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SBS 2008 – a 64-bit OS to Love

Charlie Russel — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:53:17 GMT

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...(read more)

Windows Foundation Server 2008

Charlie Russel — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:02:27 GMT

Microsoft announced last week the release of a new edition of Windows Server 2008, The Windows Foundation Server 2008. This a limited version of Windows Server 2008 that requires no CALs, and is only available from hardware OEMs. You can’t go out...(read more)

Windows Memory

Charlie Russel — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:31:00 GMT

I ran across an excellent article on Windows memory use today. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3602/sponsored_feature_ram_vram_and_.php This article covers both the limitations of 32-bit Windows memory models, and the ways to get your applications...(read more)

Hyper-V Server Releases to Web

Charlie Russel — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:05:00 GMT

The standalone Hyper-V Server is RTM and should be available for download free from the Microsoft downloads site shortly, if not already. Press Release < URL:http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/oct08/10-01HyperVRTM08PR.mspx > Web <...(read more)

DQSD 4.1 64-bit Beta Releases to Web!

Charlie Russel — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:59:00 GMT

Old timers here will know that I simply love Dave's Quick Search Deskbar (DQSD). And that there was a semi-custom solution to running it in 64-bit that I used. Well, with a lot of hard work and persistence, we now have 64-bit support built into the...(read more)

USB over Network - Update

Charlie Russel — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:28:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Windows Home Server PP1 Releases to Web!

Charlie Russel — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:53:57 GMT

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...(read more)

USB in Hyper-V Child?

Charlie Russel — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:24:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Windows Home Server - Public Beta Includes x64

Charlie Russel — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:18:07 GMT

The public beta of Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 is now available on the Microsoft Connect site for download. This is a major update for WHS - not only does it fix the corruption issue that has plagued WHS in certain scenarios, but it also adds full...(read more)

MS Non-Support

Charlie Russel — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:33:44 GMT

One of my favourite fellow MVPs, Barb Bowman , posted a rant today about the latest Microsoft product to ship with no support for 64-bit users. In this case, a "professional" photographic tools application, Pro Photo Tools v1 . For shame, Microsoft...(read more)

Finally - Adobe to support 64-bit in next version of PhotoShop

Charlie Russel — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:52:55 GMT

Adobe has finally announced that PhotoShop CS4 will have a 64-bit version. Gee, took them long enough. The C-Net article on this is here . Charlie....(read more)

32-bit Memory in x64 Windows

Charlie Russel — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:55:30 GMT

In the public 64-bit Windows newsgroup , we often get questions about memory usage, and a recent post there made me realize that there are some basic misunderstandings about the relationship between memory, virtual memory address space, and RAM. 32-bit...(read more)

Arctic Cooling

Charlie Russel — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:14:50 GMT

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...(read more)

Windows Server 2008 RemoteApps is COOL

Charlie Russel — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:24:00 GMT

Originally known as "TS Rail", the RemoteApps feature of Windows Server 2008 makes Terminal Servers an absolute essential on everyone's network. There is no way I won't have a TS running full time from here on out, and RemoteApps is...(read more)

iRotate Utility

Charlie Russel — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:05:05 GMT

I've got a dual monitor setup, running off an ATI 1650 video card. Not exactly hot stuff, but adequate for most of my (non-gaming) needs. But the ATI software is the PITS. It keeps losing track of which monitor is which, turning off the older SGI...(read more)

Windows Home Server - x64 Support Announced

Charlie Russel — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:02:00 GMT

The Windows Home Server Team Blog announced that Microsoft will soon be releasing (H1, 2008) a free, automatic, upgrade to Windows Home Server called "PowerPack 1" (PP1 for short.) PP1 has lots of new features I think are important, including...(read more)

Finding a Driver

Charlie Russel — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:53:00 GMT

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...(read more)

The Multi-Core Fallacy

Charlie Russel — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:49:22 GMT

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...(read more)

BIOS Update Workaround

Charlie Russel — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:20:01 GMT

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...(read more)

EqualLogic SAN (Part 2)

Charlie Russel — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:09:00 GMT

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...(read more)