Tag: management tools

TOP10 – July 2009 Popular Tips

August 01, 2009 by Jason

1- Install Windows 7 From Bootable USB Drive

2- Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit

3- Firefox Split into Multiple Processes

4- Vista to XP Copying Performance Slower

5- Vista SP2 and XP SP3 Security Release ISO Image

6- Windows 7 SDK RTM Cooking in Parallel with the OS

7- Windows 7 Networking

8- Vista SP2 RTM Management Tools

9- XP SP3 Installation Failure Errors

10- TOP10 – June 2009 Popular Tips

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Windows Vista SP1 Management Tools

January 07, 2009 by Jason

Following the downloading and deployment of over 1.5 million Beta copies of the Microsoft hypervisor-based virtualization technology in testing environments, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V was released to manufacturing at the end of June 2008. However, even as early as the Release Candidate stages of the solution, the Redmond company was offering tools designed to integrate with Windows Vista computers, and to permit the remote management of Windows Server 2008 machines with the Hyper-V role. At the end of 2008, the software giant also made available for download management resources for the RTM version of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.

“This update package installs the management tools for the release version of Hyper-V technology on a computer that is running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1). This update package includes the following items: the Hyper-V Manager Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in (the Hyper-V Manager MMC snap-in provides management access to servers that are running Hyper-V); [and] the Virtual Machine Connection tool (you can use this remote connection tool to establish an interactive session on a virtual machine host),” Microsoft informed. Read More»

Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit

December 11, 2007 by Jason

A blocking tool (SPBlockerTools.EXE – 100k) is available for organizations that would like to temporarily prevent installation of Service Pack updates through Windows Update. This tool can be used with:

* Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (valid through March, 2008)
* Windows XP Service Pack 3 (valid for 12 months following general availability)
* Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (valid for 12 months following general availability)

This toolkit contains three components. All of them function primarily to set or clear a specific registry key that is used to detect and block download of Service Packs from Windows Update. You only need to use the component which best serves your organization’s computer management infrastructure. Read More»