Rebuilding a Windows environment from scratch is a task many users, IT professionals, and businesses encounter regularly, whether due to hardware upgrades, software issues, or migration to newer Windows editions. However, this process can become time-consuming, especially when it involves...
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When setting up a fresh Windows installation, or switching to the Windows LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel) edition, the often tedious task of reinstalling and updating essential software is a major undertaking. Here, tools like Ninite offer a powerful, yet understated solution that has...
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When reinstalling Windows, especially when switching to specialized editions like Windows 10 LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel), setting up a fully functional and productive environment can be time-consuming and labor-intensive due to the need to reinstall multiple applications. This is where...
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Microsoft has recently acknowledged a significant issue where Windows 11 upgrade prompts were erroneously presented to devices that do not meet the operating system's stringent hardware requirements. This development has raised concerns among users and IT administrators, especially those who...
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For anyone facing the daunting task of setting up a new Windows installation, the path from a blank slate to a fully functional machine is often both time-consuming and tedious. Whether you’re upgrading, downgrading, switching Windows flavors like LTSC, or recovering from a system failure...
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Most people approach reinstalling Windows with the same sense of dread that they reserve for dental appointments or updating the firmware on a printer: a necessary evil, guaranteed to disrupt your day and likely to leave you grumbling at the universe (or Redmond, as is Windows tradition). But...
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If you’ve ever stared at a freshly formatted Windows desktop, sweating bullets as you realize that reinstalling the essentials will consume your next several hours—and possibly your will to live—then you, dear reader, are in the crosshairs of a problem almost as old as Windows itself. Yes, let’s...
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Microsoft loves a deadline almost as much as it loves a well-timed delay, and its latest partnership with Adobe proves that some things—like PDFs and office politics—are never truly set in stone. For IT professionals who’ve been nervously eyeing their calendars since the early days of 2023, good...
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In recent weeks, IT administrators have been blindsided by an unexpected twist in their Windows update strategy: Windows 11 began appearing on machines explicitly marked ineligible for the upgrade. A latent Intune bug ignored rollout blocks, making feature updates available to desktop devices...
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In an age where software is the backbone of our digital lives, the integrity and reliability of applications have never been more crucial. On October 24, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) collaborated with U.S. and international partners to unveil a comprehensive...
Normally users perform the following procedure for Win10:
download Win10 base package ISO directly
install this Win10 base package ISO
download the cumulative update
apply this cumulative update onto the already installed base version
I wonder whether there is a way to download an ISO WITH (!)...
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I want to do the following - first deploy new version of software to multiple PCs, and then restart all PCs for changes to take effect.
First part is not a problem, for second part is it possible to check if there is restart.bat in Dropbox folder every x minutes, and if there is, execute it...
Last week we launched something new, something we don't do very often at all, a new Channel 9 hub just for Visual Studio, https://channel9.msdn.com/VisualStudio. expect this hub to explode with content in the coming months (which makes sense given Visual Studio 2015's release)
Link Removed...
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I'm attempting to install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.50709 via an MDT task sequence and can't get this
to run silently for some reason. I'm using the following Quiet install command "dotnetfx45_full_x86_x64.exe /q /norestart" and that didn't work so I
added the /qb switch as shown here...
Hi!
I have 3 computers, 2 desktops and 1 laptop.
Laptop is my personal PC, desktops are from other fammily memebres.
Maybe I will add one more PC.
I would like to control desktops, deploy software and Win7 updates, control
user rights etc..
How can I do that and what do I need? Windows...
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Microsoft Announced Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will get SP1. Microsoft would not care to speculate on the exact time the update will be released. But people who usually do the predictions for Microsoft updates and releases say it should be arriving about the Forth quarter. If they...