But when you open the invitation, it doesn't say anything like "Meeting to discuss the implications of blah blah blahcakes on Programs 1 & 2"?

I use that for objective, to say whether or not it is a recurring meeting, and to add conference call information.

Also, we don't have people added as resources, they are added as optional or required attendees. Resources are the conference rooms and equipment.

But when you open the invitation, it doesn't say anything like "Meeting to discuss the implications of blah blah blahcakes on Programs 1 & 2"?

nope. "program 1/program 2". in toto.

Huh. I would just decline and hammer her with, "What's the objective?" responses until you have her trained.

Way back when I worked full time for Disney we were all Outlook and the tentative meeting thing was the only way to get things scheduled. I got into the habit early on of putting things on my Outlook calendar like lunch, and morning reviews for myself just to block out parts of the day so that I could keep on top of thing. If I didn't do that I'd end up with entire days filled with back to back meetings with no gaps.

I got into the habit early on of putting things on my Outlook calendar like lunch, and morning reviews for myself just to block out parts of the day so that I could keep on top of thing. If I didn't do that I'd end up with entire days filled with back to back meetings with no gaps.

I applaud that, and even do it myself. What I hate is that time being blocked only after I have spent countless hours on the phone and emailing to get things moved around, only to have someone decline and then go back and block it off.

Yeah, scheduling is a big pain the rear. I've always liked the automated ones and I really like the fact that iCal now plays nice with meeting requests. Since I'm not on the central server for most of my clients they can't see all of my calendars, but at least I can easily respond to meeting requests and they turn up on my master calendar. I live and die by what is in my iCal.

Does it play nicer with Notes than Outlook. (Notes is my perpetual nemesis).

So my Techistas....

I was thinking about putting a Windows XP partition on my MacBook using Boot Camp.

I have the XP install disks, but I'm not sure if I have a spare license key. Is it possible to uninstall XP and install it on another machine?

It's possible to install the same license key on more than one machine.

Although a strict interpretation of MS rules are one copy one machine, they have little to no safeguards to prevent you from using the same copy on your own machines, and are not really pursuing such small-scale misuse.

But it would be wrong.

Edit: that being said, yes, you can.

So all that crap about validating your XP registration is complete BS? What am I doing when I validate an XP install? I always figured it was checking your specific license key against the master database of validated keys.