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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:04 AM

Update on Windows Home Server Corruption Issue

The WHS team has an update on their blog regarding the corruption issue. In short, they fully understand the issue and are working on a fix. The issue is at a low level of the operating system and so requires a lot of testing to be sure that the fix works
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Monday, March 03, 2008 4:04 PM

Drobo + Windows Home Server = Goodness

I've been using Windows Home Server (WHS) for a little over a month now. While there is still an issue with data corruption if you work on files directly on the server, as a backup tool, it is great. The system is practically foolproof. Install the server,
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:14 PM

Trying Windows Home Server

Over the weekend I installed Windows Home Server on a spare box that I had. So far, I'm impressed. The interface is very slick. Installation of the client software called the "Connector" is easy. Go to a share on the server and install. All connections
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Monday, December 17, 2007 9:29 AM

Vista SP1 Release Candidate Available to the Public

Vista SP1 RC1 has just been released for public consumption. If you want to try it out, you can do so here . I'm running this on most of my machines without incident. This includes my Media Center at home. So, from my few data points, it seems quite stable.
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Friday, August 17, 2007 8:15 PM

XP Machine Can't See Vista Computer - Solution

I'm at my brother-in-law's place and had to troubleshoot a network issue. I didn't see quite this situation on the web so I'll post it here in case it can help someone else. The issue was that his laptop (XP) couldn't see his desktop (Vista). The easy
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Thursday, August 09, 2007 12:34 PM

Windows Live SkyDrive Is In Open Beta

Windows Live SkyDrive is now open to the public in beta form. From what I can tell, it is basically 500 megs of drive space on the web that you can use to store personal documents or things you want to share. This isn't the first time something like this
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007 9:06 AM

Vista Performance Update

We just released two update packages which improve the performance and compatibility of Vista. As far as I can tell, they aren't on Windows Update yet so you'll have to go get them manually. The most significant in my mind is improvement for file copies
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Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:14 AM

List of ReadyBoost Compatible Devices

I've been interested in ReadyBoost for a while now but it's hard to find out which devices will work and which will not. Performance specs do not provide enough information to tell because often they list speeds in only bursty situations. Some manufacturers
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Saturday, April 28, 2007 12:00 AM

How We'll Avoid the Animated Cursor Bug Next Time

Michael Howard provides a very insightful look at how the animated cursor bug bypassed the numerous security measures in Vista. He dicusses the -GS flag, address space randomization, static analysis tools, and fuzz testing. He also talks about the steps
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Saturday, April 14, 2007 3:44 PM

Why Windows Can't See 4GB of Memory

Interesting post by Hilton Locke about why installing 4 GB of RAM on a 32-bit box doesn't actually give you 4 GB of RAM. Instead it gives you something like 3 GB of RAM. A 32-bit operating system should be able to access 4GB. Worse, a 64-bit operating
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Saturday, March 24, 2007 11:52 PM

Showstopper!

I just finished reading Showstopper! by G. Pascal Zachary. It recounts the creation of Windows NT starting with the hiring of Dave Cutler in October 1988 and ending with the shipping of the first version of NT on July 26, 1993. The book puts a lot in
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007 8:14 PM

Copy As Path

Here's a cool little Vista trick I just learned: Browse to a file. Hold down shift and right-click on the file. Select "Copy as Path" The path for the file, include the filename, is now in your clipboard. You can paste it into any app. This is useful
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Monday, January 29, 2007 5:33 PM

Mac Users Respond To Vista

I have heard several Mac users talking very kindly about our new OS. This is encouraging as these are a bunch that are pre-inclined to view Vista in a negative light. Impressing them is a hard task. It appears that, at least in some cases, we have done
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Monday, January 22, 2007 11:03 AM

How Much Memory Does Vista Need?

With Windows Vista coming soon to a retail channel near you, one of the important questions to ask is, "How much memory does it really need?" There are the official minimum requirements of 512 MB, but we all know that minimum requirements don't translate
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Sunday, January 07, 2007 12:47 AM

Printer Problems on Vista x64

I've decided to take the plunge and I'm running Vista x64 on my primary home system. So far things are going well. I haven't found any x86 programs that don't run yet. I'm sure they are out there but I haven't run across them yet. The driver signing thing
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