Repost of updated, previous post (sounding repeatedly, redundant this morning)…
Added Windows and Linux to the already popular Mac Print Screen Post…
http://blog.techprofound.com/2009/02/15/print-screen-on-mac/

I’ve noted before how I feel about doing updates.  The tasks involved often feel like a waste, unless you are the person who has to go fix things or the clients and customers that have to deal with the problems and down times when systems are not current.  This past weekend I helped someone get current and it should have taken only 20 to 30 minutes.  It took 4 to 5 hours.  It’s so critical to stay patched.  It’s worth the investment.  It’s so worth it to stay with the program and stay current!

Here are the the most recent SharePoint updates.

WSS: October, 2009 Cumulative (download)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974989

MOSS: October, 2009 Cumulative (download)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974988

Need help with these?  Inetium (my employer) folks do his for a living.

UPDATE: Here’s the official Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog post.

I think it’s pretty interesting to see how people search and find posts here.  Here are the top posts from the past week…

• print screen on mac (80 views)
• Sleepless in Seattle (13 views)
• WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 Cumulative Updates for August 2009 (11 views)
• 100 fun domain names that are still available (8 views)
• iTube – convert YouTube videos for iPod (.mp4) (7 views)
• laugh, think, cry (5 views)
• dealing with bad press and its negative grip (3 views)
• Different Kinds of Genius (3 views)

Twitter, YouTube, Blogs… the whole 9 yards!

http://www.inetium.com/aboutus/events/Pages/SharePoint-Conference-2009.aspx

#Inetium, @Inetium, #SPC09

Barry Atkinson is spending time and energy on one of his passions.  I’m helping him with his blog and getting that puzzle piece situated.  Mostly, I’m watching the picture take shape!  It will be fun to watch this story unfold.  See ScoreboardEh.com for some hockey cards from Candada, eh!

P.S. awesome ways to start 004

WSS: (August, 2009 Cumulative)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973400

MOSS: (August, 2009 Cumulative)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973399

Need help with these?  Inetium (my employer) folks do his for a living.

http://WaitingForFreeFood.com

Hey, there’s a new theme here on this blog. If you’re viewing via RSS, check out the updated site.

Also, updated 4×4 Weekend theme as well as added tentative route for an Adventure in Colorado.

John Wooden on true success

This man is wise.  Here’s his bio.

http://wp.me/pkY4Q-1w

I work with computers and software all day long.  I have now, for more than a decade.  Individuals and businesses have every excuse under the sun to not do updates and to not have test environments.

The reality is that applying the updates and testing is a fixed cost and can be planned.  Repairing and troubleshooting because you don’t have the fixed versions or because you have (fill in the blank) reasons – or because you claim to not know how to do it – costs so much more…

If you want to save time and money and other valuable resources, plan and do it right and do the updates!  Cutting corners has limits.  You will end up regretting it.  Even if you think you’re immune, you will regret it.  We in the tech world are not really geniouses when we fix things.  We’re simply more patient – with the software, with the computers, with ourselves and with you.  Don’t make everyone’s life more difficult.  Do the updates!

If you don’t believe me, just ask Matt.

(Yes, I included the rants category here.  But this really is not a rant.  It is a comment from ground zero.)

P.S. I still say this after spending an extra week working on getting updates applied and having to redo a bunch of work, all this past week. It’s the right thing to do, to put spend that ounce of prevention, even if it feels like a really heavy ounce sometimes.