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October 2008 - Posts

It’s Live: The Springboard Blog

As some of you may remember, I interviewed Celine Allee at TechEd this year for a TechEd Online video.  We spoke about the then-brand-new Microsoft TechNet Springboard Series web site.  Celine just sent an e-mail out informing us of the fact Read More...
Posted Friday, October 24, 2008 8:59 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

IMPORTANT NEWS: “Out-of-Band” Security Update Has Been Released

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Posted Thursday, October 23, 2008 6:20 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Breaking News: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 is RTM!

(RTM = Released to Manufacturing – otherwise known around here as “SHIPPED!”) Finally, the latest tool in the virtualization arsenal is here.  System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 was released today.  “But what is it?” Here’s the text Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 21, 2008 2:25 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Happy Anniversary – Full of I.T.!

“Happy Anniversary, Kevin!  What we celebrating?” I just saw a recurring note that I made to myself on my calendar for the anniversary date of my first blog post ever – October 17, 2004 .  So, I guess we’re really celebrating the birth of this Read More...
Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 4:19 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments
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Questions (and Answers) from our TechNet Event in Omaha! (Part 4 of 4)

Question 4: “Sometimes when a user logs in, they get an empty desktop without their usual icons. When they log off and log back in, they get their expected desktop back. Why is that?” This is a problem that I’ve experienced myself. As your system was Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:29 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Breaking News: Official Name of “Windows 7” Announced

“It is? It’s announced? What’s the name?” “Windows 7” “Yeah.. the product that was codename ‘Windows 7’. What’s the official name?” “Windows 7” “Um.. The official name of what was known as ‘Windows 7’ is..” “Windows 7”! Yep. “I’m confused.” That’s the Read More...
Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 9:26 PM by KevinRemde | 2 Comments

Questions (and Answers) from our TechNet Event in Omaha! (Part 3 of 4)

WARNING: What we have here is a licensing question… Question 3: “How do I upgrade an OEM copy of Vista Home Basic or Premium to Vista Ultimate edition?” The easiest way to do this is to take advantage of the “ Anytime Upgrade ”. You can purchase an upgrade Read More...
Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 5:29 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Questions (and Answers) from our TechNet Event in Omaha! (Part 2 of 4)

To Hibernate, or NOT to Hibernate… Question 2: “I like using Hibernate. But after I installed [an antivirus program that shall not be pointed to here], hibernate stopped working. I don’t even have an option in the menu anymore.” There are a couple things Read More...
Posted Friday, October 10, 2008 5:28 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Questions (and Answers) from our TechNet Event in Omaha! (Part 1 of 4)

Hello Omaha!   Thanks for being such gracious hosts, as always!  I love coming to town.  Sorry none of you took me up on the Karaoke Challenge out at Mic’s .  Maybe next time!  (Hey.. how about this next week? I’ll be at the Omaha Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:20 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

RTW of two new Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides: File Services and Print Services

(RTW = Released to Web) For those of you who may not be aware of these, the IPD Guides ( Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides ) are a series of guides that can help you with your planning.  And your design.  “Of your Infrastructure?” You Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:55 AM by KevinRemde | 1 Comments

TechNet Radio: Mitigating Application Compatibility Issues on Windows Vista Using Shims

The other day I interviewed Chris Jackson about some pretty interesting options you have to support application compatibility in Windows Vista. That interview went live today on TechNet Radio. Here’s where you find TechNet Radio . And here are the links Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:32 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Make your Vista run better

“Better?  How so?” Watch this screencast!  John Baker (friend and coworker) has created and shared this screencast all about doing just that. Read More...
Posted Friday, October 03, 2008 9:09 AM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments
 
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