Apple updated BootCamp today and introduced support for Windows Vista, so it looks like I can spend some time over the weekend doing a fresh install of Vista with supported drivers this time. Of course it also means I get to have some fun removing the Microsoft Bluetooth stack and replacing it with a fully…
Apple support Vista on BootCamp
By Howard | Published March 28th, 2007IE7 Beta 2 brickbats and bouquets…
By Howard | Published April 28th, 2006The public beta of Internet Explorer 7 has been out for a while now, and like the good Microsoft soldier I am, I installed it this week. It’s very nice. If you’ve only ever used IE it’ll be full of neat new toys that you’ve never seen before. If you’ve been using Firefox or Safari,…
Philosophy majors shouldn't write technology editorials
By Howard | Published April 19th, 2006Richard sent me an email yesterday with a link to this article along with the message “You’ll love this one…” If you’ve followed the Windows on Mac saga recently go and read it now, if you’re anything like me and Richard you’ll have plenty to say on the subject once you’ve finished reading. I couldn’t…
Why my primary Windows XP machine is still a Dell
By Howard | Published April 12th, 2006The MacBook Pro is great running XP; but has several flaws which mean it probably won’t become my primary machine just yet… No Audio Routing If you plug headphones into the headphone socket audio continues to come out of the speakers. This is known (and documented by Apple) but is still irritating. If I’m…
The Best Windows PC is… a Mac?
By Howard | Published April 6th, 2006Some of you will know of my odd status as a PC and Mac user. I switch between both depending on where I am and what I’m doing; you’ll also know of my weakness for shiny Apple hardware and my purchase of a MacBook Pro within hours of their release. So I followed with interest…
m0n0wall and MS Virtual Server
By Howard | Published March 4th, 2006We recently had the need to simulate a routed environment with low bandwidth/high latency links between remote sites. To achieve this I used m0n0wall – a free software router – running inside Microsoft Virtual Server on multiple virtual NICs. Here’s how to get it up and running…
Things I Have Learned This Week
By Howard | Published February 17th, 2006Thing the first: Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 does not support teamed NICs on the host. This bit us on the arse earlier this week when we teamed the NICs on the hosts of our virtual environment. As a result, although we could RDP to the host desktop, all our guest machines dropped off the network….
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