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Windows 7 Install and Project Professional 2007

Christophe Fiessinger — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:06:23 GMT

Christophe Fiessinger writes, "Downloaded the Windows 7 64bit ISO, built a new Hyper-V virtual machine, installed Project Professional 2007 and connected to Project Web Access...tempted to reformat my home PC this week-end…" more

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:06:23 GMT

Windows 7 Drivers for UPEK Based Fingerprint Biometric Readers

Aaron Tiensivu — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:02:26 GMT

Aaron Tiensivu writes, "if you have a UPEK based fingerprint reader/biometric device, like those commonly bundled with Lenovo laptops, there are early native Biometric drivers available..." more

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:02:26 GMT

Windows 7 Install on Toshiba M750

Craig Pringle — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:59:22 GMT

Craig Pringle writes, "I currently have it running on my Toshiba M750, which I use as my main machine...There are a couple of hot tablet features..." more

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:59:22 GMT

Windows 7 is a Platform Release vs a Framework Release

Nicholas Allen — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:57:12 GMT

Nicholas Allen writes, "...the number of changes to WCF is small although there will be a few things that we're still working on for the final release. The next major update to WCF is coming in .Net 4.0. One thing that you do get in Windows 7..." more

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:57:12 GMT

Windows 7 Beta Install on Acer AspireOne

Guy Barrette — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:53:34 GMT

Guy Barrette writes, " I installed Windows 7 Beta on my Acer AspireOne netbook and OMG! It runs in 1/2 Gig of RAM!!! And look at the CPU usage...." more

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:53:34 GMT

My First Install Windows 7

Kevin Remde — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:49:43 GMT

Kevin Remde writes, "I was upgrading a Vista machine that was only really being used as a host for a virtual machine running under Virtual PC? Well.. Virtual PC didn’t like the upgrade all that much..." more

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:49:43 GMT

Running Betas Isn't For Everyone

James ONeill — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:46:06 GMT

James ONeill writes, "Later today we will make Windows 7 beta available to anyone who wants it . “Anyone” is stretching the point, because there will only be a finite number of downloads/ product IDs available – 2.5 Million...It’s not there for people who want to run something new and exciting to get a way to do it sooner...My argument is that anyone who is doing a job..." more

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:46:06 GMT

Windows 7 Beta Fix for MP3 Corruption

Guy Barrette — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:27:45 GMT

Guy Barrette writes, "This will fix a problem where approximately 2-3 seconds will get shaved off the beginning of MP3s if you have set your Windows Media Player 12 settings to retrieve information from the internet and update files..." more

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:27:45 GMT

PowerShell Provider for SQL - How to Script All Objects

Buck Woody — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:25:42 GMT

Buck Woody writes, "If you're using the PowerShell provider for SQL Server, you can quickly script out all of the objects in a "directory" using a simple method. Just navigate to the directory of objects you're interested in, say the "Views" of a certain database, and type this..." more

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:25:42 GMT

How PowerShell Converts Numbers

Joe Pruitt — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:12:01 GMT

Joe Pruitt writes, "PowerShell supports all of the basic .NET numeric types and performs conversions to and from the different types as needed. The types, along with the PowerShell type names are in the following table..." more

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:12:01 GMT

AGPM Least Privileged Scenario for AGPM Service Account

Kurt Roggen — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:58:31 GMT

Kurt Roggen writes, "When installing the AGPM 3.0 Server, there are two options when choosing the AGPM Service account: LocalSystem or a domain user account used to run the service....For the AGPM Service to work properly with “Least Privileges”, assign following privileges, rights and/or group membership to the AGPM service account:" more

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:58:31 GMT

Windows 7 Performance Tests Comparing Vista and XP

Frank La Vigne — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:22:56 GMT

Frank La Vigne writes, "...so far, the results are very encouraging with Windows 7 coming in first when compared to Vista and XP. Once Windows 7 undergoes performance tweaking..." more

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:22:56 GMT

Installing MSMQ in Domain Mode on Windows Server 2008

Robert MacLean — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:53:24 GMT

Robert MacLean writes, "I needed to install MSMQ on my laptop which runs Windows Server 2008, which wasn’t as logical as it first appeared..." more

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:53:24 GMT

Deploying Applications with Terminal Services

Joshua Hoffman — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:18:13 GMT

Joshua Hoffman writes, "It’s a simple process to create a new TS RemoteApp, but there are some important decisions you’ll need to make to ensure your implementation meets user expectations. Greg Shields discusses the various options you have and explains how they will affect you...." more

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:18:13 GMT

ADMX in Windows XP and Windows 2003 Environments

Michael Kleef — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:52:27 GMT

Michael Kleef writes, "What’s the supported or recommended way of getting W2k8 ADMX templates applying in a W2k3 domain with or with no W2k8 DCs...IT Pros also ask us when we will be producing an updated GPMC version for Windows XP to support all the new stuff. The answer..." more

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:52:27 GMT

Running LAMP on Windows Server 2008

Keith Combs — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:12:14 GMT

Keith Combs writes, "You don't have to totally tear down everything you know and love then replace it. Windows Server 2008 will be happy to run Apache, MySQL and PHP. If you decide to replace pieces of that solution over time, you can do so pretty easily and that is demonstrated..." more

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:12:14 GMT

Windows 2008 Issue With Central Admin

Shane Young — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:06:55 GMT

Shane Young writes, "Over on the Application Management tab Create a web application is missing. Why?...if you are not a local administrator on the central admin server you have the same missing links but since I was logged in as the same user that wasn't my issue. After about 10 minutes of beating my head on the table I did find the difference..." more

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:06:55 GMT

Compiled Cmdlet via Script Level Function

Joe Pruitt — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:52:02 GMT

Joe Pruitt writes, "create a script level function that behaves like a Cmdlet in that it allows for initialization before the first pipeline object is available, an ability to process each object in the pipeline independently, and perform some finalization after all the pipeline objects have been processed. This can be achieved with the begin, process, and end keywords..." more

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:52:02 GMT

Workaround for Windows Installer Error 1330

Heath Stewart — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:04:51 GMT

Heath Stewart writes, "When installing Visual Studio 2008, you might run into an error dialog...During installation, Windows Installer calls WinVerifyTrust() to verify that a signed file is valid. By default, a certificate revocation list (CRL) is downloaded and queried to determine if that certificate has been revoked...If an Internet connection is unavailable, WinVerifyTrust() cannot download the CRL..." more

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:04:51 GMT

Powershell Event Log Entries Issue

Richard Siddaway — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:19:48 GMT

Richard Siddaway writes, "A recent post on the forums was asking about the error message they received when attempting to use get-eventlog on an empty log. The log can be tested before attempting to read..." more

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:19:48 GMT