Boot Camp 1.2 beta and Windows Vista on MacBook Pro – Part 2

Previously, I installed Boot Camp 1.2 beta beta on my 15-inch MacBook Pro Core Duo 2.0GHz. Unfortunately I didn’t have large enough partition to install Windows Vista Ultimate on it. I had an existing 8GB partition with Windows XP Pro installed, and it’s recommended to have a minimum of 12GB partition. I currently have another MacBook Pro to work on. It’s a 15-inch MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz. I am going to reinstall Mac OS X Tiger on this computer, but in the meantime I’m gonna install Windows Vista Ultimate for testing.
I will update this post in the next few days.

The MacBook Pro specs:

To be continued!

Download Boot Camp 1.2 beta
http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 10, 2007

It’s the second Tuesday of the month, it’s time for Microsoft software patches.

Get it from Windows Update/Microsoft Update
or
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/
From Microsoft Security bulletin:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-apr.mspx

Critical Updates (5)

Important Update (1)

Known issue with the “Windows Cursor” patch:

CNET News reported that “Windows cursor patch” is causing troubles on some computers. Apparently the update is not compatible with Realtek device drivers. The Windows cursor patch causes Realtek ethernet and audio drivers stop working.

South Park: Season 11 Episode 6 – “D-Yikes!”

South Park: Season 11 Episode 6 – “D-Yikes!”
Original Air Date: 2007-04-11

Notes:

  • “D-Yikes!” sounds like “dikes” (variation of “dyke”, “dike”)
  • Les Bos: An island of eastern Greece in the Aegean Sea near the northwest coast of Turkey. An important Aeolian settlement, Lesbos was noted for its lyric poets, including Sappho, in the seventh century B.C. After occupation by various powers, the island was annexed by Greece in 1913.
  • “Les Bos” Cocktail Lounge street address is 13580 (LESBO in leet-speak)
  • “Scissoring” is also known as “Tribadism
  • Parody of 300
  • Ese (soundas like essay) http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ese

From South Park Studios: (announced on April 8th, 2007)

Ms. Garrison gets dumped again and she takes it out on the fourth grade class.

From Comedy Central Press Release:

Ms. Garrison is looking for love on an all-new “South Park” on Wednesday, April 11 at 10:00 P.M.

NEW YORK, April 9, 2007 — When Ms. Garrison is the victim of yet another failed relationship, she takes it out on the fourth graders in an all-new “South Park” entitled, “D-Yikes,” premiering on Wednesday, April 11 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on Comedy Central.

Every time Ms. Garrison gets dumped, life becomes unbearable in the classroom. When the boys can no longer handle their teacher’s erratic mood swings and excessive homework assignments, they discover people-for-hire who can help out in any situation.

Garrison Working Out (Press Image)

Discussion about the episode, here.

As usual, Viacom would like you to know that they will sent takedown notice for any South Park episode footage uploaded on YouTube. So please, for the sake of Viacom; do not go to sites like mrtwig.net where you can find torrent files for high quality AVI and RM South Park episodes. Comedy Central is owned by Viacom, and Viacom is suing YouTube nad essentially you. Once again, Viacom and Comedy Central do not condone downloading high Quality South Park episodes off the intraweb.

Did I say anything about not finding the torrent easily at mrtwig.net? I’m not sure if I mention mrtwig.net enough as the example of where not to go. Just because mrtwig.net has the link to the high quality AVI and RM torrents, doesn’t mean you have to disregard Viacom and Comedy Central wishes.

South Park Season 11 on iTunes Store – UNCENSORED (available on Saturday April 14th, 2007)

Meanwhile, South Park – The Complete Ninth Season DVD was released on March 06th, 2007. It includes the infamous “Trapped in A Closet” and the Emmy® Award-winning episode, “Best Friends Forever.”

South Park Studios is the official South Park site and that’s where all the new informations come from. There will be no spoilers discussed here until the episode airs.

Windows Cursor Patch, Bonjour, and HP LaserJet 2015

Microsoft released the “Windows cursor patch” on Tuesday (04.03.2007) a week ahead of their usual “Patch Tuesday.” There has been reports that the patch is incompatible with some Realtek device drivers.

For some reasons, a number of computers running Windows XP are no longer able printing to a networked HP LaserJet 2015DN through Bonjour. The rest of the computers in the same office running Windows 2000 (through Bonjour), Mac OS X (also through Bonjour) and Linux (through LPR) can still print to the same printer.

Not sure if the Windows cursor patch caused this, but the the problem started after the update was applied.

I’ll figure out what really went wrong.

I have been using HP LaserJet 2015DN for about six weeks now, and liking it a lot. I’ll post a review about it later on.

VMware Fusion Beta 3 for Mac is Released

VMware Fusion Beta 3 for Mac is released.

VMware Fusion Beta
Beta Version | 4/5/07 | Build 43733 | 134.5 MB
VMware-Fusion-e.x.p-43733.dmg

From VMware:

What’s New and Improved with VMware Fusion Beta 3

  • Improved performance: Option to turn off debugging features in VMware Fusion
  • Support for Boot Camp: Run Windows XP side-by-side with Mac OS X off your existing Boot Camp partition
  • Windows Easy Install
  • Virtual machine packages: Move your virtual machines to another hard drive or Mac simply by copying a file.
  • Enhanced virtual machine management
  • Improved international support: European and Japanese Apple keyboards now work properly in virtual machines.

For more information and download:
http://www.vmware.com/products/beta/fusion/

Windows Network Problem

04.12.2007 UPDATE
CNET is reporting Windows DNS Flaw exploit
http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6175743.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news
I’m not sure if this is the case.

Here’s the situation.

  • Windows 2000 Server acts as Domain Controller
  • Any DNS query errors redirected to 69.25.212.153
  • Effects computers in Domain/Active Directory running Windows 2000 and Windows XP

I suspect that there’s some kind of ARP Poisoning on the server itself.

I’ll update this soon…

The Trouble with Windows Patches

CNET News reported that “Windows cursor patch” is causing troubles on some computers. Apparently the update is not compatible with Realtek device drivers. The Windows cursor patch causes Realtek ethernet and audio drivers stop working.

I experienced the same thing on Tueasday (04.03.2007) after applying the Windows cursor patch on numerous computers. The audio devices stopped working and Windows reported a “generic svchost error” consistently. On some computers, the problem can be mitigated by reinstalling the drivers. On some other computers, the problem was a lot more severe.

A few weeks ago my coleague and I encountered a similar “generic svchost error” on numerous computers. The problem seemed to happen after Microsoft rolled out the new “Windows Genuine Advantage” update.

read more:

svchost.exe — application error the instruction at “0x745f2780” reference memory at “0x00000000”. the memory could not be ‘read’

http://swigartconsulting.blogs.com/tech_blender/2006/07/windows_update_.html

to be continued….