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Copying command-line tools from Windows into WinPE, don’t forget the localization files

To keep the footprint of WinPE as small as possible many services or tools usually found within a full Windows installation are not available within W...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Thursday, April 12, 2012

Windows 8 ADK Assessments OS and Architecture Support Overview

Along with Windows 8 Microsoft also provides a new tool for System Builders and IT Professionals called the Windows Assessment Toolkit. The Windows As...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Sunday, April 8, 2012

Microsoft releases DaRT 8 Beta

Microsoft has released a Beta for DaRT 8. You find more details in the articles listed below. I’ve only been looking at it shortly, but here’s what I ...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Thursday, March 29, 2012

Windows recommends PowerPoint Viewer 2007 though there is a 2010 version

While working on my Windows 8 test client, I downloaded a PowerPoint file and because I don’t have Office installed Windows prompts me how I would lik...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Monday, March 19, 2012

Windows Explorer context menu for managing WIM files

Mounting and un-mounting Windows Images (wim files) is a simple task using dism.exe or imagex.exe at the command prompt, but if you do this every day ...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Sunday, March 18, 2012

Windows 8 Consumer Preview Support Bulletins Feb 29–March 13, 2012

Below are the Windows 8 Consumer Preview support bulletins I was able to capture since the release of the Consumer Preview build. The BITS service cra...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Tuesday, March 13, 2012