word. If you find that you have been extra blessed this year, or just have some spare money sitting around, give sponsorship a try.

There are many people throughout the world who exist on a bowl of rice a day. Take this even further and try this for a week yourself.

Symantec System Center Console

Pushing NAV to client PCs

I don't have to go into SSCC too often, and I tend to forget from time to time exactly how to push the client software to new computes, so I thought I would document it here and then if it helps someone else, well great.

After opening SSCC and unlocking my server group, I need to choose my server from the left hand pane. Once I have done that, I go up to Tools -> ClientRemote Install and accept the default option for the Location, then in the next box, I need to choose the PC names from the left box and move them to the right box. Once I have picked all the new PCs, I can click on the Finish button and NAV will install on the PCs that I chose.

The next step is to figure out how to add computers that aren't on the list. . .

Treo 680 with Exchange E-mail

I had to setup my first Treo 680's today for a couple of our new sales guys. It wasn't too difficult, but the instructions I was given by our AD Admin were a bit off so I wanted to document the steps here for the next time I need to setup these up.

1. Install the SIM and batter and charge the battery.

2. Call the support number to initiate the phone number.

3. Install the Palm Software (via a disk in the box) on the user's desktop.

5. Connect the device to the desktop.

6. Setup e-mail by going to Mail, Menu, choose Microsoft Activsync from the provider drop down and continue filling in the information as you get it from your e-mail administrator.