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Today while getting my digg fix, yes I still read digg despite it being full of useless junk now, I ran across a link to an article that was claming to have 10 Speed Tweaks that would make a huge performance difference for Windows Vista. After a quick glance I was dumbfounded how full of misleading and...
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One of the general annoyances of connecting to the wireless infrastructure at show like TechEd is the number people that seem to be in my general vicinity broadcasting as an ad-hoc connection. Are they trying to get unsuspecting people to connect to them and gleam some information from their laptops...
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Here is a handy way to export your wireless LAN settings if you failed to save them off or want to transfer them to another machine. You can also use this as a method of exporting your corporate wireless LAN settings which tend to be more involved than your typical WPA setup. You can also use this to...
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After learning about Vista Made Easy: 50 Tips And Tricks at PC Magazine from Andre Da Costa , I realized I was also missing Andre's Windows Vista RTM FAQ and Quick Start Guide - March 2007 Edition in Connected to Vista Bookmarks. That omission has now been remedied with the addition of both references...
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Vista MC Rating - (Sure, why not? Let's say 5 stars is my maximum, the 'this rocks' rating.) You might recall during the beta period I wrote a review about Windows Vista Media Center, and the drastic changes, mostly in the UI that I noticed. Although the changes were somewhat drastic and took a little...
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Blogger Kurt Shintaku has created a HowTo guide to installing Windows Vista from a USB key . His post gives credit to our " How to create a bootable WinPE USB Key" as inspiration for writing it, so thanks Kurt for the link. He says that this can get your install times into the sub ten minute range, WOW...
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On Windows Vista when you map a drive under your admin account you will find that your mapped drive is not available after you switch to your full token via a RunAs or Consent dialog. This is by design because there are actually two tokens in play here. What happens is the LSA recognized that you are...
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Thanks to Josh posting about the release of Powershell 1.0 for Windows Vista RTM release, I thought "I bet I can get the Exchange 2007 management tools to install on Vista!" Well, it wasn't an easy task, nor is it a particularly easy task to repeat, but it's well worth it if you manage and Exchange 2007...
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Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) 2.0 is a slimed down version of Windows (hence all the MiniNT references) that used to be the exclusive domain of OEM's providers. Microsoft has wisely chosen to offer this to the masses as part of the Windows AIK. USB keys can be found just about anywhere these...
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I am not a server guy, but I really enjoy participating in the Microsoft betas. One of the draw backs of the Longhorn Server beta is that I find the initial install is very light on features. This is by design, but may hurt your testing abilities if you only have one machine and need to be able to live...
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Windows Vista's optional features can be added in a number of ways. It can be done via Windows System Image Manager by adding the component to your unattend.xml. It can be serviced offline using the Package Manger utility, it can added online using the OCSetup utility, or manually via the Control Panel...
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I have spent a good portion of my time these days creating Windows Vista images so I thought I would share some tips that we have learned along the way with our image process. Script All Your Customizations. The more you script the less likely you are to make mistakes which will provide you with reliable...
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Every once in a while I have to hunt down something in the registry that I want to set and have no idea how Windows is doing it or where it is being kept. Enter Process Monitor, Process Monitor is a new utility from Microsoft that combines the functionality of Regmon and Filemon. The problem with a tool...
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Now that you have begun your Windows Vista testing you may find that you are struggling a bit with performing remote admin operations on your Windows Vista workstation like you used to on Windows XP. In Windows XP right clicking on a shortcut in the start menu and selecting "Run as" would always prompt...
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In Windows XP the Remote Assistance feature was built into the Help and Support Center and the task of “Offering” Remote Assistance was a bit daunting. You would have to launch Help and Support Center then search for “Offer Remote Assistance”. This drove many people to create a shortcut that would automatically...