Archives for July 2006

Windows Hang and Crash Dump Analysis

Given by Mark Russinovich at TechEd 2006. You can download from my web site here. – Soli Deo Gloria

Winternals Gets Scooped Up by Microsoft

Bruce and Mark are heading the way of Microsoft. Microsoft now owns Winternals and all its assets. I predict that this will be a very good thing in the long run. Give people a taste of what Windows PE can do with Vista and then turn around and sell them something that actually works with [...]

LiteOn DVD Burner SOHW-1693S Dies

What a bummer…didn’t even make it through a 50 pack of DVDs. My LiteOn DVD burner died today…would burn part way through the disc and then start spinning out of control. The drive was 8 months old: very disappointing. Newegg.com does have a cool RMA program where you can send the unit back to them [...]

Virtual PC 2004 is Free!

Virtual PC 2004 is now free and can now be downloaded from Microsoft’s web site here! – Soli Deo Gloria

Missing Network Connections

After packaging a MSI file to remove the Novell client, we discovered that the MSI file wiped out all the adaptors in the Network Connections applet. Eek! After trying countless articles at Microsoft, I discovered that deleting the Config value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network and then rebooting the system returned all the adaptors back into Network Connections. [...]

Sysinternals Video Set

Sysinternals is about to release a 6 DVD series on various topics, all of which interest me! For a limited time, they are offering them at a discounted rate of $299. When they are finally released, the price jumps to $399. Take a look here: you can see they have a 49 minute video for [...]

Attack of the 16-bit App

Recently, I was given the task of upgrading some Windows 95 machines in our company to Windows XP. One user on Windows 95 was using a 16-bit application called Advanced Gage Calibration. This program is used to calibrate machine tools. Upon copying to Windows XP and launching the program, it complained about missing files. Upon [...]