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Windows 7 – Boot ini is Dead!

Starting with Windows Vista, thought it was missed by many IT professionals since Vista was largely ignored, the boot ini file is no longer used to store boot configuration information. Instead the...

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Great Overview of Windows 7 Deployment Tools

A great new technet blog post was added yesterday that provides an overview of the deployment tools for Windows 7. You can see how to deploy from media, a network share or from a WDS (Windows...

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Windows 7 Batch Files – More of the Same

With every new release of Windows, the rumors start. "Windows 7 will destroy the command prompt," or "the command prompt will die in the next version of Windows." Of course, these rumors have never...

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Windows XP Mode and Hardware-Assisted Virtualization

Well, it looks like Microsoft finally gets it. They removed the requirement for hardware-assisted virtualization (HAV) from Windows Virtual PC, which means that XP Mode can be used on more computers....

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Microsoft Windows 7 AppLocker – Automated Rules

AppLocker is one of the great new features in Windows 7, well, that is, if you have Enterprise Edition or Ultimate Edition. It's really sad that Microsoft didn't just allow any Windows 7 client to...

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Adjusting Hidden Display Features – Windows 7 Tip Series

This is the first post in a new series I'm starting called the Windows 7 Tips Series. This first tip will help you improve your display for laptop computers (and possibly some desktops). The first part...

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IPv6 Network Utilization on Windows 7

OK. For about a year now I've been telling you all that Windows 7's implementation of IPv6 by default will cause quite a bit of unnecessary activity on your network if you're not actually using it yet...

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ICACLS Syntax for ACL Management

One of the great new tools in Windows Vista and Windows 7 is the ICACLS command line command. While I’m very annoyed with Microsoft for not supporting the old CACLS syntax and adding the features of...

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Disabling System Restore in Windows 7

At times and for many reasons, you may want to disable system restore in Windows 7 systems. Windows 7 creates restore points or recovery points on a scheduled basis and when you install software or...

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Reliability Monitor and Windows 7 (How it saved my life!)

Ok, so maybe it didn't save my life, but it sure does help me discover what's really happening on my users' computers. No longer do I have to rely on answers from the users. I can simply look at the...

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