How long does it take to manually install Service Pack 1 (SP1) on Windows 7?
NOTE: The ISO for SP1 was used. Not Microsoft Update. Yesterday Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for Windows 7/Windows…
What does manually installing Service Pack 1 (SP1) on Windows 7 look like?
Yesterday Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2. More about Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1…
Remote Desktop Services–Load Simulation and Capacity Planning Tools
I had previously blogged about some great step by step guides for Remote Desktop Services. I wanted to add a…
How to verify that SQL Server is using the best practice NTFS Cluster Size
When planning the NTFS cluster size for a new volume the general consensus with the latest versions of Microsoft…
IIS7 Redirect http to https
I recently had to redirect a SharePoint site from http to https after an SSL certificate was installed. Although there…
Testing for IE6 Compatibility – Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image
Although developers consistently tell me that IE6 should no longer be supported, I continue to find reasons why our clients…
Review of Plantronics Voyager Pro V2
I usually don’t write reviews of products, but I felt compelled to after receiving and using the new Plantronics Voyager…
Requirements Prioritization: Kids in the Candy Store
My 5-yr old has a singularly powerful motivator: candy. So much so that my husband bought her a shirt on a…
Released – Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (KB976932)
Microsoft released SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 today. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda
Approving Windows Updates in an MDT 2010 Standalone Environment from a ConfigMgr Software Update Point
Here is a great post over The Deployment Guys Blog. A client actually sent this to me today and I…