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John Savill's FAQs for Windows

Q: Do I need a separate Key Management Service key for every KMS server?

By John Savill, 02/13/2012

Activation information about KMS, Key Management Service.

Q: How can I check how many Virtual Machine Device Queues are supported on each of my Hyper-V virtual switches?

By John Savill, 02/13/2012

How to see the number of VMDqs a Hyper-V virtual switch supports.

Q: How can I optimize website graphics to be smaller without sacrificing quality?

By John Savill, 02/12/2012

Two web tools can help you optimize web graphics and improve performance.

Q: How can I make my website load faster?

By John Savill, 02/10/2012

Four tools to optimize your website performance.

Q: How can I access Microsoft SkyDrive files from Windows Explorer?

By John Savill, 02/09/2012

Connect to SkyDrive from Explorer by using this tool.

Q: Can I block applications running on mobile devices that are managed with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 by using the Exchange Server connector?

By John Savill, 02/08/2012

SCCM can be configured to block specific applications but this applies only to certain mobile devices.

Q. How can I write a long command, over multiple lines, in either the command prompt window or a batch file?

By John Savill, 02/07/2012

Writing multiple line scripts? This line continuation character can help.

Q: Can I use Windows Intune in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure environment?

By John Savill, 02/06/2012

Windows Intune is supported in virtual environments, but you can’t run it on any server OS, so you can’t install it on Hyper-V.

Q: How can I tell which virtual machines are using Virtual Machine Device Queues with Hyper-V?

By John Savill, 02/06/2012

Here's a Windows PowerShell script that tells you if the port is using VMDq.

Q: What are Virtual Machine Device Queues?

By John Savill, 02/02/2012

With VMDq, the network adapter can create multiple separate queues, distributing the processing load.

Q: Where can I get Microsoft OneNote for Apple iPad?

By John Savill, 02/02/2012

Hurray! OneNote is on iPad!

Q: Where is the configured language for Multilingual User Interface (MUI) installations stored in the registry?

By John Savill, 02/01/2012

For Windows Vista and Windows 7, the language selection for each user is stored in the registry. We pinpoint where.

Q: Does Windows ThinPC support network boot?

By John Savill, 01/31/2012

Windows ThinPC does support booting but there's a "however" you should know about.

Q: Does Microsoft Office 365 support the Lync mobile clients?

By John Savill, 01/30/2012

Office 365, mobile devices, and Lync work together.


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