WARDY IT Solutions – March SQL Server Newsletter

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New SQL Server MVP - Peter Ward (Wardy IT Solutions)

Just want to say congrats to Peter Ward (Wardy IT Solutions) for becoming Australia's 6th SQL Server MVP.

WARDY IT Solutions is Brisbane ’s leading SQL Server consulting and training provider. With a proven track record of implementing SQL Server solutions ranging from Architecture and Design Consulting to Database Development and Business Intelligence, WARDY IT Solutions has established itself amongst the top solution providers in SQL Server technologies.

Peter Ward is WARDY IT Solutions Chief Technical Architect. Peter is an active member in the Australian SQL Server community and President of the Queensland SQL Server User Group. Peter is a highly regarded speaker at SQL Server events throughout Australia and is a sought after SQL Server trainer, providing tailored training for some of the largest SQL Server sites in Australia. He is a regular author for several SQL Server websites and has published numerous articles in the monthly SQL Server newsletter that he produces along with the highly acclaimed WARDY IT Solutions SQL Server Blog. Peter was recently selected to present at the 2006 SQL Pass Community Summit in Seattle, the largest SQL Server event in the world and will also be presenting at SQL Server Open World in Denmark in March 2007.

Once again, congrats Peter :-)

Latitude D820 - Wave EMBASSY Trust Suite for Vista

According to Dell's Support Site, the Vista version of EMBASSY Trust Suite was released on 22nd March 2007. Not sure why I never got an email about this considering that I had subscribed to Dell's Email Notification service.

Anyway, I downloaded the update and installed it but have not been able to get it to recognise my TPM chip. I can get finger recognition working at pre-boot and logon, but that's it. Looks like I may need to clear all my TPM settings in the BIOS and re-install the software.

One thing I have noticed is that the software runs heaps slower under Vista than it does on Windows XP. Will be interesting to see whether the PIM will slow down IE when it tries to invoke fingerprint logon for secure sites.

EDIT: Got everything working now but it was a real pain in the backside. Had to uninstall EMBASSY Suite, reboot and clear TPM settings, disable TPM and then blank out System and Admin passwords (all in BIOS). Once this was done let machine boot into Vista and then restart and turn TPM back on and enable. I was then able to install and get everything working.

Software runs a bit faster now so slowness was probably due to TPM chip detection problems.