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Some weeks ago, I blogged about my first impression of Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). I had some time now to have a closer look at Microsoft’s new management tool for Virtual Server. I must admit that VMM made me see Virtual Server with different eyes. A good user interface completely changes the perception of a product.
Some days ago, I blogged about RoyalTS and visionapp Remote Desktop, two free RDP management tools. Some readers linked to four other tools which I didn’t know before. Thanks a lot! All these RDP clients are quite similar, although each of them has its special features that might turn out to be useful in a certain environment. In this post I am comparing six Remote Desktop clients in a feature table: RD Tabs 2.0.8, mRemote 0.0.8.0, RoayalTS 1.3.2, vissionapp Remote Desktop v1.5 (vRD), Terminals 1.6, and Remote Desktop Manager 3.0.0.1 (RD Manager).
One thing I like about blogging is that it is much more communicative than publishing on traditional media. However, even though I had contact with some of you in the comments on my blog or via e-mail, I would like to get in touch with you more interactively. That’s why I set up a chat room where we can shoptalk about Windows administration.
Considering the bad and often unfair press that Vista got during the last months, it must surprise many that Microsoft reports the fastest revenue growth in any first quarter since 1999. 88 million Vista copies have been sold by now. That’s more or less the population of Germany. Since many have been waiting to upgrade, mostly because of the bad press, I would expect that it won’t be the last record that Microsoft will set in the near future.
I just stumbled across TweakUAC, a nifty free tool that allows you to turn off UAC faster than with Vista’s onboard method. What is so useful about this utility is that you can also disable and enable UAC Prompts with it.
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Loading ...It seems that Microsoft is really struggling with Vista. This is already the fourth update of this kind. There was a compatibility and reliability update in August accompanied by a performance update. And then there was another compatibility, reliability and stability update at the beginning of this month. The description of this new one is the same as for the last update.
Switcher is a useful free tool that allows you to switch between open applications more easily than with the Alt-Tab function and Flip 3D (Win+Tab) of Windows Vista. I blogged about Switcher 1.2 some time ago. Now, there is Switcher 2.0 with some cool enhancements.
It is always interesting to see how various kinds of statistics of Web server market shares come to totally different results. This leaves room for everyone to choose which statistics just suits them best or is to their own liking [1] [2]. In this post, I compare four prominent statistics (Netcraft, Google, Port80, Security Space) with respect to the market shares of IIS and Apache.
Blat is a free tool that allows you to send emails from the command line or from a batch file. Of course, you can also use it with any scripting language that allows you to launch external commands. This can be useful, if you want to be informed when a script has failed or when it finished its job.
How often do you connect to a Windows Terminal Server by RDP in a day? If you are a Windows admin, you probably do this more often than anything else. RoyalTS and visionapp Remote Desktop (vRD) are two useful free tools that allow you two manage your remote desktop connections more professionally than with the Remote Desktop Connection utility that comes with Windows.
There has been much media buzz about the miracles that hybrid hard drives (HHDs) and Vista ReadyDrive performance with regard to power savings. It has been alleged that the power consumption would be cut by 70%-90%. However, a test in the German print magazine C’t (21/07, p.114-117) showed that the power savings are negligible. Only a laptop with a solid state drive (SDD) showed significant power savings.
Todd Bishop blogged about Steve Ballmer’s recent statements concerning the competition between Microsoft and Google. Bishop gave an assessment I’ve read so often since Microsoft’s announcement of Office Live Workspace. Typically expressions such as “online editing” or “online collaboration” are mentioned then. And they would usually say that Google does it but Microsoft does not. I never understood what they are talking about. Perhaps someone can explain it to me.
The German print magazine C’t (21/07/106-113) tested the performance of Vista’s ReadyBoost. The results are quite disappointing. In most cases, performance wasn’t improved, and under certain conditions it even slowed down the test computer.
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