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Posts on ‘May 22nd, 2009’

Windows 7 and Virtual XP mode – What and Who is it for?

The new Virtual XP Mode in Windows 7 requires a CPU supporting virtualization and a supporting BIOS. The vast majority of XP users do not have a computer with a CPU or BIOS that would support this option. With this in mind, this is not a feature that is going to be used by [...]

Using Powershell to stop and start dependent services with error notification

A few days ago I received a request to restart a set of dependent Hyperion services every Sunday. This had to be done because; “That’s what Oracle support said is the fix to one of our TAR’s”. Although this server has 3.75 GB of RAM and had never used more than 1.2 GB of RAM. [...]

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