I’ve been baffled for the last few weeks as to why ever since I upgraded to Vista, Cisco’s SDM does not properly load.

Each time Cisco’s SDM attempted to load, I an SHTML page would pop up ‘runAPP.shtml’. The SDM would not load any further.

After researching and researching, I finally found a post in a forum that explained the solution… Sorry, I cannot give credit to the person as I cannot find or remember the address to the forum.

Here are the steps to fix that problem!

1. Ensure that you have Java installed. http://www.java.com

2. Install the latest Cisco SDM from Cisco

3. Open Internet Explorer, Tools -> Internet Options. Click the Advanced Tab. Scroll down to the “Security” Section. Make sure that “Allow active content to run in files on My Computer” is checked.

That’s it! Restart IE and try and launch SDM again. The Cisco SDM launch page should load SDM properly.

We all know viewing PDF’s within Internet Explorer can be ridiculously slow and painful. This new YouTube style PDF viewer is hoping to replace the Adobe viewer for embedded PDF’s on the web.

http://www.scribd.com/ipaper/

Click Here to navigate to the Google Maps application online.

This is very cool, exciting technology that is now available for us San Antonio folks… Adds a whole new perspective on mapping your route from start to destination!

Enjoy!

Interesting!

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/
software/ios124/124mindx/124index.htm

A great set of tools for working with Cisco IP phones is here.

Here is a summary of what is available:

Phone Remote

Phone Remote allows you to take control a Cisco IP phone (7940, 7941, 7960, 7961, 7970 and 7971 models) from anywhere with network connectivity.

Background Deployment

Background Deployment allows an administrator to remotely push a background image to java based phones (7941, 7961, 7970 and 7971 phones)

Ringtone Deployment Tool

Ring Tone Deployment is a utility which allows an administrator to remotely deploy a default ring type to 7940, 7941, 7960, 7961, 7970, 7971 model IP phones.