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Thu, Sep 10 2009 10:53

SBS 2008 – a 64-bit OS to Love

As many of you know, I wrote the book on Windows Small Business Server 2008, as well as earlier editions. It’s an operating system and a good deal more, giving most small businesses (up to 75 users or devices) pretty much all the infrastructure and enterprise...
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Sat, Aug 8 2009 16:22

HP ML350 G5 – 26 Months Later (Part 2)

Well, sorry about that. Got a bit distracted after I started writing up my experiences with the ML350 and buried in a project and forgot to get back here. And I’m still a bit buried, so I’ll keep this a bit shorter than I might otherwise. First, the good...
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Wed, Jul 29 2009 6:11

Acer Ferrari Repair

I've had my Acer Ferrari 4000 for four years now, and it has been a great laptop. Yes, I wish I had a dual core. Yes, I wish I had a laptop that had 4 GB or even more. But honestly, the Ferrari was still a quite good little laptop, iwth a great display...
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Tue, May 26 2009 13:33

HP ML350 G5 – 26 Months Later (Part 1)

I got my HP ML350 G5 just about 26 months ago, and as I was sitting here today, thinking about it and what a difference it has made, I thought it was time to provide a real world look at it's strengths and weaknesses after living with it for over...
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Fri, Mar 6 2009 18:45

Connecting Your Zune

A few months ago, I wrote about how to connect your iPod to your TS RemoteApps Server running under Hyper-V , which really simplified my life and made it simpler to keep everything in one place. I made that even easier by running FabulaTech's USB...
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Wed, Aug 6 2008 6:28

USB over Network - Update

A few days ago, I wrote about FabulaTech's USB over Network solution . I'd just installed it and started using it, and I was moderately impressed. It solves a very real problem for those of us looking to do more virtualization of our environmets...
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Mon, Jul 21 2008 10:53

Windows Home Server PP1 Releases to Web!

Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 is finally here ! Available for download if you're in a hurry, or wait and it will get pushed down via WU/MU, this is an essential upgrade for anyone using WHS. Or considering it. Not only does it add support for 64...
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Wed, Jul 16 2008 17:24

USB in Hyper-V Child?

It's still early days yet, but I think I've found a simple and very satisfactory solution to the problem of no USB support in Hyper-V. FabulaTech's USB Over Network product is simple to install - you install the Server side of it on whatever...
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Tue, Jan 29 2008 9:14

Arctic Cooling

Interesting review of Arctic Cooling's CPU heatsink/coolers on AnandTech today. I've been using and very much liking the Freezer Pro line of coolers from them for a while, finding them extremely quiet and very effective. Well, Anand agrees with...
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Tue, Jan 1 2008 13:53

Finding a Driver

There was a really useful post on the 64bit newsgroup today from Carlos about how to find a driver for a generic device. I'm going to paraphrase it here, but the basic process is to get the hardware ID from the device and use that to find the real...
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Fri, Dec 21 2007 6:55

Nvidia Chipset + 4 GB BSOD Fix

We've seen a few reports of BSODs in Vista with Nvidia chipsets and 4 or more GB of RAM. The stop code is 0xA and it's in Storport.sys. Well, a new KB is available. But before you start downloading and applying, please read the symptoms carefully...
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Thu, Dec 13 2007 9:39

Hyper-V on HP ProLiant ML 350

I've been running Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization for a while now. It has become my main virtualization environment. I've got 6 main VMs running on the HP ML350 G5 ProLiant server and another dozen or so that I bring up or down as needed...
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Sun, Dec 2 2007 8:41

HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server Experiences (Part 6)

Well, the Power Supply Saga continues. Not only did I get a replacement for my latest failed power supply, but in looking at the servers I have here, we determined that I had three others in the bad batch. How to tell? Look at your label on the power...
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Sun, Nov 11 2007 10:49

The Multi-Core Fallacy

More is always better, right? Wrong! Before you start deciding that your life isn't complete without quad cores and multiple CPUs, it makes sense to understand how you use your computer. If you're like me, with currently Outlook, Word (6 different...
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Thu, Nov 8 2007 17:08

HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server Experiences (Part 5)

Well, really, part 4.5. Since I posted about my (and other users) bad experiences with the power supplies in my HP ML350 and DL380 units, I've gotten a call from the Product Manager for the ML350. She's a very nice person who is passionate about...
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Thu, Oct 25 2007 13:20

BIOS Update Workaround

Several manufacturers have provided 64-bit BIOS flash utilities, but there are still some holdouts. Acer, for one, can't seem to manage to create one for their Ferrari, even though there are a lot of Acer Ferrari owners out there running 64-bit Windows...
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Mon, Oct 15 2007 23:13

HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server Experiences (Part 4)

Well, it had to happen. I knew there was bound to be something I really wouldn't like about this ML350. And I've found it. They have a LOUSY power supply. I've had two power supplies fail, for no apparent reason, in the little over six months...
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Sun, Oct 14 2007 10:09

EqualLogic SAN (Part 2)

So, in Part 1 I talked about the whole process of borrowing and setting up my EqualLogic PS3800XV SAN. Now that I've got it powered up, I needed to add IP addresses for it, and connect to it. Setting IP addresses is straightforward - you can let DHCP...
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Mon, Oct 8 2007 1:21

EqualLogic SAN (Part 1)

In order to write about Storage Area Networks (SANs), you really need to have access to a SAN. Now if I had an unlimited budget, I'd happily have set up a SAN here in my office, if only for the simplicity and the ability to centralize storage across...
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Tue, Sep 25 2007 22:40

WSv (Viridian) Now Available!

The Preview Release ("pre-beta" quality) of Windows Server Virtualization (WSv) is now available as part of Windows Server 2008 RC0. See John Howard's Blog for details on installing the Virtualization Role in RC0 (US English ONLY at this...
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