Archive for the 'Windows' Category
IPv6 stateless address configuration in Windows 7 uses randomization by default
2 Comments Published by Felipe Alfaro Solana January 14th, 2009 in WindowsStateless autoconfiguration of IPv6 addresses in Windows 7 (and also Windows Vista) uses, by default, randomization. This is against section 4 of RFC 2464 that mandates that the network identifier part of the IPv6 address is derived from the 48-bit MAC address for Ethernet (and Wireless) interfaces:
4. Stateless Autoconfiguration
The Interface Identifier [AARCH] for [...]
Windows 7 Beta 1 + Apple = no sound
1 Comment Published by Felipe Alfaro Solana January 11th, 2009 in Apple, WindowsWhile testing Windows 7 on an Apple MacBook Pro system, I noticed that sound didn’t work at all. Of course, this was after I installed BootCamp drivers and everything was working (more or less as expected) except the sound.
What’s the solution? I found it here. In essence, the solution consists of running the RealTekSetup.exe binary [...]
Top 10 new features in Windows Server 2008
2 Comments Published by Felipe Alfaro Solana June 5th, 2007 in Personal, WindowsThese are the Top 10 new features in Windows Server 2008: Is this innovation? Maybe. Let me go through them all:
The self-healing NTFS file system:
A self-healing NTFS file system sounds like a cool feature, but any modern journaling filesystem is pretty good at recovering from errors by replaying the journal (usually at mount time).
Parallel session [...]
Windows Vista (y IV)
2 Comments Published by Felipe Alfaro Solana June 19th, 2006 in Personal, WindowsDefinitivamente, tras unos cuantos intentos de conseguir mantener un sistema usable con Windows Vista Beta 2, he decidido desinstalarlo. La mayoría de las aplicaciones que necesito no funcionan:
NX client
Cygwin
VMware Server
Mi experiencia con Vista ha sido francamente desagradable. No sólo la instalación es horriblemente lenta, sino que el sistema es inestable, la mayoría de las aplicaciones [...]
Windows Vista (III)
8 Comments Published by Felipe Alfaro Solana June 9th, 2006 in Personal, WindowsCon respecto al arranque dual, me ha costado un poco conseguir que funcionase correctamente, pero al final para haber quedado bastante bien. La idea consiste en instalar Windows Vista en el primer disco duro. No he conseguido convencerle de que se instale en una partición, y pretende abarcar la totalidad del disco duro. Una vez [...]
El administrador de dispositivos es prácticamente inutilizable: la lista de dispositivos se refresca casi constantemente, y en los momentos más inorportunos, por lo que casi siempre acabo haciendo clic derecho sobre la entrada incorrecta. Parece como si Windows no fuera capaz de detectar correctamente todos los dispositivos de mi equipo, y por ello la lista [...]
Hace unos días que Microsoft me ha invitado a participar en la Beta 2 de Windows Vista en Español, a fin de ayudar a que la traducción de los mensajes, textos de ayuda, etc., sea lo más correcta posible.
Una famosa frase dice, “mantén a tus amigos cerca, y a tus enemigos más cerca aún”. Si [...]
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