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The other day Adobe just released an update to their flagship product Adobe Reader. While I quickly updated my installation, I decided to try the new Software Installation introduced in Windows Intune 2.0 last year and deploy the update to a couple of computers I manage. The first problem I encountered was that I couldn’t use my favorite browser and I had to use IE. When I would go to the Software tab and select the task Upload Software, my browser would download an executable and when I would try to run it I would get ...

The other day I combined 2 of my Google Apps domains by adding the second as a domain alias. The problem was that the alias appeared to be stuck and the only option would be “Activate domain alias”. I had already activated the alias by 2 methods so I had no idea what was wrong. I then read on the forums that being signed in to multiple accounts could prevent a successful activation. I immediately signed off all my accounts and retried. This time, I got an error, saying that Google Webmaster Tools is not enabled for my domain. After activating that service I managed to finally activate the alias. ...

This week was an exceptional good week, but the the most important accomplishment is that I managed to pass my Google Apps certification exam and I’m now a Google Apps Certified Deployment Specialist. It was now a matter of pride passing this exam, having been sponsored by a 3rd party who I hope will use my skills in the future.

Last week I attended ITCamp 2011 a premium conference held in Cluj-Napoca and organized by 2 communities: ITSpark and CodeCamp. Now that I have a bit more time off, I decided to write about my experience. The first thing that comes to mind is finally! While I like small community events with 20-30 participants, a big event like ITCamp was long overdue. I remember the last TechNet session I attended in Cluj was quite a while ago, in 2007. ...

Tomorrow I will be hosting a presentation and a workshop with fellow ITSpark members Chris, Cosmin and Tudy. As Tudy has already blogged, the event is part of a 3 cities road-trip (Cluj-Napoca, Bucharest and Timisoara), a series of events held under the auspices of Microsoft with the goal of bringing NGO and IT closer, so they can work and solve problems easier.