In Windows Vista, Microsoft is making an effort to help you figure out where your weaknesses are when it comes to PC performance. The Windows Experience Index is an evaluation of key components of your system. When you want to know what to do to improve performace, you can take a look at it and… Continue reading Windows Experience Index
Windows 3.1??
I was looking around and found a blog entry that stipulates that Windows 3.1 is still alive. http://bink.nu/photos/news_article_images/category1022/picture13552.aspx Silliness prevails it seems.
ReadyBoost???
So I was looking through the Services and noticed a couple of interesting items. You probably have already seen this, but when I saw “ReadyBoost” I was a bit stumped as to what that could possibly be. I noticed there are a LOT of new services with Vista, and decided to look it up. (One… Continue reading ReadyBoost???
Vista Tweaks
I was looking around for something else, but came across this and thought it was useful: http://vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic562-12-1.aspx There are some interesting tweaks there.
DHCP Console doesn’t open?
If you have a number of DHCP reservations or scopes, 87 specifically, you might have a problem opening the MMC snap-in. It is ok if you have 86 or 88. Apparently there is an “error 87” and if you have 87 reservations or 87 scopes the snap-in gets confused. To fix it, you can call… Continue reading DHCP Console doesn’t open?
Deleting things from the Registry
So… the other day I was working on a script. I had a need to delete several registry Subkeys under one key. I hadn’t really figured out how I was going to go about it, but I happened to pick up a copy of TechNet Magazine on my desk and see at the bottom “Scripting… Continue reading Deleting things from the Registry
Do you want to be a Scritping Guy?
Microsoft’s Script Center has a “funzone“ that has a weekly scripting puzzle. I haven’t tried it yet, but it would seem like a good way to get some practice scripting. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/funzone/puzzle/default.mspx
Longhorn Server
I found an interesting article about Longhorn Server. http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/longhorn_server_preview2_01.asp
Blog’s
I have 2 BLOG’s. You might think that means that I post a lot. If you look at this one you will notice that I DON’T post much to it. I post even less to the other one. Maybe I will work on posting more to this one?
Windows Vista Beta 2
So, I have installed Windows Vista Beta 2. I have Office 2007 Beta 2 installed as well. So far, I have mostly been trying to figure out how to do the things that I don’t have to think about with XP. I am an admin on the machine of course, but with Vista, you have… Continue reading Windows Vista Beta 2