Month: November 2010

Like many things in the Hyper-V world understanding and attributing resources is extremely important. The page file is an important aspect of debugging servers and can in some instances allow servers to handle situations which temporarily exceed the physical memory of the server. Without rehashing the importance of the page file, in this post I will try to give reference and personal opinion on page file size and the thinking behind the conclusions. It is important to note that no significant testing or guidance exists to my knowledge at the time of writing about sizing page files which is based … Continue reading Sizing the Page File for Hyper-V Host Server

I ran into a strange problem with spell check. Seems it had stopped working for no apparent reason. Here is what I found that fixed it. a. Close Word and any other open applications. b. Click on Start | Run | Open and type "regedit" (without the quotation marks). c. If the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools\1.0\Override exists, delete it. d. Exit the Registry Editor. e. Restart your computer I validated that on most computers the Override key does not exist. I am not sure Office 2010 beta placed these keys as it expired. Hope this helps if you find the … Continue reading Office Spell 2010 Spell Check not Working