It used to be that I was a faithful Adobe Reader user and anytime I opened a PDF...there was my old friend. Then I found Foxit Reader from Foxit Software and found that I am much happier. It has a smaller footprint at install, and just plays nicely. I especially like the tabs view (though I am sure Adobe does that now). So you're thinking...who cares, right?

Been stuck with some software and can only boot into safe mode. You think to yourself, "OK, let me just uninstall the offensive program"...only you realize that you can't because it is based on an MSI installer package. Safe Mode restricts the services that can start and this includes the Microsoft Installer Service. But...there is a workaround via a registry edit. Be careful as always, break the registry, and you might just break Windows for good. Step by step below...

Microsoft has a great KB article that lists a number of best practices to consider when virtualizing domain controllers. Most notable of these below:

1. Disable Write Cache on volumes hosting ESE based databases. This was also tossed around on the VMware forums a while back and there doesn't appear to be a conclusive answer how to deal with this suggestion.

Chris Lehr has just posted a handy article that will outline how to get those pesky redirects working on your new Exchange 2007 install on a 2K8 server running IIS7.