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Compatibility Pack for SMS 2003 SP3 that adds Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 as supported clients
“We recognize that Windows 7 is an opportunity for organizations to reduce their costs, improve security, and improve productivity. Windows 7 helps achieve...
Windows 7 Locale Settings and Values
Finding the various identifiers and values can be frustrating and difficult. Here is what i could find in regards to the language packs, and various user...
ConfigMgr USMT Migration Bug
Known bug that has been talked about on the lists quite a bit.  Looks like the SCCM team blog posted something on it finally: http://blogs.technet...
Custom Front End – Name and OU prompt - ConfigMgr/MDT 2010/Pre-execution hook
This information is provided as-is… proceed at your own risk… Provided with MDT 2010 SCCM integration is a pre-execution hook that allows for a computer...
Windows 7: 77 tips
Excellent article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.10.77windows.aspx I’m known as the shortcut master around work, but there are some...
Process Monitoring Tools
Someone on the myitforum list mentioned this tool (YAPM) so i decided to check it out.  It’s pretty neat and feature packed. Here is the link to site...
Windows 7 – Enable Quick Launch Toolbar
By default, the Quick Launch toolbar is disabled in Windows 7.  Here is how you enable it.   First we need to right-click on the taskbar and...
Windows 7 New Keyboard Shortcuts
Linked from: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd451012.aspx   Tip: Work Faster with New Hotkey Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 7 beta 1 Windows...
Posted: Jul 14 2009, 08:13 AM by cnackers | with no comments
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Windows 7 – Windows Easy Transfer
So i decided to take the plunge on my home PC to Windows 7 RC. My XP installation had been running pretty crappy lately and i knew it was time for a reload...
Posted: Jul 08 2009, 09:17 AM by cnackers | with no comments
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Windows 7 – Auto logon
As i was configuring Windows 7 at home, one of the these i always liked to do for my personal computer is configure auto-login.  I’m not too worried...
Posted: Jul 08 2009, 12:02 AM by cnackers | with no comments
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Windows 7 – XP Mode
So this week i’ve been playing with Windows 7 and the “XP Mode” that is built on Virtual PC.  I must say that i’ve been impressed with it thus far...