Craig Swartz on Microsoft

Views and News for the Northern California Financial, Legal, and ISV Community

August, 2006

  • Desktop and laptop backup options

    I had a good converation today related to backup options. These included Sharepoint Mysite as the first option, then a server based redirection of My Documents, and lastly a 200GB drive directly connected. The Sharepoint option is preferred because it...
  • Desktop Standardization made easier by Softgrid

    In the acquisition of Softricity, Microsoft added the capability of virtualizing applications on the desktop. Now at first blush I thought, so- Terminal server can accomplish this..however by using a virtual directory on the machine, the application can...
  • Finding that document

    Anyone familiar with the traditional way of scrolling thru directories looking for that particular document you know you have somewhere....? I was looking unsuccessfully, and decided to use the search bar on the Vista start menu by placing a term in I...
  • My Vista Gadgets

    Back from Vacation, and ready for the fall. I've settled into the following gadgets on my Vista desktop: Slideshow (popped in the SD card from my camera and Vista asked if I want the contents added to my pictures file, I say yes, and they are added to...