September 2007

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Shutdown your computer in one click

Actually I lied. Actually a double-click. But that doesn’t sound like a good title…so there :=-It is really simple, and this will work under Windows XP, and 2003 - not sure if it will work under Vista, but I would imagine the UAC prompt would ruin th…

Written by Steve Wiseman on September 30th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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MagicDisc Causes Microsoft Vista Unbootable

I’m happy that Vista or perhaps XP has a restore point feature to restore your previous known startup stage. I was trying to get an software to play the MDF and MDS image format. It turns out the MagicDisc has a very good review.MagicDisc is freeware. …

Written by ChampDog on September 30th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Vista SP1: Create a recovery disc

One of the new administrative tools Windows Vista Service Pack 1 provides is the ability to create a recovery disc. At first, the name might fool you into thinking the type of discs system manufacturers provide to you when you purchase a new computer to restore your computer to a factory state, but this is [...]

Written by Long Zheng on September 29th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Certified for Windows Vista Devices at DigitalLife 2007

At DigitalLife this year, the Certified for Windows Vista program celebrates its 1 year anniversary. In 1 year, over 2,000 products from numerous vendors have received the Certified for Windows Vista logo. Windows Marketing Manager (and Certified for Windows Vista guru) Ben Reed takes some time to show us Microsoft’s booth at DigitalLife this year as well as some new Certified for Windows Vista devices making their debut this year.



Video: Microsoft at DigitalLife 2007


Here are some of the devices Ben showcased in his video for you to check out:



It is great to see on top of the new Extenders for Windows Media Center that there is even more devices in the pipeline designed to take advantage of Windows Vista’s many features.


If you own a Certified for Windows Vista device - leave a comment. I’d love to hear from you about your device!

Written by Brandon LeBlanc on September 29th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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GPMC Script Samples

Overview:The Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) can be scripted by using a built-in COM object.This package contains a great deal of script examples:BackupAllGPOs.wsfBackupGPO.wsfCopyGPO.wsfCreateEnvironmentFromXML.wsfCreateGPO.wsfCreateMigrationTa…

Written by Jakob H. Heidelberg on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Populate the Central Store?

If you are in a large international organization you might want to upload Vista ADML files for the different languages used on management computers to the Central Store.Now you can download both ADMX and ADML files for Vista in a single package:http://…

Written by Jakob H. Heidelberg on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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GP related changes - good MS article

Check out this article, it’s really good for a “quick” summary of the GP related changes in Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn)http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/5ae8da2a-878e-48db-a3c1-4be6ac7cf7631033.mspx?mfr=true

Written by Jakob H. Heidelberg on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Best World Clock Software - Qlock

I work with all the people around the world, mainly UK, Toronto, and San Jose. I used to manually calculate the time based on the time-zone difference. It is completely inefficient! This is even confusing when there is daylight savings in United State….

Written by ChampDog on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Why Microsoft must abandon Vista to save itself

While Vista was originally touted by Microsoft as the operating system savior we’ve all been waiting for, it has turned out to be one of the biggest blunders in technology.With a host of issues that are inexcusable and features that are taken from the …

Written by Madhukara H on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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How to fix Vista’s network bottlenecks

As much as I enjoy using Vista, I’ve definitely noticed that in some networking activities, it definitely seems to struggle. Particularly compared with Windows XP.For the most part it’s not a problem – I just assumed that Vista’s beefy network …

Written by Madhukara H on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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