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Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:21 AM

More Windows Live Toolbar features

I missed some other features that you’ll see after logging in with a Live ID (the far right of the toolbar).  Two more items show up: The first icon sets up synchronization of favorites from Windows Live to multiple computers.  The setup process
Posted by mniehaus | 0 Comments
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:46 AM

Latest Windows Live Toolbar

I’ve never been a fan of browser toolbar add-ons, but somehow my home machines always end up full of them. One of these days people will get fed up with software packages that install other “junk” and complain, but until then I’m used to periodically
Posted by mniehaus | 2 Comments
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:41 PM

Windows 7 Deployment Changes

Patrick Azzarello (program manager in the Windows Core Operating System Division) just posted a blog entry listing the deployment-related changes in Windows 7.  Check it out at http://blogs.technet.com/windowssystemdeployment/archive/2009/01/20/windows-7-deployment-changes.aspx
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Monday, January 12, 2009 6:02 PM

Windows 7 Features IT pros will like

There are lots of new features in Windows 7, but here are a few that are more “IT pro”-ish: Burning ISOs to CDs or DVDs directly from Explorer.  No more need for command line utilities, third-party shell add-ons, or special software – just right-click
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Saturday, January 10, 2009 8:35 PM

Download Windows 7 now…

…so that the internet can recover by Monday morning when everyone wants to do real work again.  The download is available at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx .  I really like the description on the page: New to beta
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Friday, January 09, 2009 11:11 PM

And now MDT 2010 Beta 1 is available too

See http://blogs.technet.com/msdeployment/archive/2009/01/09/microsoft-deployment-toolkit-2010-beta-1-is-now-available.aspx for the official announcement and how to download it from the Connect website. Please remember that this is a beta version of MDT
Posted by mniehaus | 1 Comments
Friday, January 09, 2009 9:49 PM

Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7 beta is available for download

See http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4ad85860-d1f4-42a1-a46c-e039e3d0db5d&DisplayLang=en for the download, or if you just want to see what’s changed you can review the documentation that can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f1bae135-4190-4d7c-b193-19123141edaa&DisplayLang=en
Posted by mniehaus | 1 Comments
Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:39 AM

Want to get rid of Windows XP or Server 2003 PnP dialogs?

Somewhere along the line I missed this KB article: Hotfix adds new functionality to suppress Plug and Play-related UI messages in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938596 This could be useful when deploying new computers
Posted by mniehaus | 1 Comments
Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:02 AM

Social networking – so many options…

I started off a long time ago with a LinkedIn profile ( http://www.linkedin.com/in/mniehaus ), primarily for people I have worked with throughout the years.  (If I don’t know you, I won’t accept an invitation.  But if we’ve exchanged e-mails
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Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:13 AM

Windows 7 Beta announced today

It’s hard to miss the news: Steve Ballmer announced today that Windows 7 Beta is available today for TechNet Plus and MSDN subscribers (see http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs/archive/2009/01/07/windows-7-now-available-for-download.aspx for a picture
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