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Sunday, October 04, 2009 10:11 PM

Is the HP Envy the Mac killer?

Apple has enjoyed a tremendous amount of mindshare and market share the past few years.  Many people think they are the innovation leaders and their stock price reflects that.  But there are a number of companies that have had Apple in their
Posted by Keith Combs | 19 Comments
Monday, September 14, 2009 2:22 PM

SCVMM 2008 R2 – now available for download to TechNet subscribers

It took a while, but the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 released bits are now on the TechNet Direct Plus subscriber download area.  Looks like it’s right at 3.4GB so expect it to take at least twenty minutes to download.  Grin. 
Posted by Keith Combs | 2 Comments
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 7:57 PM

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 RTM – now available for download

Deploy Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with the newly released Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010. MDT is the recommended process and toolset for automating desktop and server deployment. MDT provides you with the following benefits: Unified tools
Posted by Keith Combs | 1 Comments
Saturday, September 05, 2009 2:10 AM

Windows 7 Dual Boot Revisited with Bitlocker

A few months ago I started investigating the latest techniques for building a dual boot system. I was interested in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. There is a wrinkle. I wanted to boot one of them using “boot from vhd” AND use Bitlocker. The Corporate
Posted by Keith Combs | 5 Comments
Sunday, August 30, 2009 2:00 AM

Apple OS X Snow Leopard – the first 24 hours

On my way to meet the wife for dinner last night, I stopped by the local Apple retail store in Southlake, Texas to pick up a copy of OS X “ Snow Leopard ”.  The packaging and even the website for the OS proudly claims this version of OS X is “ The
Posted by Keith Combs | 28 Comments
Friday, August 14, 2009 10:19 PM

Windows Server 2008 R2 now available on TechNet Plus Downloads

The Windows Server 2008 R2 .ISO images are now on the TechNet Plus subscribers download area .  The English DVD is also on the Top Downloads area so you can use the high speed multi threaded AKAMAI download client.  Enjoy.
Posted by Keith Combs | 1 Comments
Monday, June 22, 2009 8:16 PM

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta Now Available!

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be available in the near future. Are you thinking about deploying these new operating systems? Get a head start with Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta . Over 680,000 Microsoft customers and partners
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:30 AM

Automating “Boot from VHD” OS Installation

A few weeks ago I did a post on creating a “ Dual Boot From VHD ” environment. In the past couple of days I decided to explore and test a couple of other tools. Both tools are scripts but each took a different approach to automation. The first script
Posted by Keith Combs | 5 Comments
Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:42 AM

Now it’s official – Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 GA and RTM dates announced

“TAIPEI, Taiwan — June 2, 2009 — Microsoft is so confident with the progress made with the development of Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 that it will deliver Release to Manufacturing (RTM) code to partners for both products in
Posted by Keith Combs | 5 Comments
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:14 PM

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP2 – now available

Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista (SP2) is an update to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 that supports new kinds of hardware and emerging hardware standards, and includes all updates delivered since SP1. SP2 simplifies administration
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:02 PM

Revisiting Application Compatibility in Windows 7

Blogging is funny.  Like all writers you go through dry spells on things to write about.  I never really worry about it because like you, I actually have a day job and it keeps me plenty busy.  Another reason is because good topics tend
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Tuesday, May 05, 2009 7:19 PM

Hardware Virtualization and Planning for Windows Virtual PC

Many of you have started to study the new features and additions available for Windows 7.  The virtualization group in Microsoft took the covers off a new product called Windows Virtual PC .  Windows Virtual PC has some fascinating features
Posted by Keith Combs | 5 Comments
Monday, May 04, 2009 10:31 PM

I spy the Windows 7 RC download !!!

Both the 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 RC are available in five languages: English, German, Japanese, French, and Spanish. Just choose the version that fits the system you'll be using for the test, pick your language and click go to register for
Posted by Keith Combs | 2 Comments
Saturday, May 02, 2009 1:08 PM

Installing the Windows Server 2008 R2 RC on a Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

Windows 7 sure got the attention of a lot of you this week, but let’s not forget big brother, Windows Server 2008 R2 also shipped the release candidate.  Considering Hyper-V is a core tool for me and many of you, I was eager to download and install
Posted by Keith Combs | 5 Comments
Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:05 PM

Want my Twips? Follow me at twitter.com/keith_combs

Today we released a massive array of products in an equally massive number of languages.  Today was quite possibly the biggest milestone release Microsoft has ever had.  It will of course be eclipsed on May 5th when we make all the binaries
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
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