Windows
Evolution of Windows Media Center
With the public availability of Windows 7 beta announced at CES 2009, Media Center aficionados are eagerly waiting for the updated Windows Media Center experience…
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Apple
Switcher’s Lament: CNET Editor’s Case Against The Mac
It’s been a fun year watching those cute Apple commercials urging you to switch to a Mac. Yes, many of us love Apple’s beautifully engineered…
Windows
Introducing Windows 7
Yes, the product so far known by its codename – “Windows 7”, will officially be called Windows 7. It’s the first time the official/final/release version…
IIS
IIS 7 Authentication: What happened to the IUSR_MachineName account?
In previous versions of IIS, the IUSR_MachineName account is created for anonymous authentication. This is an actual user account created on the server (a domain…
News
Save XP, Rick Mercer Style
It’s June 30th! I had the date marked because of two reasons. The first one has to do with Windows XP, and if you haven’t…
Microsoft
Released: Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
While I was away yesterday, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V made its public debut (RTMed in Microsoftese). I know what you’re thinking: Let the Microsoft PR…
Windows
Starting Task Manager in RDP or VM sessions
You have a RDP (Terminal Services) session or a Virtual Machine session open, where the CTRL-ALT-DEL key combination fires up the Windows Logn/Security dialog on…
Administration
Perfmon counters show up as numbers?
You’re troubleshooting an important issue and fire up Performance Monitor, only to be greeted by this bizarre visual— all your Perfmon counters show up as…
Microsoft
“Save XP” Campaign: InfoWorld responds, and the facts about downgrade rights
Note to readers: I haven’t had to keep a post on hold for as long as I”ve kept this one, contemplating whether I should post…
News
‘Crapware’-free: Longhorn Server does not include useless desktop apps
We’ve been hearing a lot about ‘crapware‘ apps installed by hardware vendors on desktops and laptops – apps like AOL (or other ISP) software, myriad…