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How to fool Windows 8 into using your SD-card in the media applications

Running Windows 8? Want to use the SD-card slot with the Music or Movies-applications in Windows 8? Windows Media Player won’t include stuff in the library that’s stored on removable storage so here’s how to fool it!

Create a VHD on an SD-card (or USB, but that’ll stick out of your Slate (which I’m running)).… Read the rest

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Windows 8 hits RTM status, Release Preview available for download.

The process towards release and general availability continues and now Windows 8 has hit RTM (Release To Manufacturing). If you’re in a hurry testing the Release Preview version is still available at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download but rumour has it that it’ll be publicly available October 26.… Read the rest

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Outlook.com

You haven’t missed outlook.com have you? It’s your old fashioned hotmail inbox with a revamped look and new features! And from my short testing, it’s definitely worth taking it for a spin.

Visit outlook.com and login with your live id to check it out!… Read the rest

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Hyper-V update list

Are you running Hyper-V in your environment? You might want to check out this list of updates, which not only contains download links but also mentions why the update might be needed. So if you have any specific problems (or want to avoid them) be sure to check it out!… Read the rest

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Destroying the internet

Very interesting article on how to destroy the internet from gizmodo:

“Remember when Anonymous threatened to destroy the entire internet? We laughed, and ultimately their words were just hacker hubris. But it got us thinking—could someone actually destroy the Internet?

We did some digging, and guess what: With enough effort, the entire thing can be shattered.… Read the rest

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Self managing lab environment using Hyper-V and SCVMM 2012

In january when I started my new job at Transcendent Group there were developers that needed a test / lab environment for testing Team Foundation Server and other products. Since we’re only ~40 employees we don’t have the manpower to manage stuff like this manually.… Read the rest

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