Dec 18 2012
I had a computer running Windows Server 8 Beta with a Storage Pool using the “Parity” resiliency type. I installed Windows Server 2012 RTM “over it” (i.e. not an upgrade) and completely lost access to this Storage Pool when the RTM install completed. So, using a number of MSDN resources and PowerShell commands, I got …
Jul 02 2012
Update: I’m told that this command-line option works in Windows 7, as well. So it’s not a change for Windows 8/2012. I just didn’t have a Windows 7 machine handy to test it. The command-line parameters for the Event Viewer have changed in Windows 8 (and Windows Server 2012, I assume). To launch Event Viewer …
Jun 19 2012
I don’t know why, but I keep forgetting how to log off of Windows 8 / Server 2012 systems. To do so, go to the Start “screen”, click on your user account picture/name in the upper-right hand corner of the screen, and select “Sign out”. Or you can ?select “Switch User” from here. Rob This post was …
Jun 07 2012
I created a Windows Service installer using WiX and included a custom action that called PowerShell to run a script. Unfortunately, I called the script with the wrong parameters and then the service would not uninstall. So, I tried a lot of different tricks and finally found a recommendation on the web to run the sc.exe command with the …
Apr 10 2006
I ran into a problem recently where a third-party application could not launch iTunes and the Apple iTunes COM SDK also could not launch iTunes. I have the 64-bit version of Windows XP Professional (x64 Edition) installed on my Athlon 64 computer and initially thought that perhaps MarkAble (an excellent tool for converting audio files …