windows98: recollecting old memories..

today, i installed win98 on my system to recollecting the old memories..

if you are also a great fan of windows 98, download it from the net, you can use the following universal key, i checked it’s working..

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My experience with windows98:

I had my first hands on windows98, when i was learning ms-dos and lotus at my 9th standard, at that we have one color CRT monitor and rest of them are monochrome monitors, where i was eagerly waiting for a chance to have a hands on the color display, but my tutor not allowed me untill i finished my DOS, at last i got a chance to have a hands on it.

that was my first experience on Win98, after that during 2ooo when i was working on xp, i used to install XP on my uncles pc, but every time he used to ask me to install 98, because he felt more comfort with 98, at  last i convinced him to use XP.

thanks,

srikanth.

Rich user experience with Remote FX in windows7 sp1

Improved User Experience When Accessing Media Rich Content

The user experience for today’s user includes increased richness in graphics, including 3D user interfaces, video, animations, and other content.  Also, hardware acceleration for these user experiences, especially 3D animation, is becoming common place.

RemoteFX is a new feature in Windows Server Remote Desktop Services that that enables connected users to access media-rich virtual desktops and applications over the network from a broad range of client devices. RemoteFX helps the user experience for remote session in Remote Desktop Services more closely mirror the user experience on a local computer running Windows.

RemoteFX delivers value in the following areas:

3D Graphical support for VDI (RDVH) solutions using Virtual GPU. The enhanced features in RemoteFX allow users to have access to all the user experience features in all Windows operating systems, especially Windows 7. This includes the 3D aspects of Aero Glass and other DirectX/Direct3D applications.

The following figure illustrates the user experience in Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 for a Windows 7 guest operating system in VDI. Users are able to use all the graphical features that Windows 7 provides.

Figure: User experience in Windows 7 VDI with Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

 The server running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 renders the graphics content locally using its graphic processing unit (GPU) for the Windows 7 Enterprise or Ultimate VDI instances and then sends the rendered bitmap content to the client. Ultra-thin clients or even LCD panels can be used to display RemoteFX-based content because the client is only displaying the content and not performing the rendering itself.

• Improved efficiency over RDP for demanding remote workloads. The server-side encode of the graphical content can be performed more efficiently by the RemoteFX codec within RDP and handled in three ways:
  • Software-based encode codec (Both RDSH and RDVH). The processors in the server encodes the graphics by running a software-implementation of the RemoteFX codec. This method is the most demanding on the server processor resources.
  • Graphics processor-based encode codec (RDVH only). The graphics processor on a graphics adapter in the server encodes the RemoteFX codec. This method reduces the demands on the server processor resources, but increases the demands on the graphics processor. This can only be done in a VDI (RDVH) environment, not RDSH.
  • RemoteFX ASIC-based encode codec (Both RDSH and RDVH).. A RemoteFX Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) is a hardware implementation of the RemoteFX codec. This method is the least demanding on the server processor resources and the graphic processor resources. This will enable a similar benefit to the server that TCP offload provides today for TCP/IP networking.
• Improved support for a broader range of devices.  Because of the reduced hardware requirements, RemoteFX provides support for a broader range of devices, including Windows-based computers, traditional thin clients, ultra-light thin clients, mobile devices, and dedicated devices (such as an LCD display).
  • Software-based decode codec. Like the server protocol encode, RemoteFX also provides a decode codec. This will result in an updated MSTSC client and available on all versions of Windows 7 as RDP 7.1
  • RemoteFX ASIC-based decode codec. A RemoteFX Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) is a hardware implementation of the RemoteFX decode codec. This method is also useful when wanting to create ultra-light solid state thin clients or specialized RemoteFX-enabled devices
• Generic USB Redirection for VDI (RDVH only). RemoteFX enables generic redirection of nearly any USB device in a Windows 7 Enterprise or Ultimate VDI session which can enable support for multifunction printers

 

RemoteFX can provide enhanced features for VDI solutions and for session virtualization. In VDI solutions, RemoteFX provides an improved user experience for users running Windows 7 and applications in virtualized environments on Hyper-V. In remote session solutions, RemoteFX provides an improved user experience for remote desktop session or for RemoteApp sessions.

Note: Session Virtualization with RemoteFX supports all content types except for 3D content.

 

Hyper-V

What is Hyper-V™ ?

Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 is a micro-kernelized hypervisor which manages a server’s system resources when hosting virtualized guests. Server virtualization allows you to provide a virtualized environment for operating systems and applications. When used alone, Hyper-V is typically used for server virtualization. When Hyper-V is used in conjunction with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Hyper-V is used for client virtualization.

How To enable Hyper-V as a role on windows server 2008 and 2008 R2 ?

1. Log on to the system using an account with administrative privileges.
2. From the Start / Administrative Tools, run the Server Manager snap-in.
3. On the User Account Control dialog click Continue.
4. Navigate to the Roles node and click Add Roles.
5. On the Before You Begin page, click Next.
6. On the Select Server Roles page, select Hyper-V and click Next.
7. On the Create Virtual Networks page, click on the wired network adapters you want to make available to virtual machines and click Next.
8. On the Confirm Installation Selections page, click Install.
9. Click Close to finish the wizard, and then click Yes to restart the computer.

