HP ML350 G5 – 26 Months Later (Part 1)
Published Tue, May 26 2009 13:33 | Charlie Russel
I got my HP ML350 G5 just about 26 months ago, and as I was sitting here today, thinking about it and what a difference it has made, I thought it was time to provide a real world look at it's strengths and weaknesses after living with it for over...
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Auto-Publish with VPC7
Published Tue, May 12 2009 12:21 | Charlie Russel
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...
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Windows 7 and Virtual PC
Published Sun, Apr 26 2009 6:48 | Charlie Russel
A very interesting post on the official Windows Team Blog: Windows XP Mode for Windows 7. If I read this correctly, it looks like we’ll have a virtual Windows XP embedded directly into Windows 7, with the ability to run applications directly from Windows...
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Windows Foundation Server 2008
Published Fri, Apr 10 2009 9:02 | Charlie Russel
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...
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Connecting Your Zune
Published Fri, Mar 6 2009 18:45 | Charlie Russel
A few months ago, I wrote about how to connect your iPod to your TS RemoteApps Server running under Hyper-V , which really simplified my life and made it simpler to keep everything in one place. I made that even easier by running FabulaTech's USB...
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iPods and iTunes with Hyper-V and TS RemoteApps
Published Wed, Dec 31 2008 17:00 | Charlie Russel
One of the problems I have working on many different computers and constantly rebuilding even my main workstation for whatever beta build of Windows happens to be available, is having a "stable" environment for some of the little things that...
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Windows Memory
Published Tue, Dec 30 2008 11:31 | Charlie Russel
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...
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Windows Home Server Saves Another User
Published Tue, Dec 9 2008 14:10 | Charlie Russel
As I was rebuilding my main workstation again (life running pre-beta OS's is always fun), I was very much appreciating the simplicity of Windows Home Server. I have my main workstation set up as an 80 GB OS drive (C:) and data drives of D: and E:...
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Configuring Hyper-V Server for Remote Management
Published Wed, Oct 22 2008 13:31 | Charlie Russel
I've seen folks disabling the Windows Firewall on Hyper-V Server and on Windows Server Core in order to get Remote Management to work correctly. Bad idea, and not necessary. Instead, you should enable the appropriate firewall rules to allow Remote...
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Hyper-V Server Releases to Web
Published Wed, Oct 1 2008 8:05 | Charlie Russel
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 <...
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DQSD 4.1 64-bit Beta Releases to Web!
Published Wed, Aug 6 2008 7:59 | Charlie Russel
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...
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USB over Network - Update
Published Wed, Aug 6 2008 6:28 | Charlie Russel
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...
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DQSD v4 - With Support for x64
Published Mon, Aug 4 2008 6:39 | Charlie Russel
As anyone who has known me for a while will tell you, I can be qute passionate about applications I really like. Well, one of those little gems is an opensource project called "Dave's Quick Search Deskbar" or DQSD as it's commonly known...
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Windows Home Server PP1 Releases to Web!
Published Mon, Jul 21 2008 10:53 | Charlie Russel
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...
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USB in Hyper-V Child?
Published Wed, Jul 16 2008 17:24 | 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...
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Hyper-V RTM Is Here
Published Thu, Jun 26 2008 11:22 | Charlie Russel
The Hyper-V RTM is here, and should be downloadable today, according to this TechNet blog . As anyone who reads this blog knows, I'm a big fan of Hyper-V and I'm really glad to see it RTM. This may be a MS v1.0, but it's a solid product that...
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"Slashes" in Vista/Windows Server 2008
Published Sat, Jun 21 2008 22:16 | 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 Tue, Jun 10 2008 21:18 | 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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Guest Blog - Kevin Beares, SBS Community Lead
Published Tue, May 27 2008 16:46 | Charlie Russel
The Windows Small Business Server 2008 WW Community Survey is live This is the third year we have published an SBS WW Community Survey to the SBS Community. We have learned an amazing amount of information from the people who have taken the time to tell...
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MS Non-Support
Published Thu, May 1 2008 13:33 | 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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