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Running the Windows Server 2003 Admin Tools on Windows Vista

Here's a handy KB article just published if you want to run the Windows Server 2003 (SP1) Administrative Tools from a Windows Vista client machine. There's also a list of known problems with some of the management tools and workarounds where they are Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 03, 2007 8:09 AM by jhoward | 0 Comments

Running Microsoft Money 2005 UK under Windows Vista

So now Windows Vista and Office 2007 are here, I've been upgrading to the RTM build on my home machines over the weekend. One little foible I've found is with running the UK edition of Microsoft Money 2005 under Windows Vista. Once Microsoft Money is Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:19 AM by jhoward | 3 Comments

Automating VM Compacting and Archiving

I apologise in advance - this is probably the *WORST* bit of scripting I have ever written. However, this is stage one and no doubt it will undergo many months of optimisation before I'm finished - it does the job, that's about it. As I alluded to a few Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 6:18 PM by jhoward | 2 Comments

Implementing Secure Wireless Networking - Part 2

Continuing the configuration of a secure wireless network, this part deals with configuring the IAS server to recognise authentication requests from your wireless device. The first part of configuring IAS is configuring a RADIUS client. In this case, Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006 10:59 AM by jhoward | 0 Comments

Implementing Secure Wireless Networking - Part 1

So I've got a few blog posts which piece together something I've been trying to do (and finally got working) since moving to Seattle. Namely - set up a secure wireless network. Now, I did have a wireless network at home when I was in England, but it wasn't Read More...
Posted Monday, August 14, 2006 10:16 PM by jhoward | 2 Comments

Secure Wireless LAN Solution Webcast: Microsoft's Authentication Infrastructure with Aruba Networks' Mobile Edge

This webcast coming up next week took my eye as I've recently put in a (hopefully) secure wireless network at home over the past few weeks since moving over to the US. There's a few blog posts about that and some of the pain which has been involved - Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 10, 2006 1:19 PM by jhoward | 0 Comments

Shadow Copy failures: Scheduled task fails with General page initialization failed, error 0x8007000d.

I've rippled through quite a few nagging problems since my server failure at home a few weeks ago. One of the more intriguing problem I only noticed a couple of days ago. One server had not been running scheduled Shadow Copies. When you schedule shadow Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 22, 2006 7:00 AM by jhoward | 5 Comments

The NUL device is useful for supressing "Press any key to continue"

Long time scripters will, I'm sure, know this. Useful to mention as I was writing a script over the long weekend (it was memorial day here in the US yesterday - makes up for the many UK bank holidays I've missed over the past couple of months!) which Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 30, 2006 8:58 AM by jhoward | 3 Comments

Role Management in Windows Server Longhorn and Windows Server virtualization

Another webcast worth watching. This is relevant for Windows Server virtualization as, if you haven't gathered by now, there are some very fundamental differences between Virtual Server 2005 and Windows Server virtualization. I'm not just talking huge Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 25, 2006 3:06 PM by jhoward | 0 Comments

How to remove a failed server from DFS in Windows Server 2003 R2

This week has been a little strained, hence quiet on the blogging front. Apart from a hectic week at work (more to follow on that shortly), the reason was a "disaster" which happened late last Sunday evening - everything was working at home one moment, Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 20, 2006 8:12 AM by jhoward | 2 Comments

Enable Remote Desktop Connection through Windows Firewall Remotely

Yesterday evening, I was at home and attempting to remotely connect to my XP desktop machine in the office to access an application which was installed there, but not installed on my laptop. This was over VPN. Now I’ve only had both machines for a few Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:29 PM by jhoward | 10 Comments

Internet Explorer Tip - Open new window

Here's a tip I learnt a couple of months ago and meant to post up before - totally forgot. Maybe it's force of habit, but rather than opening a new instance Internet Explorer, going to the address bar and typing in a web page, it's quicker to do start/run Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2006 6:18 AM by jhoward | 5 Comments

How to Enable Hardware Assisted Virtualization in VS2005R2 SP1 Beta

Once you install Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 1, you'll notice a check box on the properties page for a virtual machine as shown below - it's as simple as checking the box (on by default). Have fun - and remember, this is Beta code - only install it Read More...
Posted Friday, April 28, 2006 10:35 AM by jhoward | 2 Comments

Installing or Accessing VSMT help on a Windows XP machine.

I thought this was worth mentioning after I received an email today with a question about VSMT . I answered the email (hopefully with the correct answer!), but would have been able to give a more complete answer if I had had the VSMT help file to hand. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 26, 2006 1:53 PM by jhoward | 0 Comments

Register & Unregister a DLL from Windows Explorer

Back in my developer days when I was building DLLs and OCXs, I was constantly registering and unregistering DLLs using the command line (find me a dev who isn't a command line junkie - I still have two prompts open as I type this). As time's gone on, Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:20 AM by jhoward | 5 Comments
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