Tag: Windows

Turn off Automatic Updates on Windows 10 Professional

Aug 3, 2015 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Call me weird, but when I create and maintain virtual machines for demonstration and training, I like to be in control of if/when Windows updates are installed. This is fit for purpose since …

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TFS #loc.MinimumNetFXVersion and Windows 2012 0x0000005D

Jul 3, 2012 • 2 min read • Simon Reindl

A tale of two error in the path to RC install. I wanted to install the RC of TFS2012 to do some upgrade proving. To keep up to date the target is Windows Server 2012, running SQL 2012, and …

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Microsoft Learning's new Hardware Level 6

May 29, 2009 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I ran across this document today, which details out Microsoft’s virtualization strategy on implementing 64-bit (Hyper-V) virtualization in the classrooms. As virtual machines do more, and require more …

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General Access Denied error when using Hyper-V with existing VHD images

Feb 21, 2009 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I’ve really been enjoying my Samsung 128GB SATA 3.0Gb/s Flash-based Solid State Drive (NSSD). Per Doug Seven’s advice, I’ve been copying over my existing Virtual PC 2007 hard drive images to the SSDD, …

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New Visual Studio Team System 2008 VPC Images Available

Dec 30, 2008 • 2 min read • Martin Danner

Brian Randell recently announced the availability of new Visual Studio Team System evaluation VPC images. These virtual machines are very handy sandboxes that contain Team Foundation Server and Team …

TFS Visual Studio Windows ALM

Using 64-bit Windows Server 2008 as a Workstation OS, Part 3

Dec 29, 2008 • 4 min read • Martin Danner

This article lists the steps I used to setup Windows Server 2008 (WS2008) Standard Edition as a workstation operating system on two different laptops. First, if you plan to use WS2008 and Hyper-V to …

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Using 64-bit Windows Server 2008 as a Workstation OS, Part 2

Dec 27, 2008 • 2 min read • Martin Danner

Way back in July I wrote a blog post explaining why I switched from Windows Vista to Windows Server 2008 (WS2008) as the primary OS for my laptop. Well I’ve lived with WS2008 for a few months now, and …

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Virtual Networking in Hyper-V

Dec 22, 2008 • 5 min read • Martin Danner

Getting a virtual machine connected to the outside world in Hyper-V is a non-intuitive process. I had to bumble around with it a bit before finding the secret combination that worked well. Before I …

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Using 64-bit Windows Server 2008 as a Workstation OS, Part 1

Jul 14, 2008 • 2 min read • Martin Danner

I just replaced Windows Vista Ultimate x64 on my laptop with the 64 bit version of Windows Server 2008. What prompted the change? Well, I was hoping to improve the lackluster performance of Vista. I …

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