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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Getting Rid Of That Unblock Button

21-Apr-08

I actually don’t mind UAC at all, but this button is really annoying:

You will usually see this on the properties of files you have downloaded from the Internet but it also manifests itself in other file copies too, such as copying a ZIP file to a server. The inbuilt Windows ZIP tool won’t open [...]

Delay On Windows Vista With Redirected Desktop

14-Apr-08

If you are redirecting the Desktop folder for users on Windows Vista laptops, a knowledgebase article just been published that might be useful to you. Here’s details of what this article addresses:
SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario:

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you redirect the Desktop folder to a network redirection folder.
You enable the Always Available offline option [...]

PowerShell on Server Core

09-Apr-08

PowerShell running directly on Windows Server Core - no need to wait for Windows Server 2008 R2…  If you look closely you can see how I got it working.

Providing Redirected Start Menus To Laptops

08-Apr-08

John has asked about using Offline Files as a method of fault tolerance instead of DFS on my previous post. Sounds like a great blog post (and it gives my an excuse to avoid my eight other draft posts), so here’s my answer:
First up, I would not rely on Offline Files as a method [...]