Posts Tagged ‘XP’

Group Policy Application Deployment Woes

I recently managed to cause myself a huge headache when removeing some software via group policy.
The worst part is, I only have myself to blame as the software was wrapped by me using Masai Installer.
If software uninstallation (or installation for that matter) goes bad, then a dialog window will open asking for some sort of [...]

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Roaming Profiles in Windows Domains

Getting roaming profiles working on Windows Servers is a very simple process, and I generally include this in a script when creating users for the first time.
Here’s a quick ‘how to’ for those that are interested, based on a Windows 2000 or Server 2003 network.
Step 1 – Decide where you want the profiles to live [...]

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Palm realises that Outlook 2007 is out!

I was hopping around the Palm site looking for some Outlook 2007 conduits for my Tungsten T3 today. I realised that I haven’t actually synchronized my Palm in about a month!
I was lucky to find Outlook 2007 Conduits on the Palm site, only after following a link within the Outlook 2003 conduits. Oddly, Palm haven’t [...]

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VitualBox goes Open Source

After cursing Linux for not seeming to have a decent open source virtual machine platform, I’ve found out that an application called VirtualBox is now open source.
Seeing as I’ve been quite comfortable using Virtual PC 2007 up to now, I thought that it would be nice to see if I can get Windows XP running [...]

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Windows Vista Virtualisation Rights

A humerous article appeared on slashdot today, with the typical Windows bashing that’s to be expected.
But for my own reference, and hopefully the benefit of others:
Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium cannot be ran on a virtual machine legally, whether that be Linux, Apple or even Windows 95.
Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium [...]

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Getting to those pesky Outlook Express files

A friend of mine was asking how to find the emails for Outlook Express on his hard disk drive. So I thought that I should post these instructions for him and others who may find it difficult to get at these files.
In Windows 2000 or Windows XP:
Open ‘My Computer’
Goto your C: drive (or wherever it [...]

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