A Slightly Smarter Microsoft Support Knowledgebase
Ran across an interesting change in Microsoft’s Knowledgebase (new for me at least!). The knowledgebase will now attempt to detect if the particular KB article applies to the…
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Windows 7
My Journey from 32Bit Win7 Beta to 64Bit Windows 7.
If you are reading this post and your machine keeps shutting down every 2 hours, you might be running a Beta version of Windows 7! :) That was…
Windows 7 DirectAccess Pre-Requisites
One of the new features of Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2 is DirectAccess. The promise of DirectAccess is the ability for corporate laptops and machines to connect…
The SVGA II driver can Freeze Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7.
Chris Hahn sent me over this note. The SVGA II driver installed by VMware Tools doesn't work with 2008 R2 or Windows 7. Console sessions will randomly lockup.…
First NewSid and now UPHClean; Microsoft discontinues project.
First the news of NewSid and now the demise of UPHClean! Directly from https://blogs.technet.com/uphclean/archive/2010/01/06/status-of-uphclean.aspx First let me apologize for the length of time since my last post. Unfortunately…
Are you using Google Wave?
So I have been using Google Wave for about a month now and it’s not half bad. One initial gripe I did have with it was figuring out…
Windows 7 64-Bit Citrix Access Gateway Client Released
Yesterday I saw some tweets about testing a Windows 7 x64 Bit CAG client : and today I see that it has been officially released! https://www.citrix.com/English/ss/downloads/details.asp?downloadId=1859596&productId=15005 You might…
So cool! … [Opened/Closed folder icons in Vista / Win7]
Written by Jacques Bensimon: I was looking at how TweakUI from the XP PowerToys manages to change the Explorer shortcut overlay icon (from the standard arrow to a…
64 Bit Citrix Access Gateway (CAG) client a priority at Citrix
While many are migrating toward the new Windows 7 and jumping to 64 bit to take advantage of the ever increasing RAM shipped in today’s laptops, frustration has…