NOTIFICATION PROTECTION EXPIRED - Hoax Skype Caller

Hi everyone.

I just got a call from an unknown party on Skype with the name NOTIFICATION - PROTECTION EXPIRED.

I answered it the hope that it was someone trying to tell me I have viruses and that I should pay them money to remove them.

I was close as it turned out to be a recorded message telling me that my essential security software was out of date and told me to go to http://www.helpgw.com

Like a kid in a candy store I immediately went there with my MAC and that is where I was confronted with this wonderful screen:

As you can see, this is a lovely picture of a Windows XP desktop. Nothing like my MAC at all.

If you are encountered by this Skype Caller, answer if you want, but

DO NOT DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN BLOCK THE CALLER AND REPORT AS ABUSE!!!

Just remember, if you are unsure about anything, speak to someone you know and trust.

If you don't have anyone then call me.

Need a GUID? Use PowerShell!

Need to generate a new GUID but don’t have any developer tools installed?

This is easy with PowerShell.  Just enter the following command:

[System.Guid]::NewGuid()

You will get an output similar to:

Guid
----
3ca14ab2-21c9-4c16-956a-55f303f2fbb7

Of course if need be you can assign the new GUID to a variable and use it from there in your scripts.

Enjoy.

MS Project 2010: Camera Icon (Where is it!!!)

Previous versions of Microsoft Project had the little Camera Icon that let you save the Gannt chart as a JPG picture.

The camera icon is removed in Microsoft Project 2010 and has been replaced with the non-intuitive "Copy Picture" command located in the Copy Sub Menu of the Ribbon an the Task Tab.

That took months to find!!!!