Archive for December, 2007

Bell Labs’ Plan 9

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 filed in Linux, Virtualization

A new day, a new virtual OS. Last week when I was surfing over the net, I eventually ended on Bell Labs’ site about the Plan 9 Operating System. This is a Unix-like OS, which saw the daylight at the end of the eighties and is being developed until present day. An ISO image can [...]

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Exchange Server and Vista

Posted on December 21st, 2007 filed in Windows

When I bought my Vista-equiped laptop half a year ago, I noticed when I logged in to my Exchange Server 2003 using Outlook Web Access, I couldn’t type any messages. I didn’t give it much attention at that time, because I normally work in-house and use the “normal” Outlook which has no problems. But last week I made [...]

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64 bit OS on Virtual PC

Posted on December 14th, 2007 filed in Virtualization, Windows

Okay, Virtual PC should be emulating a Pentium III, but why are both Windows Server 2008 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux reporting an Intel Core 2 CPU? So I thought, let’s find out if the OS can really work with a 64-bit enabled processor.

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Windows Server 2008 RC1 available

Posted on December 13th, 2007 filed in Windows

While I’m playing with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 RC0, the Release Candidate 1 is available for download. It’s coming in here now, so I’ll write about my experiences with it very soon here.

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