New tool: Remote Desktop Connection Manager - RDCMan

Microsoft has recently release a new utility called Remote Desktop Connection Manager or RDCman. Its just like RDP Desktops or Remote desktop mmc snap-ins but with more features.

It supports server list and groups and can save configurations setting to connect to Terminal servers.  As per Microsoft site:

"RDCMan manages multiple remote desktop connections. It is useful for managing server labs where you need regular access to each machine such as automated checkin systems and data centers. It is similar to the built-in MMC Remote Desktops snap-in, but more flexible. "

Few of the benefits:

• Different groups can be created to manage servers based on common configuration setting, geographical location etc.
• Global settings at Group level can be saved which are inheritable by servers in that group or servers can be configured individually.
• Gives you the option to connect with different screen resolutions, applicable both at group or server level.
• Main window shows the preview of all the connected servers.

As per Microsoft Download page, RDCman is supported on Operating systems: Windows 7; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Vista Users using Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 will need to obtain version 6 or newer of the Remote Desktop Connection client software

Click here to go to the download page

Microsoft 'Spindex' social aggregator

Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled Spindex, a new FUSE Labs creation that allows users to aggregate updates from their multiple social networks into one place on the Web.

URL: spindex.me

Spindex allows users to connect their Facebook, Twitter and Evernote accounts, and adds in RSS feeds. From there, users can find out more information about whatever their friends are sharing online through Bing. For now, the registration is through invitation only. you would need you Windows live account to sign in.

 http://fuse.microsoft.com/projects-spindex.html

Here is more about Spindex: Microsoft launches 'Spindex' social aggregator

Microsoft Small Basic v0.8

Microsoft has announced the release of new version (v.0.8) of Small Basic. Click here to go to the Download page

Microsoft Small Basic is a project that is aimed at making computer programming accessible to beginners. The project comprises a simple programming language that gathers inspiration from the original BASIC programming language; a modern and attractive programming environment; and rich, extensible libraries. Together they make programming fun for kids and adults alike.

Small Basic starts with a really simple programming language that gathers inspiration from the original BASIC language.  It has no more than 15 keywords and is strictly imperative.

Download Page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B006D58D-C2C7-44AD-936B-E7E2D7DE793E&displaylang=en

Small Basic Blog site: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/0/6/90616372-C4BF-4628-BC82-BD709635220D/Introducing%20Small%20Basic.pdf

Error: "Attempting to load a 64-bit application, however this CPU is not compatible with 64-bit mode.'

Some of you might be facing this problem while loading an iso or vhd and booting the virtual machine. The error comes up as:

'File: \Window\system32\boot\winload.exe
Status: 0xc000035a
Info: Attempting to load a 64-bit application, however this CPU is not
compatible with 64-bit mode.'

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Data collector set does not start at system start up

While working on Windows 2008 SP2 I came across a situation where we needed to configure Data Collector Set (Perfmon) and wanted it to trigger an email when the values for certain object reach a predetermined threshold. All went well, except the logs just won't start automatically after the reboot! We tried it on Windows 2003 and Windows Vista. It works fine, the perfmon logs get started automatically after system restart but not on Windows 2008 server. More...

Google Public DNS

Google has launched its own public DNS resolver.

To use Google Public DNS service, go to your computer's network settings and change the DNS IP address to Google Public DNS ip adress. They are:

• 8.8.8.8
• 8.8.8.4

Visit the following link for further details: Introduction to Google Public DNS

Enabling internet search on start menu (Windows 7)

 This is a nice tweak to enable internet search right from the start menu, without pulling up the web browser and going to search engine. Take a look at this article:

http://www.winplat.net/post/Add-Search-Internet-link-in-Start-Menu-(Windows-7).aspx

Windows hangs after applying update KB 969947 (MS09-065)

Recently Microsoft has released a new security patch MS09-065 (KB 969947) which seems to be causing issues on Windows operating systems. Most common of them are system hangs and bluescreen of death. So far the only resolution was to go into the safe mode and uninstall the patch.

However, Microsoft has updated the Article and posted the known issue of it's patch with ATI Radeon HD 2400 series graphic drivers. So if you have, you're most likely to get into this problem.

As per Microsoft Article, here is what you need to do: More...

Andreas04-BE, New theme for BlogEngine 1.5

Hello all!

I have taken another original website design by Andreas and modified it for BlogEngine. I hope you all would like it. Many thanks to Andreas again for such neat designs. :)

Click here for the theme preview  or  Download Andreas04-BE theme

If you have any feedback or concern, please contact me. My email id: inbox at gusac.net

andreas04-BE.zip (30.96 kb)

Check out our other themes: ClearG (New)

New BlogEngine 1.5 Theme - Andreas09-BE

New theme for  BlogEnginge.Net Project 1.5 called Andreas09-BE. I took the website theme by Andreas Viklund and modified it to work with BlogEngine.

Theme Preview

Click here to download Andreas09-BE theme (11.98KB)

Thanks to Andreas Viklund for designing such a nice theme! Visit to check out more website theme: http://andreasviklund.com/templates

Download link: andreas09-BE.zip (11.98 kb)

Customizing this theme:  This theme has 2 main feature which can be edited:

1. Custom Links on the left pane
2. Vertical (left pane) and Horizontal ads (top)

1. Custom links on the left pane:

Open the 'URL.TXT' file present in the ANDREAD09-BE folder. It has multiple lines which look like this:
<a class="nav" href="#">Link1</a><span class="hide"></span>

You just need to replace # symbol with the actual URL (website link) and replace 'LINK1' with the display name. Like this example:
<a class="nav" href="http://blogs.gusac.net">Gusac.Net</a><span class="hide"></span> 


To add multiple lines, simply copy paste the code and change the URL and display name :)

2. Vertical (left pane) and Horizontal ads (top)

To display your Adsense ad or any other ad, simply copy the code and paste it in the VERTICAL_AD.TXT OR TOP_AD.TXT file present in the Andreas09-BE folder. Make sure the you put Vertical advertisement in VERTICAL_AD.TXT file and Horintal ad block in TOP_AD.TXT file.

 If you face any issues, please let me know. My email id:  inbox at gusac.net

 andreas09_BE.zip (10.24 kb)

Update: Check the new ClearG theme for BlogEngine.Net