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The Desktop Files: Dual Booting with Windows XP and Windows PE 2.0

You may already have discovered how Windows PE 2.0 can be used as a recovery tool , generally by creating a secondary parti tion and storing the recovery image there. But there are a number of advantages to booting Windows PE 2.0 from the same partition Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 2 Comments

The Desktop Files: Shared Computing with Windows SteadyState

You've seen the problem before: A shared computer that has been so used that it really isn't usable anymore.  You see this in many places, from a family computer, to systems in a computer lab or conference room, to the PCs in a hotel or convention Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 2:28 PM by matt_graven | 0 Comments
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Deploying Windows in a Virtual World

Virtualization is an important technology that most every infrastructure should be taking advantage of. It reduces hardware dependence by essentially creating a hardware abstraction layer. But while the deployment of virtual systems doesn't have to be Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 8:34 PM by matt_graven | 2 Comments
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The Desktop Files: Defragmentation

Defragmenting your hard drives probably sounds about as fun as flossing your teeth. But defragmenting just as important to the long-term health and daily performance of your systems as flossing is to keeping clean, healthy teeth in your mouth. Still, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 7:00 AM by tdorsey | 0 Comments
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Simple, Scalable Deployment with BDD 2007

Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007 is a set of best practices guidance and tools developed to help you deploy Windows to client desktops. In the November issue of TechNet Magazine, Adam Shepherd demonstrates how Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:00 AM by tdorsey | 0 Comments
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An inside look at offline files

When you disconnect your laptop from the office network and go on the road or connect over a slow or intermittent link, how do you maintain a copy of a file on the offline computer while the original is on the main server? More importantly, how do you Read More...
Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 7:00 AM by tdorsey | 0 Comments

Green Computing

Green is the hot topic these days, and the concept is having an impact on the way people think about datacenters. Companies around the world are announcing ways to save energy and reduce costs by buying new hardware and services. Yet, there is little Read More...
Posted Friday, October 26, 2007 7:00 AM by tdorsey | 0 Comments
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Utility Spotlight: PageDefrag

Your average Windows-based defragmenter can optimize most files on your hard drive, but some items are beyond their powers. In the September issue of TechNet Magazine , Lance Whitney shows you how the PageDefrag utility defrags items untouched by other Read More...
Posted Friday, September 21, 2007 7:00 AM by tdorsey | 3 Comments

Windows Vista Backup Technologies

Many people don't think about backing up their data until it's too late and the data has already been lost. Even the staff at TechNet Magazine has experienced that hassle; we meant to back up our home machine, but something came up and... well, cleaning Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:00 AM by tdorsey | 1 Comments

Desktop Files: PC Recovery with Windows PE

Most of the current desktop recovery tools return a system to a known good state by mirroring the deployment process. In the September issue of TechNet Magazine , Wes Miller shows you how to build your own recovery solution based on Windows PE . Using Read More...
Posted Monday, September 17, 2007 7:00 AM by tdorsey | 0 Comments
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Application virtualization with Microsoft SoftGrid

The concept of software virtualization has been around since the 1960s. However, it has taken the IT industry decades to begin to realize the potential of application virtualization. In the August 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine , Ahmer Sabri and Kedar Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 26, 2007 7:00 AM by tdorsey | 0 Comments

Deploying Windows Vista With BDD 2007

You've got hundreds, maybe thousands, of machines that need to be migrated from Windows 2000 or Windows XP to Windows Vista. So where do you start? With the release of Windows Vista, the whole process has been redesigned and there are many new and improved Read More...
Posted Friday, August 24, 2007 5:00 AM by tdorsey | 0 Comments

The Desktop Files: Remote Desktop Protocol

In the August issue of TechNet Magazine , Wes Miller takes a look at Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and demonstrates how this useful piece of technology enables you to access a home PC or office server remotely, and even to control a Media Center Extender. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 07, 2007 2:48 PM by tdorsey | 0 Comments
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Revisiting Windows Deployment Services

One of the most frequent topics of reader e-mail we receive here at TechNet Magazine is Windows PE and Windows Deployment. Fortunately, we have our desktop columnist and contributing editor Wes Miller with us every month to provide you with the best hands-on Read More...
Posted Friday, May 11, 2007 2:05 PM by joshhoff | 0 Comments
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