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ToolTip: Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit

As seen for previous service packs, Microsoft released an update of the Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit for those that would like to temporarily prevent...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Saturday, November 20, 2010

ToolTip: RAMMon–Retrieve Memory Module Information

Plan to add more RAM to your PC? What memory module do you need? Here’s a nice FREE (for personal use) tool called RAMMon. [ ![image](images/image_thu...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Adding Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DART) to your Windows 7 boot menu

Last weekend I went through the Microsoft TechEd 2010 presentations and one of the presentations that got my attention was “Keeping Windows Running Ef...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Control Windows 7 Scheduled Maintenance Behavior Through Group Policy

This week one of my customers send me the Microsoft support article [KB978980 – Desktop Shortcuts disappear in Windows 7](http://support.microsoft.com...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Sunday, November 7, 2010

ReadTip: Microsoft Office 2010 - Under the Hood Investments for Hardware and Performance

*This whitepaper highlights the broad range of hardware supported by Microsoft® Office 2010 and describes the significant improvements in performance ...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Monday, November 1, 2010

There’s no reason to wait for Windows 7 Service Pack 1

This week Microsoft released the Release Candidate (RC) of Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. Some companies follow the rule of not deployin...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Saturday, October 30, 2010