30 Officially, Microsoft says a direct migration from a Windows 2000 Server Domain Controller to Windows 2008 R2 (or even just regular Windows 2008) isn’t supported. But I just did it… in about an hour. You can, too!
Monthly Archives: January 2010
30 This is a video of my presentation as part of the BYU Business School’s Entrepreneur Lecture Series on January 11, 2010. Normally, I’d wear a tie, bring PowerPoint slides, and try to inspire the kids into being entrepreneurs. This time, I took a slightly different approach. 🙂
BYU Entrepreneur Lecture Series Video – January 11, 2010
To stay connected while I’m out of the office or travelling, I use a VPN connection from my laptop to a Windows Server. And while the benefit of being able to quickly and securely access my documents and other files on the server over any Internet connection is nice, the drawback is that all […]
Using the Local Default Gateway with a Windows VPN Connection
I used Version 1 of Windows Live Family Safety when it first came out. It was an idea long overdue: hosted control over which websites, IM contacts, and email addresses your kids are allowed to use, with some built-in monitoring. When I upgraded to the new version in August of […]
Using Windows Live Family Safety with a Windows Domain
I’ve got a Dell Studio 1737 laptop, on which I dual-boot Windows 7 and Fedora 12. But with the default graphics drivers installed by FC12, I’d receive an Accelerated Graphics Not Available error message if I tried to enable System > Preferences > Desktop Effects. The solution was to do: […]