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"Slashes" in Vista/Windows Server 2008
Published 21 June 8 10:16 PM | Charlie Russel
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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Windows Home Server - Public Beta Includes x64
Published 10 June 8 9:18 PM | Charlie Russel
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...
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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...
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Connecting to Remote VMs with Hyper-V RC0
Published 27 April 8 11:23 AM | Charlie Russel
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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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...
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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...
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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...
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Finding a Driver
Published 1 January 8 1:53 PM | Charlie Russel
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...
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Nvidia Chipset + 4 GB BSOD Fix
Published 21 December 7 6:55 AM | Charlie Russel
We've seen a few reports of BSODs in Vista with Nvidia chipsets and 4 or more GB of RAM. The stop code is 0xA and it's in Storport.sys. Well, a new KB is available. But before you start downloading and applying, please read the symptoms carefully...
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The Multi-Core Fallacy
Published 11 November 7 10:49 AM | Charlie Russel
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...
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MVP Insider this month
Published 1 November 7 10:34 AM | Charlie Russel
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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Design a Laptop
Published 14 August 7 4:12 PM | Charlie Russel
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...
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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...
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Bye-bye, 32-bit. 64-bit is here to stay (Server only?)
Published 17 May 7 8:29 PM | Charlie Russel
As reported here , Windows Server 2008 is the last 32-bit version of Windows. The next version, whenever that arrives, will be 64-bit only. So for all you lazy applications and hardware developers who can't be bothered to write 64-bit software or...
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Vista x64 Drivers Available for Ferrari 5000
Published 9 February 7 6:9 PM | Charlie Russel
Well, I don't have a Ferrari 5000, I've only got the 4000, and those drivers aren't showing, yet. But for those of you lucky enough to have one of the 5000's, the Vista drivers are at: ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/ferrari_5000/driver/vista...
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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...
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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...
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Vista Bitlocker Command Line
Published 27 November 6 6:41 PM | Charlie Russel
Steve Riley's blog is one that I follow and read faithfully. In his latest installment on the BitLocker command line interface , Steve points out that while the current GUI for BitLocker (See my earlier blog on BitLocker ) only allows you to encrypt the...
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Memory for 64-bit Windows Vista
Published 25 November 6 5:48 PM | Charlie Russel
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...
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Windows Vista and ReadyBoost
Published 13 November 6 11:23 PM | Charlie Russel
Windows Vista has a cool new technology called ReadyBoost that allows you to use a USB memory stick to speed up your computer. As I discussed in my Windows Vista Community Site column , ReadyBoost isn't a substitute for system RAM memory, but it does...
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