July 2005 - Posts

posted Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:00 PM by robertvv :: 0 Comments

Windows Vista beta 1 available for download

Microsoft has posted Windows Vista beta 1 on MSDN subscriptions.   Read More

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posted Friday, July 22, 2005 5:50 PM by robertvv :: 0 Comments

Longhorn Client becomes Windows Vista

Microsoft has annouced the official name of Windows with the codename "longhorn"... From the Microsoft site. Bringing clarity to your world. Today we live in a world of more information, more ways to communicate, more things to do. There is more you Read More

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posted Wednesday, July 20, 2005 6:34 AM by robertvv :: 0 Comments

Demystifying IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

When working with Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 one has probably run into BSOD's (Blue Screen Of Death) on more than one occasion. Some BSOD's (or Bug Checks or Stop Screens), appear more often than others. One of the most appearing bug checks is Read More

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posted Monday, July 18, 2005 7:49 PM by robertvv :: 0 Comments

SQL 2005 DBO

While experimenting with SQL 2005 I found out the following: SQL 2005 does not grant the user SA, DB Owner (DBO) role when a new database is created. When creating a SQL 2005 user account, the option "User must change password at next logon" Read More

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posted Monday, July 11, 2005 6:39 AM by robertvv :: 0 Comments

Metaframe Presentation Server 4.0 for x64 rocks... first impression

Yesterday I installed MPS 4.0 x64 Edition. In my previous post I quoted part of the readme from the CD stating the following: "(Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition supports up to eight CPUs on one server)". Since the R2 beta code requires a Read More

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posted Friday, July 08, 2005 12:22 PM by robertvv :: 4 Comments

Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition

Yes, I have it! Probably one of the first here in The Netherlands. As part of a PoC (Proof of Concept) I'll be doing some testing and preparing demo's on x64 based Windows environment. According to the readme, Microsoft suggests one needs or prefers??? Read More

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posted Thursday, July 07, 2005 8:26 AM by robertvv :: 0 Comments

CS 1.1 not sending mail

I had problems with the e-mail function of CS 1.1. The cs_Exceptions table in the CS database had the following exception entry logged: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040211): The message could not be sent to the SMTP server. The transport Read More

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posted Sunday, July 03, 2005 6:15 PM by robertvv :: 1 Comments

Why RAID-5 is a potential disk performance killer

I often come across environments where databases perform poorly. When I do analyses of those environments (one needs to analyze an entire E2E chain instead of just one component before drawing any conclusions), I often run into poorly configured systems. Read More

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posted Sunday, July 03, 2005 5:30 PM by robertvv :: 0 Comments

IE's favorites disappear

It happened to me several times now, that when working with IE my favorites suddenly disappear. The solution to this is very simple, but I keep forgetting it so I decided to write it down. The problem with the disappearing favorites is, is that Read More

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posted Sunday, July 03, 2005 2:40 PM by robertvv :: 1 Comments

Calendar Control for .Text blog engine

I found a very cool Calender control for Scott's .Text blog engine, which I implemented when I saw it. You can read about it here. And a French locale fix, here.   Read More

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posted Friday, July 01, 2005 9:54 PM by robertvv :: 0 Comments

RSS Reader

  To read the RSS Feeds from this (or other RSS enabled) site(s), try RSS Bandit. You can download it: Here.     Read More

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posted Friday, July 01, 2005 8:54 PM by robertvv :: 0 Comments

Changing the Windows XP Search Companion to look like Windows 2000 Search

I don't know about you, but the Windows XP Search Companion annoys me a lot. I like the look and feel of the Windows 2000 Search option a lot better. If you want to change the XP Search Companion to to look like the Windows 2000 search option, execute Read More

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posted Friday, July 01, 2005 8:47 PM by robertvv :: 0 Comments

Remotely Enable Remote Desktop on Windows Server 2003 using the registry

  With Remote Desktop on Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003 (in Windows 2000 Advanced Server, this feature was called Terminal Services in Remote Administration Mode), you can have access to a Windows session that is running on your Read More

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posted Friday, July 01, 2005 8:43 PM by robertvv :: 0 Comments

Remotely Enable Remote Desktop on Windows Server 2003 using WMI

  wmic /node:"Computer Name (FQDN)" /USER:"username" RDTOGGLE WHERE ServerName="Computer Name" CALL SetAllowTSConnections 1   Read More

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posted Friday, July 01, 2005 2:52 AM by robertvv :: 0 Comments

My first post

This is a dummy post. Greetz from the NL. Robert. Read More