10.  After you restart the system and log on with the same account you used to install the role.

11.  After the Resume Configuration Wizard completes the installation, click Close to finish the wizard.

12.  Install required updates listed and Restart the system.

more info: http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/default.aspx

How to extend the Windows Server 2008 evaluation period?

Evaluating Windows Server 2008 software does not require product activation. Any edition of Windows Server 2008 may be installed without activation, and it may be evaluated for 60 days.

Additionally, the 60-day evaluation period may be reset (re-armed) three times. This action extends the original 60-day evaluation period by up to 180 days for a total possible evaluation time of 240 days.

When the Windows Server 2008 Setup program is finished, your initial 60-day evaluation period starts. To check the time that is left on your current evaluation period, run the Slmgr.vbs script that is in the System32 folder.

Use the -dli switch to run this script. The slmgr.vbs -dli command displays the number of days that are left in the current 60-day evaluation period.

How to manually extend the evaluation period

• Click Start, and then click Command Prompt.
• Type slmgr.vbs -dli, and then press ENTER to check the current status of your evaluation period.
• To reset the evaluation period, type slmgr.vbs –rearm, and then press ENTER.
• Restart the computer.

This resets the evaluation period to 60 da,

more info:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948472

Windows 7 SP1

Microsoft has released the first public beta of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1). The beta also includes a first-look at Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. “This early release of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta is not available for home users,

What’s New?
Windows 7 SP1 will not include any new features, but will simply be a combination of security updates already available through Windows Update, as well as non-security fixes that it’s gleaned from customer feedback.

The most notable addition to Windows 7 SP1 is an updated Remote Desktop client designed to work with RemoteFX, the new remote-access platform included with Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.The latter also includes a feature dubbed “Dynamic Memory,” which lets IT staff adjust guest virtual machines’ memory on the fly.

Microsoft RemoteFX

Microsoft RemoteFX is a new feature included in Windows Server® 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) which introduces a new set of end user experience enhancements to Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) that enables a rich desktop environment within your corporate network.

What does RemoteFX do?

RemoteFX enables the delivery of a full Windows client user experience to a range of client devices including rich clients, thin clients, and ultra-thin clients. RemoteFX delivers a rich user experience for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) by providing a 3D virtual adapter, intelligent codecs, and the ability to redirect USB devices in virtual machines. RemoteFX is integrated with the RDP protocol, which enables shared encryption, authentication, management, and device support. RemoteFX also delivers a rich user experience for session-based desktops and RemoteApp programs to a broad range of client devices.

More Info: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff817578%28WS.10%29.aspx

What is Dynamic Memory?

Dynamic Memory is a new feature that lets Hyper-V balance memory automatically among running virtual machines. This feature adjusts the amount of memory available to the virtual machines in response to the needs of the virtual machine, based on ranges and priorities that you specify.

Dynamic Memory is currently available for Hyper-V in the Beta release of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1). You can make the Dynamic Memory feature available by applying the service pack to the Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2008 R2 or to Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2.

What are the Benefits of Dynamic Memory?

Dynamic Memory helps you use memory resources more efficiently by making it possible for Hyper-V to reallocate memory automatically among virtual machines while the virtual machines are running. Before this feature was introduced, changing the amount of memory available to a virtual machine could be done only when the virtual machine was turned off. With Dynamic Memory, Hyper-V can provide a virtual machine with more or less memory dynamically in response changes to the amount of memory required by the workloads or applications running in the virtual machine. As a result, Hyper-V can distribute memory more efficiently among the running virtual machines configured with Dynamic Memory.

More Info: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff817651%28WS.10%29.aspx

Differences between the 32 and 64-bit OS

32-bit Operating system

Microsoft Win32 uses the x86 processor in 32-bit flat mode. Therefore, a x86-based version means a 32-bit version operating system.

System Requirements

To use a 64-bit version of Windows Vista, you must have a computer that has a 64-bit processor. Also, you must have 64-bit device drivers for the devices that are in the computer.

Advantages of 64bit Windows

• a 64-bit version of Windows Vista supports from 1 GB of RAM to more than 128 GB of RAM.
• Increased program performance for programs that are written to take advantage of a 64-bit operating system

What to consider when you are installing 64bit OS?

• 64-bit device drivers may not be available for one or more devices in the computer.
• 32-bit device drivers are not supported.
• 32-bit programs may not be fully compatible with a 64-bit operating system.
• It may be difficult to locate programs that are written specifically for a 64-bit operating system.
• Not all hardware devices may be compatible with a 64-bit version of Windows Vista.

Windows Operating System

The Most popular Operating System in the world, Developed by Microsoft, almost 80% of the people are using for home purpose, business and in various other areas.

The Latest Products are Windos7 and Windows 2008 R2.