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Technology blogging

by | Feb 18, 2009 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

I came to the realisation that I’d not blogged about technology for weeks on this site – and for months on TechNet.

The problem I’ve got is that most of the work with partners is still not released and is under NDA. That really makes for a slow blogging period.

We’re approaching Microsoft Management Summit and some of the partner work is now in beta. I’ll make sure to blog on the System Center Operations Manager R2 Cross Platform Management extensions and the partners involved in that soon.

CAB: Apache 2.2.11

by | Feb 4, 2009 | CAB, Uncategorized

Change:

Update apache to 2.2.11

Delete apache 2.2.9 RPMs from archive

Rollback:

revert to apache 2.2.10 from archived RPMs

Notes:

get RPMs for x86_64 from opensuse build service

apache2-2.2.11-1.1.x86_64.rpm
apache2-doc-2.2.11-1.2.x86_64.rpm
apache2-prefork-2.2.11-1.2.x86_64.rpm
apache2-utils-2.2.11-1.2.x86_64.rpm
libapr-util1-1.3.4-5.1.x86_64.rpm
libapr1-1.3.3-6.1.x86_64.rpm

Apache 2.2.11 changelog is here.

CAB: Windows 7 beta updates

by | Jan 10, 2009 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

Change:

Update internal machines to Windows 7 beta:

  • gc-lego
  • gc-media
  • gc-video
  • gc-grania

Rollback:

Re-install Vista from WDS and restore apps and profiles from backup
Re-image gc-grania from last automated image

Notes:

x86 and x64 beta bits from msdn.microsoft.com
License keys from msdn.microsoft.com
Enroll in Selfhost @ Home.

Windows 7 public beta – tomorrow

by | Jan 8, 2009 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

Get the full details here http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/01/07/information-on-downloading-and-installing-windows-7-beta.aspx

Get in quick – only the first 2.5 million downloads will get it.

On January 9th, the Windows 7 Beta will be available for Windows enthusiasts to download via the Windows 7 page on Windows.com. The Windows 7 Beta is going to be available download-only (we’re not sending out physical media) and available for a limited time to the first 2.5 million people who download the beta.

I’ve been using Windows 7 pre-beta for a few months. It’s pretty solid.

ThinkPad thermal shutdown

by | Dec 30, 2008 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

One of my laptops kept shutting down during use; after a lot of testing it turned out to be temperature related.

I downloaded and installed a cool utility – Notebook Hardware Control – and tweaked the ACPI settings for my machine.

The CPU was running at over 95°C and the laptop was performing a safety power down.

The fan is much more agressive now – and the CPU is running at 75°C – a lot better.