Using virtual machines on Windows 7 RC with Windows Virtual PC beta by Harold van de Kamp

Since last week I am using Windows 7 as my primary operating system, specifically it is Windows 7 RC 64-bit edition build 7100. Yesterday I installed Windows Virtual PC beta so I can continue to use virtual machines. I use virtual machines for different...

Getting SharePoint 2007 SP1 language packs to work on Windows Server 2008 by Harold van de Kamp

If you normally would like to install a language pack for the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 service pack 1 product, you have to make sure you both install the retail version related language pack and the service pack related language pack. You...

Windows Server 2008 is Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 by Harold van de Kamp

I just read a post announcing the availability of Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 beta in a few weeks to selected testers. SP2 for Windows Server 2008, have I missed Service Pack 1? No, Windows Server 2008 is released as Windows Server 2008 Service...

View list of IIS7 running application pools by Harold van de Kamp

While doing some SharePoint 2007 development on Windows Server 2008, I noticed the IISAPP command doesn´t exist anymore. The command does not exist in IIS7 anymore. The syntax to view a list of IIS7 running application pools is: %windir%\system32...

Windows Server 2008 Desktop Experience feature and SharePoint by Harold van de Kamp

When running SharePoint on Windows Server 2008, make sure you activate the Desktop Experience server feature. Without activating this feature you can't save documents directly from your Microsoft Office application into a SharePoint Document Library...