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Tips on Using Git with Windows

David Mohundro — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:05:42 GMT

David Mohundro writes, "you have two options for running git in Windows – msysgit or cygwin. I’ve used both, but I currently prefer using msysgit, mainly because when I’m on Windows, I want to use Powershell...After the install, you can verify things are set up correctly by pulling up powershell and typing get-command git. If everything was installed correctly, you should see something like this:..." more

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:05:42 GMT

How to Install PowerShell within the WHS Console

Philip Churchill — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:18:45 GMT

Philip Churchill writes, "...takes you through installing PowerShell on Windows Home Server and launching the PowerShell command prompt from within the Advanced Admin Console UI..." more

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:18:45 GMT

Mounting Reports of Windows 7 Battery Problems

Mary Jo Foley — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:11:37 GMT

Mary Jo Foley writes, "...there’s a growing thread of complaints about the battery issues. In some cases, users said Windows 7 appears to be draining their batteries too quickly, especially in the case of netbooks. Other users said Windows 7 was providing them with warnings..." more

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:11:37 GMT

Installing Win7 x64 on a Dell Precision 690 - What You Want to Know

Philip Colmer — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:45:22 GMT

Philip Colmer writes, "...recently took the step of installing Windows 7 64-bit onto my 3-year old Precision 690 workstation and, as I hit some snags, thought I would share them and the workarounds in case they affect anyone else...Prior to starting this whole process, I ran Microsoft’s compatibility checker and looked on Dell’s web site for Windows 7 drivers for" more

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:45:22 GMT

How I got Attacked by Windows Update

Bertrand Le Roy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:45:32 GMT

Bertrand Le Roy writes, "...The way I feel about this is exactly as if I had fallen victim to a malicious program doing a clickthrough attack on me. Clickthrough attacks are attacks where a program moves a button in front of the one you really wanted to click. In the most innocuous cases it’s to force you to click..." more

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:45:32 GMT

10 Network Troubleshooting Tools in Windows 7

Joshua Hoffman — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:58:44 GMT

Joshua Hoffman writes, "...12 of the most useful networking-related command-line tools you'll find in Windows 7, plus 1 free tool you should download..." more

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:58:44 GMT

Trick to Using Windows Search to Index Your Source Code

Jim Lamb — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:38:25 GMT

Jim Lamb writes, "Unfortunately, for a lot of common source file types, Windows Search defaults to indexing the file properties only which means that you won’t find your classes and methods in your source files unless you follow these steps:" more

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:38:25 GMT

Hotfix for Install TLS error with Office Communicator Server 2007 R2

Aaron Tiensivu — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:38:36 GMT

Aaron Tiensivu writes, "...Transport Layer Security (TLS) negotiation fails when Microsoft Office Communicator Server 2007 R2 is installed on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2. This problem causes some functions not to work in Office Communicator Server 2007 R2...." more

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:38:36 GMT

Windows 2000 Server RIP on July 13, 2010

Ward Ralston — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:03:58 GMT

Ward Ralston writes, "...closer we get to July 13, 2010. That’s the end-of-support date for the Windows 2000 Server platform. Folks still running Windows 2000 after this date will be doing so without security hotfixes, patches or service packs...Your first stop should be..." more

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:03:58 GMT

Easy Process to Restore EX490-495 MediaSmart Servers

Philip Churchill — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:13:38 GMT

Philip Churchill writes, "...If you have one of the new EX490/495 MediaSmart Servers and have tried to do a system restore with it, you would have found out how difficult this can be...a simple server recovery process which uses an external bootable USB thumb drive. And all you need is..." more

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:13:38 GMT

Slick GUI Disables WSUS Logging

Michael B Smith — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:54:26 GMT

Michael B Smith writes, "...Sure, there are command line ways to do it, but in this case, using the GUI is pretty easy. Open the IIS Manager and expand both the server and the Sites nodes in the Connections pane. See..." more

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:54:26 GMT

How to Enable Windows 7 SuperAdmin-Mode

Helmers Blog — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:31:30 GMT

Helmers Blog writes, "It’s really easy. Just follow the next steps: Create a new folder. Right click the folder and name it like this..." more

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:31:30 GMT

Resolution for Office Communicator Stale GAL Content Problem

Aaron Tiensivu — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:14:17 GMT

Aaron Tiensivu writes, "...we have an answer for the stale GAL problem with this OCS escalation scenario documented here. I really appreciated that they posted all the technical details..." more

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:14:17 GMT

Hotfix ID for GUID Warning on Windows Server 2008

Jeff Guillet — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:59:33 GMT

Jeff Guillet writes, "...one of the Windows Server 2008 servers was indicating a warning of "Software Updates missing on 'servername'" and the missing updates are listed only as a GUIDs, with no description. I searched the Interwebs for anything on related to either GUID, with no luck. Then I came across a nifty script..Here's the syntax:..." more

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:59:33 GMT

Good Luck Playing DVDs in Windows 7

Barry Kelly — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:44:36 GMT

Barry Kelly writes, "From my research and experimentation, it appears that ever since Windows Vista, RPC1 (aka region-free) DVD drives are no longer welcome. Windows will detect the drive as being region-free, and prevent DVD video playback. The only commonly-found player that still works..." more

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:44:36 GMT

IIS Vulnerability

Microsoft Security Response Center — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:36:10 GMT

Microsoft Security Response Center writes, "On Dec. 23 we were made aware of a new claim of a vulnerability in Internet Information Services (IIS). We are still investigating this issue and are not aware of any active attacks...our initial assessment shows that the IIS web server must be in a non-default, unsafe configuration in order to be vulnerable. An attacker would have to be authenticated and..." more

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:36:10 GMT

How to Set Up IIS7 to Use Wildcard Certificates

Shawn Cicoria — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:49:14 GMT

Shawn Cicoria writes, "...during development, managing all the certificates if you’re doing anything with validating SSL/TLS traffic is a pain...here is a great post on setting up IIS7 to use wildcard certificates..." more

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:49:14 GMT

Geneva Server Goes to Testers With New Features and Tweaks

Mary Jo Foley — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:10:15 GMT

Mary Jo Foley writes, "...ADFS 2.0 is one of several related products all bearing the codename “Geneva.” All of the Geneva products offer pieces of Microsoft’s federated security and identity suite of products...adds a number of new features and tweaks..." more

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:10:15 GMT

Workaround for High CPU on Wmiprvse.exe Windows 2003

Jane Lewis — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:50:52 GMT

Jane Lewis writes, "This has been traced to a problem with dnsprov.dll see below for more details...There are 3 possible workarounds..." more

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:50:52 GMT

Most Common Compatibility Issues on Windows 7

Joshua Hoffman — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:42:28 GMT

Joshua Hoffman writes, "Before you deploy Windows 7, you should understand how some applications may break on the new OS. Then you’ll be prepared to choose the best solution to fix your broken app. Here’s a list..." more

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:42:28 GMT