Category: Windows Technologies

Choosing a 32-Bit or 64-Bit Debugger Package The Debugging Tools for Windows package is available in three different versions: a 32-bit version, a native Intel Itanium version, and a native x64 version. To determine which package to use, you have to know the processor that your host computer is running on. x86-based Host Computer If your host computer uses an x86-based processor, always use the 32-bit package. Itanium Host Computer If your host computer uses an Itanium-based processor, the following rules apply: · If you are analyzing a dump file, and if the dump file was made on Microsoft Windows […]

Disabling Strict Name Checking on Windows 2008 R2 Server You encounter below error when you try to access a folder shared on Windows 2008 R2 Server via DNS CNAME  (like \<CNAME><share> path) “You are not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network” and this happens for all cnames on that server.  In such a case you may need to apply the fix in MSFT article to make it work.   Technical details: The same Microsoft article Connecting to SMB share on a Windows 2000-based computer or a Windows Server 2003-based computer may not work with an alias name, […]

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