Archive for 'Windows Vista'
Installing Windows Vista SP2 with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit using an Existing Image
Posted on June 19, 2009, by Todd, under Windows Vista.
If you are like me, you already have your Vista image built and applied to your MDT installation. Now that Windows Vista SP2 has been released, you are wondering how best to deploy it. With MDT you have several ways to do it.
No Comments
Windows Vista SP2 – How To Update Existing WIM Files
Posted on May 25, 2009, by Todd, under Windows Vista.
I am looking at updating my Vista images to SP2 today. I have existing WIM files I use for my deployments using MDT.No Comments
Microsoft Tinker
Posted on November 20, 2008, by Todd, under Games, Personal, Windows Vista.
This game is very addicting. It was installed a couple of weeks back as on the Vista Ultimate add-ins via Microsoft Update. Garth had pointed it out on his blog last month, how to kill a couple of hours, no kidding. Garth’s Post on Microsoft Tinker
No Comments
Installing Games in Windows Vista Business using Scripts
Posted on September 16, 2008, by Todd, under Games, Windows Vista.
I needed a way to install Windows Vista games by script so I could further automate my MDT installations. Windows Vista business does not install games automatically, I think Home versions do though. Really you wouldn’t want them in the office, but these computers are for library patrons and some like to play solitaire. I did some searching the internet and found somewhere along the line this command line – pkgmgr.exe /iu:InboxGames /quiet
No Comments
Deploying Windows XP with MDT
Posted on August 20, 2008, by Todd, under Business Desktop Deployment, Deployment, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
I’ve been working on trying to get some new machines deployed and some old machine’s refreshed with newer software for the past couple of days. I’ve been deploying both Vista and XP using MDT. I learned a few tricks that I want to pass along to everyone.
No Comments
Control Panel and Printing Problems in Windows Vista
Posted on July 18, 2008, by Todd, under Windows Vista.
I’ve had a problem recently with my work computer. Windows Vista won’t print saying the printer isn’t connect and when I go to the control panel to see what is happening, it opens then closes before I can do anything. I am logged in as a regular user which is in a different domain forest then the domain forest that the computer belongs to. To resolve the problem temporarily, I go to computer management (right-click on my computer and click manage) and restart the software licensing service. Once it restarts, I am able to work and print properly again.
No Comments
Group Policy Preferences
Posted on May 14, 2008, by Todd, under Group Policy, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
I have upgraded two of three domain controllers to Windows Server 2008 over the last couple months. The install went smooth and I will admit, Windows Server 2008 does seem like a rather nice OS. One of the new features of having a Windows Sever 2008 domain controller is the group policy preferences. Preferences will let you do things like create desktop shortcuts, printer mappings and map network drives along with many other things.
No Comments
Windows SteadyState 2.5 Beta and Vista
Posted on March 31, 2008, by Todd, under Group Policy, Windows SteadyState, Windows Vista.
Just a word of advice, don’t turn on only allow programs in the Windows or Program Files folder to run. Well you can turn it on and see what happens.
No Comments
Nifty Shortcut for UAC on Windows Vista
Posted on February 27, 2008, by Todd, under Windows Vista.
Trying to ipconfig /release and /renew on Windows Vista is a bit of a pain in the hind when you want to do it from Command Prompt. You need to find the command prompt, right click and run as admin, accept UAC. Brad Bird mentioned in our Vista Enterprise class on Monday and was also in the Vista training kit that if you hold ctrl and shift when you press enter, it will run the command elevated, press Alt-C to continue and its up and going. For example, type CMD in the run box, press ctrl-shift and enter; press Alt-C to accept UAC and now you can release and renew away and its as just about as easy as it was under XP.
1 Comment
Changes to RDP to Console on Windows Vista SP1
Posted on February 20, 2008, by Todd, under Windows Vista.
I guess Microsoft has made changes to the way you connect to the console on Windows Vista SP1. The old way was to type mstsc /console and the new way is to type mstsc /admin. Subtle change, but enough to cause a pain in the hind end.
