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One of the features I really like about Windows Vista and Windows 7 is the Windows Mobility Center.I have been using it without looking very deep into it, but today while my students are doing a lab, I looked into it a little bit more: and I ran into the following feature setting: When switching to presentation...
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The new option to run older applications that are not suited for Windows 7, is available for download on this festive day… Get it her: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx
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When using the new Windows 7 Windows XP Mode (or running any other Virtual Machine in the new Virtual PC version), you might run into the following error if you try to start some setup located on a external USB or network drive: “The Windows Installer does not permit installation from a Remote...
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Today I got a question of somebody on how to install Virtual Serve 2005 on a server 2008 r2 setup, He is a trainer as I am, and sometimes he wants to run Virtual machines in Hyper-V, but sometimes We need to use the Virtual machines given to us by Microsoft. Thos e machines are sometimes made to...
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I bet I am the umpth to report this, but I found it necessary to report it anyway: another release date is being whispered on the internet. now by Neowin.net, and it is said to be july 13th. just in time before my vacation. http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/03/confirmed-windows-7-set-to-rtm-on-july...
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http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/default.aspx talks about release dates of Windows 7. For English and Dutch 22 oktober is the date…
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This week I found out that it is no problem to install Windows 7 beta as an Hyper-V guest and still admire all the wonderful Aero features. Not only seems it possible with Windows 7, but it is even possible with Windows Vista. All you need to do is access the virtual from a Aero capable client with Remote...
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Thanks to My colleague Martijn , the following Windows 7 Shortcut list started. I will try to keep it updated. nice 2 know: Windows 7 beta 1 includes some handy new shortcut key combinations that allow you to navigate and manage the Windows workspace more efficiently. Here are 10 new Windows 7 shortcuts...
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As you might have read, I am a little bit involved in trying to boot from VHD, and thus have tried a lot of things to get it working. One thing struck me during this process: the inconsistency between the bcdedit when booting from the DVD of windows 7 and the bcdedit that is installed with the...
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I was investigating my plans for today and I came across an Application Virtualization document: Infrastructure Planning and Design . It is a nice document, and if you are planning on implementing App-V it is a must read. for me it was a moment of deception. I was hoping that anno 2008/2009 Microsoft...
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I get a lot of questions on Booting from VHD to older (read: other that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2) Operating systems. for those people: mind this: be aware that this feature needs both support from your boot mechanism, AND the OS you are booting... This means, if it was not supported in the...
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Time to install the sequencer now. I need a specific disk to sequence to, So i thought I can sequence to my physical disk, but also a VHD, so I created a Q drive that simply consists of a expandable VHD file, and attached that to the sequencer installation. ( create vdisk …. and select vdisk … and attach...
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Because I am running from the one and only installation on my machine, and I want to run the sequencer installation from a differencing vhd, Reboot with the DVD to get to diskpart so I can create differencing vhd files against a VHD that is not used. Start the diskpart application like i described in...
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I am building my new setup for windows 7. My idea is that I will have only a VHD with windows 7 on my laptop where I will boot from. My applications will be available through App-V, and will be on my Physical drive. Thus enabling me to swap OS-s without the hassle of reinstalling everything as soon as...
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My day today will begin by reinstalling my Windows 7 machine, I played around the edges of the machine a little too much, It gave up on me Tuesday evening while preparing for a seminar, I am soooooo happy with two hard disks for my laptop, so I could very easy switch over to my solid server 2008 installation...