VolkerW's WebLog
Stuff mostly about Windows Fundamentals Also chirping at: https://twitter.com/volkerw
Analyze Blue Screen Errors In Windows
(via gHacks) Good tool to help you analyze the cause of a Windows bluescreen (BSOD). Too bad I am...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/06/2009
Windows 7 download Available
Go get ’em. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SKUs are now available on MSDN in the subscriber...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/06/2009
Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 in RC
Enabling people to run legacy applications on Windows 7 is one of the primary goals of XP-Mode. But...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/05/2009
Windows 7 Application Compatibility – an IT Pro Guide
App Compat is only for developers, right? Not quite. If you are an admin you know what I am talking...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/24/2009
Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 hit RTM today
Windows 7: https://bit.ly/bOOR Windows Server 2008 R2: https://bit.ly/1dq7nI
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/22/2009
Windows HPC MPI Cluster Debugger Pack
We have another HPC Pack 2008 family release now live! The MPI Cluster Debugger (with C/C++ project...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 07/17/2009
Superfast and highly scalable Lizard
This little animal helps you answering one of the most important question after installing Windows...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 06/26/2009
New IIS SEO Toolkit beta available for download
Today Microsoft announced the availability of the IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit Beta...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 06/03/2009
The sound of found: Bing!
This morning Steve Ballmer announced the new Microsoft search engine at D7. The product’s name is...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 05/28/2009
CTP of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 available today!
Today Microsoft made available the Community Technical Preview (CTP) of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2....
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 05/20/2009
Free e-Books from Microsoft Press
Microsoft Press celebrated 25 years of publishing. Congratulations! As part of their ongoing...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 05/20/2009
Visual Studio 2010 aka. Dev10 Beta available for download
MSDN subscribers have access to the beta 1 version of Visual Studio 2010. Go download the awesome...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 05/18/2009
New Windows 7 UI features for developers
There’s a series of great screen casts up on Channel9. In just 10 minutes you will get a basic...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 05/18/2009
Windows Server 2008 Interop with Linux and OS X
"There are a number of ways to invite Linux, UNIX, and OS X to the Windows Server Active...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 05/18/2009
Hyper-V News at TechEd in LA
Jeff Woolsey – after the #TechEd session – posted an update on Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on the...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 05/13/2009
New Hyper-V Resources on TechNet
Just got word about an amazing collection of resources about Hyper-V and virtualization in general....
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 05/07/2009
April 2009 Cumulative Update of the SQL Server Driver for PHP, version 1.0 is live!
The second cumulative update to version 1.0 of the SQL Server Driver for PHP is now available for...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 04/30/2009
New Windows HPC Resource Kit Available
My team just updated the Windows HPC Resource Kit on https://resourcekit.windowshpc.net. The HPC kit...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 04/30/2009
Got Rain, want Sun?
Here’s 3:45 hours of uninterrupted sunshine in Redmond, WA. Camera view out of my office window on...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 04/07/2009
Got Rain?
Here’s 2 hours of uninterrupted rain shower in Redmond, WA. Camera view out of my office window on...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 04/03/2009
Sysinternals now on Twitter
Too good to be true? @sysinternals on Twitter (since December 2008).
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 04/02/2009
Virtual Deep Dive Lab Coming in April
You’ve probably read about the upcoming virtual developer lab for Windows Server 2008 R2, Server...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 04/02/2009
Look, it’s a Server - OS
Today, April 1st, Microsoft launched a new family member of the Windows Server family. Windows...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 04/01/2009
IT Skills and Talent in Canada and elsewhere
itWorldCanada conducted an interview with Mark Relph, the evangelism lead in Canada. They...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 04/01/2009
Twitter and Facebook in real Life
New social networking study from Microsoft. Implications of Twitter and Facebook on our daily life...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 04/01/2009
Snappy Windows 7 installation
Just finished installing Windows 7 on an ASUS 1000HE netbook. 23 minutes from inserting the install...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/20/2009
New HPC content on Channel9
Check out over 30 new videos on Windows HPC Server. https://channel9.msdn.com/shows/The+HPC+Show/
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/18/2009
Meetings and email
Here’s a look at the summary of application usage on my netbook (1000HE) this morning between 7:00am...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/18/2009
Size matters
Size matters when it comes to netbooks. See the picture of my last 3 generations of laptop,...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/18/2009
Netbook or Notebook?
I can tell you, I love Windows 7 on the ASUS 1000HE. I mentioned it already? All this rah rah about...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/17/2009
Netbook memory upgrade
Just upgraded the 1000HE from ASUS from 1GB to 2GB. No obvious difference in Win7 performance. Apps...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/17/2009
Netbook and Windows 7
A combination that goes together extremely well. Over the past months I read a lot about netbooks...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/16/2009
Learn something new in only 5 minutes
Phil has begun a series on Channel9 and Code Gallery entitled “5 Minute Concepts”. ...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/06/2009
Show Off and feel good about it
Showing off sometimes has a negative touch. Not this one. SHOW OFF at Mix09! At MIX09, we’re hosting...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/06/2009
Windows 7 Manageability Overview
End of last week Microsoft published the IT Pro 30 page guide “Windows 7 Manageability Overview”....
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/03/2009
Faking Networks
Well, I know you (the impersonal you) can fake a lot of things but how do you fake a network and why...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/25/2009
The Windows Server Family is expecting …
… a little brother, Foundation Server. Sorry, is it a sister? While the Windows team is still...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/25/2009