Windows Image File Exclusions
When discussing the creation of Windows Image files (.wim), I am often asked if any files or folders are excluded by default. The answer is yes and no, depending on the tool(s) that you use. Read on...
View ArticleConnection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK) an Overview and General Guideline
The Connection Manager Administration Kit has been around since Windows Server 2003 as an embedded Windows server feature. Initially available for server platforms, this deployment enabling tool is...
View ArticleBefore you Rebuild your Computer (Actually, before your system fails)
Sometimes the Universe sends you a message. We don’t listen, so the Universe sends it again. And again. Until we learn. Four friends, clients, former students contacted me during my holiday time to...
View ArticleTime to Recover – Rebuilding your Computer
(Part two in a series) For part one go to: Before you Rebuild your Computer (Actually, before your system fails) In my last blog, I shared suggestions that might help you to affect an efficient return...
View ArticleWindows 10 Introduction
Just finished watching a Microsoft Webcast, “What’s Next with Windows 10” with Stephen Rose and Jeremy Korst. I became a member of the ‘Windows Insider Program’ last week and downloaded a copy of the...
View ArticleWindows 10 – First Look
In my last Windows 10 blog I had just installed the operating system using an ‘in place upgrade’ from Windows 8.1. Several of the desktop features appear to be residue from Lenovo and my Windows 8.1...
View ArticleWindows 8/8.1: I want Windows Defender! (Not the “free” AV solution)
Our instructors just received Lenovo Touch screen laptops. Complete with all of the trial software that a person could want. Probably more. Amongst the several dozen free (well at least for a 30 to 90...
View ArticleTwo ways to launch a Windows Command Prompt as user SYSTEM
This blog explores two ways to launch a command prompt as user SYSTEM in Windows. It applies to Windows 7/8 and Server 2008/2012 (Windows 10 has a slightly different method). That is not to say you...
View ArticleWindows 10 – Ready, Set …
I continue to play with Windows 10. Play is the operative word. I haven’t found sufficient power to cause me to use Windows 10 as my primary system. Not yet. As my director suggested, “Pioneers catch...
View ArticleBitLocker to Go READER in Windows 10
Microsoft has provided BitLocker since the Enterprise and Ultimate versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. The Vista release could only encrypt operating system partitions (with some extended...
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