When Windows Server 2008 was released, I was excited to test out the new features that come with Terminal Services (after all I've been heavily using TS since the NT 4.0 Terminal Server days).

Unfortunately, when I tried to use RemoteApps, I hit a roadblock, I needed to use Vista or SP3 for XP. As SP3 isn't currently available, well there is SP3 RC2 Refresh, but a mate of mine tried that and it nuked his machine, so I pretty much decided to wait ... until I saw this article where someone has taken the new RDP 6.1 out of SP3, so we can use it now.

Head on over to this site to check it out.

Check out this lame ass video by Microsoft's sales team or should I say Bruce ServicePack and the Vista Street Band.







Now if only they could put as much work into their OS as they did with this video production, Microsoft would be onto a winner.

I love it. Not sure I agree about tables, I love tables.

I've been playing around with Windows 2008 and I thought I'd better make a backup (or at least try their new backup tool).


First, you have to install the Windows Server Backup. Gone are the days where NTBackup is included. So, after going to the Server Manager and adding this as a new feature, I came across this issue when I tried to create a backup job.

It would appear you have to have additional local drives connected, in order to backup. No backing up a server and having that backup file stored on your network. How silly.

This weekend I began upgrading my main PC, though there was a minor hiccup. All the DDR2 ram I had was 533mhz whereas the motherboard I’d purchased supported 667 and above. With a quick dash off to PC Shopper on Sunday morning in the rain, I picked up some ram and my rig is now in production (and gunning fools down on COD4).



I also installed this old unopened Antec PSU I had, as I was going to put this into my new server (where my old P4 mobo is going), but soon realized that it was better than the one I had in my machine and so of course I claimed it.



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