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SBS 2008 Backup in Hyper-V Server R2

Charlie Russel — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:11:25 GMT

Windows SBS 2008 prefers to back up to a removable USB drive, which is a problem if your SBS is virtualized in Hyper-V, which doesn’t support USB. There are workarounds, such as FabulaTech’s USB over Network , which I’ve used, and like. But the current...(read more)

HVRemote Updated

Charlie Russel — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:27:20 GMT

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...(read more)

Auto-Publish with VPC7

Charlie Russel — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:21:54 GMT

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...(read more)

"Slashes" in Vista/Windows Server 2008

Charlie Russel — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:16:29 GMT

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...(read more)

Connecting to Remote VMs with Hyper-V RC0

Charlie Russel — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:23:28 GMT

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...(read more)

Disable UAC Prompt for a Single Application

Charlie Russel — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:33:00 GMT

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...(read more)

PowerShell v2 CTP Is Here!

Charlie Russel — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:13:00 GMT

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...(read more)

MVP Insider this month

Charlie Russel — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:34:08 GMT

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. ;)...(read more)

Acronis True Image Enterprise

Charlie Russel — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:16:00 GMT

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...(read more)

PowerShell for Windows Vista

Charlie Russel — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:37:00 GMT

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...(read more)