Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Beta coming in July

Microsoft has confirmed that the public beta version of Service Pack 1 for Windows server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 will be released in end of July. The SP1 is going to have 2 new features: RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory

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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

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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...

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...