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I am not one to plug companies I wouldn’t use. So know this first, I have used Driver Detective. Some people out there will be upgrading to Windows 7 and will run into problems finding a driver. Now when I ran into the this problem in the early betas of Windows 7 I spent time looking for drivers online. I used some pretty specific techniques that everyday users would find impressive but I say are just plain time consuming. And I don’t have time for it. So for that reason I would like to introduce you to one of the greatest … Continue reading Windows 7: What to do if you can’t find a driver

Well I am deep into using Hyper-V R2 and I have probably forgotten a dozen things that caught me off guard at the beginning. I have resolved to just blog about them as they come up rather that put them in order of importance. In order for Hyper-V 2008 R2 Integration services to be installed on Windows Server 2003, SP2 needs to be installed. Now in most circustances this would not be a problem because you could use slipstreamimng to make another ISO image with the SP2 or SP3 install files. For more information on slip streamimng look here: How … Continue reading Hyper-V 2008 R2 – Gotcha #1 – How to install Windows Server 2003 SP2 without a network card

When using OWA (internally or externally in this situation), when one either chooses to search the Global Address List or pages forward from the first 50 members of the list, OWA searches for a few moments and then returns the error: “Could not connect to a directory server.  If the problem continues, contact technical support for your organization.”  This is a known issue and can be resolved using the following method. To resolve this issue, either use Outlook lite (I did not actually try this) or, in the TMG Firewall Outlook Web Access publishing rule, go to the Link Translation … Continue reading EBS Fix GAL address lookup TMG

From time to time you come across client requests to install software that is not setup for 64 bit operating systems even though the software does support 64bit processing. A recent client request to install Open VPN illustrates this point. The following is how I resolved the error messages. Troubleshooting OpenVPN For Windows 7/Vista 64bit Operating Systems. When installing OpenVPN save the installer file to a location of your choosing.Right click on the installer and select the “Run as Administrator” option. You need to open the config file and change the pointers to reflect the 32 bit location of files … Continue reading Troubleshooting OpenVPN For Windows 7/Vista 64bit Operating Systems