Installing Vista on a VPC
There is a well-known issue with installing Vista onto a VPC. If you were to do a web search on the term "D:\Sources\install.wim" you'll get plenty of hits. I read a lot of blogs and articles telling me how to...
Vista
September 23, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007 7:30 PM/EST
August 9, 2007
Thursday, August 09, 2007 8:36 AM/EST
Vista Update fixes some of my pet peeves
There are two new Vista updates under KB's 938979 and 938194. As they are brand new, these have not yet propogated to the automatic WIndows Updates. Perhaps it's presumptuous of me to suggest that they will be part of the...
June 11, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007 9:38 AM/EST
Windows Defender won't turn on?
A few days ago I had some scary problems with my computer that has Vista on it. I don't think it was related to Vista but my computer locked up and I was unable to boot up. F2 (BIOS) and...
April 10, 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:01 PM/EST
In defense of Vista
I admit that I have even made reference once to the mean and terribly exaggerated but oh so funny "Hi I'm a Mac. And I'm a PC" ads when I was presenting at a conference. I was having a weird...
March 18, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007 12:27 PM/EST
Vista and Developer Collaboration Tools
Rebuilding my development machine on Vista last weekend meant installing a lot of development tools (in addition to Visual Studio 2005 with SP1 plus the SP1 for Vista and SQL Server 2005 with SP2). In the pile are some collaboration tools that I use on various projects.Here's how some of those fared:
March 12, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007 12:08 PM/EST
Installing as Administrator in Vista
Even if you are using an admin account in Vista, this may not be enough for application's which require that you install as an administrator. Here's how to "Install as Administrator" when it is necessary.
