Archive for January, 2010
How to start a GUI process from service, under Windows Vista/7
Today I had a interesting challenge in front of me. I had to start a GUI application under Windows Vista or 7 with elevated privileges. And I had to start it from a restricted account. Why? Because the process was meant to start from a USB drive and act as a data synchronization tool. So [...]
What do you do when your VMware server dies?
You start panicking of course Ok seriously now. You try to fix the problem first. If that doesn’t work then you bring the server back from the backups you are so regularly making. You are aren’t you? And you always make sure that your backup plan is actually working. Don’t you? About a week ago [...]