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Set Shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strComputer = Shell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%computername%")

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts://" & strComputer & "/root/cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Battery",,48) 

IsLaptop = False 

For Each objItem in colItems
      IsLaptop = True
  Next 

If IsLaptop Then
wscript.stdout.write "Laptop, running PowerLinkTSIcon()"
PowerLinkTSIcon()
   Else
 wscript.stdout.write "Not a laptop, not running PowerLinkTSIcon()"

End If

Sub PowerLinkTSIcon()

OSType = FindOSType(strComputer)

wscript.echo OSType

If OSType = "Windows XP" Then
oFSO.CopyFile "PowerLink Terminal Services.lnk", "C:\documents and settings\all users\desktop\"
  End If

If OSType = "Windows 7" Then
oFSO.CopyFile "PowerLink Terminal Services.lnk", "C:\users\public\desktop\"
   End If

oFSO.CopyFile "Powerlink.ico", "C:\windows\system32\"
End Sub

Function FindOSType(strComputer)
    'Defining Variables
    Dim objWMI, objItem, colItems
    Dim OSVersion, OSName, ProductType

    'Get the WMI object and query results
    Set objWMI = GetObject("winmgmts://" & strComputer & "/root/cimv2")
    Set colItems = objWMI.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem",,48)

    'Get the OS version number (first two) and OS product type (server or desktop)
    For Each objItem in colItems
        OSVersion = Left(objItem.Version,3)
        ProductType = objItem.ProductType
    Next

    'Time to convert numbers into names
    Select Case OSVersion
    Case "6.1"
    OSName = "Windows 7"
        Case "6.0"
            OSName = "Windows Vista"
        Case "5.2"
            OSName = "Windows 2003"
        Case "5.1"
            OSName = "Windows XP"
        Case "5.0"
            OSName = "Windows 2000"
        Case "4.0"
            OSName = "Windows NT 4.0"
        Case Else
            OSName = "Windows 9x"
    End Select

    'Return the OS name
    FindOSType = OSName

    'Clear the memory
    Set colItems = Nothing
    Set objWMI = Nothing
End Function

- Soli Deo Gloria

• sub-32bit video color is no longer supported in Windows 8
• XDDM video driver will no longer work in Windows 8 (XDDM seems to be 2000/XP video drivers…why you would you use these in Windows 7/8 anyways?)
• Upgrade of video driver in Windows 8 will not lose SYNC with monitor…
• Display Drivers can be Full, Render Only and Display Only
• True headless servers are now supported. Interrupt 10 is handled by stub driver of VGA driver.
• Video Driver crashes can be isolated to a specific engine rather than the whole driver.
• Windows To Go – You will be able to run full copy of Windows off any 32gb USB Storage device. This means you will be able to take your computer with you in your pocket and just plug it into almost any computer.
• USB 3 is now fully supported.
• WiFi Direct is now supported. This will allow you to connect any two WiFi direct devices without an access point.
• You can project any HTML5 video to a play-to device with Windows
• NVIDIA Windows 8 ARM based systems support TPM (This was a channel 9 video).
• Bitlocker Network Unlock in Windows 8 will be great. If the computer is plugged into the LAN no start-up PIN will be required.
• 15.6ms wake timer is gone during sleep mode therefore better battery life.
• Connected standby allows you apps to sleep but then periodically wake up and check for new information so they stay up to date.
• SMB 2.2 will allow you to load balance all SMB traffic over multiple NICs
• Built-in NIC teaming support
• Server comes in 3 modes: Full Shell, No Shell (only management tools) & Server Core. This means all certified server products must be able to run without a Windows shell.
• Servers are now configured using PowerShell and this is driven using Server Manager.
• Server Manager will allow you to manage multiple servers at the same time.
• Using PowerShell or DISM you can move add/remove the shell
• Windows 8 will have an AppStore: very similar to Windows phone.
• Hyper-V servers will support VHD’s on SMB Shares. This means you can run a live migration fail over cluster without the need to use iSCSI or Fibre Channel SANs.
• All Metro App’s will be able to save application configurations to SkyDrive. This allows your metro settings to roam between computers. This does NOT replace traditional AppData folder.
• RemoteFX will work over a WAN and has greatly reduced bandwidth requirements. It can also use UDP packets for transmission of videos.
• Hyper-V Virtual Network allows you to migrate hosts from on-site to off-site without having to re-IP the servers. A virtual network tunnel will be established between both sites that allows the same subnet to span multiple geographical locations.
• Single instance storage is now supported. Put your VHD files on a SMB file share and enable de-duplication and reduce the storage requirements overnight. This also works for all other files types such as the MS Office file format.
• Hyper-V is now supported on the Windows 8 (client)
• Secure Boot ensures that the whole boot process is secure. This prevents malware/rootkits from being able to install before the OS starts. This leverages systems with a TPM chip.
• TPM can now be used to store certificates to ensure that malware cannot access these certificates. The is protected via a password with a hammer timeout
• Add multiple USB 3 devices and then pool them together for a high performance disk drive.
• Memory chips can now be put into low power mode saving power on a system.