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Creating a Steady State for Windows 7

For those who manage Windows XP or Windows Vista computers in a school computer lab, internet cafe or library, Microsoft provides a tool called Window...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Monday, September 13, 2010

Tip: How to troubleshoot KMS Activation problems

Here are some good resources for KMS troubleshooting: MS KB [938450](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938450/en-us) How to troubleshoot Volume Activati...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Sunday, September 5, 2010

A quick look at the Windows PowerShell Module for Intel vPro

In a previous post [Using Intel AMT Power Management @ Home](https://www.verboon.info/index.php/2009/07/using-intel-amt-power-management-home/) I wrot...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Saturday, September 4, 2010

Extracting CAB files from Microsoft Update Standalone Package (MSU)

When manually downloading a Microsoft Security Update or hotfix for Windows 7 (Vista) you typically get a file with an MSU file extension. A file with...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Saturday, September 4, 2010

Finding Group Policy Settings through Windows 7 Search Connector

Since the release of Windows 7 and Server 2008-R2 we have about 3000 Group Policy Settings available to centrally configure and manage Windows clients...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Thursday, September 2, 2010

ToolTip: Interactive menu to ribbon guide

Having difficulties finding menu and toolbar commands in Office 2010? Here’s a nice tool called the Interactive menu to ribbon guide. You can either d...

Posted by Alex Verboon on Tuesday, August 31, 2010