Blog du Tristank

Test Signing X64 Drivers

Well, I did learn a lot today! You may be familiar with the restrictions that Windows Vista X64 places on unsigned kernel-mode drivers (I was only vaguely familiar with it). This is new - XP64 (which I upgraded from) would warn but allow installation, Read More...

Posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:16 PM by tristank | 0 Comments

Filed under: Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature, x64 Early Adoption

ISA Server Firewall Client for Windows Vista

Over here . Works with all ISA Server versions to date, and with Windows Vista client, importantly! x64 and x86 versions included. Safe when taken as directed. via Josh and KB article 929556 . Read More...

Posted: Monday, January 22, 2007 10:37 AM by tristank | 0 Comments

Filed under: ISA Server, IT Pro / Sysadmin, Networking, Security, Windows Vista, x64 Early Adoption

DebugDiag 1.1 Released!

IIS Troubleshooters rejoice! If you've ever had an application on an IIS server do one of the following, this tool is for you: - hang (or respond slowly) - crash (W3WP.exe terminated unexpectedly) - chew memory in the lead-up to a crash or need a restart Read More...

Posted: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 5:36 PM by tristank | 0 Comments

Filed under: Developery, IT Pro / Sysadmin, Networking, Windows Vista, x64 Early Adoption

Netmon 3, Now With Added Blogging!*

Though it might technically be possible, it's probably quite difficult ("quite" in the "very" sense) to blog from Netmon. Doesn't stop us rolling out the most significant new version in, oh, years, and the Netmon team have started a blog with tips and Read More...

Posted: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 7:08 PM by tristank | 0 Comments

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Networking, Security, x64 Early Adoption

PAE and VMM... For Parky

Well Parky, you asked , so I'm going to try to answer! The way I think about PAE is that it kinda works a bit like a stonking great in-memory pagefile might. It doesn't change the game for 32-bit applications, but it does give the OS more headroom to Read More...

Posted: Saturday, May 27, 2006 12:50 AM by tristank | 2 Comments

Filed under: Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature, IT Pro / Sysadmin, Networking, Terminal Server, x64 Early Adoption

Microsoft.com Operations on x64

Microsoft.com publish some details on their x64 migration. Read More...

Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 10:50 AM by tristank | 0 Comments

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Networking, x64 Early Adoption

x64-friendly Smartcard Reader

Gemplus 433 - X64 Friendly. Read More...

Posted: Thursday, September 22, 2005 7:51 PM by tristank | 0 Comments

Filed under: Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature, x64 Early Adoption

Ctrl+C In A Message Box Does What!?

OK, so now searching for this reveals it as a widely-known and somewhat ancient tip , but I didn't know until this week. I can't remember where I saw it. I can't tell you how many hours this might have saved me over the years, because I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT Read More...

Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 5:54 PM by tristank | 7 Comments

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, x64 Early Adoption