Tag: Windows7
Windows 7 IT Pro Guides
Microsoft has published Windows 7 IT Pro Guides. These documents include: 1) A What’s New in Windows 7 Guide, covering many new and changed Windows 7 features of interest to IT professionals, including DirectAccess, BranchCache and other networking technologies, VHD Read More …
Windows 7 Theme Packs
Just found a nice article on Mike Swanson’s blog about Windows 7 Theme Packs. Windows 7 introduces theme packs, which are .cab files that contain all of the necessary assets to implement a theme, including sound files and images. Download Read More …
DirectAccess in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft published a Technical Overview document that covers the functional and architectural aspects of DirectAccess, a technology introduced in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to enable mobile workers to seamlessly connect to enterprise network resources when connected to Read More …
Encrypted on Windows 7 and use on Vista as well
With Windows 7 we can not only encrypt our local fixed drives but also USB devices. Considering that probably many of do carry around one or more memory sticks that could contain sensitive data or just data you don’t want Read More …
Converting WIM to VHD
Today I’ve tested the WIM2VHD script provided by Mike Kolitz a Software Design Engineer from the Hyper-V Team at Microsoft. In short, the script allows you to create a bootable VHD file directly from Windows 7 installation media, so you Read More …
Windows 7 hands-on videos
Just came back from vacation and cleaning up my mailbox. One had send a link that contains a number of nice short hands-on videos about Windows 7. Don’t expect any level 500 deep technical insight from these videos, but they Read More …