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Windows XP – we hardly knew ye… by rodtrent

Today’s the last day that Microsoft will sell Windows XP. http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/?a=5188&z=71 Personally, I haven’t used Windows XP for over 2 years in lieu of Windows Vista...
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Hyper-V – the video tutorials by rodtrent

Hyper-V hits RTM interview with Mike Neil Hyper-V Part 1 - Architecture - Interview with PMs Hyper-V Part 2 - VM Snapshots - Interviews with PMs Hyper-V Part 3 - TAP and VSS Snapshots - Interview with...

Bill Veghte’s Open Letter to Windows Customers on the Updated Windows Roadmap by rodtrent

To: Windows Customers From: Bill Veghte Re: An Update on the Windows Roadmap Today, more than 1 billion personal computers around the world run Windows. Over the years, Windows has been the catalyst for...
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Admin Guide for PXE Lite v1.6 for SCCM2007 is now public by rodtrent

At the bottom of the Nomad Branch product page: http://www.1e.com/DownloadList.aspx?Product=nomadenterprise&Section=nomadenterprise

Free Windows Vista book mailed to you from Microsoft by rodtrent

Requires a Live ID/Passport… https://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/vistaready/default.aspx

Print Server Migration – the script by rodtrent

Jarvis post a cool script to help migrate workstations from one print server to another while maintaining the same printer names and default printer. http://verbalprocessor.com/2008/06/06/print-server...
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Windows Search 4.0 released! by rodtrent

This release focuses on performance and reliability improvements.  Here are some highlights: Faster queries, often several times faster Faster indexing / reduced resource usage Support for EFS (encrypted...
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New Elevation PowerToys for Windows Vista by rodtrent

At a Glance: Run as Administrator for third-party scripting tools Run as Another User Prompt Here as System for CMD and Windows PowerShell Drag-and-drop Elevation Gadget Download the code for this article...
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Error in the docs: Installing WSUS on Windows Server 2008 by rodtrent

Jarvis finds a typo in the documentation for installing IIS on a 2008 server... http://verbalprocessor.com/2008/05/29/wsus-on-server-2008/

mRemote by rodtrent

mRemote allows you to manage all your remote connections in a single place. It currently supports the RDP, VNC, SSH, Telnet, RAW, Rlogin, ICA and HTTP/S protocols. Looks pretty neat... http://sourceforge...

Ignore UAC for specific programs by rodtrent

Great idea by MVP'er Marin Zugec... http://msmvps.com/blogs/martinzugec/archive/2008/05/16/ignore-uac-for-specific-programs.aspx
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Problems Opening Help Files After Copying From another Computer by rodtrent

Good tip! Source: Configuration Manager Writers - Announcements, Comments and other Stuff Having been caught out by this myself yesterday, I thought I’d pass this little tip onto you. From time to time...

Windows XP SP3 update causing endless reboots in AMD machines by rodtrent

An issue with how the Service Pack 3 update handles AMD chips will cause some Windows XP computers to continuously reboot. Microsoft says it is investigating. Read more...

How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 3 from your computer by rodtrent

According to reports of Windows XP SP3 forcing computers with AMD components into a reboot loop, this might be useful... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950249/en-us

Beta of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Is Available by rodtrent

Microsoft has announced the formal name and beta availability of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008—a member of the System Center suite of server management products. The announcements came April...

Level 5 Guides on Windows Server 2008 by rodtrent

The Level 5 Guides for Windows Server 2008 look to be flooding onto the BlogCastRepository site. I count 11 videos posted within the last couple weeks. Very cool! http://blogcastrepository.com/level5/svr2008...
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Vista SP1 is now available through Windows Update by rodtrent

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is an update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers. In addition to previously released updates, SP1 contains changes focused on addressing specific reliability...

What an amazing difference in computers by rodtrent

So, yeah...I had to rush out an buy a new computer last week due to my just-out-of-warranty laptop's hard drive locking up because of heat. If you've followed by blog for a while, you've read...

Computer freeze number 2 by rodtrent

My computer froze again. I’ve run Chkdsk. Then booted back up and checked Event Viewer. Event Viewer said my Outlook PST caused the lockup. I’m running ScanPST on my Outlook store right now...

I've never had that happen before... by rodtrent

My computer with Vista SP1 just locked up — hard. Cursor stopped, keyboard didn’t work, screen was frozen. I’m just now rebooting. Strange.
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Workstation Migration Assistant 1.0 RC2 by rodtrent

Workstation Migration Assistant (WMA) is a visual wrapper for the User State Migration Tool. Check it out here: http://dcunningham.net/2008/04/10/workstation-migration-assistant-10-rc2/

"Up-ping" the uptime of your Lite-Touch server by rodtrent

http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys/archive/2008/03/31/up-ping-the-uptime-of-your-lite-touch-server.aspx

Drivers, not Vista to blame by rodtrent

Vista-capable lawsuit paints picture of buggy NVIDIA drivers
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Microsoft Deployment & Dell ImageDirect by Charles O. Beima by rodtrent

http://myitforum.com/cs2/files/folders/proddocs/entry114319.aspx

Microsoft whisks into Storage Management by rodtrent

Seems Microsoft is making immediate head-way into the world of Storage with DPM 2007… http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/archive/2008/03/25/dpm-named-product-finalist-for-product-of-the-year...

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 has been released by rodtrent

We are pleased to announce that This is an update to Microsoft Deployment, released in November 2007. MDT 2008 extends existing functionality to deploy Windows Vista® SP1 and Windows Server® 2008...

Update to Microsoft Deployment is available by rodtrent

This week Microsoft released the first update to Microsoft Deployment (the replacement for Business Desktop Deployment 2007). At the same time, they decided to change the name to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit...

ShellRunas v1.0 by rodtrent

The command-line Runas utility is handy for launching programs under different accounts, but it’s not convenient if you’re a heavy Explorer user. ShellRunas provides functionality similar to...
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The official Vista reboots KB finally live by rodtrent

The update is not installed successfully, you receive a message, and the computer restarts when you try to install an update in Windows Vista
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