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Sun, Aug 9 2009 16:27

HVRemote Updated

In case you missed it, John Howard has updated his HVRemote utility.  This little gem, which keeps getting better and better, can completely configure both the client and the server to enable you to connect to a Hyper-V server from your Vista or...
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Tue, May 12 2009 12:21

Auto-Publish with VPC7

Windows 7 will support a new version of Virtual PC known as VPC7. The big feature that VPC7 adds is application publishing using RAIL technology. This enables the application to directly integrate into the Win7 desktop and Start menu, running as if the...
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Sat, Jun 21 2008 22:16

"Slashes" in Vista/Windows Server 2008

OK, I knew that I could use "/" in PowerShell just about anywhere that Windows CMD wanted "\" - PowerShell is smart enough to figure out what I mean in almost every case. So: PSH> cd c:/temp works exactly the same as: PSH> cd...
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Sun, Apr 27 2008 11:23

Connecting to Remote VMs with Hyper-V RC0

One of the changes in Hyper-V RC0 is that you can no longer use a mouse in a remote RDP session until you have the Integration Components installed into the VM. Well, that's a royal pain if you don't happen to be sitting at the console of your...
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Mon, Dec 31 2007 9:33

Disable UAC Prompt for a Single Application

A useful KB (946932) just got posted on support.microsoft.com. It describes how to disable the User Account Control (UAC) prompt for a specific application, without disabling it for the machine as a whole. Now THAT's useful. There's no way I'm...
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Tue, Nov 6 2007 6:13

PowerShell v2 CTP Is Here!

As anyone who reads this blog knows, I'm a big fan of PowerShell, the new shell and scripting language from Microsoft. Well, they've just released a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of what the next version will look like. See the PowerShell...
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Thu, Nov 1 2007 10:34

MVP Insider this month

http://blogs.technet.com/canitpro/archive/2007/11/01/mvp-profile-charlie-russel.aspx Too bad I don't think SteveB actually reads these things, so I don't think I'm likely to get an answer to my question for him. ;)
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Mon, Jul 2 2007 6:16

Acronis True Image Enterprise

As some of you know, I've been fighting to live with Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Virtual Server - without much success, I might add. I strongly suspect it's related to networking, but whatever the cause, it's been a disaster here. After losing...
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Tue, Jan 30 2007 18:37

PowerShell for Windows Vista

Microsoft has released the Windows Vista versions of PowerShell for download! For those who haven't been paying attention, PowerShell (nee Monad) is the powerful new scripting language and interactive shell that combines the best features of UNIX...
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