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ToolTip: DriverStore Explorer

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

Posted by Alex Verboon on Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Inside the Windows 7 Driver Store

The driver store is a trusted location of inbox and third-party driver packages. This means that before a driver can be installed it must first be inj...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Prevent the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool from formatting the USB flash drive

If you want to install Windows 7 from USB you can use Microsoft’s Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool which you can download from [here](http://wudt.codep...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Thursday, December 23, 2010

Additional Windows 7 Search Connectors

One of my favorite features of Windows 7 is Federated Search allowing users to search remote data sources from within the windows Explorer. I wrote ab...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Saturday, December 18, 2010

ReadTip: How to use Group Policy Preferences to Secure Local Administrator Groups

As we come to the year’s end I was doing some housekeeping in my home lab. Too many unused VMs, ad-hoc created Accounts etc. In the end I thought why ...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Saturday, December 18, 2010

ToolTip: Network Emulator for Windows Toolkit

While watching the [Deep Dive on Designing a BranchCache Infrastructure](http://www.msteched.com/2010/Europe/WSV303) presentation I noticed the Networ...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Sunday, November 21, 2010