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Reduce software installation time

Windows7 comes with Windows Installer 5.0 that has a new installation property called MSIFASTINSTALL. Using the MSIFASTINSTALL property can help reduc...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Saturday, July 18, 2009

Understanding XP Mode

Here is an excellent post that explains Windows7 XP Mode. The article describes clearly who should use XP Mode standalone or MED-V which is the produc...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Microsoft My Phone Beta

Yesterday I received my new mobile phone. Everyone that has switched mobile phones once, knows the pain of getting all the data transferred to the new...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Saturday, July 11, 2009

Volume Activation changes in Windows7

Here is another video from TechnetEdge talking about the changes in volume activation for Windows7. What I found interesting to hear is that there wil...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Thursday, July 9, 2009

Reimaging Macintosh Computers

Most of us desktop management consultants focus on the Windows Operating System, so I thought it’s about time to see how things work with other operat...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Do not slipstream Windows XP sources on Windows Vista

Today one of my colleagues ran into an issue after having slipstreamed Service Pack 3 into Windows XP. During the Windows XP unattended installation p...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Friday, June 19, 2009