Mapping your Windows Special Folders to OneDrive for Business – Ultimate Backup
Do you want to save a file it should be instantly replicated to all your PC’s, and the cloud. What about file history and an infinite recycle bin! That will survive a nuclear strike, or a cup of coffee!
Agility and Windows 10: Upgrading my Surface Pro 2
You know me, I am always willing to take a little risk to get some gain. As such I will be upgrading my Surface Pro 2 to Windows 10 Technical Preview on the train on the way back from teaching the Professional Scrum Foundations in Cheltenham.
Be a kid again and upgrade to Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview
I love new things not just because they are new but because they are exiting. Discovery is something that we lose as we get older but it should be nurtured so be a kid again and upgrade to Windows Phone 8.1.
Upgrade your server to Windows Server 2012 R2 Update 1
With the release of Windows Server 2012 R2 Update 2 I wanted to make sure that all of my demo machines are up to date. I have a Domain Controller and a TFS server that are separate boxes but which are both running Windows Server 2012 R2.
Visual Studio 2013 and TFS 2013 are released, get yours now! Oh and Windows 8.1…
Microsoft just made both Visual Studio 2013 and Windows 8.1 available for download on MSDN and on http://visualstudio.com. This release includes Visual Studio 2013, .NET 4.5.1, and Team Foundation Server 2013 as well as making Windows 8.1 available on Windows Update.
Unable to install Visual Studio 2013 RC on Windows 8.1 Preview
When you try to install Visual Studio 2013 RC (or Visual Studio 2013 RC Team Foundation Server) you get the message “Error: This version of Team Foundation Server is not compatible with Windows 8.1 Preview”
Woops I installed Windows 8 instead of Windows 8 Pro!
After installing Windows 8 I tried to do a couple of things that I normally do to set up my computer. I went to enable “Remote Desktop”… but there was no options. Hmm… I wanted to make a change to the “Local Security Settings…”. Hmmm… Both of these things were missing and I started to […]
Windows 8 Issue: Local network is detected as public
When you are running hyper-v you get the option to create private virtual switches to compartmentalise your network coms. if however you are using Windows 8 it may define those networks as “Public Networks” and tighten up your security so much that you cant communicate with other computers. Figure: Other networks detected as Public when […]