Using VMWare and an unknown amount of time, an individual chose to install MS-DOS 5.0, Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0, Windows 3.0, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Fortunately, he recorded the process for us to gain some observations regarding the trend in Windows upgrade process and backwards compatibility … [Read more...]
Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Coming Soon
I worked with Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 in an HP MultiSeat setup a little less than a year ago and I was excited to learn today that a new version of the Windows MultiPoint Server would be coming out shortly with new features. Over on the Windows Team Blog, they posted an update that shows some upcoming features correcting many of my previous complaints. For a quick run … [Read more...]
Using RunAs With Active Directory Users And Computers and Group Policy Management Console
Best practice has us not logging in with Administrator-level accounts for everyday activities. One way to ease the burden of having to log off and log on with an admin account when duty calls is to use the Run As... process that I refer to frequently. Running an executable, like Setup.exe, as an administrator is easy. You can right-click on it (or hold down Shift and … [Read more...]
Office 2010 Deployment Options
In a fitting demonstration of organizational lethargy, one of my first projects of 2011 was to deploy Microsoft Office 2010. Trying to understand what my options were for deploying the update within my organization required reading through a number of Microsoft TechNet pages to figure out what would work best. With this article, hopefully I can save you some time by … [Read more...]
Covering IPv6 Basics While The Internet Society and Others Announce World IPv6 Day
From 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255, IP version 4 addresses are mathematically finite and as I'm sure you've heard or read about, they are running out. (Follow the countdown on Twitter.) It's quite apparent because we've reached that sensationalist level in the mainstream media. Rest assured, a solution is in place and plenty of people are working behind the scenes to make the … [Read more...]