Have Microsoft given a product name to Longhorn Server yet? I was looking to see what was new on the Microsoft download site when i saw the following Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 Step-by-Step Guides Or am i just really behind on my news since i got back?
Category: Windows
Activate Remote Desktop Remotely
Just a small nugget as i have used this a couple of times but always forget which registry key it is! If you have a pc your trying to Remote Desktop into but it isn’t enabled, use the remote editing features of regedit to change the following HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\fDenyTSConnections Change it from 1 to 0 and
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Create Overlay Failed Error in WinDVD
Just a small tip to pass on I had a customer who couldn’t play DVD’s on his laptop using WinDVD The error was “Create Overlay Failed” The program suggests lowering the screen resolution I had a look on the Intervideo support pages and found this Basically there is a list of three things to try but
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Rthdcpl.exe – Illegal System DLL Relocation
This has been all over the newsgroups but since this is something i came across today i’ll just post about (also in case I need to remember!) Had a customer who called to say he’d done a windows update and after rebooted got the following message Rthdcpl.exe – Illegal System DLL Relocation The system DLL
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Multiple Monitors With Windows Vista – Revisited
I posted a while a back about support for multiple monitors in Windows Vista and how i felt lots of people were in a panic for no good reason Turns out this was one of the most popular posts on this blog according to the stats I never mentioned in my original post where i got
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Express Upgrade? Whats express about it?
** Rant warning ** My Dad was looking to buy a new pc. He had a modest budget but was keen on getting Windows Vista He decided to buy a Dell PC with Windows XP Media Centre Edition installed and take advantage of the Express Upgrade offer so that he could still get Vista As soon
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Cool New Sidebar Gadgets
Over on the Live Search blog they have released a couple of new sidebar gadgets While i like the look of the traffic information gadget i’m in the UK so it’s of no use to me 🙁 I do like the Live Search Gadget. Simply drop it on your sidebar and type in your search
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Vista vs Mac?
I usually take articles on PC vs Mac (Linux/Unix/etc) with a pinch of salt. You can usually tell after a few minutes that the author has already decided the winner before conducting the test. I came across this article on Znet that i think (just my humble opinion) is not a fair test The article
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Deploy Local Group Policy Remotely
We have a client who has 20+ remote sites. Each site comprises of a single PC (Windows XP Pro), an ADSL router and firewall. They wanted to lock the PCs down through group policy but since the PCs aren’t part of the domain didn’t want to send an engineer to each site to setup the local
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PDA Woes
I have a HP IPAQ hx2750 which i probably dont use as much as i should but is great for getting quick access to email and appointments when i’m away from my PC. After installing Vista i discovered that ActiveSync is no-more so installed the “Windows Mobile Device Center” Beta Installation seemed to go ok