• May 19, 2005

  Developing with a least privilege account

  I've taken the plunge, and removed my regular login account from the Administrators group. Not too many show stoppers so far - i did discover that my machine had a wrong group policy being applied, but that is fixed now. I've set up a Command Prompt shortcut that will run as my separate admin account. This article on running control panel applets is also useful: Run Control Panel Applets as Another User: "How can I run Control Panel applets as another user"

• May 9, 2005

  Download details: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4

  Download details: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4: "Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 Download SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4), the latest and most comprehensive update to SQL Server 2000."

• May 6, 2005

  Gardiner.net.au is live

  www.gardiner.net.au is up and running (hosted by KnowledgeSouth) I should have email forwarding working soon