Upgraded my Samsung Omnia II with Windows Mobile 6.5

I stumbled upon modaco.com Omnia upgrade site and followed its instructions on how to upgrade my Samsung Omnia II’s windows OS from 6.1 to 6.5. I am hoping that the newer OS will provide me with better touch screen sensitivity. I downloaded the app and installed the “New PC Studio”. Let us see if this […]

Microsoft Website Spark!

Microsoft WebsiteSpark ignites success in the Web business by helping Web Pros to drive new business opportunities through connections with partners and customers around the world. WebsiteSpark also provides Web Pros with Microsoft software and solutions, as well as support and training opportunities. Through their participation in WebsiteSpark, Network Partners can grow their own business […]

Improving Disk Access times with DiskPart

Wnile reviewing for the next exchange certification exam, i came across something that I did not know– improving disk access via DiskPart Disk performance may be slower than expected when you use multiple disks in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, in Microsoft Windows XP, and in Microsoft Windows 2000. For example, performance may slow when you […]

Recovering from HyperV failure

It finally happened. A virtual machine refused to startup. It has unknown boot errors. So we just delete the VM and recreate it using the base VHD that it had. All the snampesots (avhd files) were intact. So a google search shows: Microsoft MVP Brian’s IT Proctology blog with the following data: You manually merge […]

Windows 7 Black Screen

I just got word from Microsoft that the supposed patch that causes Windows 7 Black Screen is bogus and inaccurate. * Microsoft has found these reports to be inaccurate. Comprehensive investigation has shown that none of the recently released updates are related to the behavior described in the reports. Microsoft’s support organization is also not […]