ROBERT OWEN — Technology Leader & Musician
Technology leadership, music, and the space where they overlap

Well Hello There!

Hello? Is there anybody out there?  It sure has been a long time. Those could be song lyrics.  Those may be song lyrics.  Who knows? I don’t.  It’s been so long since I paid any attention to my own website, I’m surprised it’s still here on the ‘Interwebs”…  Ok, It has been a long time, for sure.  My last posts … Read more

Load DLL’s needed for Kernel – XP

Had a user call reporting their computer shutting off suddenly. On reboot, they received the message “On last operation CPU reported a thermal event” Well.. This told me that the CPU fan had probably choked and the CPU had overheated causing the PC shut down. Upon inspection I found my initial thought was only partially correct. The CPU had overheated, … Read more

Remote Desktop /console change in Vista SP1

A while back I blogged about Remote Desktop in Windows XP. Since the start of my Vista Quest I have continued to use the Vista remote desktop with great success. That is until I installed Services pack 1. Here lately I’ve been noticing some differences when I log into some servers I manage. Nothing drastic mind you but there were … Read more