2013 a Microsoft Software Release Odyssey
An Odyssey is defined as a “Long and Eventful Journey”. The first version of Microsoft Office that I can remember supporting professionally is Office 4.3 and the first version of Exchange was 5.5. It’s...
View ArticleError When Running PowerShell -Version 2 on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
Windows 8 Release Preview On a fresh installation of the Windows 8 Release Preview, when attempting to run PowerShell.exe -Version 2, you’ll receive the following error: “Version v2.0.50727 of the .NET...
View ArticleNo Soup, I Mean No PowerShell -Version 2 For You Windows 8 and Windows Server...
Be sure to start off by reading my previous blog article titled “Error When Running PowerShell -Version 2 on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012” if you have not previously read it since attempting to...
View ArticleWant a Start Menu in Windows 8 Release Preview?
The registry hack from the Customer Preview version no longer exists so I tried a few third party products and settled on the free “Classic Shell” program: I only chose to install the “Classic Start...
View ArticleError 0x800F0906 When Trying To Add .NET Framework 3.5 to Windows 8 RTM
The Windows 8 RTM was released yesterday to TechNet subscribers and this morning I decided to start the day off by reloading my business computer. I’ve been running the Release Preview on a netbook and...
View ArticleHow to Install the Exchange 2010 Management Tools on Windows 8 RTM
This is definitely unsupported so be sure to read the disclaimer on the right side of this blog before continuing. Read this blog article completely before attempting this process. You’ve just reloaded...
View ArticleHow to Activate Windows 8 RTM Enterprise Edition
If you installed Windows 8 RTM Professional, you were prompted for a license key before it would even get started with the installation, but if you installed Windows 8 RTM Enterprise Edition, it didn’t...
View ArticleHow to Install the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) on Windows 8 RTM
There’s good news and bad news. The bad news is based on what I’ve read on the Internet, the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 RTM won’t be available until next month, although that...
View ArticleHow to Unmount an ISO file in Windows 8
Prior to Windows 8, I used a program called Virtual CloneDrive to mount ISO’s. Once the ISO was mounted, it could easily be unmounted by selecting the “Unmount” option: ISO’s can natively be mounted in...
View ArticleThe Mount Option for ISO’s is MIA after installing a Third Party CD/DVD...
There’s no longer a mount option for ISO’s after installing a third party CD/DVD burning application such as ImgBurn on Windows 8. The Mount option is MIA (missing in action): There’s no reason to...
View ArticleUse PowerShell to Check for Processor (CPU) Second Level Address Translation...
The hardware requirements for using Hyper-V to run virtual machines on a Windows 8 client states that a 64-bit system that has a processor (CPU) that supports Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) is...
View ArticlePowerShell Voodoo for Beginners
I’ll be speaking this Saturday, October 27th at PowerShell Saturday 003 in Atlanta. My session is officially titled “PowerShell Fundamentals for Beginners”. A guest blog that I wrote about PowerShell,...
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