Windows Mobility Center
Daleis one of those utilities which 3rd party vendors, such as Lenovo, offered. If your laptop vendor didn’t offer it, you were s*** out of luck. Thank you Microsoft for…
“A referral was returned from the server”
As I finish up version 1 of InstallRunner, I went to set the UAC setting for “Require Administrator Privileges”. I did that, and got this error: Doing some research*, the…
No desktop error
Windows 7 gets really annoyed when you a) redirect the Desktop folder b) then stop the Windows 7 client from accessing that Desktop folder. Windows Explorer will complain every time…
Windows 7 TV Ads – Back to the past?
If you’re going to advertise your computer operating system on TV, it’s a good idea if the software being displayed is current. And not take a shortcut because you’ll think…
Windows 7 + 4GB RAM + NVidia USB chipset = FAIL
Which summed up my Windows 7 PC. The FAIL bit was that when I’d do a large USB file copy, without fail (no pun intended), I’d get a DRIVE IS…
Windows Update website – Error 0x800C0002
Had this error while trying to update a Windows 2000 SP4 test box. As it’s a test box, it has the bare minimum installed. Microsoft’s solution? clean the Internet Explorer…
Microsoft SMS 2003 goes extended support
SMS 2003 going extended support is not a real surprise. It’s replacement, Microsoft SCCM 2007, has been out in the market place since November 2007. It isn’t that big a…
Windows System State Analyzer – Windows 7
People familiar with Wise Package Studio “Setup Capture” can leave now. Everyone else read on!. Windows System State Analyser analyser allows you to take a “before” and “after” snapshot of…
How to fix the “Cannot attach the virtual hard disk …”
... to the virtual machine. Check the values provided and try again.” error It sucks as an error message. Would it take too much programming effort to make it more…
Dilbert talking about Microsoft licensing & pricing?
I saw Ed Bott’s “Microsoft’s Grinch kills Windows 7 Family Pack”, and then saw today's Dilbert: It kinda fits. Ed talks about Microsoft removing the Windows 7 Family Pack offering. …