Here is a great article on how to install Windows 7 or Vista from a USB flash drive. It actually works as described.
http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7vista-from-usb-drive-detailed-100-working-guide/
We recently implemented a new SBS 2008 server for one of our clients. A user was going to be working from home and wanted to utilize thier corporate office desktop to get some tasks done. They were able to authenticate to the Remote Web Workplace webpage successfully, but were unable to connect to their Windows 7 desktop computer. Every time they attempted to do so, their account was rejected with an error message: “The logon attempt failed”
I discovered the problem was due to an incorrect setting within IIS.
Here’s what I did to correct the problem:
I went to IIS Manager → Sites → SBS Web Applications → Rpc → Authentication. There I found only “Basic Authentication” was enabled.
Enabled “Windows Authentication” then ran an IIS reset. When IIS came back online, I was able to connect via TS Gateway to the server and at least one workstation. I connected and disconnected multiple times and it had no problems. The end user verified they were also able to authenticate without error, and gained remote control of their Windows 7 computer.
I ran into an issue with a Hyper-V server with 6 NIC’s, some of the NIC’s in Network and Sharing center were being categorized as ‘unidentified network’ and giving the public designation. I could change it to private, but every reboot it would revert back. The issue with public network was that network discovery and file sharing was turned off, so even the NIC that was joined to the domain had little connectivity. Below fixed the issue.
You can change the security setting so that the network is not made public in the first place.
To do this on your local server or Vista/Windows 7 desktop , follow these steps:
1. Start –> run –> MMC –> press enter
2. In MMC console , from menu file select Add/Remove Snap-in
3. Select Group Policy Object editor –> Press Add –> select Local computer –> press OK –>press OK
4. Open Computer configration –>Windows Settings –>Security Settings –>select Network list manager policies
on the right Side you will see options for :
double click –>Unidentified networks
Then you can select the option to consider the Unidentified networks as private and if user can change the
location
To find out what Microsoft/Windows Updates have been installed, open command prompt and type:
wmic qfe list
This will work in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. You can also pipe it a text file if you needed to print it off or document it.
You may have come across news of a hidden feature in Windows 7 that was posted about on Cnet.com called Windows 7 GodMode. It’s a little know feature of Windows that has been around since Vista, though few were aware of it’s existence until now.
GodMode is a feature that lets users access all of the Windows Control Panel options from a single window. No hidden Control Panel options are exposed, but all the various options for the different Control Panel applets are shown.
To create your own GodMode folder where you can easily modify your computer settings, try the following:
Create a new folder (right-click and click on “New Folder”). Right-click on the folder and click on rename, copy and paste this: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
The GodMode section at the front of the string can contain any name you like, GodMode was chosen for dramatic effect I’m sure.
Windows 7 allows you to burn ISO files (images) directly with no third-party plug-ins. All you have to do is right click on an ISO, and click “Burn Disk Image”.
My experience was a bit different, had to click “open with” then choose “Windows Disk Image Burner”, but it works as advertised. Too bad there isn’t a way to mount an ISO without 3rd party software, I guess we will have to wait until Windows 8, or W7 SP1??
Need the Hyper-V Manager for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008?
