It is Friday morning in Tokyo, and there is a line out the door. If you didn’t know any better you … More
Tag: Windows
Out of Band Security Updates
If you run Windows Server this is very important. Microsoft released today a number of out-of-band security updates for Microsoft … More
Cloud-Based VDI!!! No.
I was having a conversation this week with a colleague about his plans to create a hybrid-cloud environment by moving … More
WSUS: Watch out!
Here’s a great way to waste time, network bandwidth, and storage space: download excess patches that you do not need. … More
1-2-3-4-5 BitLocker 9-8-7-6-5
I was sitting in a planning meeting with a client recently in which we were discussing ways of protecting end-user … More
Windows To Go: Disk Behaviour
Recently I was explaining Windows To Go at a client site. We had a few interesting discussions about the power … More
Managing Hyper-V Virtual Machines with Windows PowerShell
Warning: The following post was written by a scripting luddite. The author readily admits that he would have difficulty coding … More
Getting Started With Hyper-V in Server 2012 and Windows 8
You all know by now that I am a huge Hyper-V fan… I have been using it since 2008, but … More
Refresh Your PC – Save your bacon!
Thursday morning I did something to my main laptop that I really should not have done, and the results were disastrous. I … More
User Account Options in Windows 8
Earlier today I discussed the Picture Password and PIN codes in Windows 8. What I didn’t mention is that for … More
Logon Options in Windows 8
The three-fingers salute is gone. Okay, that is not entirely true, but if your computer is not domain-joined, you will … More
Client-Side Hyper-V: How Microsoft is changing the game
I have been a virtualization guy for a long time, so when Microsoft released Hyper-V 2.0 with Windows Server 2008 … More
Windows to Go: Better (and easier!) in the RTM!
A couple of months ago I posted an article on Windows To Go (Windows To Go: This is going to … More
Wrong Product Key? Oh No!
Here’s a tip if you need to change your product key in Windows 8. It also works in earlier versions … More
Making Your Windows 8 ISO work for You
Tomorrow is the day that a huge number of you will be downloading and installing the final bits (RTM) of … More