Perfil de GregGreg Olsen - Yellow Duck...FotosBlogListas Ferramentas Ajuda

Blog


25 de maio

Windows 7 - Create a Network Bridge

I have two onboard network adapters on my motherboard and for a long time now I have been able to create a bridge between these adapters.  Within Windows 7, especially the latest Release Candidate, this options is a little hidden from the general user. BUT right here you can find that setting with ease.
 
  1. Right-click on your network icon in the taskbar, and select 'Open Network and Sharing Center'
  2. On the left hand menu, select 'Change adapter settings'. Now you should see your list of Network Adapters available.
  3. Select two adapters, right-click and select the option of 'Bridge Connections'. 

Dialog is shown - "Please wait while windows bridges the connections". When this is completed a 'Network Bridge' is created.  From here you will need to set the ip address settings to be used by both adapters or simply use 'Obtain an ip address automatically' option to get an ip address assigned from your DHCP server or device. I normally set the IP v4 settings.

Hope this helps. I have posted it for my future reference because I seem to forget where to find it again after a few months gone by!

Greg Olsen
Yellow Duck Guy

22 de maio

Internet Explorer - IE7 Compatibility Tag

IE 8 has been released for awhile now. If you create web pages, then you probably should be aware of the IE 7 compatibility meta data tag which can force your pages you have working in IE 7, to be compatible with IE 8.  IE 8 attempts to adhere to the CSS web standards and your old (yeah they are old now) IE 7 pages may not render correctly in IE 8.
 
Below is the meta data tag which you can use to force IE 8 to render the page in IE 7 format.
<meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=EmulateIE7″ />
 
Microsoft have more info here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=120024
 
Greg Olsen
Yellow Duck Guy
17 de maio

Windows 7 RC - Access is denied patch KB970789

A folder that is created under the root of the system drive is missing entries in its security descriptor, which may cause some application failures on the English version of Windows 7 Release Candidate 32-bit Ultimate
 
In the English version of Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) 32-bit Ultimate, the folder that is created as the root folder of the system drive (%SystemDrive%) is missing entries in its security descriptor. One effect of this problem is that standard users such as non-administrators cannot perform all operations to subfolders that are created directly under the root. Therefore, applications that reference folders under the root may not install successfully or may not uninstall successfully. Additionally, operations or applications that reference these folders may fail.
For example, if a folder is created under the root of the system drive from an elevated command prompt, this folder will not correctly inherit permissions from the root of the drive. Therefore, some specific operations, such as deleting the folder, will fail when they are performed from a non-elevated command prompt. Additionally, the following error message appears when the operation fails - "Access is denied".
 
The above information is sourced directly from the link below and only affects the 32bit (x86) English version of Windows 7 Release Candidate.
 
Greg Olsen
Yellow Duck Guy
14 de maio

CRM 4.0 2009 VPC - Time Expiry Date

Well I have finally got around to running up the latest time bombed CRM 4.0 2009 VPC and turned it into a Hyper-V image. The date of exipry for the downloadable VPC is August 12th 2010. So if you are using this just remember this date as the software within the VPC will stop executing. However, you will be able to access a "limited" amount of data within the VPC.
 
One thing I had to do to get CRM running within a Hyper-V Virtual Machine was to create an entry in the hosts file of 127.0.0.1 and point it to crm, which is the host header inside IIS.  This may not be required, but for my version it was the quick fix to get the Virtual Machine image running CRM within Internet Explorer.  The entry details enter were: 127.0.0.1           crm
 
I also noticed that SharePoint was writing automatically to the hosts file as well.
 
The hosts file is located at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts  -> just open it with Notepad and add the entry above and save.
 
Greg Olsen
Yellow Duck Guy