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February 2007 - Posts

Windows Vista Network Deployment Scripts
These are the scripts used when creating a custom WinPE for network Vista deployment. startnet.cmd - <Capture an Image> @echo off @echo Initializing network... wpeinit @echo Waiting for network services... :StartMon ping -n 1 wds > NUL if not Read More...
Can a system builder sell an OEM copy of Windows Vista without attaching it to a peice hardware?
YES! YES! YES you can!!!!!!! As long as you do not open the package AND the end user is assembling their own PC (at that point the user is considered a system builder). As of August 2005, the licensing changed on all of the OEM licensing packs—1, 3, and Read More...
Super Size your Server Sales with Server Source
Want to build a solid base of small business customers who rely on you to keep their networks up and running? The Server Source is here to help! This comprehensive, powerful ONLINE resource guides you through everything you need to both build and grow Read More...
Automate your Vista Factory Installations
Copy the following text to notepad. For the product key, enter the product key that corresponds to the version of Windows Vista you want to install. Vista Default Product Keys: Business - 4D2XH-PRBMM-8Q22B-K8BM3-MRW4W HomeBasic - RCG7P-TX42D-HM8FM-TCFCW-3V4VD Read More...
Basic Unattend Factory Installation
The simplest method to install Windows on new hardware is to start directly from the Windows product DVD with an answer file, autounattend.xml, saved on a USB flash device (UFD). This method is commonly known as the DVD boot method, and provides flexibility Read More...
Is Windows Vista wiping out their out-of-box drivers? Here's how you preserve it!
In your autounattend.xml, add the Microsoft-Windows-PnpSysprep component. Set the PersistAllDeviceInstalls value to True . Here are the details. PersistAllDeviceInstalls PersistAllDeviceInstalls indicates whether all Plug and Play devices will be uninstalled Read More...
WDS New Features Comming!!
While the original WDS release plan was to have the feature set between WDS on Server 2003 and WDS on LH Server be identical, new hardware trends and customer feedback have necessitated some new feature development. Without further delay, we’d like to Read More...
Office Ready... Make sure you have all the pieces
Hopefully by now you have ordered your Office Ready Master Kits and are ready to get going selling new systems with Vista and 2007 Office using the new Office Ready technology to enable the 60-Day trial mode. One important thing you need to know is that Read More...
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