The dates are announced and early August will see the SMB MVP Community Roadshow visit Australia. The tour is a community effort supported by Microsoft, HP and SBSmigration.com and the sessions are being presented by real SMB (not just SBS) MVPs. The Australian dates are Melbourne – 1st August Adelaide – 3rd August Sydney – 8th August Brisbane – 9th … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
Internet Explorer 9 crashes when opened.
I was working on a friends computer this weekend and have found that when they upgraded to Internet Explorer 9, every time they open IE9 it crashes. They have Windows Vista Service Pack 2. At first I thought it was just a failed installation of IE9, so I removed IE9 which put them back at IE8 and everything worked. I checked the computer for malware, cleaned up a lot … [Read more...]
How can I create a file of specific size with random content?
Ok – so after the last FAQ on How to create empty files of a specific size, I figured I should also post about how I’ve created files of a specific size with random content. You see – there’s a need for both so that I can test various software and it’s effect on the system. I started with this utility here which allows the creation of the files that I need. Download the … [Read more...]
How can I create an empty file of a specific size?
I’m doing some testing right now and I needed to create a few files of specific size. I did some digging and found that the FSUTIL command would do exactly what I wanted it to do. The FSUTIL command will create an empty file of a specific size for you with just a few parameters The command you need to run is as follows; FSUTIL file createnew filename size The … [Read more...]
How to install SBS 2011 from a Bootable USB Drive
One of the challenges with SBS 2011 is that it’s quite large – the DVD is 6.6GB in size. Now I’ve done most of my testing in a virtual environment and therefore have not needed to cut the ISO that I have to a DVD until more recently. The procedure I’ve documented below will allow you to not only create a bootable SBS 2011 USB stick, but you can use the process with … [Read more...]