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The Mojave Experiment by Mitch

For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . I have spent the past two years telling people how much I love Microsoft Windows Vista; it is not because Microsoft pays me to do so (they do not...

Recording video into Windows from your analog device by Mitch

...So my brother-in-law, like most people I know, assumes that when it comes to computers I will know the answer. This led to my learning something new this week. The question: ‘ I have an analog camcorder with which we have documented our lives over...

Getting Past iastor.sys Errors in Vista Deployment with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit by Mitch

They say that when you cannot do, teach.  I am not entirely fond of this particular expression, chiefly because I am primarily a teacher in my profession.  I do tend to 'eat my own dog food' and work with the tools that I instruct on...

My Name is Mitch, and I Pooched My Windows Vista by Mitch

For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . There are two truisms that come to mind this morning: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing; and The more you know the more damage you can do....

Windows Vista - Comments from a converted enthusiast by Mitch

For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . Six weeks ago I was sitting at Starbucks (until Java U comes to Oakville...) working on my laptop when the manager started talking to me.  It...

Windows Vista: Clunky on old hardware? by Mitch

For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . I am not going to lie to you.  Windows Vista has some serious hardware requirements, and like most versions of Windows ever released the minimums...

Vista - Fact or Fiction? by Mitch

For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . As the old saying goes, if I had a dime for every person who has come up to me and told me why they are not moving to Windows Vista, I would be a...

Service Pack Beta? by Mitch

Because I am beta testing Windows Server 2008 (and have been for about a year now) I have had access to Windows Vista SP1 for a while now, but honestly I have been a bit hesitant to make the jump too quickly. When I am on tour I live by my laptop, and...

Improve the Performance of Windows Vista Now by Mitch

If you like so many others have made the jump to Windows Vista then this update is for you. Click here to install Hotfix 941649, which claims to improve the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista. It includes the following improvements...

RunAs Radio – Mitch Discusses BDD by Mitch

I have known Richard Campbell for some time now and every time we meet up we have the same discussion that I should do a segment for RunAs Radio (Once upon a time it was for .NET Rocks Radio) but we just never seemed to follow up. This week-end we caught...

An IT Hero by Mitch

One of the great supporters of the IT Pro community in Canada is Rick Claus of Microsoft Canada. Rick has been a great inspiration to me and to my career over the past few years. If I had to point to a single moment in time that has most positively altered...

Recent fixes released for Windows Vista RTM by Mitch

For those of you playing with Vista, stick these fixes on. While you wait for news of Vista SP1 rest assured that the team are hard at work addressing some of the more common issues with the current Vista release. Two packages have been released to address...

On Time Machines and Simplified Desktop Deployment by Mitch

‘Is that a time machine? It looks like a time machine!’ I momentarily thought I was in the movie Pursuit of Happyness, but the man asking me the question was just making a joke. I was standing at the gate waiting to board my plane in Houston, and the...

Coming soon to a city near you! by Mitch

Here we are. July has past, and as we look out onto August I see something more than just another month. July has been a bit of a whirlwind for me. I moved from Montreal to Toronto, and though I have accomplished much this past month the reality is I...

BitLocker Bewares :) by Mitch

A funny thing happenned on the way to truly secure portable computing... A couple of months ago I made the decision to use the new Windows Vista BitLocker feature. For those of you who don't know, BitLocker is a new feature in Windows Vista (Enterprise...
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