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Burn CD's and DVDs with Powershell
Included with Microsoft Vista is a new API for scripting against optical drives; the Image Mastering API version 2 or IMAPI2. This makes it possible to retrieve information from optical storage media like CDs and DVDs and write to them. The story around...
Posted 02 November 2007 05:47 PM by Austin | with no comments
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TechEd IT Forum In Barcelona
Anyone visiting my blog who's going to be at TechEd in Barcelona from the 12th - 16th of November, do let me know. I'll be there and looking forward to another exciting week learning stuff and trading "war stories" with my kinda geeks...
Posted 26 October 2007 03:42 PM by Austin | with no comments
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Now, the "Black Screen of Death"
Microsoft have just announced to their large resellers that they have this week activated some function within Windows Vista that more or less, shuts down pirated copies of the OS. Affected systems will show: A black screen after one hour of browsing...
Posted 11 September 2007 03:54 PM by Austin | with no comments
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Windows System State Analyzer Tool
A real cool tool I stumbled on this holiday weekend is the Windows System State Analyzer tool used to validate system configurations and verify server application/driver compliance for the Windows Server 2008 logo and certification program . The tool...
Posted 27 August 2007 11:07 AM by Austin | with no comments
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Vista Compatibility and reliability Updates
For those running Vista, Microsoft has released some performance related updates which might fix some startup and hibernation issues you might be experiencing: An update is available that improves the compatibility and reliability of Windows Vista http...
Posted 09 August 2007 10:21 AM by Austin | 1 comment(s)
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