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A few days ago my kids and I went to the mall for our yearly Santa’s Anonymous purchase. If you’ve never done this before, it is a great way to give to local children in need. This is a CFAX 1070 event (http://www.cfaxsantas.com) where the children colour a Christmas bear picture and write their age …

I have been a committed VMware vSphere and Workstation user for years.  The majority of the infrastructure at itgroove is built on vSphere as is that at many of our customers.  I have used the products since the very early days, even before P2V tools were widely available, and it has been a (mostly) satisfying …

Everyone nowadays talks about “the Cloud” as being the next big thing that ALL companies should be looking at as a part of their IT infrastructure planning. The problem is that the term “Cloud”, has become so ambiguous and attached to so many things that it is hard for most companies to get a handle …

Our AD Administrator account password expired in our CloudShare SharePoint environment and I was forced to change it (on one server).  Of course, we have 3 servers in our environment and the other servers started to freak out that their credentials were incorrect.  As it turns out, there’s an easy way to train your CloudShare …

  We’re announcing that we are working with Microsoft to help bring Office 365 to businesses wanting their Office software delivered from the cloud. And we’re giving people a chance to hear firsthand how this may affect their business and what they should consider before deciding. Our own Sean Wallbridge will be presenting what you …

I ran into exactly this issue as described by the post below. http://blog.mwiedemeyer.de/post/2012/10/11/Search-Host-Controller-Service-in-Starting-state On the "Services on Server" page, the "Search Host Controller Service" showed the status "Starting". Basically, running the following PowerShell as the Farm Admin Account (run as administrator in PowerShell) solves the issue. [sourcecode language=”powershell”] $acl = Get-Acl HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName $person = [System.Security.Principal.NTAccount] …

The Christmas season is the time for family, neighbourhood houses strung with lights, and gift giving.  And in Victoria, we may even get snow!  For us, it’s finding ways to make the holidays a little more festive for kids and families who could use a lift or a smile.  We all know someone who could …

So in case you’re like me and assumed you’d do this through the SQL Server Management Studio interface, you’re unfortunately wrong.  This is actually accomplished through the far less logical process of “Uninstalling a Program”.  I’ll help you through the steps here. Go to your Control Panel, and under Programs and Features, find your SQL …

Victoria, BC – itgroove is pleased to announce that two of our staff – Jeremy Dahl and Louis Warren – have obtained Microsoft Office 365 Administration certification. Jeremy and Louis demonstrate itgroove’s dedication and commitment to our clients’ needs and our recognition that the marketplace is changing; Cloud services are very much the future and …

Robot Problems? We Protect You From The Robots Click here to see our current Robot Removal Ad Campaign At itgroove, we know first hand the challenges businesses face, when confronted with a Robot Assault.  Businesses should feel safe from the threat of Robot attack and itgroove is here to help. itgroove has put together an …