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One of the general annoyances of connecting to the wireless infrastructure at show like TechEd is the number people that seem to be in my general vicinity broadcasting as an ad-hoc connection. Are they trying to get unsuspecting people to connect to them...

Blogger Kurt Shintaku has created a HowTo guide to installing Windows Vista from a USB key . His post gives credit to our " How to create a bootable WinPE USB Key" as inspiration for writing it, so thanks Kurt for the link. He says that this can get your...

Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) 2.0 is a slimed down version of Windows (hence all the MiniNT references) that used to be the exclusive domain of OEM's providers. Microsoft has wisely chosen to offer this to the masses as part of the Windows...

Windows Vista's optional features can be added in a number of ways. It can be done via Windows System Image Manager by adding the component to your unattend.xml. It can be serviced offline using the Package Manger utility, it can added online using the...

Every once in a while I have to hunt down something in the registry that I want to set and have no idea how Windows is doing it or where it is being kept. Enter Process Monitor, Process Monitor is a new utility from Microsoft that combines the functionality...

In Windows XP the Remote Assistance feature was built into the Help and Support Center and the task of “Offering” Remote Assistance was a bit daunting. You would have to launch Help and Support Center then search for “Offer Remote Assistance”. This drove...

Microsoft was handy enough to add a custom title bar message that says “Administrator” when you elevate a command prompt. I wanted something a little more pronounced as I am often juggling between a few command prompts at once and glancing...