Archives for June 2010

Early Windows 8 Details Leaked

Francisco Martin, a Microsoft Enthusiast, posted several  (now offline, wonder why )confidential pieces of information to his blog on Monday revealing improvements that Microsoft is aiming for with Windows 8.  Read more at Neowin. – Soli Deo Gloria

Sysinternals Tools Updated

Some interesting enhancements to some of Sysinternals tools: Autoruns v10: This major update to Autoruns introduces the ability to scan offline Windows installations, adds.exe and .cmd extension handlers, defaults to hiding Windows entries to reduce noise in the common use case, and includes bug fixes. Process Explorer v12.04: This Process Explorer release adds the ability [...]

The GPO That Couldn’t

After many sweet years, we finally bid farewell to Internet Explorer 6.  We planned to deploy Internet Explorer 7 via a Software Installation GPO.  After making the IE 7 MSI with the IEAK, we assigned it as a GPO.  As soon as the computer would reboot, the MSI would be assigned, install and restart the [...]