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How to Annoy Your Boss (or get yourself fired)
04 September 10 05:24 PM | pavely | 6 comment(s)

If you want to make your boss a bit crazy, here’s what you can do: First, get him away from his computer. You can explain you need to run some connectivity test or configure some important service for the sake of the project. Once he’s out of the way, you can proceed: 1. Install the Debugging Tools For Windows package (if you don’t have it already). You can get the latest version from the Windows SDK installation , but any previous version will do. We’ll need the Global Flags utility from that package...

תגים:Debugging, DEV, ITPRO, Internals, OFFTOPIC

Installing SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7 (the easy way)
16 May 10 11:19 AM | pavely | with no comments

Recently, Shai Raiten has blogged about installing SharePoint on Windows 7 (or Vista). This works for SharePoint 2007, but (at least for me) failed for SharePoint 2010. However, there is an easy way to install SharePoint 2010 on client OSs (Windows 7 x64, Windows Vista x64): 1. Extract/copy the SharePoint installation to somewhere on the hard drive. 2. Open config.xml file located in the Files\Setup subfolder. 3. Add the line <Setting Id="AllowWindowsClientInstall" Value="True"...

תגים:DEV, ITPRO, SharePoint 2010

Intel vPro Conference
14 September 09 01:04 PM | pavely | 1 comment(s)

I was present in the Intel vPro conference today. Although I didn’t stay through the entire event, I got the jist of it. Intel talked about what vPro is, and how it can be used in remote IT management. Although vPro is not really new (launched in 2006), it has gone through some enhancements and improvements with the new 32nm technology. What is vPro? It’s actually three components that interact with each other, regardless of the existence of an operating system on top of that: A CPU, chipset and...

תגים:DEV, ITPRO, Intel

Removing the Send Feedback link on Windows 7 Title Bars
19 January 09 10:47 AM | pavely | with no comments

The Windows 7 beta has the sometimes annoying “Send Feedback” link on title bars which I click way too often when I reach for the minimize button. As John Robbins discovered, you can remove it by opening regedit.exe , navigating to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop and setting FeedbackToolEnabled value to 0. You’ll need to log off and log on to get the desired effect. When you really want to give feedback (and you should), simply use the shortcut on the desktop.

תגים:מכללת הי-טק, DEV, ITPRO, Windows7