Tag Archives: Vista

Windows and removable or remote media

Posted on July 5, 2008 by mythokia

We’ve come a long way in the history of Windows since Windows 95 and despite the hostility of a huge number towards Vista, there has been remarkable improvements and innovations made. However, beneath the fresh coat of paint, some of … Continue reading →

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RDP-ing to the console session

Posted on July 4, 2008 by mythokia

Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol has a feature that gives it a huge advantage over most traditional remote desktop software such as VNC (UltraVNC, RealVNC etc.): the redirection of sound from the remote to the local machine. That is to say, … Continue reading →

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File transfer rate: What's going on here?

Posted on June 9, 2008 by mythokia

I’m completely puzzled by this. Transferring a file across the network (GigE), a file that contains real data moves much slower (it’s almost a 10 MB/s difference!) than a test file created by fsutil. As far as I know, and … Continue reading →

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The Path to x64

Posted on May 31, 2008 by mythokia

RAM prices are dirt cheap, and with the amount of work I’m doing on virtual machines lately, it would be silly to not get another stick of 2 GB to my existing 2 GB. 2 + 2 might make 5 … Continue reading →

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