Several reliability fixes included: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2689195   To install UR2, you need to be running SP2 (with or without UR1) already.

Just some notes recording what I’ve picked up from a couple of days using the Windows 8 Consumer Preview on my main desktops:   The hit target for the Start button is the very bottom left corner – like, the four pixels in that region. Just slam the...

The Setup My downstairs PC (on the dining room table) is an HP Touchsmart all-in-one Core 2 Duo Intel Integrated Graphics 965-based box, which makes it absolutely abominable for games. Upstairs, my internet connection plugs into my Hyper-V host...

Users cannot access an IIS-hosted website after the computer password for the server is changed in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-US;2545850 Essentially, if the computer acount password changes...

There's an very handy-looking new tool that can be used to quickly determine a site's compatibility with IE10. I set it up with Fiddler on one of my machines, and can now enable a pop-up item in Fiddler under the Rules menu. I wasn't familiar with...

(pasted from my email clippings. I’m on holiday right now, catching up on paperwork!) The TLDR version is : using AppPoolIdentity as both the App Pool Account and Anonymous user account gives you multiple isolated anonymous websites on one box...

All the references I can find refer to the developer preview, not the released version - I have a friend that can't possibly edit their history in 7 days, and feels like the Timeline is a countdown to armageddon.

Recently, I worked on a Kerberos configuration issue with a customer; these are my notes from the visit. You’ll see some common themes with Kerbie Goes Bananas , and it puts much of that into practice. Speaking of, I must redo Kerbie with SetSPN...

There I was, blathering away about Kerberos and SetSPN and sleeping - sleeping! - while the long-awaited-but-unnanounced TMG SP2 was released. And announced, I guess. The documentation's still being updated (the release notes haven't made it up yet...

Hi! You might remember me from such posts as Kerbie Goes Bananas , and SetSPN improvements for Windows 2008 . Or something. I'm here with a public service announcement! Excitement! It's been long enough since Windows 2008 (and the downlevel release...

I upgraded the drivers for my ATI/AMD Radeon in the Media Centre after 1 year of old version-ness, and suddenly video smearing and odd fleshtones are back for standard def TV. (Why oh why oh why won’t ATI just leave my video (and historically, HDMI overscan...

Great news, everybody! Wait, that was Farnsworth-y - no, really, it’s great news! DebugDiag 1.2 (or to give it its full title, the Debug Diagnostic Toolkit) has been released to the web and is available from the Microsoft Download Center . Notes from...

The Hotmail team blogged about email aliases earlier this year – I didn’t know either technique was available, so thought I’d republish the ADHD version here. Ultra-short version : You can add a tag (essentially) to your hotmail email address and use...

That’s Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 + Service Pack 1 + Software Update 1 + Update Rollup 4 to its friends. This is the latest 2011 update for TMG – see the fix list at the KB article. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2517957   The larger...

Pre-blurb About a week ago, I signed up for iRacing again, after letting my subscription lapse back in, oh, looks like 2008. Time flies! Since then, I’ve been trying to get updates to install, but I’ve been having no luck with it – the update web page...

While updating some documentation today and noticing it’s 2011 (when, exactly, did that happen?), I dug up the ISA Server 2000 Lifecycle information. Paraphrasing the table here : Availability Mainstream Support Ends Extended Support Ends Internet Security...

A customer battling automatic proxy configuration issues with ISA/TMG, and PAC/WPAD.DAT pointed me at the following bug: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do;jsessionid=e70c81c1a56f7d856f2e50539c708?bug_id=6887492 Which, if I’m interpreting it...

I’ve been working on my tablet for the last week, and found myself really really missing IE9, even though I swore I wouldn’t install it on this, in the interests of production-readiness. So, with the work done, I’m installing it. Gimme my tearoff tabs...

ScottGu has the detail of (and a walkthrough for) the Web Farm Framework, which looks to make high-uptime application publishing, deployment and maintentance a snap. Last month we released a beta of the Microsoft Web Farm Framework. The Microsoft Web...

Missed this completely while working onsite for the last {forever}! TMG SP1 is here. There’s an X64 version for the Server and/or EMS, and a 32-bit version for just the MMC bits on computers you use to remotely manage the boxes. Installation Instructions...

I’m in the process of updating my Mesh-and-Sync empire to the new Sync. On all of the Server operating systems (all 2008 R2), I’d install the new Live Sync Beta, and then find that they reported something along the lines of: “Sorry, there is a problem...

Holy ger-burble, splatman! Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for $30 (at the bottom of the block). Office 2010 for $80. Academic editions, with student-friendly pricing. Qualifying student ID required. http://www.microsoft.com/student/office/en-us/default...

A friend of mine wanted a high-end gaming laptop; I’d just seen an impressive-looking MX11X in JB Hi Fi, and suggested he look at Alienware kit. He found the bells and whistles of the Alienware M17x were compelling. So, he clicked through to buy it, and...

What you say!? The new logging system in TMG 2010 is seriously cool, and it’s designed to cope with extended instances of SQL Server going away. Extended meaning multi- hour , but depending on disk space, it could be multi- day . Short Version ...

A new Vuln (vulnerability) NIS definition for Outlook Express / Windows Mail MS10-030 joins the recent Expl (exploit) definition for the Sharepoint XSS issue (currently an Advisory). The other type of signature is a Policy signature – not an exploit...