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Microsoft® Windows® HPC Server 2008 Technical Overview

Windows HPC Server 2008, the successor to Windows Computer Cluster Server 2003, is based on the Windows Server 2008 operating system and is designed to increase productivity, scalability and manageability. This new name reflects Microsoft HPC’s readiness to tackle the most challenging HPC workloads...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 11-13-2007
Filed under: Hardware, Systems Management, Windows
More Wifi woes...

Yep — you guessed it…I’m back to using a wired network connection. Even after Alexander’s suggestion , which seemed to work at first, my internal wireless card is gone again. Yesterday, when it happened, I restarted, went into the BIOS setup, accepted BIOS defaults, rebooted...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 05-14-2007
Filed under: Hardware, Networking, Windows
BIOS Flashed - Wifi back on

Thanks to Alexander Larkin for suggesting I update my laptop BIOS . I had thought about doing that, but BIOS updates always scare me for some reason, so I only use them as a last resort. In reality it had come down to a last resort scenario. During the BIOS update the Wireless card powered back on. After...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 05-12-2007
Filed under: Hardware, Networking, Windows
The saga continues - Wifi in Windows Vista

So — my wireless card worked for two days in a row, incidentally, after applying the recent updates from Microsoft. Today, I booted up to NO wireless card activity again! One of these days I’ll have the time and get real serious about figuring this out.

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 05-11-2007
Filed under: Hardware, Windows
PMC -- we hardly knew you...

The Windows Portable Media Center is dead , Jim , so says Microsoft in a newsgroup posting . In the event the link ever disappears, here’s the message: Microsoft is no longer licensing the PMC software. Here is an announcement that was sent out last year to our PMC partners: In early 2006, Microsoft...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 05-08-2007
Filed under: Hardware, Windows, Windows Mobile
Another Firefox oddity - the scroll wheel

I just noticed something else that seems to work strangely within Firefox: the scroll wheel on my mouse. I love the scroll wheel and count it as one of the greatest inventions of our time. In IE7, it works like I’m used to. It’s quick and responsive. In Firefox, the scroll wheel moves the...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 10-25-2006
Filed under: Hardware, Internet, Software, Windows
Left-On PCs Waste Energy

Workers who leave their office computers on at night are causing a huge increase in carbon dioxide emissions, new research has shown. The study reveals that one in five workers do not switch their computers off when they leave the office at least three times a week. Read more…

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 10-06-2006
Filed under: Hardware, Software, Systems Management, Windows
Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs

Currently scheduled for release in June 2006, Microsoft Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs is a Windows-based operating system designed for customers who have older computers running earlier operating systems and who are not in a position to purchase new hardware. This operating system is available...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 06-22-2006
Filed under: Hardware, Windows
Just sitting here looking at my setup

Man! How many separate USB devices do I really have? I’m counting, counting, counting — OK, I give up. And, you know what? Most of the devices explicitly say in the docs you can’t hook them up through a USB hub. How crazy is that? How many USB devices do you use?

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 05-09-2005
Filed under: Hardware, Windows
Scoble says MS is NOT looking to manufacture their own TabletPC

News reports yesterday indicated that Microsoft wanted to get into the hardware business by manufacturing their own brand of TabletPC. Scoble sent a few emails around to find out that the news is unfounded. http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/01/18.html#a9231

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 01-19-2005
Filed under: Hardware, Windows

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