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Create a CAB file for Windows Mobile from a certificate chain with Powershell
24 November 09 12:49 AM | gbordier | 0 Comments   

At his blog Scott Yost treated us with a very cool powershell script to create xml files reqiured to build a .cab and install root certificates on windows mobile. Since a customer just asked me for it, I thought I'll finish his script to allow several Read More...

Filed under: CAB certificatestore _setup.xml root certificate windows mobile

Attachment(s): makecab.ps1

Powershell and writing files (how fast can you write to a file? )
05 May 09 04:11 PM | gbordier | 3 Comments   

Hi there, I’ve been working for some time on a tool similar to PAL from mike lagase in order to automate the analysis of loadgen runs. While doing this I had to write large files with PowerShell and was not impressed with the result. I thought I’d share Read More...

PublisherEvidence strikes again : create .config files everywhere !
30 March 09 05:08 PM | gbordier | 0 Comments   

My previous post about Exchange 2007 SP1 RU5 at () explained why Exchange Services where so slow to start after RU5 was applied : .Net code checks for the Microsoft Certificate Revocation List at each startup. As explained in http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944752 Read More...

Where did my disk space go ? [very long directory names, system directories, symbolink and other hard links ...], meet xdir.exe
03 February 09 09:00 PM | gbordier | 1 Comments   

[EDIT : posted a statically linked version to remove dependency over VCRT 9.0] Hi geeks, The first thing I do when I receive a new Microsoft-issued laptop is : buy the largest hard disk I can find to replace the one that shipped with it. But time goes Read More...

Filed under: XDIR long directories folder size

Attachment(s): xdir.exe

Exchange 2007 RU4 quick update
03 November 08 12:44 PM | gbordier | 0 Comments   

Quick update from my previous post about rollups. RU4 still has the same CRL check behavior and the script I published has been rolled out nicely at several customers. So even though it is obviously not supported  by Microsoft in any way, you may Read More...

Quickie : Gil Kirkpatrick posted the Windows 2008 Bluetooth guide
14 July 08 05:47 PM | gbordier | 0 Comments   

Hi there, Gil came up with a very clean way to activate bluetooth on Windows Server 2008 x64 . For all those like me who need Hyper-V AND bluetooth on their laptop, this is an excellent news. The two attached file may help you collect the files if you Read More...

Attachment(s): lazy.zip

Exchange Server 2007 rollups nightmares - automate the .config file modification
11 July 08 11:57 AM | gbordier | 7 Comments   

Most of you Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 admins or Loadgen users as have been confronted with the problem described here : (Exchange 2007 managed code services do not start after you install an update rollup for Exchange 2007). Those who read the above Read More...

Filed under: "Exchange 2007", PowerShell

Attachment(s): changeExchangeConfigFiles.PS1

How to use a smartcard within a Virtual Machine
30 June 08 09:32 PM | gbordier | 0 Comments   

As you may know If you see Microsoft field people from time to time, we cannot stay unconnected from the Microsoft internal network (also known as CorpNet, so Big Brother of us huh?) for long. Our VPN is protected with a SmartCard using only Microsoft Read More...

Filed under: networking

Hyper-V and Windows 2008 on my laptop - how to deal with wireless networking
26 March 08 09:03 PM | gbordier | 1 Comments   

I received a few weeks ago my latest Microsoft laptop and as usual came the question of which OS to install it with. This time my focus was : go 64 bits and use our latest Windows Server OS, Windows Server 2008 which remarkably was getting out of the Read More...

Filed under: Hyper-V

Attachment(s): bridge.jpg

Retour des techdays France 2008
24 March 08 02:43 PM | gbordier | 0 Comments   

Premier post en français.. pour parler des techdays 2008 à Paris palais des congrès. Cet évènement extraordinaire fut un réel succès auprès des clients et partenaires de Microsoft France. Le niveau des sessions était souvent très bon et je vous conseille Read More...

Filed under: kerberos

my coming out as a blogger
23 March 08 11:02 PM | gbordier | 0 Comments   

I've been a consultant for Microsoft France for more than 8 years and I deal with large Exchange and Windows deployments. I tought I'd share some though (probably mainly technical) in french and english. 14 years after the first blog I cannot be taxed Read More...