• Mac OS X,  Microsoft Exchange Server

    Functionality Differences between Microsoft Entourage 2004 and Microsoft Outlook 2001 for Mac

    I originally posted this at http://www.318.com/TechJournal Entourage 2004 has more options than Outlook 2001 but also does not communicate over MAPI but instead over WebDAV (OWA). The Graphical User Interface (GUI) level changes are too numerous to review. A conversion from Outlook 2001 to Entourage 2004 requires retooling the workforce for the new application. Schedules, cached email addresses, signatures and other settings will be lost during the migration, but mail, contacts, calendars, to-do items and tasks should survive the migration. Once common theme across the two is wasted resources. Outlook 2001 required OS 9 to run in OS X. Entourage 2004 requires Rosetta to run in OS X. Both waste…

  • On the Road

    On the Road: Vegas

    I’m sure I’m gonna’ catch a lot of crap for this, but I can’t stand Vegas.  There are simply too many people there to get lost in a debaucherous trip.  Luckily most businesses there operate off the strip, but most conferences do not.  So in the middle of trying to get things done you have to deal with drunk people crashing into your door trying to get to their room.  The whole city is built around the idea of a devil’s playground, which just doesn’t jive with me.  This isn’t to say I don’t like the people that live there.  To be honest, I really do.  But it’s the city itself…

  • Xsan

    Xsan: Reset Qlogic Password

    Lost the password for your Qlogic?  You can TFTP a new firmware file into a 5xxx switch and then do a factory reset while it’s in maintenance mode (follow the instruction exactly as they are in the latest version of the manual for your switch).  Or if you have a serial adapter you can break the boot sequence by using the space bar during boot.  At the prompt use: factory 1 If you factory reset it then the default IP address will be 10.0.0.1 again and the default password will be back to password.  If you have the password and just want to reset it back to factory defaults then you…