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Mute Windows System Volume

I came across a forum post where someone asked how to programmatically mute the Windows System volume. So this is what I have found: [ ![image](images...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Saturday, January 15, 2011

ReadTip: General (Windows) activation concepts (KMS/MAK)

A great article from Kevin Ledman - Microsoft Platforms Support, covering the following topics around Windows activation: - What is KMS? - What is MAK...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Wednesday, January 12, 2011

ReadTip: Planning guide for Microsoft Office 2010

For anyone who is somehow involved in a Office 2010 deployment planning I strongly recommend reading the [Planning Guide for Microsoft Office 2010](ht...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Automated Microsoft Security Essentials Installation

For all those that frequently setup test machines and get tired of manually installing the Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, here’s a straight forwar...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Thursday, January 6, 2011

Inside the Windows 7 Driver Store–Part 2

Since I wrote my previous post [Inside the Windows 7 Driver Store](https://www.verboon.info/index.php/2010/12/inside-the-windows-7-driver-store/), I c...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Windows 7 Device Installation Without Administrative Rights

This year I have had the opportunity to speak with many customers about Windows 7. One topic that came up in almost every discussion was about how mob...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Friday, December 31, 2010