Throw-Back Thursday Post –Need to restart Explorer shell Gracefully?
Sometimes you need to restart Explorer to get things straightened out on your desktop. Maybe the Notification Area is losing it or you want to refresh your Quick Launch. Whatever…
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Windows 8
Quick Tip on Adding Roles and Features to Windows Server 2012 (and Windows 8?)
Unlike Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, which pre-stage all available roles and features during setup for easy addition at any later time, Windows Server 2012 (and…
Windows 8 shortcut Keys
Have you made the jump to Windows 8 yet? Aaron Silber sent around this handy chart of Keyboard Shortcuts for the mouse averse. Click the image for a…
Surviving Windows 8 annoyances with HiDrop
Post by Jacques Bensimon: Some Windows 8.x annoyances you may be up against, with solutions. (1) By default, Windows 8 administrative shares (C$, Admin$, etc.) cannot be accessed…
Not so new Cool Utility: Update the Default User profile in Windows 7/2008
This one is pretty self explanatory in it’s usefulness to VDI folk who leverage profiles to roll out customizations and default settings. Even though you configure to use…
Have you seen the new Windows 8 copy Dialog?
I might be behind the curve for some of you who read my blog but I finally took the plunge and dove head first into the waters of…
Hold your horses, Explorer!
By Jacques Bensimon - We’re all familiar in our Remote Desktop Services and XenApp builds with the necessity of using the “Run logon scripts synchronously” policy to ensure…
The Bensimon Review: Classic Shell on Windows 8
Here’s a review of the Classic Shell by Jacques Bensimon. Finally got around to testing Classic Shell on Windows 8 – I delayed it for a while to…