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Windows 2008 64-bit can cause a significant CPU increase and I/O degradation when Domino opens many databases

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:52:24 GMT

Had a customer report the above issue and have it fixed by IBM so I thought others might benefit from it. The issue has been fixed as IBM SPR# KBRN8AKKA9. The technote is 1449825 and contains a lot of good info. Setting notes.ini "Disable_Random_RW_File_ATTR=1" fixes the issue.

"After Domino opens many NSF files in quick succession during a backup, the Virtual Address Space of the OS system cache may be completely used up (for example, 1TB of data may be used in this OS cache). Successive calls into the OS cache manager to get memory from the OS system cache then results in mapping/unmapping of views from the system cache. These mapping/unmapping operations takes a lot of CPU time and as a result shows as high OS CPU usage. In addition, because the large OS system cache may now reside on the disk (the RAM is not large enough to hold the OS system cache) this results in significant I/O on the system."

Use Wireless Hosted Networking to Share An Internet Connection Wirelessly

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:45:02 GMT

Apparently there's a hidden feature in Windows 7 that allows you to share a wi-fi connection to other users using a single wi-fi card. This means that you can buy one access token on for-pay-networks and share that to others. Very cool.

Windows 7 Tip of the Week - Use Wireless Hosted Networking to Share An Internet Connection Wirelessly

How to install Lotus Quickr connector on 64-bit OS

Tue, 11 May 2010 11:22:04 GMT

Received these steps from a coworker and thought I would publish for the greater good if others need it. Thanks Bjarne.

After downloading the connector to Lotus Quickr and trying to install it I found out that wasn't possible to install the Lotus Quickr connector on Vista 64-bit or Windows 7 64-bit. I searched the internet and found a solution but unfortunately it didn't work. After messing around I got it working.

Download the Lotus Quickr connector from your Lotus Quickr site
Execute the file - Click on OK when the error pops up and end the installer.
Browse to the following folder Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp and copy the file qkrconn.msi to another location.
Download and install Orca. This application allows you to modify MSI files. http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Orca-Download-79861.html
Open the qkrconn.msi with Orca and scroll down to the "LaunchCondition" table located on the left.
Delete the condition "(Not Intel64) And (Not VersionNT64) And (Not Msix64)" by right clicking it then selecting "Drop Row". You can delete both rows because they are not needed (I did that)
In the table located on the left, click in the value "InstallExecuteSequence" and find the row "LaunchCondition" and delete it by right clicking it then select "Drop Row".
In the table located on the left, click in the value "InstallUISequence" and find the row "LaunchCondition" and delete it by right clicking it then select "Drop Row".
Save, exit and run the MSI!

Enjoy!

Will Notes be supported on Windows 7?

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:09:00 GMT

Check out technote 1385293: Lotus Notes support of Microsoft Windows version 7. Although the technote doesn't clarify anything it's nice to know that Lotus is aware of this upcoming OS release and is monitoring the situation and working with Microsoft as we would expect.

Rearming Windows Vista

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:30:57 GMT

While cleaning up today I found an interesting piece of information in the Microsoft Action Pack material. It appears that the 30 day grace period of Windows Vista can be extended to 90 days by rearming the installation (you should also disable auto-activation during the installation). This is great for testing purposes.

To rearm Windows start a command-prompt with admin. privileges and run

cscript %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs -rearm

The script can also be used to active Windows using the -ipk switch followed by the 25 digit activation code.

Windows Home Server

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:13:20 GMT

I know it wont be available until the end of the year but Microsoft Windows Home Server looks really nice. A server product built especially for the home with built in support for managing the computers on the home network incl. making backup images etc.

Show 'n Tell Thursday: Finding the "My Documents"-folder (17 August 2006)

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:34:22 GMT

It has been a while but this week I'm back in SnTT-mode with a post on finding the users "My Documents" / "My Pictures" folder on Windows.

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