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Windows 7: Remote Desktop error in the licensing protocol

Posted by Ivan
/ April 3, 2012 / 18 Comments

Windows 7 is running Remote Desktop Protocol version 7 (RDP 7). Since we are using Windows 7 we run into following problem. There was little valuable information on the Internet to solve this problem. To fix this problem a client was reinstalled. In the end there was a simple solution...

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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...

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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 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....

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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...

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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...

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Windows 7: Use Bitlocker to Go as replacement for TrueCrypt

Posted by Ivan
/ July 5, 2010 / 5 Comments

For several years I used TrueCrypt based encryption to secure my data. Since the release of Windows 7 and enhancements in the disk management I now see the possibility to replace TrueCrypt. Why should I replace TrueCrypt? The reason is simple. I am working with a managed Windows 7 client...

Posted in Bitlocker, Windows 7
Windows 7: Create a directory symbolic link to a network share

Posted by Ivan
/ March 13, 2010 / 1 Comment

Mklink allows you to create a symbolic link to a directory or a file. This was a long-waited feature for Windows and available on unix/linux based systems. Windows Vista introduced this new feature and with Windows 7 we can utilize this now in more depth with the libraries. Make sure...

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Windows 7: USB/DVD Download Tool

Posted by Ivan
/ December 15, 2009 / 2 Comments

If you are planning to deploy and install Windows 7 on your pc’s and you are downloading ISO files than this tool can help you in creating the USB or DVD’s installation files. Now days I only download the ISO files from MSDN of the Microsoft Volume Licensing website. How...

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Windows 7: Release to Manufacturing

Posted by Ivan
/ July 29, 2009 / 1 Comment

Development of Windows 7 has been completed and Microsoft announced release to manufacturing (RTM). Last week I bought my first MAC ever and just started learning MacOS, but still looking forward to get Windows 7 loaded on all my systems.

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News, Problem Solutions and Other Interesting Information...

Windows 7: Remote Desktop error in the licensing protocol

Windows 7: Reset machine password after trust is lost

Windows 7: best practices for enterprise deployment of Bitlocker

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

Windows 7: How to initialize/reset Offline Files database?

Windows 7 recipe: clear windows eventviewer logs

Windows 7: Use Bitlocker to Go as replacement for TrueCrypt

Windows 7: Create a directory symbolic link to a network share

Windows 7: USB/DVD Download Tool

Windows 7: Release to Manufacturing

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