by wwarren | Oct 24, 2009 | Microsoft, Windows, Windows 7
Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media. You can get a family pack of Windows 7 Home premium upgrade which includes 3 licenses here. Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media It was the final unanswered question about...
by wwarren | Oct 14, 2009 | Microsoft, SBS 2008, Windows
A user on the smallbizserver.net forums had an sbs server crash and had to restore it. Instead of reinstalling then manually installing(like i did in an earlier post) he leveraged the VHD’s to restore directly form the backups(something sbs seems to have a hard...
by wwarren | Sep 10, 2009 | Microsoft, Open Source, Security
Vendors are finally releasing patches today for the TCP vulnerabilities first publicized nearly a year ago that affect a huge range of networking products, including any device running a version of Cisco’s IOS software, and a number of Microsoft server and...
by wwarren | Sep 10, 2009 | Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
Microsoft Confirms SMB2 Flaw, Heightens Severity By Ryan Naraine Microsoft has issued a formal security advisory to confirm the remote reboot flaw in its implementation of the SMB2 protocol, going a step further to warn that a successful attack could lead to remote...
by wwarren | Sep 8, 2009 | Microsoft, Open Source, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
How to Run Vista Sidebar in 32-bit Mode on 64-bit Vista. I’ve been running 64-bit Vista for some time now and for the most part it has been a very good experience. Today I was attempting to install a 3rd party sidebar gadget recommended to me by a friend, only to...
by wwarren | Aug 22, 2009 | Microsoft, Windows, Windows 7
as per my earlier post I have now gotten Windows 7 64 bit running on my main desktop. It’s not as fast as xp but the speed difference between vista and 7 is astonishing. now to load up the rest of my drivers and see how it works..:)