Saving space in a VM with MaxPatchCacheSize
DaleI first read about MaxPatchCacheSize, and how to use it to save space in Virtual Machines, over at Jeremy Jameson's blog. From the Microsoft MSDN Library entry for MaxPatchCacheSize: "The…
Windows 2000 and XP SP2 support ends today
Have you moved off them yet? Windows 2000 End-of-Support Solution Center
WMI and WMIC example text for common queries
This is straight from the Microsoft Technet July 2005 CD set. I’ve not seen it elsewhere, and since I’ve found it so useful, I’m going to repost it here. WMIC…
Laptops and burns – the problem
If you’ve been using laptops for a while, you might have heard about the dangers of laptops burning your thighs. If you have, you’ve probably also heard about the Swedish…
Driver Packages and Drivers- Shall We Disambiguate?
This was originally a post by Bob Kjelgaard on his MSDN Blog Trouble Ahead- Trouble Behind. I’m going to repost it here, as it looks like the original content has…
Default security permissions on Windows Registry keys.
At work, I’m working on a registry key permission error. Something which worked on Windows 2000, now doesn’t work on Windows XP. It’s security related, hope to solve it today.…
How to extract device drivers from your PC.
Use Driver Magician. Why? Well sometimes you’ll get a laptop from a manufacturer, and to remove all the crapware, you’ll want to reformat the laptop. Reformatting is normally the best…
“Beware of Integrated eSATA ports”
I don’t like quoting whole slabs of another blogs posts, but this is worth spreading to a wider audience: … If you only use a single drive attached to an…
APIs new to Windows 7, and other Microsoft operating systems
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…