Monthly Archives: May 2009

Windows Server 2008 SP2: What’s in it for Terminal Servers?

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Aaron Parker

As you’re most likely aware, Microsoft has recently made available Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2. If you would like to know the details of every single fix and feature in the service pack, download this spreadsheet: Hotfix and … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 on a Dell Latitiude XT2

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Aaron Parker

I’ve been looking to get a tablet PC for some time now and I’ve just recently picked up a Dell Latitude XT2, which includes multi-touch support. It arrived the same day as the Windows 7 Release Candidate, so the default … Continue reading →

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My Windows box has insomnia

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Aaron Parker

When Windows just won’t stay in sleep mode there’s a simple fix. First you need to identify which component keeps bringing Windows out of sleep mode. To do that, open the System event log and find any events from source … Continue reading →

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MSI Live Update disables User Account Control

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Aaron Parker

I thought I’d seen just about every dumb thing that a developer could do, but this latest one from MSI is a whopper.. I have an MSI Wind netbook that’s having some shutdown and sleep issues when running Windows 7, … Continue reading →

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