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The things that are better left unspoken

a blog by Sander Berkouwer

August 2006 - Posts

Hang on to your seats! (Vista RC1 Build 5600)
According to rumours by Paul Thurrott (and others) you can find Microsoft Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) build 5536 on the Microsoft Connect website. This is however a Pre-RC1 build of Microsoft Windows Vista as announced by the Microsoft Windows Read More...
Don't get stuck with SUS
As some of you might already have read Microsoft will stop delivering updates to SUS servers on wednesday December 6, 2006 This effectively gives it's administrators exactly six days to get their act together for patch tuesday on December 12, 2006. Read More...
Dell's week of hell?
Way back on August 12, 1981 IBM released the first Personal Computer (PC) It could have been a festive week for Hardware vendors last week. Some claim it wasn't... especially not for Dell, but I'm not so sure how to look at this week. Let me share Read More...
Unsolicited Remote Assistance
With the release of Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft introduced a feature called ‘Remote Assistance’. Microsoft described this feature as the means to invite a person on another Microsoft Windows XP box to your Microsoft Windows XP box. You Read More...
Deploying printers with Group Policy
In Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Microsoft introduced a feature called Deploying Printers with Group Policy from within the new and improved Print Management Console. I like the new feature, but I’m not using it, because it’s not a 100% Read More...