3 Windows 7 Features I really like
DaleIn addition to my "2 and a bit reasons to wait for Windows 7" post, these are 3 features I really like in Windows 7. Problem Steps Recorder User has…
Tech-Ed 2006 DVD set – the presentation list.
This is the list of presentations from the Tech-Ed 2006 DVD set. 436 presentations spread over 4 DVDs, making it the smallest of the four Tech-Ed DVD sets I have.…
Installing an ActiveX on a Windows XP PC.
Ironic, when I think about it. That I’m still supporting an operating system I first supported in 2001. Today’s support query, I have an ActiveX which prompts the user to…
Tech-Ed 2007 DVD set – the presentation list.
This is the list of presentations from the Tech-Ed 2007 DVD set. The second smallest of the sets, with "only" 442 presentations. Tech-Ed 2007 Code Title Primary Speakers ARC201 Ron…
Make it go faster – Enabling GZip Compression
Things were getting slow around here, as you can see with the results from ismyblogworking.com. Now WordPress, in versions before WordPress 2.5, had a GZip compression option. It was removed…
Tech-Ed 2008 DVD set – the presentation list.
Back in October 2008, I provided you with a spreadsheet listing of the Tech-Ed 2005 – 2008 Conference Presentations, which were on the DVD sets. Tech-Ed 2008 DVD Set had…
Semi-regular web-link clearance – July 2009
Windows Vista and Older NFS Servers Vista, and presumedly Windows 7, won’t map drives on older versions of SCO NFS server. It’s all about the version of MOUNT protocol Vista…
“Grab that Advanced Client by the Horns!”
Was looking over some old Microsoft documentation the other day, and stumbled across this. Greg Ramsey, back at TechEd 2005, presented “SC34 – Grab that Advanced Client by the Horns! …
Display driver stopped responding and has recovered
Windows 7 x32 RC. This happened as soon as I started Microsoft Excel 2007. Given that I was running several VMware machines and memory was running a bit low, I…
Sew me a Thread or three.
Threading, simply put, is a way for your program to do multiple things at once. Sort of like driving and talking on the cell/mobile phone at the same time. Yes…