Archive for June 1st, 2008
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Microsoft’s mysterious Windows 7 communiqué
Yesterday, Microsoft sent out a press release, which is not uncommon. What is uncommon is to get one unconnected with a product launch, an event or some major change in strategy.
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And this one… well, we’re still not sure quite what it’s about. It’s titled "Windows 7 Information", but of the 1,500 or so words in [...] -
Two Minute Drill: Overview of SMB 2.0
The Server Message Protocol (SMB) is the file sharing protocol used by default on Windows-based computers. Although file sharing and network protocols are primarily supported by our Networking team, it is important to understand how SMB works given its importance to network activities. SMB 2.0 was introduced in Windows Vista and Windows Server [...]
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‘You Already Have MinWin’
Thom Holwerda: We have learnt quite a lot about Windows 7 this week, and one of the things was that Windows 7 would not get a new kernel. The call for a new kernel has been made a few times on the internet, but anyone with a bit more insight into Windows’ kernel knows that [...]
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Using the Hyper-V Integration Components in WinPE
The new architecture of synthetic devices with Hyper-V poses some unique challenges for system administrators. Specifically, how can a system administrator perform maintenance on a Hyper-V host from WinPE? Without the integration components, users are required to move their VHD’s around to the IDE controller, which limits the amount of VHD’s that can be used [...]
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How to get the most from your FRSDiag…
Hello all, its Randy here again. The File Replication Service (FRS) is a technology used to synchronize data between several data shares on different computers and often in different sites throughout an organization. Any change made to the FRS data is updated on all the partners that share this replication. This is the technology that [...]
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IETester Helps You Test Your Site
Sarah Perez: IETester is a free web browser specifically designed for testing web sites in Internet Explorer including IE 8 beta, IE 7, IE 6, IE 5.5 on both XP and Vista. Like any web browser, IETester has the usual forward and back buttons, refresh, stop, home, and favorite buttons, but it also has a [...]
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Why Microsoft will release a mini-Windows 7
Windows 7 will use the same kernel as Vista, and so will be at least as much of a resource hog. But there’s a good chance that Microsoft will release slimmed-down version of Windows 7 by June, 2010.
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There’s nothing wrong with introducing a mainstream version of Windows 7 that needs lots of memory and processing [...] -
eWEEK Labs Tests Microsoft`s Hyper-V RC1
Hyper-V, Microsoft’s virtualization option for Windows Server 2008, has taken another step toward final release. Released for download by Microsoft on May 20, Release Candidate 1 adds support for Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 and Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for both x86 and x64. Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 [...]