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USB in Hyper-V Child?

Published 16 July 8 5:24 PM | Charlie Russel

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...

Filed under: Hardware, Software, General x64, SBS, Virtualization, Server 2008, Hyper-V

MS Non-Support

Published 1 May 8 1:33 PM | Charlie Russel

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...

Filed under: Software, General x64, Vista x64

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

Published 3 April 8 10:52 AM | Charlie Russel

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.

Filed under: Software, General x64

Unwanted Services when installing iTunes (for SHAME, Apple!)

Published 24 March 8 10:22 AM | Charlie Russel

OK, we've all complained about unnecessary services and silent installs, but to give them credit, Microsoft has done a pretty good job of cutting back on that sort of thing. Heck, they even allow installing a server without a GUI, finally. So I recently...

Filed under: Software, OffTopic

Hyper-V Release Candidate Released

Published 19 March 8 7:13 AM | Charlie Russel

For those of you testing or using Hyper-V as your virtualization solution, the good news is that they appear to be on track for a final release by the end of the summer. Microsoft has just announced the release of the Hyper-V RC. This update adds Vista...

Filed under: Software, Vista x64, Virtualization, Hyper-V

iRotate Utility

Published 8 January 8 12:5 PM | Charlie Russel

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...

Filed under: Software, General x64, Vista x64

Windows Home Server - x64 Support Announced

Published 7 January 8 1:2 PM | Charlie Russel

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...

Filed under: Software, General x64, Vista x64, Server, WHS

Disable UAC Prompt for a Single Application

Published 31 December 7 9:33 AM | Charlie Russel

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...

Filed under: Software, HowTo, PowerShell

PowerShell v2 CTP Is Here!

Published 6 November 7 6:13 AM | Charlie Russel

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...

Filed under: Software, PowerShell

HyperSnap

Published 25 September 7 11:45 PM | Charlie Russel

OK, we all have favourite little utilities that we would have trouble living without. As a computer writer, screen shots are my life, and I've been using HyperSnap for at least 12 years now. My original license cost $25, and at some point I paid for...

Filed under: Software, Server, Longhorn

Two Factor Authentication

Published 27 July 7 7:18 PM | Charlie Russel

I spent last night installing the latest version of AuthAnvil and RWW-Guard on our network. Between the two, we now have a far more secure environment that enforces Two Factor Authentication (TFA) for access to critical accounts and resources. Normal...

Filed under: Software, General x64, Vista x64, Security, SBS

Acronis True Image Enterprise

Published 2 July 7 6:16 AM | Charlie Russel

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...

Filed under: Software, General x64, Server, PowerShell, ML350, Virtualization, SP2

VMRCPlus

Published 1 July 7 3:1 PM | Charlie Russel

For any of you running Virtual Server as your virtualization solution (and I am certainly in that camp for all except 64-bit guests), here's a great tool that gives you everything that VMRC should be, but isn't - VMRCPlus . Even if you're...

Filed under: Software, Virtualization

More bad news on MS Virtualization

Published 11 May 7 12:34 AM | Charlie Russel

More details from Mike Neil at: Windows Server Blog about the features that won't be in Viridian. These include no hot add of resources (storage, networking, memory, and processor), no live migration, and a limit of 16 logical processors (cores)....

Filed under: Software, Longhorn, Virtualization

Virtualization Delays from Microsoft

Published 16 April 7 1:27 AM | Charlie Russel

Mike Neil, the General Manager for Virtualization at Microsoft has posted an updated schedule for the release of the Viridian beta and the final release of Virtual Server R2 SP1. Both are delayed into the second half of this year. I have to say, I'm unhappy...

Filed under: Software, Server, Longhorn, Virtualization

Kensington Mouse in XP x64

Published 31 January 7 11:14 PM | Charlie Russel

From a post on the microsoft public 64bit newsgroup today, we have a suggestion for how to get all four buttons of your Kensington Expert Mouse to work in XP Professional x64 Edition. I don't use a Kensington, but I thought it was both useful for others...

Filed under: Software, HowTo, General x64

PowerShell for Windows Vista

Published 30 January 7 6:37 PM | Charlie Russel

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...

Filed under: Software, Vista x64, PowerShell

Finally - ISA Client for Vista and XP x64 releases

Published 12 December 6 7:58 PM | Charlie Russel

Finally, Microsoft has released an ISA Firewall Client that officially supports XP x64 and Vista. The download is a single download for both 64-bit and 32-bit, and is the same for all supported versions of Windows, up to and including Vista RTM. So go...

Filed under: Software, General x64, Vista x64, Security, SBS, Server

Last Call for Centro Beta

Published 1 December 6 6:52 AM | Charlie Russel

Last month I mentioned that a new Microsoft infrastructure solution for mid-sized business up to 250 users was looking for beta testers. Well, if you haven't signed up yet, it's definitely time to get serious. See Kevin Beares' Blog for all the details...

Filed under: Hardware, Software, SBS, Server, Centro

TechNet Radio Interview

Published 8 November 6 5:43 PM | Charlie Russel

Technet Radio Interview - My thoughts on the Windows Vista and the beta process My thoughts on the Windows Vista and the beta process

Filed under: Software, General x64, Vista x64