Monthly Archives: January 2009

Tail-Content – Better Performance for Grabbing Last Lines From Large (ASCII) Log Files

Posted on January 28, 2009 by rkeithhill

Necessity is the mother of invention, or in the case of Windows PowerShell, a new script.  I have a set of 23 large (28 MB) log files on a remote machine in which I need to verify that the last … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Taskbar After Two Weeks

Posted on January 28, 2009 by rkeithhill

At this moment I have Windows 7 on the family room media center PC and dual booting on both my workstation and my laptop.  On the dual boot machines I find myself almost exclusively booting into Win7.  The only piece … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Media Center Update

Posted on January 21, 2009 by rkeithhill

A few weeks ago I repaved the family Media Center to the official Windows 7 Beta.  The results have been good.  We no longer get any “Copying Prohibited” errors thank goodness!  That was driving the family crazy.  We do notice … Continue reading →

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Could the new Taskbar Be the “UAC” of Windows 7?

Posted on January 11, 2009 by rkeithhill

Let’s face it.  Apple has had a significant impact on the negative perception of Windows Vista via their very successful I’m a Mac and I’m a PC switcher ads.  Apple has taken a few nuggets of truth in terms Vista … Continue reading →

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Renewed as Windows PowerShell MVP for 2009

Posted on January 1, 2009 by rkeithhill

I got a very nice email today telling me that I have been awarded as a MVP for Windows Server – Admin Frameworks (aka Windows PowerShell).  Woohoo!  Not sure if I’ll get to make it to the summit this year … Continue reading →

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