Internet Explorer Cannot Download https://something (Eric Law's IE Internals) Earlier today, I was asked to troubleshoot a secure site where file downloads were always failing. Having seen this problem many…
Which we found out when we were piloting a Windows XP SOE release. It was a serious “show stopper” for the rollout of Windows XP at this customer. We’re talking…
… from using this website to get updates for your computer. If you believe you have received this message in error, please contact your system administrator." This often happens on…
The list of APIs new to Windows 7, and all the other (previously released) API functions can be found right here: Functions by Release (MSDN Library) The PowerSetRequest / PowerRequestAwayModeRequired…
The SMS Mirror driver is the root cause of the problem, with help from a dated video driver, the SMS Remote Control application (Wuser32.exe), and an unsupported operating system (Windows…
When we talk about networking, sometimes we’ll talk about Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) packet sizing. I briefly referred to MTUs in the SSL errors, and how to diagnose them post.…
I’ve been around application packaging and SOE development for a while now, but I still found this blog post interesting as it covers off the following points: What is a…
W2K3 to W2K8 Active Directory Upgrade Considerations I have collected some upgrade considerations from a couple colleagues of mine and have been sharing them on our internal technical DLs as…
Limitations of the FAT32 File System in Windows XP (KB314463) Essentially 32GB max size if using Windows XP/2000 to create it, 8 2 –> 8 terabyte if you wanted to…
wanting to drive their *nix truck through your network security." This is one of my annoyances with Windows & Unix/Linux (collectively known as *nix) security. The annoyance starts with a…
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