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18 August 2005
Vista Beta 1 Sound Setting
I've been playing with Vista Beta 1 over the past few days, and although I can get it working reasonably well on my Dell Latitude D600, I've pretty much given up on my Dell 5160. Unfortunately, there's no LDDM drivers available to enable Aero Glass on Read More...
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21 July 2005
Malicious Software Removal Tool
As much as a bookmark blog as anything else so I know where to find it. You may have seen the malicious software removal tool come down through WindowsUpdate/MicrosoftUpdate. What I didn't know was that a version with the latest updates is released on Read More...
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01 July 2005
What does each Windows Service do?
Another frequently asked question by many customers. A good answer can be found in the "Threats and Countermeasures: Security Settings in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP" document which can be downloaded here . A little out of date (being based on Read More...
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21 June 2005
Don't be flamed - use the Image Resizer Powertoy
Continuing the theme of digital imagery and photography , I happened to notice an email go through on an internal discussion group today which had something like 4MB of attachments in the form of photos. As you can probably imaging, the sender was somewhat Read More...
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04 April 2005
Tablet PC Experience Pack Download and Release Information
For those of you using Tablet PCs, The "Experience Pack" has just been released to the web for free download through the Windows Genuine Advantage programme. The Experience Pack extends how you use the great pen and ink capabilities of the Tablet PC. Read More...
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23 March 2005
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Release Candidate is now available
Someone made a more appropriate choice of name (thankfully!) given some of the alternatives which have been on the table over the past few months. The next version of SUS (Software Update Services) will be officially called Windows Server Update Services Read More...
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09 January 2005
ActiveSync 3.8 Download - new release now available
ActiveSync 3.8 is now available for download Of course, the official download page doesn't say anything about being supported under Windows Server 2003 (my main laptop OS), but it does work without any of the workarounds such as those I blogged about Read More...
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06 January 2005
Do I have local admin rights? Find out how in three mouse clicks (or two keys plus a mouse click)....
I use this quick-tip frequently to determine if I'm a local administrator. The trouble with some tips is that you just know them, they're so simple so you don't bother to tell people as you're under the assumption they "must have known that". This exact Read More...
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13 December 2004
XP Virtual Desktop Powertoy under Windows Server 2003 (The ITPro way....)
I really like the Virtual Desktop manager powertoy for XP . Unfortunately, it's just not available under Windows Server 2003. Or is it? Read on.... Part of my on-going mission is to run Windows Server 2003 as my main desktop. Not because I'm sadistic Read More...
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08 December 2004
New windows not opening in IE? Use the Knowledge Base - it knows a lot of stuff!
Internet Explorer on my test Windows Server 2003 box has been playing up for a couple of days - every time I clicked a link which opened a new window, I got a blank window with nothing in the address bar. Annoying, but sometimes you don't have time to Read More...
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08 December 2004
Display build number and OS version on desktop
Something which you often see Microsoft people do in their demonstrations is have the Operating System description and build number displayed on their desktop. While sysinternals do a fabulous job with their Background Info (bginfo) tool (in fact I use Read More...
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06 December 2004
Windows XP and Office XP in Welsh
Did you know you can now use Windows XP and Office XP in Welsh with the free interface pack downloads. Anything I read in Welsh may as well be double-dutch, but for the welsh speaking among us, this will be invaluable. Read More...
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