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  • 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 environment they need. We’ve run our writing...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Thu, Sep 10 2009
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  • 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 now that Hyper-V is a released product. (And especially...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Wed, Aug 6 2008
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  • 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-bit Vista clients, but it has the data corruption...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Mon, Jul 21 2008
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  • 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 physical machine will host the USB devices, and...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Wed, Jul 16 2008
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  • 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 me, and honestly, he's much more thorough and...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Tue, Jan 29 2008
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  • 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 manufacturer (using PCI Database ), then use Google...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Tue, Jan 1 2008
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  • 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 documents), PowerShell (three different windows...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Sun, Nov 11 2007
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  • 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 - either XP x64 or Vista 64-bit. Not a huge...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Thu, Oct 25 2007
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  • 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 handle it, or use the provided null modem cable...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Sun, Oct 14 2007
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  • 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 all the computers here. And with an iSCSI SAN,...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Sun, Oct 7 2007
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  • 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 point.) Even though this is pre-beta quality, it's...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Tue, Sep 25 2007
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  • SCSI Problems?

    I've talked about Granite Digital before, when I commented on their USB to anydrive adapter, but I was working with someone recently who is having intermittent errors on a server and has been going nuts trying to sort it out. Turns out the server is running conventional, parallel SCSI (SCSI-320,...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Fri, Aug 24 2007
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  • Design a Laptop

    So, HP has asked fellow MVP and ExpertZone Columnist Barb Bowman to help them design their next laptop. If you want to have input, post a comment to her blog . I have! This is your chance to help HP out-do the Acer Ferrari, my current favourite laptops. Charlie.
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Tue, Aug 14 2007
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  • HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server Experiences (part 3)

    OK, I've been living with this HP server for about 3 months now. I'm still loving it - it's stable, quiet, and powerful. But I've finally decided I should have bumped up the processors a bit. I've got a pair of 5130 Xeon processors in here. They're dual core, and they are more...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Sat, Jun 23 2007
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  • HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server Experiences (part 2)

    Well, I spent most of yesterday working with the new server. I know, I know, I should have been doing some actual work. But all this really is necessary to get my environments up and functional. The first step was to add a couple of instances of LH Server to the machine. For the moment, we're using the...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Sat, Mar 24 2007
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  • HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server Experiences

    I finally have all the pieces for my new HP ProLiant server - an HP ML350 G5 loaded with all the goodies. First the specs: 2 - Intel Xeon 5130 dual core processors 4 - 2x2 GB fbDIMM modules (16 GB total) 8 - 72 GB, 15k, 2.5" SAS drives (configured as a single RAID5 volume) 1 - HP Smart Cache P400...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Thu, Mar 22 2007
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  • CPU Temperatures - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro

    I've long been a believer in keeping my systems as cool as possible. Not because I overclock, but just because it's better for everything and improves the stability of the system. I've discovered, over the years, that cheaping out on cases is a bad idea . But I've often stayed with the official CPU heat...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Sat, Jan 13 2007
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  • Bloggers getting Ferrari Laptops

    So, the net is buzzing (what's new) about several bloggers getting brand new Ferrari laptops . And the cries and moans of those who didn't get one are all about how this will compromise the bloggers, etc. Horsepucky. Now I confess, I didn't get one. I've got a nice shiny 16 month old Ferrari 4000 here...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Thu, Dec 28 2006
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  • Memory for 64-bit Windows Vista

    I've been running 64-bit Windows Vista on my Ferrari 4000 as my daily workstation since RC1, and I've now been running the RTM version for a couple of weeks. During that period, I've gone from running with a straight 1 GB of RAM (what it came with), to adding a 512 Mb ReadyBoost, to adding a 2GB ReadyBoost...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Sat, Nov 25 2006
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  • Serious Servers for x64

    OK, folks, if you love 64-bit, and want to work on a really dynamite new server suite from Microsoft, here's your chance. Microsoft is making the beta for their new Centro product available to those who are interested. For all the details, including the connect code you'll need to sign up, see Kevin...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Tue, Oct 24 2006
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