April 2008 - Posts
There is no add/remove programs or programs and features dialogue, so how do you remove applications? Start by opening regedit and expanding to the section where all applications should publish their installation data ( according to the Windows Application
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If so I would love to chat with you, have coffee, or setup a discussion with someone from a product team. Just send an Email to me using the form on my blog or stop by one of the Intro to Powershell hands-on-labs. I will be proctoring M, T, W, & F. I
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… and/or domain functional level? There is a table on the following TechNet page that outlines this info. It has been a re-occuring question in my recent trips! Note that the domain functional level is the important factor for 2008,
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In other words to get to this page. I’ll be honest, having to navigate through the Network and Sharing Center can sometimes be an extra step for me rather than a value-add. At times it can be very helpful, at other times I just want to get to the
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In my test environment I just discovered an issue and need to remove the Domain Controller role from one of my Hyper-V hosts which happens to be running Server Core. This brought a question to mind, if I want to demote a DC running Core, what is
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Due to feature changes between Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008, there is no support for a rolling in-place upgrade. There is support for an in-place migration. During a discussion last week on Server 2008, a question came up regarding
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Great post from Nicola Delfino: http://blogs.msdn.com/nicold/archive/2008/04/16/how-to-access-hyper-v-rc0-machine-workgroup-from-vista-sp1-joined-to-a-domain.aspx
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Good information from the Virtualization team blog: "Each VM has a separate instance of VMBus. VMBus is a bus only in the sense that multiple VSCs inside a VM share the same instance of VMBus. This means that a local, kernel mode compromise
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It is possible open the Hyper-V console for an individual VM without opening the full mmc. You can do this either using the cmdlet that was just published by James O'Neill, or by creating a custom shortcut. PowerShell method See the recent post
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From the Vista team blog: Starting today, users will be able to choose to manually install Windows Vista SP1 via Windows Update or download the standalone installer from the Microsoft Download Center ( x86 and x64 ) for any of the 36 supported languages
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In a recent blog post one of our IT Pro Evangelists shared two iSCSI target software solutions that offer trial editions of their software. Free iSCSI Target Software [MSFT-BE] Arlindo's Blog - IT Pro Evangelist : Free iSCSI Target Software Several
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I received a link to this site from one of our field resources. Very nice GUI tool to kick off the command lines that are needed to manage server core. Could be handy. See the link below for details. Features: Product Activation Configuration
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I mentioned in several conversations this week that we would have integration components for other operating systems besides just Windows in the future. Here is the Connect site for the Suse 10 Linux Integration Components. I wasn't sure whether
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I am at the Minneapolis launch event today for Windows Server, SQL, and Visual Studio. You can find me in the Windows Vista booth, we'll be discussing SP1 and the "better together" features of Vista and Server 2008. If you are attending
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