Turbofish

Because I just couldn't wait to play with the latest stuff and I had a reason to reinstall our SharePoint server [bathroom that floods is above the server room!], I went ahead and installed SharePoint 2010.  I read that it requires 8 GB of ram and a quad core - they weren't kidding. It takes a huge amount of resources but the biggest issue I've had is I couldn't browse the libraries via explorer. It was so slow that it was really unusable. My work box I'm running Windows 2008R2 [just like the SharePoint Server] and a quad Xeon but I've noticed the same issue with Windows 7.

The fix: Internet Options - connections - LAN Settings - disable the Automatically detect settings.

Why does that work? I have no idea but it did the trick. 

One change they have made to SQL 2008 was really bugging me. If you would change a table in the SQL Server Management, you would get an error message:

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That is frustrating so I took to searching for a fix.

Click on Tools - Options - and on the Designers node, you will find a check box "Prevent saving changes that require table re-creation"

After that, you should be able to make all of the changes you wish.

My first 'real' bike way back in '81

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But that was followed a year later with a Ciocc

I've been running Windows 7 for a week and just thought I would share some of the things that I have discovered about it.

Pretty much everyone has commented on the new taskbar and yes, it is really cool. For example, when I use IE [not my favorite], it will show each tab as a new page.

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This will show up in the task bar like this:

Tons have been covered about that but there is something else that I have found about the task bar that I thought was really cool. Typically, I really don't like using Explorer but prefer to use PowerDesk but they have added a few features that has got me to start using it again. Quite often, you will go to the same location over and over. By right clicking on the Explorer icon which is by default on the task bar, it will show you a history of the locations that you normally go to. You can always pin one of these to the top to provide easy and quick access to your favorite locations.

One of the things that has been missing from the Explorer since Windows 3.1, is a quick and easy way to get to a drive. Now they have put your drives in the left menu that always allows quick access.

The resource monitor was one of the great improvements in Vista, Windows 7 has taken it just a bit further. Now they have divided the different resources in tabs and placed four graphical displays on the right side.

And lets not forget about the calculator which was long over due for an upgrade.

Mark one more improvement in the task bar: when you are downloading something in IE, you can track the progress of the download by viewing the color change of the IE icon in the task bar:

The start menu for applications that have a recent feature, will list documents that you have opened in the past; handy if you find yourself having to open up a file quickly.

One of the first things that I would normally do in Vista is disable the UAC. I didn't want to see Microsoft warning me every few second for permission to do something. Now you can tune the UAC so that it isn't quite so bothersome. In fact, I actually still have it on.