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The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Now Released!
Finally here, MAPS 4.0 is RTM and ready to be downloaded and used. I have been using it for a while in both real and in test environment and I’m rather pleased, the only thing that annoys me is that very few customers and partners seems to understand...
Do NOT slipstream Windows XP SP3 on a Vista/Windows Server 2008 machine
You might ask "why", well it is a very simple answer to that, In some scenarios the product key wont work anymore, yes, I know its weird but its true. The slipstream function does for some reason behaves differently and the result sucks, no...
Windows Vista SP1 - The Rock & Roll Video
So we all know that Microsoft has released SP1 for Vista, not for every languange but for the most common one (according to MS anywhay), well what you may or may not know is that there are a video recoreded for "customers" to get a grip on whats...
Posted: 04-15-2008 21:52 by Mikael Nystrom | with no comments
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Remote Tools for Windows Vista is here
On Microsoft download you can now download the Remote Tools, back in the old days we used to have "admninpak,msi" but the have changed the name to Remote Tools (RSAT). This toolkit works on vista 32/64, but NOT in WXP. 32-bit: http://www.microsoft...
Posted: 03-31-2008 8:08 by Mikael Nystrom | with 1 comment(s)
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Pimp My USB Stick
A while ago a wrote an article for SMBPC Magazine , the article was about how to create an USB Stickthat boots up in WinPE 2.0(2.1). A lot of people have mailed me and asked for the script, so here it is... Dont forget that you need WAIK from Microsoft...
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 management tools for the Hyper-V
Finally Microsoft has released the tool that enables you to sit down at your Windows Vista SP1 and control your Hyper-V virtual machines remotly. I have been running this for a little bit over two weeks, works great. The tool handles commandline syntax...
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is Released to Web (RTW)
I will start by informing you on the fact that i need to switch from Swedish to English in this blog... Today, March 18, 2008, Microsoft announced the release of Windows Vista SP1 to the web. From today, customers can get Windows Vista SP1 in English...
Posted: 03-19-2008 11:18 by Mikael Nystrom | with no comments
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Windows Easy Transfer Companion
Att Microsoft har en gjort en Windows Easy Transfer Wizard är ingen nyhet, den har funnits med från RTM, den fungerar ganska bra men det tänkte jag skriva om vid annat tillfälle. Jag var i Seattle(Redmond) förra veckan och samtalade med det teamet som...
Posted: 03-20-2007 0:36 by Mikael Nystrom | with no comments
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Windows Vista Hardware Assessment - RTM
Nu har Microsoft släppt "Windows Vista Hardware Assessment", ett verktyg som hjälper till att inventera datorer och till viss del applikationer för att se vilka datorer som kommer att fungera med Windows Vista och vilka som måste bytas ut eller uppgraderas...
Posted: 03-14-2007 0:52 by Mikael Nystrom | with 1 comment(s)
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SBS2003 + Windows Vista + Office 2007 = SANT!
Microsoft har nu släppt "all" information som behövs kring SBS2003 tillsammans med Vista och Office 2007. Det som krävs för att du ska kunna installera "korringeringspaketet" är att du kös SBS2003 SP1, annars går det INTE. Några roliga saker är att det...
Windows Vista Hardware Assessment Solution Accelerator
Alpha versionen är nu tillgänglig på Connect site, (har precis laddat hem den) Ett verkyg tänkt att fungera som komplement till BDD2007 och ACT5, det ger en bild över vilka dator som kan köra vista och vilka som inte kan det. Uppgraderings rekommendationer...
Posted: 01-15-2007 12:22 by Mikael Nystrom | with no comments
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Hur f-n lär man sig allt i nya Office 2007?
Av misstag satt jag för några dagar sedan och letade runt på "Office Online" och bland alla olika mallar som fans där så hittade jag helt plötsligt mallar för att göra sina egna interna utbildningar kring Office 2003 och Office 2007. Jag hade inte den...