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Process Explorer for Windows v11.0

Mark Russinovich has released Process Explorer for Windows v11.0. Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The Process Explorer display consists of two...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 09-08-2007
Filed under: Microsoft, News, Technology
Windows Vista SP1 installed

Well, I took the plunge and installed Windows Vista SP1 this morning. I installed with the 430 MB download rather than Microsoft updates. From what I've been reading, most seem to install fine without using Microsoft update. Fortunately, I also jumped out to HP's website and downloaded all of...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 03-22-2008
Filed under: Microsoft, Technology
Reliability Monitor in Windows Vista

If you're running Windows Vista, have you ever taken a look at Reliability Monitor? What is it? A snapshot of how reliable your system is including: A System Stability Chart which shows you a stability rating between 10 and 0 (the higher the number the better). The chart also shows if any of the...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 03-25-2008
Filed under: Miscellaneous, Microsoft, Technology
Dell Offers Migration Services For Deploying Windows Vista

Dell (Dell) on Tuesday launched migration services for organizations planning to switch to Windows Vista on 2,500 or more client computers. Dell's Client Migration Solution helps customers determine hardware and application compatibility, and then helps them plan, deploy, and manage the migration...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 03-26-2008
Filed under: Microsoft, Technology
Build your schedule for MMS 2008

Building your Schedule We encourage you to go ahead and build your schedule for the week on CommNet as soon as possible. To help plan your session schedule you may wish to use these two documents: MMS 2008 Session Details - A listing of all Breakout, Instructor-led and Self-paced topics being offered...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 03-26-2008
Filed under: Microsoft, Technology
Windows Search 4.0 Preview

The Windows Search Team is making available Windows Search 4.0 Preview - a preview of the next version of desktop search for Windows. Windows Search 4.0 introduces several improvements I'd like to call out making search even better in Windows Vista: With Windows Search 4.0, the Windows Search Team...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 03-27-2008
Filed under: Microsoft, Technology
The Media Center Show #149 - Ed Bott on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and more

I have a great show this week even if your not a Media Center enthusiast. Windows expert Ed Bott joined me for a live show a couple of weeks ago talking about Vista Service Pack 1. We talked about many topics including Service Pack 1 and had some great questions from the chat room. Ed talks a lot of...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 03-28-2008
Filed under: Microsoft, News, Technology
Vista SP1 Help Files

Do you have Windows Vista SP1 installed? If so, check here: C:\Windows\Help\Windows\en-US If the dates on all the files in this subdirectory are 2006, the SP1 help files are not installed. After the KB update here , all of my help files are now dated 1/18/2008.

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 03-29-2008
Filed under: Microsoft, Technology
Vista hacked after third day through Adobe flash

It took three days, but Windows Vista was hacked as well. I blogged earlier that the Mac OS fell the fastest, and now Vista has fallen, through of all things a hole in Adobe flash. Maybe I should take everything Adobe off my computer. Reading through...it looks like the judges relaxed the criteria to...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 03-30-2008
Filed under: Microsoft, Security, Technology
Missing System Icons solved

The missing system tray icons mystery is solved. It was corrupt "IconStreams" and "PastIconStreams" cache. Navigate to the key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \TrayNotify" There should be several entries (I'm...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 04-03-2008
Filed under: Microsoft, Technology

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