IIS7: Moving the INETPUB directory to a different drive
Great article on what is involved in moving the IIS root folder in Server 2008 and newer OSs. Having your content on a different partition than your Operating System…
Sudo for Windows
With the existance of UAC in the windows world, I find my self looking for easier ways to run a command as administrator (usually via command line) without needing to…
Information about ADFS
http://marcvaneijk.wordpress.com/2010/06/12/sharepoint-2010-and-adfs-2-0-the-complete-step-by-step-guide/ http://malcolmplested.blogspot.com/2011/06/setting-up-adfs-with-office-365.html
A couple of useful free tools
FreeCommanderis an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager. The program helps you with daily work in Windows. Here you can find all the necessary functions to manage your…
How to display hidden NIC card drivers in Windows Server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269155 Click Start, click Run, type cmd.exe, and then press ENTER. Type set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1, and then press ENTER. Type Start DEVMGMT.MSC, and then press ENTER. Click View, and then click Show Hidden Devices. Expand the Network Adapters tree. Right-click…
Application Pool Recycle Utility for SharePoint Developers
This is a copy from here.... This freeware application is a System Tray utility for providing quick access to common IIS tasks which are useful on a SharePoint development box.…
Backup Tools
Acronis True Image (http://www.acronis.com) DriveImage XML (http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm)
Running 32-bit version of the Windows Side Bar on x64 System
After getting Windows 7 x64 installed, I was having a problem getting a few gadgets to work correctly (like the Pandora Gadget). It turns out this gadget uses Flash, which…
Resizing a VHD drive
Resizing a VHD drive is not particularly complicated, it just involves a number of steps. To Shrink Mount the VHD in Windows 7/2008 using Disk Management Tools (or DISKPART) Defragment…
Using Windows Server 2008 as a SUPER workstation OS [Part 2]
[Note: This is a copy of this post] This is a continuation of my previous post Using Windows Server 2008 as a SUPER workstation OS Here are a couple of…