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Tag: Windows

Why We Test…

It is Friday morning in Tokyo, and there is a line out the door.  If you didn’t know any better you … More

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Due Dilligence, Patch Management, Windows, WSUS

Out of Band Security Updates

If you run Windows Server this is very important.  Microsoft released today a number of out-of-band security updates for Microsoft … More

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Windows, Windows Server, WSUS

Cloud-Based VDI!!! No.

I was having a conversation this week with a colleague about his plans to create a hybrid-cloud environment by moving … More

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Microsoft, Virtual machine, Virtualization, Windows, Windows Azure

WSUS: Watch out!

Here’s a great way to waste time, network bandwidth, and storage space: download excess patches that you do not need.  … More

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Patch Management, Windows, Windows Server Update Services, WSUS

1-2-3-4-5 BitLocker 9-8-7-6-5

I was sitting in a planning meeting with a client recently in which we were discussing ways of protecting end-user … More

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BIOS, BitLocker, BitLocker Drive Encryption, Encryption, Personal identification number, Trusted Platform Module, Windows, Windows Vista

Windows To Go: Disk Behaviour

Recently I was explaining Windows To Go at a client site.  We had a few interesting discussions about the power … More

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BitLocker Drive Encryption, Group Policy, Hard disk drive, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Operating system, Windows, Windows To Go

Managing Hyper-V Virtual Machines with Windows PowerShell

Warning: The following post was written by a scripting luddite.  The author readily admits that he would have difficulty coding … More

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Graphical User Interface, Hyper-V, Microsoft, PowerShell, Windows, Windows PowerShell

Getting Started With Hyper-V in Server 2012 and Windows 8

You all know by now that I am a huge Hyper-V fan… I have been using it since 2008, but … More

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Cluster Shared Volumes, Hyper-V, OpenVMS, Random-access memory, VHD, Virtual machine, Windows, Windows 8

Refresh Your PC – Save your bacon!

Thursday morning I did something to my main laptop that I really should not have done, and the results were disastrous.  I … More

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BitLocker Drive Encryption, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Operating system, Personal computer, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8

User Account Options in Windows 8

Earlier today I discussed the Picture Password and PIN codes in Windows 8.  What I didn’t mention is that for … More

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Hotmail, Microsoft, Microsoft Account, Microsoft Windows, Personal computer, Windows, Windows 8, Windows Live ID

Logon Options in Windows 8

The three-fingers salute is gone. Okay, that is not entirely true, but if your computer is not domain-joined, you will … More

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Login, Microsoft Windows, Password, Personal computer, Personal identification number, Security, Windows, Windows 8

Client-Side Hyper-V: How Microsoft is changing the game

I have been a virtualization guy for a long time, so when Microsoft released Hyper-V 2.0 with Windows Server 2008 … More

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Hyper-V, Microsoft, Windows, Windows 8, Windows Server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows XP

Windows to Go: Better (and easier!) in the RTM!

A couple of months ago I posted an article on Windows To Go (Windows To Go: This is going to … More

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ISO image, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, USB, USB flash drive, Windows, Windows 8, Windows To Go

Wrong Product Key? Oh No!

Here’s a tip if you need to change your product key in Windows 8.  It also works in earlier versions … More

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Command Prompt, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Operating system, Product key, Windows, Windows 8

Making Your Windows 8 ISO work for You

Tomorrow is the day that a huge number of you will be downloading and installing the final bits (RTM) of … More

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Booting, DiskPart, DVD, ISO image, USB, USB flash drive, Windows, Windows 8

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