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Making the switch: VMWare Workstation 7 to Hyper-V server for performance reasons (PowerPivot on SharePoint 2010)

22 June, 2010 Roel van Lisdonk 2 Comments 1 category

History Back in 2002 I was working with a company which produced a CAD application written in VB6. The product was released in several languages. For each language we had a Microsoft Windows NT

How to native boot Windows 7 from vhd (hyper-v) on an other machine with RAID, without getting the BSOD (blue screen of death)

22 June, 2010 Roel van Lisdonk 2 Comments 1 category

I wanted to create one virtual machine and use (boot) it on an other machine, but I was getting a Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) every time I booted the virtual machine, even if I

Steps I take after a Microsoft Windows installation

17 June, 2010 Roel van Lisdonk 0 Comments 1 category

There are always some standard steps I take after a Microsoft Windows 7 installation for a development machine. Application Actions to get to the setting Setting to change CMD powercfg -h off Disable hibernation

Installing Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 with RAID and hyper V on an ASUS M2A-VM HDMI motherboard

17 June, 2010 Roel van Lisdonk 0 Comments 1 category

If you want to install Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 7 with RAID on an ASUS M2A-VM HDMI motherboard you can’t find the RAID drivers on the ASUS support site. Did a Google on

Microsoft Windows 7 and pressing single or double quotes on keyboard

5 March, 2010 Roel van Lisdonk 6 Comments 1 category

I installed Microsoft Windows 7 with the keyboard layout English (United States) Keyboard US When you press a single or double quote with this keyboard layout, the quotes will only appear after pressing

How to start suspended MSDN subscription download with TransferMgr.exe

11 February, 2010 Roel van Lisdonk 0 Comments 0 categories

When you download software with you’re MSDN subscription account and suspend you’re download, you can resume the download by starting “C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files\TransferMgr.exe” and press resume. I found the location of this executable by starting

Sync problem with Windows 2008 RC2 or Windows 7 x64 and Microsoft Outlook 2010 with Windows Mobile 6.5 resolved

28 January, 2010 Roel van Lisdonk 3 Comments 0 categories

If you have problems synchronising you’re Windows Mobile 6.5 on Windows 2008 RC2 and Microsoft Outlook 2010 with the message “Outlook is not the default email client”, you can set Microsoft Outlook 2010 as default

Dutch Keyboard layout in Windows 7 and double quotes

14 January, 2010 Roel van Lisdonk 0 Comments 0 categories

If you want the double quotes to appear when you press the shift + [‘] key, then you can use the Dutch (Netherlands) – US keyboard layout in Windows 7:

Installation order Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 on Windows 7 x64

8 January, 2010 Roel van Lisdonk 2 Comments 0 categories

I used the following steps to install Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 on Windows 7 x64 Windows 7 x64 Enterprise – Install Windows 7 x64 Enterprise – Install IIS 7 with all

How to “native boot” from an USB VHD file with Windows 7, without installing a host OS

5 January, 2010 Roel van Lisdonk 0 Comments 0 categories

If you want to “native boot” from an USB VHD file with Windows 7, without installing a host OS, follow the tutorial on: http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/2009/08/windows-7-vhd-native-boot-without-any-hosting-operation-system/ Boot from the Windows 7 DVD, when it comes to the

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