January 7, 2010 | In: Microsoft, Technology, Windows
Over the last week or so, I have been seeing a number of posts (Twitter, Facebook, blogs) talking about gaining access to hidden features in Windows 7 that has been termed "God Mode". Some have even called it "Super Admin" mode. After seeing all of...
October 15, 2009 | In: Hyper-V
I have built my fair share of VMs using both Hyper-V Manager and Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (VMM), but as an engineer, I wanted a way to build multiple VMs without the repetitive clicking involved in doing so within the graphical tools. Fortunately,...
October 7, 2009 | In: VMWare
Not sure if this is a common issue or if I just hit a perfect storm with an ESX host and a Windows guest OS. Here is how it played out…… We had an application that checks the time and date stamps between its host server and the database server that it...
October 7, 2009 | In: Windows
Now that we are a couple of weeks away from the official retail launch date of Windows 7, I thought I would list out some of my favorite and most used keyboard shortcuts in this new operating system from Microsoft. For me, the most used are grouped into...
August 6, 2009 | In: Windows
The moment many of us geeky types have been waiting for. Windows 7 RTM and its' many versions showed up TechNet Plus subscriptions today. Still waiting for Windows Server 2008 R2 to show up, but in any case, I will be grabbing this tonight and upgrading...
July 2, 2009 | In: Hyper-V
Now that I have had a chance to get the rig built from Part I and things installed, let me take Part II and step it out. One thing to note on this build. I chose to go with a Full Standard installation of Windows Server 2008 R2. I could have gone with...
June 19, 2009 | In: Windows
Earlier today I was installing some software on my machine, listening to XM Radio through a desktop gadget as I often do, when the music stopped. I didn’t think much about it, since at times my music streams can be bandwidth challenged. Well, after...