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Windows 7: Reset machine password after trust is lost

Posted by Ivan
/ September 7, 2011 / 24 Comments

Most of the time I am using virtual machines for developing installation scripts and operating system images. With Microsoft App-V sequencer I am depending on using virtual machines, and snapshots to revert to the previous state after sequencing process is done. Many times these snapshots are older than 30 days and...

Posted in Windows 7
Windows 7: best practices for enterprise deployment of Bitlocker

Posted by Ivan
/ August 5, 2011 / 5 Comments

BitLocker is one of the features included with the Ultimate and Enterprise editions of Windows 7 for a full disk encryption of the hard disks. This additional feature helped me during a migration project to Windows 7 to get rid of the additional third party application (Safeboot) for disk encryption....

Posted in Bitlocker, Windows 7
Windows Server: how to permit users to log on remotely to a domain controller?

Posted by Ivan
/ July 27, 2011 / 7 Comments

Active Directory Domain Controller (AD-DS) is an important Windows Infrastructure role. In some circumstances you will have to provide remote access (RDP) to your helpdesk- and/or support personnel to connect to those machines. For me I needed to develop a plan to allow non “Domain Admin” personnel to remotely connect...

Posted in Windows Server
Windows 7: how to use Autounattend.xml and deploy the OS?

Posted by Ivan
/ June 17, 2011 / 14 Comments

Deploying Windows 7 in an enterprise requires more then just installing the systems from a dvd media. With Windows 7 you can use an answer file to configure Windows settings during installation process. The XML answer file will contain all of the settings that are required for an unattended installation....

Posted in Windows 7
App-V: What should I do before I start Sequencing an application?

Posted by Ivan
/ May 25, 2011 / Leave a comment

Sequencing application is a creation process where you create packages that can be delivered to the end user. The App-V sequencer monitors the installation process for an application and records all necessary files , services and registry settings needed for that application to run in a virtual environment. With Application...

Posted in AppV
App-V: How to hide the Q: drive in Windows Explorer?

Posted by Ivan
/ May 24, 2011 / 3 Comments

Microsoft App-V client is very important part of the Microsoft’s Virtual Application solution. The App-V client integrates itself into the infrastructure by publishing the applications to users. The App-V client creates a local cache file called sftfs.fsd (Windows 7 = C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Application Virtualization Client\SoftGrid Client) where application packages are stored. During...

Posted in AppV
Windows Live Writer 2011: Why should I care?

Posted by Ivan
/ May 23, 2011 / Leave a comment

Today I reinstalled Windows Live Writer 2011. The installation took longer then expected. After the installation I started Windows Live Writer from the Windows Live menu. The interface has been updated since I used the application one or two years ago. It has the Office ribbon which I like. The...

Posted in Windows Live Writer, Wordpress
Windows 7: How to initialize/reset Offline Files database?

Posted by Ivan
/ March 22, 2011 / 21 Comments

Problem Statement In the last year I have seen many strange problems when Offline Files and Redirected folders have been enabled on Windows 7. Many times the Group Policy Folder Redirection failed due to the folders were set to offline or automatic caching from the shares. To start with a...

Posted in Windows 7
PowerShell: clear windows eventviewer logs

Posted by Ivan
/ March 16, 2011 / Leave a comment

Solution Definition How to clear Windows Eventlogs from Powershell? That question I had solved with my previous post but now I have ported the script into Powershell. During my Windows 7 development of a WIM image I wanted to clear the logs after the image was restored. I am using...

Posted in PowerShell
Windows 7 recipe: clear windows eventviewer logs

Posted by Ivan
/ March 14, 2011 / 6 Comments

Solution Definition The following Windows 7 recipe will help you while imaging (with imagex.exe into a WIM file) the client operating system for deployment. The script can be run from PowerShell or CMD file. I have integrated the following script just after Sysprep.exe has run to make sure all events...

Posted in Windows 7