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All security updates on a DVD

Posted on20 October 2008Leave a comment

I do periodically browse through the Microsoft Download Center (Beta) to see if there is anything new that is of interest to me. Today i came across Article 913086 which describes an alternative way of obtaining all Microsoft Security patches for Read More …

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CategoriesDeployment, Security, TipTagsPatches, Security

Multilanguage pack update for XP SP3

Posted on1 October 20081 October 2008Leave a comment

Those that deploy Windows XP Service Pack 3 English and use multilanguage packs should consider the following update that fixes some localization issues. KB942766 and download here.

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CategoriesDeployment, Windows XPTagsMUI

Volume activation documentation

Posted on29 September 200829 September 2008Leave a comment

Microsoft recently updated their volume activation 2.0 technical guidance documents. Everything you need about volume activation when deploying Vista / Win2008 can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9893f83e-c8a5-4475-b025-66c6b38b46e3&DisplayLang=en

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CategoriesAutomation, Deployment, VistaTagsActivation

Wireless GPO settings for XP

Posted on18 September 200818 September 2008Leave a comment

In the last 2 days i have spend some time in getting Wireless GPO settings applied to a Windows XP client. I was actually about to describe what i have done to get it working, but just noticed that there Read More …

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CategoriesDeployment, Group Policy, Windows XPTagsGPO, Wireless

Slipstreaming IE8

Posted on15 September 200815 September 2008Leave a comment

The “New Zealand IE8 Taskforce” posted a nice article on how to slipstream IE8 into Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 images.

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CategoriesDeployment, Tip, Vista, Windows XPTagsIE8, slipstream

Prep-ing WINPE does make a difference

Posted on6 September 2008Leave a comment

When creating WinPE 2.0 boot images, make sure you run the PEImg /prep command against your boot.wim as it does make a significant difference in sze as shown in the table below: Bootable ISO file with WiinPE 2.0 Size in Read More …

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CategoriesDeployment, TipTagsWAIK, WinPE

Identifying the WDS Server

Posted on25 August 200825 August 2008Leave a comment

When deploying an image from a WDS server it might be useful to know its computer name. Johan Arwidmark has posted the details about the WDSServer variable on his blog here: http://www.deployvista.com/Blog/tabid/70/EntryID/35/Default.aspx

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CategoriesDeployment, TipTagsWDS

The need for installing the Intel Chipset update

Posted on21 August 200821 August 2008Leave a comment

Within one of the projects I’m working on, there was a debate about installing the Intel Chipset software. It was requested not to install it. I could not agree with that, as it is a common known best practice to Read More …

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CategoriesDeployment, driversTagsChipset, drivers

GP Preferences

Posted on15 August 200815 August 20081 Comment

In 2006 Microsoft acquired the company DesktopStandard known for its extending Group Policy products GPVault and PolicyMaker. While GPVault has become part of Microsofts MDOP suite that is available only for Enterprise customers that have a Software Assurance contract, the Read More …

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CategoriesDeployment, Group Policy, Vista, Windows XPTagsGroup Policy, Vista

Windows XP reports pending activation

Posted on15 August 200815 August 2008Leave a comment

Within at least every second implementation project I work on, people get nervous about Windows XP reporting that the system is not yet activated, although their Windows XP client image was build using an enterprise volume license key. When you Read More …

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CategoriesDeployment, Windows XPTagsActivation

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