Managing Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 from Windows 7
I'm testing Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 as a virtualization platform. This is the free version that only includes the Hyper-V role and a command-line interface. Here are a few …
Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Licensing for the SMB
I’ve been thinking about virtualizing a couple of desktops at a small non-profit customer site. The desktops are five years old, due and budgeted for replacement. There’s an under-utilized server …
Kon-Boot vs. Windows 7 BitLocker
I’ve been running Windows 7 with BitLocker for a couple months and am quite pleased with it. BitLocker encrypts the hard drive so that if my laptop is lost or …
NOD32 Error Downloading File from Update Server – retval 0x1105
I’m running ESET Remote Administrator (ERA) 3.0.105 as an update mirror on a Win2003 R2 server. There are six NOD32 3.0.684.0 clients that connect to that server (including one client …
Hallmark Sound Card Yields CMOS Battery!
Feeling proud of myself today in a McGiver-ish kind of way ;). You know those semi-fun, semi-annoying Hallmark birthday cards with sound? The ones that make you wonder whether it's …
Ping Request Could Not Find Host
Occasionally on my Windows XP Pro SP3 machine, Outlook 2007 SP2 will tell me that it has had an error receiving POP mail from my SBS 2003 server, which resides …
Creating Passwords and a Cracking Test
Years ago, I learned to follow a simple procedure for creating secure passwords: 1. Think of a sentence with at least eight words. Include capital and lowercase letters, numbers, and …
Airport Out of Virtual Memory
Racing through the Colorado Springs (COS) airport yesterday, I just had to stop and snap this picture of the Arrivals screen: Sure enough, a common Windows error: Fortunately I …
Connecting Windows 7 to SBS 2003
I recently installed Windows 7 Enterprise (32-bit RTM) on a laptop that had previously run Vista. While I'm liking Windows 7 much better than Vista, it was quite a challenge …
Patching Adobe Reader
I never used to worry too much about keeping Adobe Reader up to date. Then a couple months ago, I got my first-ever computer virus infection, delivered courtesy of a …