The time has come to move my Warehouse Database and OpsMgr Reporting Server role to a new server in my lab. Today – both roles are installed on a single server (named OMDW). This server is running Windows Server 2008 SP2 x86, and SQL 2008 SP1 DB engine and SQL Reporting (32bit to match the OS). This machine is OLD, and only has 2GB of memory, so it is time to move it to a 64bit capable machine with 8GB of RAM.

RunScanner is a freeware windows system utility which scans your system for all running programs, autostart locations, drivers, services and hijack points. You can use Runscanner to detect changes and misconfigurations in your system caused by spyware, virusses or human errors.

The final version of .NET Framework 4 has been available for download for quite some time, but never fails to have an extra look at the system requirements, just to avoid any surprises. Fact is that there is little to surprise customers when it comes down to the computers capable of playing nice with the latest iteration of .NET.

Since Windows XP was released, there are countless 3rd-party visual styles released by many skinners in order to improve user's experiences and eye candy. To use non-certified visual style is disallowed by Microsoft's certificate protection so you need to bypass certification verification in uxtheme.dll.

Network Monitor 3.4 is a protocol analyzer. It allows you to capture network traffic, view and analyze it. Version 3.4 is an update and replaces Network Monitor 3.4. Network Monitor 3.x is a complete overhaul of the previous Network Monitor 2.x version.

New version! - LAN Bridger is an easy-to-use VPN tool. It lets you be a part of the same local computer network at your job, on the road, or half way around the world. Share files. Administer machines. Access music. Or kick back and play a game. If you can do it locally, LAN Bridger lets you do it remotely. It’s as easy as click, click, you're connected.

SHJunction is a small freeware application to manage NTFS virtual folders. A virtual folder is sometimes called a junction point or (pseudo) symbolic link. It is a folder that is actually a link to another folder. For example, a person could create a virtual folder called "C:\AFOLDER" that is a link to "E:\ACTUALLY\THIS\FOLDER". In this way, a virtual folder is an alias for another folder.

One of the powerful feature of Group Policy that have been around since its inception has been the ability to deploy and manage MSI based applications. Once senario you might find yourself in due to increasing popularity of Windows x64 is how do you deploy the right version of an application to your SOE however you are still running a mixture x86/x64 environments.

When migrating to 64-bit Windows, traditional “unmanaged” applications can pose challenges. That is because unmanaged binaries contain hardware-dependent CPU instructions – and the view on the hardware differs between 32- and 64-bit mode. But .NET? It should be unaffected of a system’s bitness since “managed” binaries contain instructions in a so-called intermediate language that is executed in a virtual machine at run-time and only then translated to machine language. But is it really? This article is about .NET programs that are dependent on OS bitness.

New version! WinQuota Corporate is a fully automatic and real-time disk and folders quota management software for Windows. It was designed especially for administration in large and huge companies, hosting platforms. WinQuota Corporate provides quota management for folders and files separately for any kind of users and groups. It provides support of Active Directory complex structures, including forests and sites, and support of any kind of network users and groups.

Disclaimer: This is not an exotic edge case or even a particularly difficult bug to figure out. I am merely writing about it because I managed to learn a few useful things about how .NET works in a 64 bit environment as I was investigating it and thought it might be useful to share.

Happy Valentine’s Day! And what’s more romantic than a post about analyzing an x64 crash dump? If you haven’t picked up a card already, feel free to print this out and hand it to your significant other. Way back in December

In most cases, 32-bit applications execute with no issues on 64-bit thanks to WOW64. However, there are a few cases that you may need to make modifications to your application in order for it to work on 64-bit. I’ll cover the common issues and possible solutions in this post.

Windows Product Key Viewer is a free utility that will display the installed Windows Product Key (cd key) and other important Windows system information. Our Windows Product Key Viewer works with all Windows operating systems (95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, 2003, XP), 32-bit and 64-bit.