Archive for April, 2009

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 available

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista is an update to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. It provides customer and partner feedback driven fixes into a single service pack, minimizing deployment and testing complexity. In addition to all previously released updates since SP1, SP2 supports new types of hardware, and [...]

13th May 2009 Novellcongres.NL

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

On wednesday 13 May 2009 the Novellcongres.nl event takes place for the eighth time. At this one-day event (only dutch speakers) there are several sessions planned about Linux, ZENworks, Application Virtualization, Open Enterprise Server, Identity Management, Teaming + Conferencing, GroupWise and a lot more.
In the morning of this event the keynote will be presented by [...]

Windows 7 gets XP Compatibility mode

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

XP Mode consists of the Virtual PC-based virtual environment and a fully licensed copy of Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3). It will be made available, for free, to users of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions via a download from the Microsoft web site. (That is, it will not be included in [...]

Harddisk encryption with TrueCrypt

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Security becomes important everyday more and more. From that perspective I am looking for some harddisk encryption tools. For Windows Vista SP1 and above we know there is a tool called Microsoft Bitlocker but that is not available for Windows XP. After I asked some people they told me that TrueCrypt is a good tool [...]

Gray screen on Citrix XenApp server with antivirus software installed

Monday, April 20th, 2009

A Windows Server 2003-based terminal server that also runs Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server may stop responding every few days. When this issue occurs, you may receive a gray screen when you log on to the terminal server. In this case, you have to restart the terminal server again to resolve this problem.
This problem occurs when [...]

Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Today I want to install the Microsoft Support Tools on a Windows Server 2003 SP2 domain controller. After logon with a domain admin account the following error message appears.

After the message show up the installer has gone and it is not possible to install the application. On several websites people explain that the best [...]

Independent InstallFree User Forum

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Although there are several user forums about Application Virtualization, two technicians from Denmark and the Netherlands decided to start a new independent technical user forum www.installfreeguru.com. The purpose of this forum is to share ideas, get help on issues and promote best practise for everyone working with or interested in [...]