Monthly Archives: June 2008

App-V 4.5 Putting It’s Best Face Forward

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Aaron Parker

What’s the best new feature of Microsoft Application Virtualisation 4.5? There’s plenty to pick from, but I’m digging the new Vista style icons: SoftGrid has suffered from some clunky UI in the past, but thankfully 4.5 had made plenty of changes … Continue reading →

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Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 for Windows XP SP2

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Aaron Parker

Want the Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 client for Windows XP but can’t update to Service Pack 3 or Windows Vista? No need to hack files from SP3, just grab the update from here: Update for Windows XP (KB952155) Install this … Continue reading →

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Fixing Windows Explorer security warning prompts

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Aaron Parker

Last week I wrote about avoiding Explorer’s Security Warning prompts, this time around I want to document a related fix that I’ve had to implement because Explorer’s expected behaviour was not just not working. First a quick background on what … Continue reading →

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Avoiding Explorer’s Security Warning Prompts

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Aaron Parker

Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 made some changes to the way Windows handles specific file types opened or downloaded from certain locations, which results in Open File – Security Warning prompts like these: … Continue reading →

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Sun JRE Install Script Update

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Aaron Parker

I’ve updated my Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.6 Update X script, again. Updating this script seems to be a never ending task, usually because I find mistakes but this time around I’ve made a couple of changes including Windows x64 … Continue reading →

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