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Seven ways to keep up with BrainShare online

Seven ways to keep up with BrainShare online:

"Whether you will be joining us in Salt Lake City or staying home, we’ll be posting information online so you can stay abreast of the happenings at BrainShare. Here is a brief guide to all the places you can go to keep up with things."

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=#brainshare


http://www.novell.com/brainsharepress

Novell Board Rejects Elliott Associates' Unsolicited Bid - Wall Street Journal

Novell Board Rejects Elliott Associates' Unsolicited Bid - Wall Street Journal: "

Novell Board Rejects Elliott Associates' Unsolicited Bid Wall Street Journal Software company Novell Inc. (NOVL) said Saturday its board has rejected an unsolicited bid from hedge fund Elliott Associates LP to acquire the company for ... Novell Says Purchase Offer From Elliott 'Inadequate'BusinessWeek Novell rejects "inadequate" $2B takeover bidNetworkWorld.com Novell Rejects Hedge Fund's Offer To Take The Company Private For $2 BillionTechCrunch (blog) PR Newswire (press release) all 20 news articles »

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NetWare support ends, but NetWare shops persist

NetWare support ends, but NetWare shops persist:

"Novell support for NetWare ended on March 7, 2010, but the operating persists in many IT shops around the country. What are these NetWare shops going to do in the future? "

Novell's buyout and its effect on the industry - CNET

Novell's buyout and its effect on the industry - CNET: "

CNET	Novell's buyout and its effect on the industry CNET For years, Novell has served as an odd bargaining chip between Microsoft and enterprises looking to move to Linux. ...

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Novell stock is going up and up.

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Microsoft Updates Tues Feb 9 2010 causes BSOD

FYI - Windows XP Machines and latest Microsoft Updates Tuesday February 9

Issue:

The last Tuesday (Feb 9) Patches Updates from Microsoft can cause Windows XP Machines to crash with the Blue Screen of Death BSOD

Updating systems with the MS10-015 bulletin can cause machines to lock up and when restarted falling into a never-ending reboot loop.

These patches would've been installed on Tuesday February 9 or Wednesday February 10.

Symptom:

A problem has been detected and windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer.
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
Technical Information:
STOP: 0x00000050 (0x80097004, 0x00000001, 0x80515103, 0x00000000).

OR

*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xB84C3524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
If reboot in normal mode, it blue screens again. If try to boot using safe mode, it hangs at mup.sys.

Solution - FIX:

Remove KB977165

1. Boot from your Windows XP CD or DVD and start the recovery console (see this Microsoft article for help with this step)

Once you are in the Repair Screen..

2. Type this command: CHDIR $NtUninstallKB977165 $\spuninst

3. Type this command: BATCH spuninst.txt

4. When complete, type this command: exit

Other Patches Hotfixes installed on the Tuesday Feb 9 Date:

KB978262 KB971468 KB978037 KB975713 KB978251 KB978706 KB977165

Reference Links:

Best Resource:

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/73cea559-ebbd-4274-96bc-e292b69f2fd1

Other Links:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977165

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=7235

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/11/ms_bsod_update_glitch/

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9155419/Windows_patch_cripples_XP_with_blue_screen_users_claim?taxonomyId=89