Clint Schroeder's Blog
Thoughts and Ramblings of a Premier Field Engineer
Try out Windows Phone 7 on your PC today
Ok...I know I am a bad blogger. Hopefully this will make up for it. You can now try out Windows...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 03/17/2010
Hyper-V Guest Clustering Step-by-Step Guide
My good buddy, Mark Ghazai, has added an new entry to his blog that talks about clustering inside of...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 12/12/2009
Hyper-V Technical Information and Resources
I am teaching the Implementing Hyper-V Workshop at EMC in Duluth, GA this week (Hi, guys). I just...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 12/11/2009
Mark Russinovich on MinWin, the new core of Windows
Not much more needs to be said. Mark Russinovich. MinWin. Read it....
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 12/04/2009
Core Configurator 2.0
Core Configurator is a GREAT tool. If you haven't checked it out, please do. It has now been updated...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 12/03/2009
Job Aids for Server Core Installations of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Since a lot of my focus and time is spent on Directory Services and Virtualization, I work with...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 12/03/2009
"Pausing" a PowerShell Script
I can't actually remember who showed this to me in the past. So, I cannot give credit where it is...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 12/01/2009
ServerManagerCMD is deprecated
Ok. I'll be honest. I wasn't aware of this one. I was bulilding out a new Windows Server 2008 R2 lab...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 11/10/2009
A computer stops responding during shutdown if BitLocker is enabled on the system drive on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
I have been playing with various builds of Windows 7 for the past year. However, a particular issue...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 11/07/2009
Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool
Something that I have always had to work with, and always found a work-around for, was getting my...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 10/24/2009
Remote Desktop Load Simulation Tools
I know that I have had customers in the past request this type of tool. Well, we finally have...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 10/14/2009
Create VHD versions of physical disks with new Sysinternals utility
Mitch Irsfeld posted a blog entry talking about a new tool called Disk2vhd from Sysinternals. From...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 10/09/2009
System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 R2 Documentation
Our latest and greatest version of System Center Virtual Machine Manager RTMed a while back. But,...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 10/09/2009
NM3EventCap - Check this out!
Ok...I'll be honest. I am not a hardcore networking guy. And...it doesn't take much to impress me...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 09/04/2009
SYSVOL Replication Migration Guide: FRS to DFS Replication
Migrating SYSVOL from FRS to DFSR is not something that I have gone through with a customer in a...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 09/02/2009
Group Policy Settings References for Windows and Windows Server
I think that one of the more challenging things that we as I/T Admins do is keep track of Group...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 09/02/2009
Infrastructure Planning and Design Documents Updated
First, please allow me to apologize for being a bad blog host. It's funny how time slips away from...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 09/02/2009
Deploying Server Core in Windows Server 2008 R2? SCONFIG is your friend.
Jeff Woolsey over at the Virtualization Team Blog just made a post about a great new tool to assist...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 07/07/2009
Microsoft IT Environment Health Scanner
Hello, everyone! I ran across an interesting download this morning that I thought I would share. It...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 07/07/2009
The Death of Replmon
Ned Pyle has created a great post over at the Ask DS blog about replacing Replmon with Repadmin....
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 07/06/2009
Guidance for Sizing your Page File
Hello, again! One of the questions I frequently get asked by customers is, "How large should my page...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 07/06/2009
Infrastructure Planning and Design
One of the things that I enjoy most about my job is getting to talk to customers about their...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 06/30/2009
Security Audit Events for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Hello, everyone! One of the new features in Windows Server 2008 was the new Active Directory® Domain...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 06/30/2009
Managing Active Directory with PowerShell
With the upcoming release of Windows Server 2008 R2, more and more information about this exciting...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 06/22/2009
RAP Scoping Tools Available Online
I am pleased to announce that the RAP (Risk Assessment Program) Scoping Tools are now available via...
Author: Clint Schroeder (MSFT) Date: 06/22/2009