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Ooops, that’s not right…

I have been asked twice this week if this is possible and if so how to do it, so I guess either the information is not readily available on the Internet, or the two people who asked me just couldn’t be bothered to look it up...!   I’m sure you’ve Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:51 AM by Daniel Oxley | 0 Comments

Wallpapering your Windows 7 computer

As some of you may know, certain countries have personalisation packs for Windows 7 that are activated on during the installation of the operating system, depending on the regional settings you first set.  So, if you tell Windows 7 setup that you Read More...
Posted Monday, October 26, 2009 11:28 AM by Daniel Oxley | 0 Comments
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Anti-Virus Software, That's Free!

I am probably the last Microsoft blogger to actually get round to writing something about this… but hey, I have been busy! Microsoft recently released to the public their free anti-virus solution, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). I had been trialling Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:27 PM by Daniel Oxley | 0 Comments

Best Practices for Windows 7 Migrations Using Microsoft Application Virtualization

There is a webcast this month that should be of interest to anyone interested in using application virtualisation, particularly if you are migrating to Windows 7.  The date of the webcast is Monday the 26th of October 2009 at 12pm, but be aware that Read More...
Posted Friday, October 16, 2009 11:56 AM by Daniel Oxley | 0 Comments
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Benchmarking Windows 7

A very common request that clients make when starting a Windows deployment project is that we must reliably and accurately demonstrate that Windows Vista or Windows 7 is worth upgrading to from Windows XP, especially if the purchase of new hardware is Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 06, 2009 1:36 PM by Daniel Oxley | 0 Comments
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Application Compatibility List for Windows 7

A very common misconception that I am hearing regarding Windows 7 is that Microsoft has removed all of the problems that Windows Vista had caused with application compatibility. While it is true that certain features of Windows 7 have been improved/tweaked, Read More...
Posted Monday, September 21, 2009 12:29 PM by Daniel Oxley | 0 Comments
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Quicker Access to Windows 7 Virtual PC settings

To edit the settings of a virtual computer using Virtual PC in Windows 7 requires the opening of the Virtual PC console, selecting the virtual machine you wish to edit, and then pressing the ‘Settings’ button, as shown in the screenshot below. In order Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 09, 2009 12:10 PM by Daniel Oxley | 3 Comments
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Application Installs, be gone!

As a follow up to my earlier post about modularising my computer, I wanted to add a couple of points which I either missed out, or did not explain so well :-S The first, which is a common question, is how to install Windows 7 into a VHD file without having Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 17, 2009 1:00 PM by Daniel Oxley | 1 Comments
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IKEA-fying my computer

I have had this blog post in the pipeline for a while now, but I have been waiting until all the pieces fell into place, to make it something actually worthwhile to read! Be warned though, this is a rather long blog post – but please stay awake! Having Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 09, 2009 12:50 AM by Daniel Oxley | 2 Comments

Yes, I am still alive...!

I know posts here have been sparse recently but I haven't neglected the blog, honest! Firstly, I was in the Canary Islands for a week’s holiday and since then I have been swamped with preparation work for the upcoming release of Windows 7. Consequently, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 19, 2009 7:30 PM by Daniel Oxley | 0 Comments
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Faster Creation of Virtual Machines

I recently noticed a blog post on TechNet about a new tool that was released on CodePlex.  WIM2VHD is a command-line tool allows you to create sysprepped VHD images from any Windows 7 installation source (and I suspect Windows Server 2008 R2 as well) Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:55 AM by Daniel Oxley | 0 Comments

Pink computing

Last weekend I bought my wife one of those handbag sized netbook computers, an Acer Aspire 1 – 150, in a bright shiny pink case.  The guy in the shop tried to convince me to get the one that had Linux preinstalled on it because “it just works, and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:49 PM by Daniel Oxley | 0 Comments
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Not quite a perfect install of Win2K8 R2

The beta releases of both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (WIN2K8R2) have really been the hot topics of the last month or so, as you’ve probably seen if you read various blogs on TechNet/MSDN or other IT news sources.  I’ve avoided commenting Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2009 7:28 PM by Daniel Oxley | 1 Comments

Restarting the Microsoft File Transfer Manager

Unless you have been hiding under a rock this week you’ll no doubt be aware that the beta versions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 both were released on TechNet and MSDN.  If you’ve tried downloading them as well then you’ll know that they Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 08, 2009 10:58 AM by Daniel Oxley | 2 Comments
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