Monthly Archives: July 2010

RAM, Virtual Memory, Pagefile and all that stuff

Posted on July 30, 2010 by niall

In modern operating systems, including Windows, application programs and many system processes always reference memory using virtual memory addresses which are automatically translated to real (RAM) addresses by the hardware. Only core parts of the operating system kernel bypass this … Continue reading →

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How to Resize a Microsoft Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) File

Posted on July 30, 2010 by niall

When you create a Microsoft Virtual Hard Drive either through Virtual PC or Virtual Server, you have to specify the maximum size of the file up front. While you can set the VHD to be a fixed or dynamically sized … Continue reading →

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WMI Filters for Group Policy Objects

Posted on July 9, 2010 by niall

Windows XP select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where Version like “5.1%” and ProductType = “1” Windows Server 2003/R2 select * from Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE Version LIKE “5.2%” Any OS prior to Vista select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where Version < “6” Windows 7 select … Continue reading →

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Native VHD Boot on Windows XP

Posted on July 1, 2010 by niall

At work, we are still strictly using Windows XP SP3 as our desktop OS. However, as I’m an avid home user of Windows 7, I was very keen to try it out as my main work OS. I was also particularly … Continue reading →